The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1885-09-10
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lFrom eur Reg!llar corrcspondent.,

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her than he was expected, but it
quite probable that he is now r.
signed to ferege the hardships of
: fishing camp forthe luxuries ofth
Executive Mansion. and the en-,
piercing music of the mosquito, 70
that ofthe Marine Band.
There will be a big cleaning GU
soon after the President returns
said an official in the Treasury De
partment Yesterday. The commit
tees that are examining things her
Will recommend many dismissals
4 There is a great deal of dead tim
Der that will be cleaned out. The no
ton of this Administration is that
things should be run in a simple
and economical way, and that no
more people should be employed
1han are necessary to do the work.
-
One of the officers of the United
States Senate who is in town at
present, probably because it is paw
day or something cfthat sort, is of
the opinion that when Congress
meets IN December there will be
such a shaking up of the pay.rolls
and SO much retrenchment gener-
ally that the attaches of that luxu-
rlods bed will be greatly surprised.
More than this, many of them will
be compelled to walk. During the
closing hours ofthe last Congress
the usual flood of resolutions au.
thorizing the appointment of all
sorts OF committees for junketing
trips during the SUMMER, with nm
unlimited right to draw ON the
iund, were introduced Some of
them, whose promoters were sharp
enough to get then, II: early, were
passed. But before maHy DAYS the
pressure was so great that the whole
thing was turned into a farce. The1
debate which sprang up over the
various resolutions Of the dignified
~
Senator's who were making frantici|
efforts to put some protegc on the
paay-rolls for the summer with moth
ing to do was ludicrous o.tKa IN |
tied States Senate. Some Of thel
cooler headed Senators iwhosol
clerks were already provided for)d
were smart enough to see it, They
called caucus and after two or
three angry meetings smothered the.I
resolutions. They went even flrth-i
r. They APPOINTED Committee.
whose dnty it should be to hold
dnring the summer andI
90 over the whole ground il rela-.l
ton TO sinscnres about the. cham |
Der with a visw of making a report
in the fall which would Bring about
z great many ret,sAss, and much
retrenchment all around. This
Committee has been hard at work
all summer and its report.will be-
made the asisof a little retreneh-l
nent and reform side show in imi-.
,ation of that which the Adminis-i
ration i carrying on upon such a
-arge and thofough scale. II will
also furnish Republican Senators a
needed opportunity to worship
,hese species Of reform most elo-
luently with their lips, to put
themselves on record ,andato roar
through the'Congressicnal Record
hat they are the first, sole and orr
ginalinyentors of Civil Service rel
orm, that they have d broad pat.
mt on political virtue, and that the |
eform Of the present Administra-
ion Is but a spurious imitation
md Infringement. n
In political circles here -thesDem-
'crats are highly pleased ID the
course of the Republicans of Ohio
md Iowa in falling back upon the
bloody shirt for a political issue.
The Democrats do not believe that
he masses in The North can be Il
tired aagainby sectional appeals,
IN Ohio DEMOCRAT said to day -
1.-THE Ohio CANVASS is fought out
q accordance with Senator aher- .
mans keynote it will disgust many
members of that party so that they {
ill stay away from the polls.
iectionalism was buried il, Gener- i
! Grants grave. Why, at the re- !
ant fS,.nl1d army ro.,,p;o,, q = 49,, .