The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-04-08
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From Our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, D C.,

~ !" ' Vim tNiANk -
of exercise a family quarrel in the
Senate between brothers Logan and
Teller; a ferocious assault upon
each other in the House by two
Congressman from Tennessee, Mes
srs. Houk and Mcmillan Treasur-
er Jordan and Senator Vance con-
demning the Civil Service law /; con-
firmations in the Senate in spite of
adverse reports from committees,
and with fullparticulars to the pub
lie of the proceedings of the secret
sessions of the Senate Star-Cham-
Der, to say nothing of the Spring
floods and labor strikes, it would
seem thatthe "times are ont ofjoint."
The fight for the Republican nom
nation of 1888 has opened early in
the season and not under altogether
balmy auspices. AT least Senator
Logan's Presidential "boom" has
proved a very uncomfortable thing
for him to conduct personally. SEN
ators Edmunds, Evarts, Hoar, Sher-
man, Allison and the rest manage
theirs with less friction.
Senator Logan insinuated that
Senator Hales' opposition to his
bill to increase the army was in
spired by a certain historian, who
has spent the winter in Maine writ
ing on his book, and alternating
his literary labors with toboggan-
ming, ice-boatine md other health
full recreations. Logan spoke rather
acrimoniously, and the admirers of
MI. Blaine determined to get even
with him. They undertook to show
that Logan wants the army i~ncreas-
ed so that it may be used to put
down labor strikes, and that he
wants the pay of the soldier i%ncreas-
ed while he will do nothing for the
workingman.
The Illinois Senator was quite
astonished to have his sarcastic ref
erence to Senator Hale answered
from Colorado. Senator Teller is
not a man that another should be
afraid of, under ordinary circum-
stances, but he succeeded in giving
Logan a great deal of annoyance.
He reminded the General that a
great soldier is not necessarily a
great Statesman, and that making
the Senate ring with personal rem
i%niscences is rot necessarily states
manship.
Mr.. Teller's remark that Logan
would never permit the public to
forget that he (Logan) had served
in the army, stung the latter acute
ly. Logan said if the remarks had
come from a copperhead he would
understood it, but no confederate
on the opposite side of the Cham
Der would insinuate in such a low.
mean, despicable way as that. He
denied having any pretend to be a
statesman, and that Mr.. Teller was
not a statesman simply because he
had served in the Cabinet. Mr.. Lo-
gan, at least, made a good point in
his remarks when he said: 81 am
not a statesman" Such argument
was unanswerable.
The House of Representatives
has been on a strike, inasmuch as
it has been trying to solve the great
labor and capital problem. There
has been an interesting debate up
on the settlement of strikes by ar
bitration. The causes, effects and
remedies were discussed and crit
eisms and warnings were freely
given.
Senator Vance took 'party" as
the text for a speech which he de-
%livered in the Senate against the
Civil Service law. He avowed him
self a party-man in its most COM
prehensive sense. He believed the
safety and welfare of American in
situations lay in party feeling and
allegiance, and he criticised the Civ
il Service act as an invasion of the
Presidents powers. For want of
political parties, he said, Russia
had Nihilism, France slept on COM
munistic fires, and Germany had to
maintain enormous armies. He did
not SEE why a Government clerk
should be endowed with official i'm
mortality any more than the Presi-
dent, or the Senators and Repre-
sentatives.
A Senator remarked that there
was a good deal of sound philoso-
ply in the measure. recently intro
duced in the House giving Govern
ment clerks a half holiday every
Saturday. "From present appear
a%nces," continued he, "the new Adj
ministration is going to kill itself
with overwork, and we ought to pass
some such measure as this in the
name of Civil Service Reform"
Speaking of the sick Cabinet Off
GERS, the ultimate recovery of Sec
rotary Manning is still a matter of
doubt. His friends are encouraged
only by the fact that he becomes no
worse. Being restricted to a diet of
milk and beef tea, the patient Won
ders why they do not give him
something solid to build upon. A
physician who was discussing the
condition of the distinguished pa
tient said, "the trouble with these
men is that they simply work with
their heads ifthey do not takemore
exercies, there is danger of fatal
consequences. Juno.
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