Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-05-23

"Oh, a campaign is Just coming Oh.
You ought to know that just before
every Congressional campaign the
members Introduce all the pension
and bills for private claims they can find.
ANYBODY can have them introduced by al
most any member, and they are only too
anxious to do it. They introduce these
bills aud send copies out to the persons in
teres!ed and make them believe that they
are doing great things for them. 1t has
Statutory effect in the campaign, aud after
that nothing is done with the measures un-
I'll two wears more roll round and then they
are taken up and reintroduced and the
same scheme is worked over"
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As [ was about entering the committee
room of prominent Republican Senator
Yesterday Inc door was opened in my face
BIZ a wellknown department clerk, whom
| know very we'll. He came out and |
passed in. A minute later the door open
ed again and the clerk called me outside.
II trust you will not tell any one" said he,
that you saw me about this committee
room. am Republican employe in the
Treasury Department, and ! am afraid
that if it should become known that l call
ed upon a Republican Senator, l might be
discharged" Upon being assured that the
incident was of too little importance to be
mentioned, the clerk went away Wreathed
in smiles. Inside the committee room l
was informed, to my establishment that q
large proportion OF the Republican
employees in the departments who call at
the committee room request the clerk OF
the committee or the chairman not to
mention the fact that they were at the
committee room. The great bulk of these
men, although they realize that they are
within the protective power OF the civil
service Law, are great towards and are
afraid to have it knoRn that they continue
to be friendly 10 their old friends. | am
told that the clerks who called at the com.
mittee room to see his old Senatorial
friend secured his appointment through
the influence of that Senator. What cow
ards office makes of men.
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During the past two or three weeks quite
O number of representatives have been
seen entering the floor OF the House with
neat little new books under their arms, all
bearing innocent titles and bright new
cloth bindings, and all gilded around the
edge. Some OF the members carried the
little volume in their hands and we're often
seen coming out of the House with the
books. The uniformity of the volumes
end the regularity OF their appearance
caused your correspondent to inquire what
the publication was, and was informed by
a wise doorkeeper that they were not
books at all, but were limitations and
tina. in the inside there was O bottle
and in the bottle there was liquor. About
ffty members of the House drank whisky
with very great regularity fcom early
morning till late at night, and, although
the beverage is sold over the counter OF
the restaurant at both ends OF the Capitol
they do lot like 10 have to 60 out OF their
seats and down on the next floor when
they want drink, and are also disinclined
to appear so often in public for some
thing and have purchased these imita-
ton books which produce a bottle BY
simply bearing upon little spring. A
goodly number of members who have these
book bottles Gil them from their own pri
vate stock. Most Of the Southern mem
bers when they come 10 Congress
fe,ch store of liquids, aud
this new invention is therefore matter Of
great convenience for them. hove been
told that several men have been seen to
raise these books to their foes dur.
'ng the session OF the House and while
they were sitting at their desks. Persons
who saw them Dc &C, vat wRo did not
.,uoE what the alledged book was, would
not have theic suspicious aroused. The
innocent book remained to their faces Just
long enough to give them an opportunity
to get a sufficient draught o! the contSnts.
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1t has been remarked number OF times
of late, and during the preliminary selec-
tou Of possible Presidential candidates that
while there we're ten or fifteen men
on the Republican side Of the Senate who
are Presidential quantities, there Is not q
single one On the Democratic side Of the
Senate. Strange to say the Democrats in
the Senate have weeded out ell the Presi-
Dental quantities they had, Hayhrd was
the loading man for Presidential nomi
nation Oh the Democratic eide, and his
successor is in no wise possibility in that
direction. AmoDg the Republicans who
are talked of for the nomination are Sena-
tors Sherman, Harrison, Eimunds, Evsrts,
Alisoa. HsTley, Logan and Cameron.
All of the Democratic Senators gro either
too far South or ere or too small proper
tons If located in the North, to be thought
OF for the Presidency.
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Some of the electricians in this city have
been at work for several months to perfect
q monograph which can be used with such
accuracy IS to be an aid in reporting with
precision tie proceedings OF courts and
pnbic assemblies 1t is said that state
Of perfection has already bsen attained
which will warrant the introduction Of this
instrument in courts OF JUSTICE. When the
phonograph is perfected if will be great
assistance 10 steuogrsphic reporters in one
way and great rival and hindrance in an
other way. One of tie machines can Ge
taken i'll a court, ior instance and
al! OF the proceedings will De recorded by
it. At the close OF the day it can be taken
to room aud gsuged to talk at any rate
Of speed-at thirty words minute, which
can be written out By an ordinary long
hand writer. If it is desired 20 get the
proceedings aansor.bed as fast as they &C.
cur, new cyinders are put in the phono.
graph as fast az the proceedings are writ.
ten out. For instance, the long hand wri-
tiers can put in cylinde- sud let it re.
main ten rainuIe s then take it ont and
put in another and transfer the cylindsr
which has the proceedings upon i. TO
another instrument and it is made to
speak the proceedings with sceur.--,
and at the expiration - ia term y
IL replaced Ia tH- photograph aud the
1tHef Under taken from it, and go on.
Jne OF the great difficulties the scientists
have encountered is in securing the dis
tiuction of tone in voice. Heretofore the
monograph has not been sufficiently dis
tinct in the pitch of the voice to make one
voice distinguish itself from another if they
are similar in volume and tone. Itis be-
lieved however, that the instrument will
be perfected within short time so that