The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1886-05-07
washington.
From our regular correspondent,
WAsnrs aror. AprIl loth, lsse.

nutnank was Roluk Oh neTe u0Wtuut
reflected and remembered that much
Is transplrIug, both OF interest and
Importance. Congress Is addressing
itself TO appropriation bills, contested
election cases, aud the subject of In-
terstate Commerce. The Senate IL
discussing the fisheries question and
hearing pleas for opsn executive ses-
slons. Congressmen are presiding
and speechmaklng at meetings held
In the interest OF labor Commission.
or Black Is quietly unearthIng PEN
sien frauds, land proving that his pre-.
decessor, Dudley, really did pay
soldiers who never went to war the
Congressional Pan Electric investIga-
tlon Il wladlng up Its eventless career;
arrangements are steadily progressing
with view towards materIalIxlng
the proposed Exposition hele In 1880,
and lastly, the gossips say the PresI-
dent Is TO he married in June.
In regard to the outcome OF the
Senatorial debate on the abollshment
VI Star Chamber proceedings, the
oplnions OF two Senators may be taxi
On for what they are worth. Senator
Morrili Of Vermont said 10 Senator
Beck ~ Kentucky, II am beginning
10 be afraid tnat this open executive
session resolution will be carried. !"
''You may set your mind at rest on
that point" replied Mr. Beck, .snol
even respectable vote will be taken
ln Its favor"
Senator Platt started the ball In
favorofpublIc Ssr alorlaI proceedings.
He said there are two words which
the people 0f the coualry wanted 80
see expunged from their Political vo.
cabulary. These words ara nprivI-
leges" and .'prercgativss." II 1t
were not for being ALL sFative ha
would have added two other words,
"patFonags" and s'perquIsIies, (which
the people wanted TO have 20. He
insisted that the Senate was no place
TO assert nrerogatlve, that Senators
had better trust the people II they
wanted the people 10 trust them. or
the 900 newspapers In this coun.
try, fully IO,eso had declared for
open doors, aud he said Il was the
country newspapers that represented
the real sentiment Of the country.
The Republican Senator never OK.
pscs to be called together sgaIn 10
caucus on the question as 10 what
policy they shall purtue with rsgsrd
to the Presidents nominations. Sir.
Edmunds, they say, must have been
convinced when the caucus last ad.
journed, that no amount Of caucusIng
would enable him and his few follow
ers to dictate the policy OF his party
colleagues. He continues TO scoId
them whenever they vote TO confirm
the successor Of a suspended Office
holder, but they are 80 used 10 his
abuse that ii makes but little impress
sion upon item.
Under the present AdmInistrat Ion
there has been reduction gof 267
clerks ia classified service ,.f lhp
Treasury Department whose services
were not needed at all, and whose
places will not he filled. The resui,
Is an annual saving 10 the Govern.
| ment Of $4,000 And II the state
ments OF certain officIaIsin the various
departments are true, the persons who
have beon appointed TO face during
the psst year accomplish nearly twice
as much work as was performed by
their immediate successors.
Not many months ago Higgins was
the terror OF the Treasury Depart.
ment. Now II Is Chief Clerk Yeomans
i He paralyzed the Treasury employees
by issuing the nine o'clock order, re,
quIrlng them 10 be at their desks al
that hour.
"Ah, times are not rs they used t
be-" said a Department Clerk. "Tr
the good old days Of the Grant ad
minIstration we clerks fiourished Tx,
the green bay tsee. 1t was befor'
the days Of economy. aud there were
more clerks than work, so no one wa
rushed. Our hours for duty werl
easy, and we came and went pretty
4 much rs we pleased" Well how i
II now IIave inings changed !? Yes
4 everything is run BY clock work tn,
clerk must be exactly on time or h,
is reported for censure like q schoo
boy. II he wants to leave his ofiic'
during business hours. he must hoIt
] up his hand and ask the chief for
pass to go out. And under tho new
/ Administration, II a clerk Ia sick tw,
days, the time he loses will be de
| Quoted from his pay Or his leave. II
| the good cid time, such thing Al
that was unheard OF, and / know 3
many instances whers clerks hav'
obtained leaves OF absence with pa.
fer two months, 10 take trip /.
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