The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1886-03-06

were invited by the Secretary of State.
the Army and Navy by the Secretaries
OF war and Navy respectively, and the
Judiciary at the hands of the Attorney
General. No special invitations are eX-
tended TO members of Congress. who
are expected to consider the newspaper
announcement Of the reception as a geil-
eral invitation.
lhe investigation now in progress, TO
ascertain whether any persons on the
House rolls are holding places and re-
ceiring salaries without performing
labor has resulted in the discovery that
number of newspaper correspondents
are on the rolls as laborers, and have
been receiving salaries ranging from
SI20 to $500 per year. The great OBJ
Jcctlon TO the acceptance of committee
service 10y newspaper correspondents is
That IL tends to disarm them as critics.
and that from the nature of their posi-.
tionS they are in manner bound to
protect the interests of their palrons
whenever occasion arises. .,.
by vote of 8 TO the House COM
mittee on commerce took the remark
able step Wednesday of deciding TO re-
conmend the passage of the Eads ship
railway bill. 1t will hardly pass the
House and will pretty certainly not rass
the Senate, but that IL should. i'm its
present shape, rec Give favorable Consid
Grafton from a &C mmittce of Congress
men speaks badly for the CongresSincIf.
The bill would commit the government
to guarantee of interest on The bonds
OF the EadScompany 10 a large amount,
without adequate consideration to the
government, or probability that more
than one ship, constructed specially for
the purpose, would ever be carried over
the railway.
II seems to be generally accepted that
the office Of Recorder of Deeds of the
District of Columbia will he given to a
cOlored man when Frederick douglass,
an offensive partisan. is removed. So
far nowhitc man has applied for il, and
as stated in these dispatches. there are
three colOred candidates, one from
Philadelphia, one from North Carolina,
and one from Chicago. When Con
gresham Springer learned that his col
league, the Hon. Frank Lawler, had
discovered n colored constituent. he i'm
mcdiately trotted out one of his own.
and went to the White House with an
application for Charles Nelson. a Demo
cratic citizen of Springfield H., of Afri-
can birth. Mr.. Springer does no! pro.
pose to he surpassed by any one in his
interest for the colored race, but there
was an intimation from the White
House that the President was not en-
tirely satisfied with the character of the
men who were recommended to succeed.
Mr. Douglass. While lie desires to
give due recognition to the colored race.
hn an
qualifications. lie need not be as fam
ous as Mr.. Douglass, but he must be OF
good business ability ana high charac-
ter.
There are estimated to be one hun
dred and twenty-five thousand persons
employed in the different branches OF
the public service, outside the army and
navy. Many Of them do not appear by
name in the Blue Book, because their
employment is not distinctly fixed by
law, but is authorized under different
heads in general appropriations, and is
subject to vicissitudes that do not apply
to regular offices.
When the change of administration
occurred last March nearly all these
places We're filled with Republicans.
thousands of whom had been in office
for twenty years, and other thousands
for fifteen and ten years. They were
organized into political societies at
Washington, representing every State
and Territory in the Union, and these
societies to greater or less extent were
consulted in filling vacancies as they
happened, Partisan efficiency was
alone considered In making appoint
mcnts.
This was the condition Of things when
Mr.. Cleveland came into the Presidency.
Within few days he will have been in
oIiice year, and In that time there have
not been much over eight or ten per
cent. of changes in the civil-scryice in
cluding the small post offices. 1t was
natural after their long exclusion from
participation in the Government that
when President of their choice was
elected the Democrats should cXDect
some proper and sufficient recognition
OF their rights as citizens and taXpaye s,
There was no such rush and demand for
patronage as were witnessed VIII n Gar
field succeeded Hoyt, or as when Hayes
succeeded Grant.
OF the ten thousand offices at Wash
ingtOn IL is not believed that six per
cent. of them are filled by Democrats,
Heads of bureaus and some of the chiel
OF the next grade have been changed.
but the main body of the Republican
politicians, who were appointed because
OF their services as such, still hold tn,
fort ard make merry at the expense OF
their opponents.
What the Democrats complain of is |
not hat they have been disappointed in |
receiving places to which they NAV have
aspired, but that they are po;cribcd |
and punished by Democratic Admins |
tration. They allege that the refusal to |
make changes is an Indirect charge that
Democrats cannot be found who are
TO fill the offices. or that they |
are unworthy Ct these truss. II.
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