The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1886-04-02
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.

From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, March Goth, 1886
When the blind Chaplain of the House of Rep
resentatives. ia bis morning prayer, as AXE, for
he extended his invocation in way that was
quite unnecessary. He prayed that the Presi-
gress might profit by this example of overwork,
bearing in mind that the body has its laws, the
study and the practice OF which are obligatory
on every man of sense. So far as this busy,
hard-worked Administration is concerned, DIR.
Milbnrn's petition Sc med well enough, but it
was felt that there was need of placing be-
fore either branch of Congress, as warning, the
results of over industry.
There is little danger that the Senate will in
jure itself with hard work il its majority, in q
time when hundreds of thousands of hungry
men are wandering with despairng aimlessness
the land, can find AS its only issue the question
as to the papers in some petty office. So long as
the majority IN the highest legislative body of
the nation will continue for the length of three
weeks, privileged collective scandal monger,
because the Executive does not waive his prero-
gative and give it access to his private CORES
pondence, there is no need of prayers in behalf
of over toiled Senators.
The President continues to astonish every one
about him by the remarkable amount of labor he
performs daily. No man probably has ever be-
fore given anything like as much intellectual
strength and steadiness of application to the du-
ties of the Presidential office. Hestueies closely
even the minor questions that come before him
for official action. and every document that goes
from his hands, If 1t be only letter to an Office
holder, is carefully prepared.
Mr.. Jordan, the United States Treasurer, under
the new regime, is another practical worker and
thorough business man. A short time ago
Congressional Committee askad him TO appear
before them and impart his views on financial
topics. He responded that he was too busy dur
ing the day, but would be pleased to meet the
committee at night, and so he did.
A short time after Mr.. Jordan was installed in
his new office, he went to the Government
Printing Office and asked to have small job of
work done that day. He was assured by some of
the officials there that it could not be finished
before the next morning. II must have that
printing tonight" insisted the, Treasurer. 1T
Is imp ssible," demonstrated the others. Mr..
Jordan threw Off his coat, went to desk, and
began setting the type rapidly himself, while the
clerks looked on in astonishment. He finished a
third of the work in fifteen minutes, and turn
ing to the officials, he said: Now when l ask
to have certain job of printing done by a Ger!
am talking about" It is useless to say the
work was ready at the specified time.
When his resolutions finally got through the
munds breathed a sigh of relief. Even this bar
rem victory was better than he expected; He
number of his Republican brethren would vote
against him to cause his defeat. Mr. Edmunds
sudden anxiety to force vote is easily explain
ed. Had he allowed the debate to continue until
the new California Senator, then en- route for
Washington, reached here, his little game would
have failed, for the Senate would have been tied.
The political effect of the discussion will not
be profitable to the Republican party, and the
whole contest can have no practical result. No
displaced official will be restored No personal
papers will be furnished and no reasons will be
given. 1t is well known here that the Republic
cans feel no elation or satisfaction in carrying
through these resolutions by this meagre MAJOR
ity of strict party vote.
1t was thought the distinguished Senator from
New York, Mr.. Evarts, would not dare to speak
on the Edmunds resolution question because his
logic as an attorney in behalf of Senate plain
tiff against President defendant in 1886 con-
fcted so seriously with his logic in behalf of a
President PENDANT against a Senate plaintiff IN
1867. He did speak, however. and this Is N. way
he explained his change of base: II might say,
that when counsel are urging and pressing prop
ositions in view and in aid of a defendant in
charge. those are scarcely judicial opinions.
His explanation would have been simpler, at
least, If he had said: II was retained to attack
the tenure of office law seventeen years ago;
am retained to uphold 1t now"