Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-08-05
Closing Hours st the Capitol.
WASHINGTON, D. c., July, &c, 1886

81 don't want to talk about the
public Partnership; said that a man
has been selected to succeed Mr..
Rounds when Il change is made Is not
that enough? [ have a man of my own
choice for this ofice-an old, warm
and personal friend. Moreover an
impression has been made, and rumors
have been current, that a man who is
a personal friend Of mine, has no infu-
ence with me, and can get no Office
from me, simply because he is a per-
sonal friend. [ propose to dispel this
deluSion, and [ do it in selecting a
government printer. [ have determin-
ed to appoint one of my oldest and
best friends, and have so informed him
and he is ready to except it. Isn't
that enough to settle it?'' So spake
Grover to the Indiana delegation who
waited on him the other day to secure
for their friend the position of public
printer, and to the closing interroga-
tory they said YEA" and left the
presence with long faces and bowed
head.
Now how is that for an Andrew
jackson sort of man? That's lust
what Grover Cleveland should have
done when he came into office. He
should have been frank with all and
unhesitatingly announced that he
wanted the offices for his democratic
friends, and and have given republican
office holders the choice Of resigning
instanter or being removed He would
have thus given satisfaction to the
democrats and retained the respect of
the republicans, but he preferred to play
the hypocritical role as friend of true
civil service, with the hope of main
tanning satisfactory relations with that
bastard party called mugwumps.
suppose he is beginning to see his
error, but it is too late.
The selection of Gen. Rogers as
public printer will give general salts
faction as we'll as the appointment of
Judge jerks. made day or two since.
as Solicitor General instead Of Goode,
rejected by the Senate.
The rejection Of Mathews as the
register of deeds is foregone conclu-
sion and he deserves to be rejected.
The friends of the Hennepin Canal
bill have been all storm up during
the past week, and the contest between
its friends and enemies has narrowed
down to a determination of the
Hennepin people to defeat the River
and Harbor bill if Hennepin is elimin-
ated from it. They are willing to
support it as it came from the Senate
but not otherwise. If the President
should veto it then the responsibility
will be with him.
Congress has not adjourned. It
may adjourn to-day, and it may not.
venture no prediction. August, how
ever, is here and it is time to quit, and
all the newspaper people say, Amen.
Politics does not bubble much in
this city just now, but all over the
country the fires have been lighted,
the voice of the Office seeker is heard
in the land. Fierce fights are ahead
and the ''dear people" will be induced
to return some of the gentlemen who
have been using their position as
stepping stone to personal popularity.
The President will have a "good
time reading the bills that are already
before him. 1t is said that it will
require four days time to read all the
important bills not signed and likely
to pass before Congress adjourns. So
if Congress holds on till it hears from
Grover it will be here week hence.
The latest item is that Congress will
not adjourn before the 9Th inst.
Things have been rushed so in the last
day or two that matters are in con-
fusion. Congressman have been
getting away nearly every day and the
country need not be astonished if a
quorum does not answer to roll call
before adjournment. The action of
the Senate on Morrison's surplus bill
is not satisfactory, and this measure
will be defeated; so will the Reagan
Interstate bill pass the house? The
members of both Houses seem to be
at swords points in regards to much
of interest to the people. In the
meantime the President is trying to
make up his mind about some bill that
have reached him, and some others
that seem to be on the way. The
agony will be over soon, however, and
then the people in selecting the sue
cessor to those whose time expires
with this.session, Will be wise if they
carefully examine into their records
and see if their work is worthy of
endorsement W. D.