Mohave County miner., 1888-03-10
WASHINGTON LETTER.

itself together for tho tariff 6yht. II il
hinted. however, that when II does c.,
good and ready II will make the wool fly
10 say nothing OF the coal, lumber. sugar
with other raw and bloody material
Well. We shall zee, bn, Judging the future
from the past, Congress will talk and ,alk
and DO nothing, or at best little. Toa
many conflicting ssifshnessss for the gen.
eral good. Too long since Congress va.
elected for the remembrance OF platforms
and pledges.
Apropos OF this It was Mr. Cain, 0,
Texas, who presented the bin TO have
Congress get together aud TO work within
three months after the election, instead
OF thirteen rs il now is. Anything 10 cure
the evils OF the "short session" o!
Congress. II IL argued with reason that
under tie proposed plan Congress will he
fresher from the people and less likely 10
forget the promises made in the platform
and on the stump.
Oh those stump7, those stumps; what
irustruDs Of broken pledges OF iron. jlwe,l
demagogues! It's nothing TO laugh about,
but deadly, serious thing. Quite too
large for the email clothes Of 1888, and
the uuwieldiness Of the Legislature has
far outgrown that Of the country. Con
gress positively will not work. II devotes
itself TO society, poker, intrigue, filtration,
verbal hatulence and adjournment.
Every two years the districts send here
lot OF fresh statesmen, open-mouthed
like rustic at circus. BY the time
their two years novisiate 10 over and
when they are hall prepared to do some
thing, they are rele2ated to private life
and 10. OF other utterly unseasoned men
are elected The dreary rate is repeated
every two years. The country IL young
and vigorous and has 80 far survived II.
Then when the Congressional sessions
are reconstructed, or before for that mat
ter, We want another Constitutional
amendment Gxing Inauguration Day upon
the anniversary Of the first Inauguration,
the 3lth Of April, a pleasant time of the
year. Washingtonians are not the only
holiday makers on that day. Thousands
OF visitors who focked here 70 shiver and
catch pneumonia, as they did on the oc.
casion Of Grants second inausuralion, for
instance, will all be delighted at the
change, while the steadily increasing mul.
titude which comes to Washington on
these occasions to revive patriotism and
give the new President an enthusiastic
send of will also be interested in the
matter.
Since Mr.. Villas has taken charge of the
Interior Department it feels the infiu nee
Of an energetic and strong hand. A shak.
ing up was badly needed. The Paten,
Offace and the Public Land Office are de-.
plorably behind with their work, and the
former Is in state bordering on demoral-
ization. The present Commissioner Of
Patents, an exemplary man and good
real estate lawyer, came to the Office with
little or no knowledge OF the intricate and
responsible work before him But few
people are aware OF the i'n,nensity and
importance Of the National Patent Office
The Commissioner Of Patents found
himself at the head of corps of principal
Examiners, Board OF Appeals, court
OF interfsrences, q draftsman's division,
the Patent Office Gazette, and large
corps Of clerks. l. is no exaggerAtion 70
say that there was not an examiner in
the corps but knew more about the intfi.
cate and perplexing routine OF the Office
than his Chief.
Had Mr. Hall addressed himself to tho
actual work Of the Office, which, on &C.
count OF the idleness and Sinking OF EN-.
plovees, was far In arrears, he might in
spite OF his freshness have done we'll
But like many neophltes he siynalized his
advent by series OF rulings that have
thrown the practice into confusion worse
coniounded, and set back for months the
pressing and engorgsd business Of ths
Patent Office Tho situation is truly de.
plorahle, and the only remedy would
seem TO be to have Mr.. Hall join Mr..
Sparks, the late Com missioner OF the
Land Office
Certainly II Mr.. Cleveland had known
anything about the business Of the Office
he would have appointed some one from
the ranks. There are at least a score Of
men who have bsen IN the
Department for years, any Of whom would
make good Commissioner OF Patents.
To-day were held the obsequies OF
Washington's noted philanthroplst, Mr..
W. W. Corcoran. According to the ex-
pressed wish Of the grand old man his
funeral was unostentatious. Hs had him.
self named his pail bearers. and he was
laid away In the beautiful marble manso.
leum beside his wife and children, IN Oak
Hill cemetery. which he many years ago
presented - his native town George.
town). His death excited as much com.
ment at tho Capitol a. # he had been in
public life. A Congressman who had
known him said "He was ono OF the
finest exponents Of practical Christianity