The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-02-22

available for from $3.50 to $3.50 per day,
though of course no one need expect a
suite of rooms to himself. In fact If he
gets a cot he should be satisfied. Food
will be very little, if any, higher than
usual.
1t should not be necessary to inform sen
sible people that the hotels do not follow
the example of the railroads in offering half
prices. That should not be expected. One
should be willing to pay fully at such a
time. | did not hear a New York alder
man kick at the Chicago convention when
the hotel clerk charged him sixty cents an
hour for sleeping on a billiard table be-
cause that was the regular game rent.
There was a tremendous crush
at the House of Representatives on
Wednesday to witness the counting of the
electoral vote, and although very little
amusement could be had, the occasion par
took of the nature of a social gala day.
Nearly every one of note or alleged note
attended. The Senate marched over to
the House at 1 o'clock and Senator ingalls,
took his seat beside Speaker Carlisle. The
box containing the returns was opened
and Senator Ingalls, broke the seals of each
envelope, handing the contents to some
Senator or Member who read the vote,
commencing with that of Alabama. As
this was the first count under the new law,
craat,apf rafapanoa ~ tho cfatntp WaS ppp-
essary. There have been only two ocea-
sions in history when the electoral vote
failed to decide the contest, and one when
it's honesty was disputed.
The ladies present far outnumbered the
sterner sex and were for once admitted to
the f1oor of the House during the reading.
The galleries were a mass of fine hats and
bonnets. There was only one unoccupied
If the vote to be counted had been differ
ent, how gaily a certain fair woman would
have driven from the Executive Mansion
to the Capitol to witness the proceeding
and thought the monotonous reading di-
vine music. | can imagine her with flush
ed and triumphant face, her soul in her
eyes, leaning forward that nothing of the
scene might be lost. at might have been,"
but Americans, with all their proverbial
gallantry, sometimes deny their sweetest
women when great issues are involved.
+. General Greedy has communicated to
Congress his opinion that the lieutenants
of the signal corps are grossly inefficient.
Last spring he stated that the errors of
the weather bureau were due to the igno-
rance of the civilians employed, and he
added that if it were taken from military
supervision he would abandon it to its
fate. The lieutenants and the civilians
are afraid to say what they think of Cen
eral Greedy, but if they dared to speak it
would be to say that Greedy cannot be
compared to his predecessor Hazen, and
pales in comparison with the brilliant
Myer. They would add that his astonish-
just returned in 1887 from a disastrous
Arctic expedition in which he had made a
thousand miserable errors, to a Brigadier-
General in charge of the Signal office, was
a sentimental reward undeserved. In this
conclusion they would have the endorse
ment of the civilians. All parties are right.
| know that the civilians are theoretic i'm
beetles, and | know that the ~lieutenants,
though all but one were appointed from
the ranks, received their promotions either
as q bride for silence, or as a compensation
for fawning upon their superiors.
WESTON.