Huntsville gazette., 1893-02-11
OFFICE SEEKERS.
The Capitol Corridors Crowded With
These Persistent People.
JACKSOE'S CONFIRMATION.
There Is Little Enthusiasm II Congress
Over the Matter. and Some Doubt
About It Other News
No-esTom Washington

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.-No calendar
Is needed nowadays 10 tell one that the
4th Of March i not very far distant, AMI
that change from Republican 70
Democratic administration L impend-
ing. The corridors of the Capitol con-
vey that information They are more
crowded than usual The faces OF their
temporary tenants are IN very many
cases familiar They are the faces OF
people who held places IN Washington
during the first administration OF Mr.
Cleveland, and who would be by no
means averse TO helping make Mr..
Cleveland's second term a successful
one.
To get back their former jobs under
the government would, to their way OF
thinking, be only getting what was
justly coming 10 them Their number
grows each day. They are becoming
source Of nuisance 70 some Of the people
whom they importune or make their
demands OF. as the case may be. Dem
ocratic members and senators all know
what il is 10 be oyerrun with applicants
for Office by mail They are now find
ing out what It is when the applicant
descends upon them il person
Jackson's Confirmation I'm Doubt.
The confirmation OF Howell E Jack
son FOR associate justice Of the supreme
court Of the United States is yet mat
ter Of uncertainty. This seems to be
no general enthusiasm on any side for
his confirmation. The Democrats. as
rule, are opposed TO confirming him,
and all the friends OF Mr.. Hoar, who L
responsible for JacksOn's nomination,
cannot get the Republicans 10 go N ac-
tivity for the confirmation 4 good
many senators on both sides Of the
chamber are predicting that jackson
will not be confirmed. The Tennessee
senators are opposed to him, and the
Democrats who served in the senate
with him, as a general rule, are opposed
70 him
His nomination may be confirmed.
but Just now it must be admitted that
it does not seem very probable.
Delayed Public Buildings.
The speaker has laid before the house
a communication from the secretary Of
the treasury in reply to a resolution Of
the house requiring him to inform that
body why the work on some Of the new
public buildings and the work on the
extension and improvement Of certain
completed and occupied buildings au-
thorized during the Fifty-frst congress
has not been commenced, while more
than 8 900, 900 Of the appropriation
made in these cases remains uneIpend-
ed during the past two years.
1t appears. he says, from the report Of
the supervising architest that this legis
lation entailed such large quantity Of
new work on his Office az to make the
quantity Of work entirely disproportiOn-
ate TO the force employed IN the Office.
Congress has failed TO make increases in
the force demanded by his Office, though
shown to be absolutely necessary. The
s.. 900 900 referred to does not remain
unexpended at this date, but a large
balance Of it remains available, and its
expenditure is temporarily prevented by
conditions imposed by law entirely be-
yond the control of the department.
No Pension for Bassett.
Representative De Almond in the
house made very sensible protest
against provision which the legislative.
executive and judicial bill, which was
under consideration, contained. Cap
tain Isaac Bassett has been for many
years one Of the assistant sergeants-at-
arms of the senate He is national ira
dition. Some say that the Capitol was
built around him. The legislative bill
proposed to increase his salary, which
| is now 81 900, by putting on to it an ad-
ditional $780, Mr.. De Almond protest
ed against this. He said that it was
simply pensioning Captain Bassett, and
he was opposed, he said, to all such
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