Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-05-10
.HOLMAN'S VIEWS.
An Interesting Interview with the
q Watchdog Of the House.
Prospsct Of adjournment - Impotence Of
Pespls-Fickie Public Opinion.

IL Inc course OF a long conversation on his
legislative experience 1.-THE work Of the
house is well forward. and you must have
noticed that dilatory tactics have almost
entirely ceased, and with every days work
the rate Of doing the work increases. As
TO the senate, consider the trouble prac-
tically over. The Democrats are united
and have working majority, and as soon
rs that fact Is made plain the Republicans
Will not delay action merely for the sake
Of delay In fact, it will not do. The PEG
pc are getting very i'm, patient and are tax
ing unusual notice Of every act that looks
like delay
Judge HoIman's Views.
q But is IL not true that there is ALWAYS
a great popular clamor about this time of
year for congress TO hurry up, and is not
the president usually most unpopular at
about this time in his administrations"
"Oh, yes; that Is the common expert.
ence, though there are really unusual AND
very urgent reasons for tho impatience of
the people just now. OF all the presidents
IN my time Mr.. Lincoln was the most I'M
popular in the early part Of his admins
tration, although General Grant had two
bad spells, AS we say in Indiana There
was something very curious about that.
lie sutg.el the usual storm of criticism
while the offices were being given out,
'tlen got over it, was reelected and reached
his worst stage of unpopularity in his sec
on5 torn.
Y1 AT what time in Lincoln's administra-
ton do you think he was most unpopu.
lar2'
About the time Secretary Cameron
went out OF the cabinet all the evils seem.
ed TO come ut once - unsuccessful war.
heavy taxation, disappointed office seekers
and laundering all around. There was
time, 1t seemed to me, when the war Dem
ocrats were the only unwavering support
ers Mr.. Lincoln had. A great deal of that
was due to Secretary Chase, whom we re.
gardcd as the brainy man Of the cabinet
and who was real and practical civi,
service reformcr He maintained that nm
DER the peculiar circumstances every LOYAL
ana efficient Democrat in Office should be
retained. loucan Imagine what q storm
That raised at time when the present
civil service system was scarcely thought
OF and new party had just come in, with
thousands of men hungry for the spoils.
Many Things occurred which have never
got into history and one little episode In
secretary Cameron S career Is worth relat-
ing even now. He appointed newspaper
man as a sort OF general agent at New
YORK ana Entrusted him with, if remem-
Der rightly, about $3.50, 600. The man was
honest enough, suppose, but had no bust.
ness ability, made all sorts of queer and
useless purchases, mixed up the govern
ment money with his own and drew on it
at random for the expenses of his paper
Inc natural result was considerable loss
10 the government ut a time when We
needed every dollar.
An Interesting Episode.
well, there was a committee appointed,
by the house, consisting of Mr. Dawes,
MI. "ashburn, Mr.. Cox, myself and some
cthers, and we reported n strong resolu-
zion condemning the secretary When Mr..
cameron entered the senate, he made it the
business OF his life to get that resolution
expungcd, and he had what might be called
MS regular agent in member of the
house. Year after year that member work
cd ut 1t till there were, believe, but three
or four of us LETT who had anything to do
with IL, and we finally consented to the
expunglng resolution. The old man came
IN from the senate and shook hands with
several whom he had not spoken to for
years, and when he came to Mr. Cox and
me he broke down and cried-I will not say
cried likeachild, but the tears flowed freely.
he was very much affected, and, as said
IN advocating the expunging res olution, I
thnk his action had been merely mistake
caused by the general hurry burly of the
times After Mr. Cameron left the cabinet
Mr. Lincoln began to gain, slowly at first
and attcrward more rapidlj', until he be
came the idol of the people. How far pub
tic opinion will react in the case of Mr.
cleveland II Is of course impossible to say
nut 1t IL certain that a president is at his
worst in the second year of his admins
tration, and the chances are always 10 tc
i that the party in power will lose heavily
Mt the middle term election. To this gen
erai loss must this year be added the losses
caused by the hard times, and so. as have
been urging for some time, it is highly
important t1r us to get away from here
early, and an now satisfied we shall do
SO"
"An III Wind" Etc.
Coxey has done one good thing for Wash.
ington anyhow, thou rh he did not intend
it. When he pitched his camp in south
Washington, many of the elite rode down
to take look at II and came back holding
their noses. 1t is jocularly asserted that
some of the ladies on their return had
their carriages spr'nkled with cologne and
their clothing disinfected. Ihe genelai
exclamation was, Greet hc.yrn1, do hu
man beings actually live in that nci ghbor
hood all summer" And when it was tn
swered that they did there was loud cry
Tor improved sewerage and "a general clean
ing up. When Coyey's men had got about
half the garbage removed from the lot and
the rest well stirred up there came an av-
er;sge rain, and after it the sun came out
ms hot rs on an ordinary June day in tho
latitude Of New York. Several men swore
they could smell the camp from the soueh
windows of the capitol, and one of the col
orcd citizens of the vicinity gave this EN-
phatic testimony; Wen dc wedder does
dat erway down roun hyar, dey ain no lib
bin fit TO man or becses. De sun jess cook
up all de dirt an crupshun, an no man er
oman nudder ain nehber sperunced whut
er bad smell is till dey smells round bout
hyar in sech time like dat. Desc hyar
white fellers is goin ter have wun mon
strous hard time oh hit wen de sun shine
agin, an yer better mock whut l tells
YER
- OF course the health officials had to move
pretty lively, ard all kinds of organiza-