Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1894-02-01

himself to have been kept out of FOR
improper reasons.
Although the debate ia the Senate On
the bill Tor the repeal of the federal
election laws, has been dull and seem-
ingly pertuuctory Senator Cnandler's
motion TO postpone its further consider
alton until next December was lost by
q vote of % to 90, the Senate dividing
on party lines, except that Senator
Allen, of Nebraska, voted with the dem.
ocruts
Mr.. Richard Croker, the TAmnany
boss who came to Washington to help
the fight against the income tax, would
haye accomplished more by staying
away. His coming here was resented
BY many memb ers as an attempt to
oxterd hls boSsing to Congress. and it
made more votes for the income tax
than i. did against it,
Senator Hill is working hard to So
cure the rejrcrion OF the nomln,t1on OF
Peckha Tor he Supreme Court. which
was taken up bv the Judiciary commit
tee of the Senate TODAY and his friends
say that he Is confident of succeeding.
| II is said that President Cleveland h S
decided to appol", Mr.. + d CraudAIl.
newspaper man Of Buffalo N. \ ,
public printer, but that he will not
send the nomination to the Senate until
that of Mr. Peck nun AMI a number of
others for federal off res in New York,
which haye been hung up by Senator
Hill, shall have been disposed Of
While the country is holding its
breath awaiting the result of the tariff
debate II Congress, this feeling Of anx
ety finds but faint expression among
the countrvs lesislat ors. Judging from
their attendance on the night sessions
of the tariff debates. the night stss
, iols Of he House have be-, n attended
by less then twenty flew members on an
average, and so far AS colleagues are
concerned the tariff orator has spoken
to rash Of COLI ar A fair Illus IA
ton Of this was shown A few nights ago.
Congress nan Waugh of Indiana, closed
speech against the Wilson bill! at 10 80
clock, amidst tilunhorOus app ause
from the galleries. On the floor the
slIance was so dense as to be appalling
Only two members wer" presert-ther"
were IS? abseutees. Th.sa two were
detained bv stress Of circumstances.
One va. the Speaker protemnorr, anrl
the other the chairman Of the Comnlftee
of the Whole. When the Indiana Con-
gres>uan concluded he started for the
| House restaurant. This iet the Speaker
pro tempure AZ the only person VII"
coald move that the c,ulnltter rise.
No recognition or response came from
the char the Chairman was fast asleep
Finally the chairman awoke with a
start, AMI declared the motion carried
| Then the chairman turned tie glvtl
oyer to the Spea@ Ell pro teMpore, the
chairman becoming the House and
the House becoming the
Speaker. Then the House afforded
aud he two members went home.
With lowering skies the rush for Oh
fee continues Men, women and chill
dreu were involved The hard times
increase The rush. Wn.; adls to the
pa; h,,t,c character Of the hunt is the
! fact that hose who are IN off max
most DESPERATE efforts 10 retail their
y ,sitl,rs. The civil s'lvltr laN is b.
only protection for them. but there are
many pieces not within these regult
ton. In former administrations
politics has been an important factor in
the distribution of these places. II is a
factor to far less degree in the pirsent
ADMINISTRATION. Tne wishes of the
Repre.e ,tanyes ana of the senators are
more frequently disregsrded. Som"
are meyer consulted as TO federal ap-
polutments in their district or state
Others cue apo ,in'm-nts with very
little trouble.
The Post O i:e Department fairly
swarnls with applications for Office.
The man patronage Ia IN the fourth =
class post office 1t was their dlstrlbu
tlon tlat Ad4ai +. Stevenson made his
reputation as heaisman. The record
shows that Fourth Assistant Postmaster
General Maxwell works The guIotnp
on these Offices steadily. In the aggre
gate he has made more removals since
he has been in office than Ciarksol
N lc in the same lime. The Capt. al
as we'll as Department affords the lied
upon which the army of Office seekers
operate in W ,shlngton. 1t is an army
without supplies. Its substances seems
to be drawn from hope alone. Con-