Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-03-15

core December next
Congress has disappeared almost as
if bv magic. The capitol Is deserted.
except by the clerks who remain Il pre-
pare schedule of the work of the APP
propriatious committee and "A statement
of the amounts carried, and 10 clear
away the debris about the different
committee rooms The file clerks are
collecting the various manuscripts of
bills, resolutions, etc, of which there
are more than two car loads, and about
$4,000 packages OF private papers, re-
lating to claims of individuals and pri-
vate bills.
President Cleveland is worn out with
the struggle with the questions of state,
and has gone on a ten days duck-shoot-
ing expedition on the inland waters of
North Carolina. Don't for moment
suppose that Grover footS the bills for
this little outing. This tigure-head OF
democracy argues that his vitality has
been expended in the government SER
vice, therefore it is only just that Uncle
Sam should foot the bill for his recuper-
alton. The president has gone south
on government steamer, accompanied
by several naval officers and an army
surgeon. All this is at government eX-
pense, and all attempts to make 1t APP
pear otherwise are false.
The lighthouse tender Violet, on
which the presidential party is comfort
ably eusconced. is stationed at Balti-
more. and It's work is the inspection and
repairing of buoys and lighthouses; but
on this trip no attention is paid to any
thing but the comfort of the great and
only Grover Cleveland. and the vessel
rs well as the officers thereon are subject
to his order and for his private use.
DR.. O'Reilly, the army surgeon who
accompanies the Great Mogul IN the
capacity OF private medical attendant,
is the army surgeon stationed in tins
city. whose duty is to give his medical
services gratis to the families of the
army officers stationed here. For the
past two years he has been in attend
ance upon the president good deal in
his absence those who are entitled to
his services are compelled to employ
physician at their own expense. 1t
never occurs to our duck-hunting pres
ident or TO his medical attendant To
provide a substitute or TO compensate
the ones who are compelled TO pay for
services for which the government is
sole ~ that
can be said is that it is usurpation on
the part of the president, and VIOLA
ton OF army rules on the part of Dr.
O'Reilly.
The Fifty-third congress cannot claim
credit for economy. The last congress
will have total of appropriations to
its credit of more than 81 ,00O, OOO.O 900.
Had not the pruning shears been used
in the committee rooms, ii Is almost
impossible to imagine the figures which
would have been necessary to represent
the cash to be drawn from the treasury.
There is not much probability of
contest over the speakership of the next
usual degree of interest taken in the
makeup of the different committees and
the chairmen thereof. For some weeks
there has been more or less gossip on
this subject, and many of the republican
members have gone home for the sum-
mer vacation pretty well satisfied how
the more important chairmanships will
be settled. Mr.. Reed will select the
most competent and experienced men
for these important positions, and his
long experience is sure guaradtee that
he will make no mistake.
The probability that the free silver
men will form a new party is hardly
possibility now. The free silverites are
torn to pieces with rivalries and differ
ences of opinions. They find it impos-
sible to harmonic such a variety of
elements. even though there be perfect
accord upon the one important question
involved-free silver Populist silver
men want one sort of an organization.
democrats clamor for another, and re-
publicans are loud in their demands for
still another.
The Bi-metallic League wants new
party formed, with the league as the
parent organization. The populists and
some of the democrats in the late house
want a free silver party organized by
themselves; other democrats want no
new party, but do want To capture the
democratic organization for free silver,
making that the issue Of the next cam
paign. The silver republicans want
Cameron as presidential candidate in
the next campaign.
The proposition TO form a new party,
and the efforts of the league in this di-
rection, are not favored by most of the
radical silver men, and it is believed
that all efforts in this direction will
either fail altogether, or else so divide