Show congressional GE S there thore mut bame hao been some amusement la in tho House of representative the other day ky ov over erthe the remarks demark s of mr nir stevens during the discussion of the deni denn deficiency cleney clency appropriation hessard he sali said that some of the members procured under the name of stationery pantaloons shirts and shaving soap sufficient ta to last foy for years and sain of af them had run ru n up u p a stationery account to nearly a thousand dollars this is a damaging statement to come como from the thy leader leade r of the house hourie and the chairman of the committee on i whose opportunities for obtaining a knowledge of this subject enable him to talk by the book I 1 mr julian also offered a resolution instructing the post office committee ato to inquire into the expediency of totally 1 abolishing tle the franking privilege it seems that some of the leading members of the house are ly after the abuses that prevail but whether their statements and action will have any effect in checking them or not remains tobe to be proved it would be something very wonderful if they did some rather tough stories are told about the abuse of the franking privilege hy by members of congress which many affirm to be true we once heard of a member sending a sidesaddle through the post office under his frank and it is asserted that it is not onfre quent for members to send their dirty linen home to be washed in some way I 1 it is exceedingly difficult for body to correct the abuses of which its members themselves are guilty they may be stern tind and severe in dealing with the mal practices of others on the principle that it is much asier easier to point out and correct the faults t of f others than it is to see our own but they will fall to see the propriety of being very rigid with themselves efforts to correct existing evils of this kind are spasmodic and are generally made to prevent the opposing par party ty from taking advantage of those evils to raise popular party cries words the country will soon be entering upon another presidential dental campaign cans cana are on the alert to seize fluery advantage e that will aid their own flirty y and dati injure re the prospects of their opponents 1 there ere are without doubt some men tn U C congress angress who would willingly do all they could to retrench and cut down the expenses in which they share but they are sadly in the minority we understand that just at present congress ress is very closefisted close fisted and is conly zealous in scrutinizing every tiala claim on the treasury the stagnation of business in the east probably contributes to produce this feeling leeling but the of republican simplicity when country stood first and self and party patty ras fas a minor consideration in the minds our public men have gone gono by and luder juder jander the present order of things never to 0 return |