Show lings about congress Uon gress th the thy j late republican employees of tb the 0 house of Representative v eq 0 who are aro now mcanin moaning over the loss of their profitable places and perquisites qui sites appear to have improved the tho last chance and to have followed the example of greater me men n it is ascertained that the committee rooms and some of the offices have been literally stripped of everything that could be conveniently carried off and that thousands of documents belonging to members or forming a part of the sl stationary atio atlo nary collection havo have disappeared for years past valuable public property about the capitol basteen has teen stolen and replaced at large cost without the least remark members and messengers helped themselves freelyn freel freely yi and dhe dho taxpayers footed tho the b bills s there seems to have been no or care for this property among the multitude of poll poil political pensioners who have In infested rested the ho muse ngue and senate and looked upon it as a pat part parl of the general spoils the first place to begin reform is about the halls balls of congress where extravagance and arid jobbery are vis i ble to every eye the aiani num ber of clerks clerke doorkeepers messen gerg pages attendants and the likes like ilke has increased creased iu without the pretext of a necessity until now there is I 1 at t least one salaried off leial official for every member of both branches barbers baths bootblacks perfumery and all the ibe incidentals incident als ais aro are eliar eilar marred marked ered gred under various disguises to the contingent fund which has swollen from about one nue hundred and fifty thousand dollars in 1860 for the house and enate anale to mure more than half a million in 1874 this scandal is in keenig keeping with the frauds and eor dor corruption that a t disgrace every other branch of the public sel eel Fe vice ivice it has long jong been notorious and without an effort at reform for the simple reason that members profited personally by these abuses and pensioned their relatives and dt dependants owa own on a i fanu fund which had no limit but their own discretion ve are glad tn to know that the democratic houe of representatives intends to t cut off this prodigality and plunder by a severe re of its own patronage and a renti renunciation ne lation of the rep ubil can legacy an example of self telf denial Is needed to enforce economy elsewhere and to compel the republican senate to give up the sinecures sine bine eurea curca and which stain its conti continuant contine ent expenses when tho the house has illustrated its faith in reform by good works at home the path will be made smooth for applying a similar process elsewhere JV Y sun dc dec C so |