Show washington WHISPERS official irregularities grant a sen ator at orMar labul senators the ent graut robertson Letter maddest politician from the heralds special correspondent irregularities have been discovered in the management of by the superintendent of ortho the treasury building it has bas not been shown D however that the officer profited financially financil illy by his acts he 10 paid more for carpets and the I like ike than the office prise price and purchased more than was ary and the variety of fancy articles bought was almost as great as if a senate officer had been the buyer the purchases were made by him after consultation with tho the then chief clerk who occupies another position in the department and both of them will probably be dismissed or re requested quested to resign most of the officials connected with late alleged were appointees of gen grant a and nd held over during the last administration tra tion more attention has been given last few days than ever before t franl senate orio YAW stalwart vart of republicans says that granland grant Gran and tand conkling will be the candidates if it appears on election day that they can call be elected I the maryland senators called upon the president on saturday in i pursuance of a previous understand ing anti and discussed the subject of federal d inti patronage in that state it was the first formal call of both democratic senators of a state for such a purpose but nearly all the southern senators have responded to calls for information inform Won as to applicants for office from their state and S some ome of them have volunteered advice vice in in particular cases to the president anal cabinet officers the revised new testament was welcomed by nearly all ill the clergymen of the tile city who spoke of it in their services or who have given their views to newspaper men the notable exception was rev dr harrison chaplain of the senate anent general grants letter urging the withdrawal of robertson because he lie wa not the choice odthe of the new york senators Sc natora the following bit of history is recalled general grant when president nominated william A simmons for collector of the port of boston at the instance of general butler and without consulting tile massachusetts senators both tho senators from that state protested earnestly against the 11 appointment and insisted upon ilits its biti with S but the president was w as f firm irin in refusing senator conkling worked spoke and voted in favor of Simmons how now is it did the massachusetts men sulk and blubber like great babica babies the maddest politician in ill the country at althis this time is william lV illian JE chandler who was rejected by the senate for the solicitor generalship I lip his friends will now run him for the senate and irever if ever gets there lie will make the democrats howl he is perhaps tho most radical republican in the country and tho the democrats say had lie been confirmed as solicitor general he be would have provoked another mrs garfield is slowly mending KNOX washington may y 23 1881 |