Political Clippings

- We teel authonzed to announce that Maj-Gon. Benjamin F. Butler will ba a candida tii for ro-election to Congrcss, hut, we understand that he ha not yet decided which district he will run in, or on whnt ticket. Tbese last, however, are raerely minor matters of detail, and do not concern the general public. - Wuxhinglon Pt. - They say that Mr. Senator Oglesby, of Illinois, is gatnonug hiiuselt ior a great speech against Hayos, which will " cetuent thH fragmenta of the Republican party." The place wbere Howe broke through is not yet frozeu over, and the hole is just about Oglesby's size. - l'hüadeliihiti Times. - Industrious and intelligent working men know that if the goTerntnent titids work for any body that work must be paid for by the taxpayers - by these industrious and intelligent workiuguieu auiong othere ; and they are sufliciently loaded with taxes already. The notion that the government ought to hecome a great employer and fnrnish everybody with work and wnges is couimuuisiu in essence. Put into practice H is revolution, anarch y, the destruction of society. - iV. Y. Eoeniag Pont. - Ex-Gov. Stearns, of Florida, is bobbing around Washington, singulary at this critical junction, and Senator Conover says he's seekiug a reappointinent as Hot ftprings cooiraissioner. The administratiou ought to see that he gets it without any unnatural delay, else there may be another Florida confession to startle somebody. - PhlUuleljiltin Times. - The President and his cabinet keep on explaining that musty civil service order, evideutly trying to couvince themselves that it means soinething, and to couvince every-body else that it meaus nothing. Ñeither the tuxt nor the uommentaries are matters of " contuitiporaneous human interest." - .V. Y. Tribune. - Senator Gordon's speech, renently delivered at Boston, has attracted general attention and elicited comments of warm approval froin Hepublican journals that are not afraid to be reasonable. i If the Southern leaders will only practice what they preach, national reconciliation will soon be irrevocably