The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-11-09
WASHINGTON LETTER.

thoroughfares of the most
beautiful city in America, perhaps
in the world. No longer penned in
by towering piles of gloomy walls
that shut out the blessed sunlight,
we breathe freer and invoke a boss
ing upon the memory of that far-see-
ing young Frenchman, SLEnfant,
who laid out the federal city upon
such a grand and magnificent scale.
There is a suggestion of Paris, gay,
happy Paris, in the plan ofthe
Its avenues, parks, gardens
and public buildings remind the
traveller forcibly of the French capt
tai and the day will come when it
will far surpass the latter in beauty.
What a pity, what a crying shame it
is that all this beauty, allthese grand
improvements should be coupled
with SO much fraud and yillainy. The
Mullet- Babcock ring have
reaped a rich harvest and beggared
many a property-holder. Yes, it is
beautiful city,-goodly and fair 10
look upon, but within there is foul
rot and much uncleanness. And this
reminds us that the mighty Mullet
swims again after a brief season of
inactivity. His recent appointment
by Secretary Morrill, to some indef-
mite advisory position in the archi-
%tectural bureau of the Treasury De-
partment has q very fshy look. 1t
is doubtless an illegal exercise OF
power on the part of Mr.. Morrill,, but
Boss Shepherd and Babcock demand
ed it and it was done. One of the
monuments of Mullet's costly arch
i~tsctural folly is the huge unfinished
pile known as the new War and Navy
Departne nt. 1t reminds us Of one
of Beckford's weird and ghostly con-
ceits in "Vathek,"-the description
Of the Hall Of Eblis.
"Ihe gloomy watchtowers whose
numbers could not be counted, were
vsiled by no roof, and the Capitol, of
an architecture unknown in the re-
cords of the earth, served as an asy-
lum for the birds Of darkness, which,
alarmed at the approach Of such WIS.,
itants, fed away croaking."
The session Of Congress which be-
gins on the first Monday Of next De-
SENDER, will take up for considera-
ton several measures which are of
the utmost Importance. The Presi-
dental election will have been decid-
ed, and with it the issues now before
the public. There are other issues
real, living issues-which are
crowded out of sight temporarily
that an election may be decided be,
tween the Democratic and Republi
can party organizations. But there
have been steadily growing up othel
neutrality-suspicious. of vital impor
lance to the welfare of every man il
the land, and with the reassemblin.
Of Congress these issues are certain
to rise up and divide the ranks o
both parties to some extent. Chic
among these are
The Reconciliation Of Silver.
Finance Reform.
Civil Service Reform.
These are three issues of great ma
tional importance that will come be
fore Congress during the coming SEES
sion. Experience has taught us tina
upon these, as upon most other ques
lions, the bulk ofthe republican Sen
ators and Representatives will rang
themselves upon the side whicI
promises to put the most money in
to their own pockets. This is sac
but it is true. No impartial ma.
who has carefully watched nations
Legislation for several years past ca
doubt it. Dom Piatt says "the RI
publican platform is in fact a cor
jugation of the verb steal, from th
present tense of steal; thou steales,
he, she or it steals; to I might, coult
would or should have stolen; he, sh
or it might, could, would or shoul
have stolen, to the imperative of stes
thou and let him steal" They woul
like to hold on until there is nothin
left to steal.
The glory OF the republican part
!, narrows down to the creation of
carpet-bagger and the christis
statesman. The noblest sentimer
is when one rises from his law-mal
!, ing seat and says: "Mr. Speake
in the name of God, amen! let L
rob somebody" Their thieves, lih
Belknap and Babcock have only
!. present themselves for trial to be a,
quilted, or like Boss Hesing, Jak
Rehm, and Others of the whisky rim!
are only convicted to be pardoned.
The town of Ipswich Mass, is a
lin a futter over the supposed findin
of the long sought treasure of Capital
Kidd, at Castle Hill. AS the stor
goes, a man had dream. a few week