American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-08-12
WASHINGTON LETTER.

10 REASON.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From or Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Ang. 4.
After an absence Of three months
from the National Capital, observe
~ome changes. In different parts Of
the city are suspended banners
having upon them the visages Of
two mediocre meif, and the names
of Hayes and Wheeler. These ban
ners are hung from windows under
which upon boards, like a pawn.
brokers sign, is written the legend
Maine Republican Club" or evils
3onsin Republican Association !
am so unfortunate as to have an
office in a building where one OF
hese State Associations meets to
'srun the machine and, l see very
frequently, during the day, three or
four dfsreputable looking bummers
directing campaign circulars. Yes
5erday porters were carrying literal
cords of these circulars to the club
rooms. This literature is pretty
we'll known even at this early day
# the campaign, and contains,
doubtless, more pernicious falsehood
the square inch, than any thing
bat has been written in Centennial
times.
Washington is the lair where the
spring motor, like a serpent, is coil
d, and if any man imagines that
The ''nachine' will not he run TO
is fullest capacity, AMI that the
clerks will not ,as usual.
be taxed and drilled and sent home
% vote, he has forgotten that
Chandler, and Edmonds, and Don
Cameron are here laughing at the
Speciols promises of civil service
reform in Hayes letter of accept
lnce. One thing may be relied
upon: the $4,000 Office holders will
work as one man to uphold the
party that feeds them, and for the
nan who has told them subsran
tally In his letter of acceptance,
that those in Office shall not be dis
They will vote for him,
and make votes for him i'll as busi>
nesslike Il way as they would bave
lone fol- Grant or Conkling.
5iembers of Congress and Sena
'ors have donned straw hats, al
Dacca coats, light coiored panta:
oons, and palm leaf fans; they
rink oceans of lemonade, ice tea,
ETC., and do all they can to counter
ict the influence of this red-hot
yea Their. | have just passed Sena
or Boutwell,, Of Massachusetts,
Irving towards the Capitol in a
,hspton. he looks as though the fiery
'un had flied some of the Radical
bile out of him, but the essence is
ioul tess ranking there still.
Senator Coporton, of West Vir- /
sinia, died suddenly on Monday
,vening of this week, aud, it is
bought that Mr.. Faulkner, a repre- .
eEtative from that state will be /
appointed to fill the unexpircd term
II the Senate. The death of Soma
or Copcrton will make it necessary
0 elect two Senators insteld of one
Il West Virginia this winter. It
} believed here that the Kilkenny
of Davis and Faulkner
7lll result In tho defeat of both,
nd that the 1atness OF many of the
who traded in the late
contest. in that State,
ill cause the Legislature to look to
ew men. Most prominent of those
llkcd OF for one of the vacancies,
Prot. w. K. Pendleton, OF
'ethany, who has recently received
ie nomination for Superintendent
Public Schools. Massachusetts /;
as sent one college professor to
re Lower House, it would be sig {
ihcant if West Virginia should go /;
ne better and send d college pro- |
ssor to the Senate.
Many changes have t. ken place q
the different Departments recent /
;. There is much known and Il
liked about here, among the clerks :
Id employees that never reach the C
ewspapers, and never comes up Il
fore investigating committees. e
BON after Treasurer Spinner Was O
divided out to make room for the Il
'otcges of the Indiana Senator, "
Id his kin, a sum of $1,000 was fl
Used from the Redemption Divi. ii
)n. The loss excited some com il
cnt from tho press, but the matter Il
Is overlooked in the moro august a
ievery of a Cabinet officer, smaller Il
HIS continually disappeared, and II
nephew of Treasurer New, in o
rted from Indiana and given a fat Il
ace IL the I o surel's office, 1t e,
IS sand, spent more money than ii