The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-08-08
WARRINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.

From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, August, .4th. 1876.
Alter an absence of three months
from the National Capital, j observed
ON nv return some changes. In differ
ent parts of the city are suspended ban
ners, having upon them the visages
of two medical men, and the names Of
HAYES and Wheeler. These banners are
hung from windows under which upon
boards, like a pawn. brokers sign, is
written the legend: "Maine Republican
Club" or wisconsin Republican Asso-
citation" am so unfortunate AS to have
an Office in building where one OF
these state associations meets 70 run the
machine" and, | see very frequently,
during the day, three or four disreputable
looking bummers directing campaign
circulars. Yesterday porters were carry
ing literal cords of these circulars, TO the
club rooms. This literature is pretty
we'll known even at this early day of the
campaign, and contains, doubtless, ;more
pernicious falsehood to the square inch,
than anything that has been writer IN
Centennial times.
Washington is the lair where the spring
motor, like serpent, is coiled, and if
any man imagines that the ''machine'
will not be run to its fullest capacity,
and that the government clerks will not
as usual, be taxed and drilled and sent
home to vote, he has forgotten that Chan
dler, and Edmunds, and Don Cameron
are here, laughing at the Aspecious
promise OF civil service reform in Hayes
letter OF acceptance. 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 man who
has told them substantially in his letter
of acceptance, that those in office will
not be disturbed. They will vote for
HIM and make votes for HIM, in as bus
mess like way rs they would have done
for Grant or Conkling.
Members of Congress and Senators
have donned straw hats, alpaca coats,
light colored pantaloons, and palm leaf
fans; they drink oceans of lemonade, iced
tea. etc, and do all they can to counter
act the influence ofthis red-het weather.
l have just passed Senator Boutwell, of
Mass, driving toward the Capital in:
phseton; he looks as though the fiery sun
had fried some of the radical bile out of
him, but the essence is doubtless rank
ling there still.
senator Caperton, of West, Va, died
suddenly on Monday evening of this
week, and, it is thought that Mr.. Faulk-
ner representative from that state will
be appointed to I'll the unexpired term
in the senate. The death of Senator Ca
perton will make it necessary TO elect two
Senators instead OF one in West Virginia
this winter. 1t is believed here that
the Kilkenny candidacy OF DAVIS and
Faulkner will result in.the defest..of both,
and that the hatness OF many of the can
didates who traded in the late senatorial
islature to look 10 new men. Most
prominent Of these talked OF one of the
vacancies, Is Prot. w. X. Pendleton Of
Bethany, who has recently received the
nomination for superin,e ldent Of pubic
schools. Massachusetts has sent one
college professor To the lower House, 1t
would be significant If West Virginia
should 60 one better and send u college
prefessorto the senate.
Many changes have taken place in
the different departments recently.
There 10 much known and talked about
here among the clerks and employees
that never reaches the newspapers, and
never comes up before investigating COM
mittees. Soon after Treasurer Spinner
was crowded out to make room for the
proteges Of the Indiana senator, and his
kin, sum OF $1,000 was missed from the
Redemption Division. The loss excited
some comment from the press, but the
matter was overlooked in the more su
gust thievery of Cabinet Minister
Smaller Sums continually disappeared,
and nephew Of Treasurer New, i'm.
ported from Indiana and gwen fat
place in the Tressurers office, !, was said
spent more money at disreputsble places,
than ever his fat salary would account
for; but the places that knew nephew
New in Indiana soon beheld hlm agaiu,
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