Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-04-14
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Special Correspondence IT she s,ss.'s'a


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Much hope came ON saturday
evening 10 tho Southern gentlemen
stopping here in the interest ~ good
government In Louisiana ssd South
Carolina. They claimed 10 have
new assurances from the President.
am afraid. however. that no matter
how honest aud earnest Mr.. Hayes
may he in his wish Ia have the Soutls.
en, States manage their own NJ
fairs. the time has gone D., when he
could have done that without incur.
ring tho bitter opposition VI . ms'
iority Of his party. aud that he 10 nn,
tho man 10 face that u IL certain,
however. thst men usually well IN
| formed are confident that the i'resi.
dent. AMI n majority ~ his Cabinet,
are determined 10 remove ~ rapidly
Us possible every ,c~tise ii Federal
Interference with the proper powers
Of the States.
The new civil service rules are Ia
be promulgated this week, aad the,
are said TO be. nj least Theoretically. .
an improvement ON any heretofors
in force. The competitive esami'
nation" IL omitted. Thi. whole sub.
ject il one little understood In this
country. and We must prolall, wal.
many years for the full benefit of asy
system tina, may bc adopted. The
one certain thing IL ,hat'a change u
necessary in the manner II select
ing men to bc appointed. and that
"A rigid examination into the efteisn.
cy Of those already In Office shoald
be made. Msssrs. Evsrta and
Schurz are responsible ior the new
rules.
The suit Of Que higgins against
Ex-Presidcnt Grant IL attracting at
tention, more than II ought u the
man is insane. m IL alleged. Hut
he has accumulated q handsome Tor.
tune by selling groceries 10 Govern.
ment clerks. and that argues mn,
only sanity but n remarkable degree
Of business. aud his friends really
believe that he has a just claim for
damages against his On esccllency,
and that when the case comes ~
trial he will present astonishing syi.
dencs. General Grant has certainly
paid more attention 30 the suit then
most men would I've likely 10. " the
alleged wrong was the mere whi,a
Of an insane man. Bigsias coun.
sci are men in good standing nj the
Washington Bar.
The National Rep#li,csm. up Ia
March ith. the mos. nasty aud sio.
lent organ 81 carpet-l'as radical Re-
publican,-m. Ia now . conservative
paper, with all that the name Inn.
plies. II abuses i,s late pets. liks
Packard and Kellogg. IN language
that Democratic papsrs would No,
use. II Is bound 10 bs an organ. an
organ or die. II has of late taken
to giving elaborate praise 10 The
Presidents horses. II may 10
called tho stable organ III The M.
ministration. There 10 room Zoe .
respectable morning paper here.
John ID. Defress Ut ladiass, aad
Col. II. u. Otis II Ohio. ere noe The
most prominent candidates Tor M
perintendcnt 81 The aovssnment
Printing Office. Defrses has held
the Office before. OTIS To- vssetseai
printer, has been foreman of The
Government Office. and wagon Oh.
Ger in Hayes Regiment during che
war. Dcfress has the political To-
fuencs, and Otp the good viii ~
the printers generally. This once
is getting to cost the country nearly
as much as the whole ucversmsat
cost in the early days. and needs m
honest. careful aud experienced msa
for liz head.
The intended foreign appoint
ments are kept very quite thessh
NO doubt determined on. u may
be that Mr.. Evarts commenced "
write out sou,e oe the apNsintnsalo