Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-04-28
Rim Van Wrinkle OutdOne.
From tho Philadelphia Times.

= OF the steamers OF the Occluentai Hue
= plying between this city and Havana
: arrived yesterday from round tri]
:. of 10 days duration. The captain
is an ardent Republican. When b.
left home his mind was oppressed
with gloom. The Electoral Com
; mission had concluded its labors
but it seemed the settled purpose O
the Democrats in the House to OBJ
struct the progress of the count tc
such an extent that it would be i'm.
possible TO have a peaceful inaugu-
ration, while many were inclined to
think there would be new election.
Capt. Burton was, therefore, relieved,
on landing, to learn that the inaugu-
ration had taken place. He went to
his favorite resort, the Union League
Club, to learn the particulars. There
he met his old friend, Col. Snow
drift, who always knows the news.
"Glad to see you, John" said the
Colonel, "and 1 know you are re-
joiced to hear the country is safe.
l was just reading a good thing in
the Bulletin, giving Blaine a sharp
rap. BY the way, what an ass he
made of himself
"The BuUetin!9 ASS? Blaine 2"
replied Burton. Surely the BuHe-
tn has not gone over to the Demo-
cratsr'
"Oh, no; but Blaine's course, you
know, has been too outrageous for
any thing. The idea of his antago-
nizinG the Administration at the very
start
I" Blaine antagonized the Admins
tration?"
Yes, as the Bulletin says:
"When the public business of this
nation is intrusted to men of proved
fitness, who shall remain in place to
do the work to which they are
trained, it is possible that the cleo
tive offices will be filed generally by
men who have some other claim then
their capacity for II aking promises to
the mob of place-hunters, and of be-
ing hail fellow well met" with
every rasamuflin who has longing
thirst to taste of the stream that
flows from the public treasury"
II wonder how the Camerons will
take that sort of talk 2
Capt. Burton stared at his friend
in amazement. Was it possible that
Snowdrift had turned reformer?
No, it could not be; this was a guy.
He snatched the paper in his friends
hand. Yes, it was the Bulletin, and
the words read were correctly quoted.
But why this fling at the Camerons?
Il am glad to see," continued
Snowdrift, "that old Simon has been
beaten ut least. But the checklist
thing he has ever done Is this attempt
to put Don in the Senate"
Don in the Senate? Then. Wal
lace is dead You don't mean it?"
Nothing of the kind; but of
course the old man wasn't going to
stay in the Senate after Schurz and |
Key had been crammed down his |
throat"
"I beg you to explain"
"Why, don't you know that Schurz
and Key were appointed to Cabinet
rlaces?"
"Schurz and Key! Who is Key ?"
Why, the ex-rebel General, you
know: the one who was Democratic
Senator from Tennessee. He was a
Tilden man, and, of course, it was
right to give him a show"
Capt. Burton again was agitated.
" Is it possible that have been mis-
informed? Did Tilden get in after
all?"
"Why, no, yon stupid fellow.
But Cancellation is the watchword
under the new regime. As the Ma
tional Republican remarks: the ad-
venturers must withdraw and leave
the original inhabitants of the South
to control their own affairs in their
own way and Us the same able paper |
says in another place. the CORY gar
ment must be buried"
You puzzle me beyond measure,
Colonel. I never expected to hear
this sort of talk from you"
Il don't see any thing astonishing
about it. The President is in earnest, !!
and, with Sherman and Schurz in
the Cabinet, Matthews and Lamar in
the Senate, and Garfield and Gibson
in the House, the bloody shirt will
never flap in the morning breeze
again"
"Who is Matthews and who is
Gibson"
Gibson is one of the best of our
ex-Confederates. He is from Louisi-
ana; noble fellow! Mathews Don't
yor remember Stanley Mathews? He
is going to the Senate in place of
Sherman. Garfield is needed in the
House, rs the President says, to. aid
in the work of pacifcation. A few
weeks more and Packard, Chamber
lain, and oil the rest of the carpet
basgers will be packing their traps"
d" What! 1t isn't proposed to
throw tham ovarhoar1 ~