Daily Republican., 1878-11-16
WASHINGTON LETTER.
The Darned Patent Onice-weA.
ding In Nigh Life-A Gay session
Of Congress I'm Prospect - The
eOuahesn Question Disc ussed.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18th, 1878.

n hh"Nhoi year Has nehfiy tOid lts Iot
fold tale and still the unsightly wal
OF the burned Patent Office thrust then
selves roofess heavenward. The 81
preparation Of 100000 Is rscorde
dou btless on the books at the Treasur
but before the work can begin there
some gordian knot Of red tape, tina
, must be cut with the civil service sea
pei, In the hand ofsome modern reform
or. Had this building been in the hand
Of private parties, long since the wor
would have been done and the unen
ployed In our city would have bee
greatly benefited.
Persons daughters seem in great de-
mand In the city, DR.. Byron Sunder
lands youngest was married a fe.
days since 10 young man from New
York. This was followed by the mar
riage Of Miss Mary +. Rankin to Mr.
Harvey d. Goulder, a young lawyer o.
Cleveland, The ceremony, the fathe
officiating, was witnessed by crowded
audience in the Congregational church
which was elegantly decorated with
evergreen arches and rarest howers.--
Prof. Bischoff, the popular organist o
this church, outdid himself ~ by his
magic touch and delicate execution hs
held the great audience spell bound.
| The gifts on the occasion we're very nu.
IN erous, and his beautiful and accom-
plished young lady will bear with her,
to her new home, the kindly benedic.
tions of host Of friends at the Capital.
The indications are that this is to be
a gay winter, and as the session will
be cut short by the fonth Of March
everything will be whirl Of excite
ment. The influx Of strangers and
winter residents was never SO great a.
at the present. The old familiar faces,
the members Of the lobby are now be
ginning to be seen on the streets, and
with blandest smiles they are trying to
conciliate the boarding house keepers.
Texas Pacific, Northern Pacific, rail
road schemes, and Brazilian subsidy
are invisibly pasted in the hats Of
many Of these patriots.
The city post office, cramped and un
comforta BILE, and scarcely sufficient IN
accommodations for a city Of 80, 900 in.
habitants, demands the attention Of
the authorities. 1t must soon vacate
its present quarters, as the increase in
postal facilities demanded by the rapid
settlement OF the territories, will so EN-
large the force under the Post Master
General, that the whole building will
be soon insufficient. The Presidents
message will be full of hope and en-
for the future. The mani.
fest toning up of confidence at home.
the demand for our products and
from all sections of the
world, the influx Of gold into our eoun-
try, the revival Of tine music and hum
OF machinery long silent, In our man
uiactories indicate, returning prosperi-
ty. A better day is dawning. Let
svery one be up and doing something,
some where, and resolve to earn a dol.
lar before spending it, and this land
will see an era Of prosperity he like
Of which has never been witnessed.
hN VitSt"h bFttlfu btybHh
venture, several questions that should
inspire confidence In the future of bus
mess in the country. First, no party
either IN or out of congress can ex
pect any support from the people
IN an effort to defeat or pOstD0le re.
sumption. Second. The late verdict
of the people ensures the perman-
ency OF our national banking system.
Third, The voters in the northern states
re-afiirmed their confidence in the Re.
publican Party, as the authors of the
sreenoa'k k currency and the advocates
Df honest money. fourth, That no
or socalistic idea born Of
unrest and dissatisfaction i'll the old |
world, can live in American politics,
wen though nursel by the most ac.
demalogues of this genera.
ion. FIFTH, That the party who fought
II defence of the old flag, will never
'ssent to the payment Of the rebel debt
incurred by the South in their attempt
o destroy the union. SIXTH, That left
o themselves the south will not toler-
We freedom of speech or allow freedom
# action, either on the hustings or at
he ballot box. LASTLY, The Vox populi
hat thundered all through the politi
al horizon at the last election, was in
pired by the Vox Del, and was the
nell of doom to the Democratic party
Dreshadowing their defeat in 1880.
As the light is let into South Carroll.
"a affairs the picture grows darker.
he election in that chivalre state was
II outrage upon our civilization and
'ere justice aone the state would be-
eprived of representation in the next {
pngress. Proofs of rascality and out ,
age from official sources in all sections I
re being received here that will star
lie the country. 1t is easy to see how t
Democratic majority of 100000 was c
-cured. 1t might as easily have been
lade million. As the truth becomes /
nogn it will be seen that the mea MS used /
} secure Democratic solid South in v
arious other localities were such a. II
lonld be standing disgrace to our y
ationality, and all who desire per- .
of our free insttu ions will /
lstain the President in his determine
on to exhaust every resource in the T.
rest and punishment of all who aided Il
nd abetted in the great crime against e
eedom and free suffrage. No marvel G.
lat he exclains, 81 am reluctantly t.
reed to admit that my experiment a
it'll the south is failure" FAX. a
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