Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1878-02-05
Washinaton Corresponding.
WASHINGTON, ID. c.,
Jan. 20, 1878.


fully at,ested The ladies were in good
humor, and received their callers with
more than their wonted cordially.
soon after the new year came in the
weather changed. and We were treated
10 week OF snow and ice. This has
yielded to as beautiiul and lovely wealh-
er as We ever experienced in JaDuaiy
The assembling OF Congress, has
not, as many prophesied, developed any
very great opposition to the President
and his policy. His not sending in other
names Tor the New York City appoint
ments has been accepted as sn earnest
that be Is not cap,iouS, and that be really
meant the good of the public service in
the course be pursued in the matter.
There was, and still is feeling among
ali parties that his Civil Service order OF
| June 22i. was mistake, and many
have ielt that i. was so usurpalion Of
power tha: endangered The iioer;ies Of
tie people. While the order of itself
was not necessarily offensive. The al
tempt OF the friends O. the sdmiuistra-
ton and OF the President himself 70 give
II the color aud authority Of law, stlrac ed
10 IL more attention than it Was really
entitled TO. In this City, nearly every
State had It's own political Association,
that had done very good service in po-it-
ical Campaigns Pennsylvania had =
very large and efiicien. Organization.
Is members sent s letter OF inquiry 10
the President: he referred i; 10 his law
officer, Gen. Deveus, who returned to the
Association q reply, stating that they
came within the scope Of the order. and
they ielt compelled to abandon it. One
after another of these associations has
disbauded under that decision, or changed
is character until not one republican
organization is COW Lett to tell The tale.
The explanations that have followed
have very nearly done away with the
order. bu; its effects are not gone.
TIE passage Of Mr.. Woods grand
drag net scheme by The lower House,
setting on TOO; large number of inves-
tigat.ons promises not only 10 inIer-
iere with business in Congress. but 10
largely prevent The dispatch OF business
ia all the departments. We are sure
that the Republicans have nothing 10
fear. but much 10 gain from an honest
and thorough investigation in every de-
partment Of the Government. The re-
forms they have introduced in conducting
the public business would disarm their
enemies were they to be fully presen ed
to the Country. and We earnestly hope
that the work attempted will be prose-
cuted with yigor, and the results be fully
laid before the people.
Senator Blaine's tilt with the Massa-
chusetts Senators on the occasion Of
presenting the statue OF Governor King
on Tuesday last, has been the subject Of
much comment. The merits of the case
have been lost sigh. OF by the personal
nature OF the controversy. 1t has been
more a question of whether they liked
or disliked the Maine Senator.
The Rev. Geo. Muller, OF Bristol, Eng
land, has been spending some weeks in
this City, preaching in the various
churches. His account OF his Orphansge.
located ST Bristol, was very remarkable.
He has conducted it for nearly forty
years, relying upon God to answer his
prayers for every thing needed, and as
sured his hearers that these little ones
mad never been left to 60 to bed hungry,
only on one Occasion,-tbeir dinner was
delayed one hall hour. In ali these
years be had been furnished over 81, 000-
600.
Francis Murphy, the great temperance
advocate, commenced his lsbors here on
Sunday last, by meeting 10 Lincoln
Hal. 1t is estimated tha. ten thousand
people gathered to greet him, while the
hal viii not hold over 1900 persons. He
has q fine field tor reformatory labors.
The friends of the cause are working
vigorously, that his labors may be fruit
ful Of great awakening of an interest
here in the cause. The churches are
waking up here 10 the great work, and
will certainly aid him as they are able.
We have never seen anything like the
interest that is now apparent in every
class OF society, and ali are earnestly
anticipating powerful crusade for the
next few weeks.
The theme that is at present agitating
the public minds the persecution of the
Louisiana Returning Board" the great
est farce OF modern times, is being en-
ac;ed in New Orleans, panel OF one
hundred jury-men was made up. and
not a colored man or republican was al
lowed on il, for the alleged reason that
republicans would be sure to acquit
them, or really, because their conviction
has been decided on, and they dare not