The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1878-03-09
Washington Letter.
WAsulSerOI, Mar. 6, 1873

Eatof DehtocFat
The wors. enemy Of Mr.. Hayes
might almost be sa,i,fcd with the dig.
appointments which he has had in the
year jus. closed. First aud greatest,
the new party was child which did
DO, rise 70 the activity Of still -birth.
Matthews, made Senator by undigni-
fed intrigue. gave no strength to his
inventor, and goes out Of office by the
unanimous wish Of the people of Ohio.
backed by the warta assent Of citizens
generally. Garfield, Who was to be
Speaker Of the House, also by Prcsi.
dcutiul intrigue, wus miserably do.
featcd for that position, aud Osn be re-
turned to Congress by miraculous
change iu the people Of his District.
1t is'fair to suppose that Hayes, il he
really ever had & conviction Of any
kind, believed that the civil service Of
the country ought to DO reformed, and
hoped to reform il; yet by his own
acts it has became demoralizcd 70 an
ex.en, that would make Grant shud.
der; it is, to ue q common phrase,
"demOuetized," and nothing but an
net of Congress can restore it to what
it was year ago. The only possibili.
ty Of mischief that the Administration
has escaped has been in our affairs with
Mexico, apd I do not believe that
Hayes or bis Secretary Of State should
receive credit for keeping US out Of
war With that distrucIed country |
think that but for the efforts nude by
the press before aud at and after the
meeting Of Congress in October, The
Administration would have had to an.
swcr for that browning inlamy of all
infamits-auy unjust val. against a
weaker sister Republic.
Upon the whole. il We omit the re.
moval Of troops from the South. which
every day shows more and more clearly
to have been condition precedent to
his Inauguration, We fad that Mr.
Hayes 10 entitled 10 little credit for
services IN the Office he holds. limo
alone can tell whether this comes from
the weakness Of the man, the peculiar
condition Of our politics at this time, or
from the fact that goods improperly
acquired never bring prosperity to the
holder. There is great deal Of
amusement found in the fact that GER
'nin Senators were tipsy on the night
the Silver Bill pusseI 1t was an all
night session. The Post Of yesterday
published what it called its list Of Sen.
aiors who were not the worse for liquor.
The fnu Of this list Is found III tue fact
that it puts clasc together tSe names oil
Senators who never drink Mt oil, anu
Of Senators WIN arc never sober. Its
UNDERSTOOD thai correct list of the
incbriated ones would not take III any
who come from east Of the l'cuobscot,
or west Of The Pacific Ocean.
Tue uttcutiun Of Congress vas called
last fall, in this correspondence. to
the fact that the Government wns DC.
cupyins many private buildings here
at aa enormous annual expense. and
that most Of tho buildings were mere
fire traps, Invaluable records stored
Within them being moro exposed to
destruction than business man would
allow his property to be. An inyvstisa.
ton Of tho subject is to BE- had, undn
resolution yesterday introduced in
The House. There can be but one re-
suit. FaTOriteis'n nql fra"d will be
found, il The Investigation Ia thorough.
in connection with the renting Of uea:Iy
every building. liza man has an I'm.
'alaLlc aud InFcnIabio shnnty, hc can
generally make the Government a ten
aut If hp will pay some middle man IL
percentage.
The ISL Pension bill pissed the
lluus1 yesterday, having previously
passed thu Srustt. 1t gives IS per
mouth l. al ILose who served II days
ar were engaged in battle, during