The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-07-02
WASHINGTON LETTER.

THE SITUATION IN WASHINGTON = coNsTERNA.
TIoN AND DEPENDENCY OF RADICAL OFFICIALS
TIRE NECESSITY OF CHANGING PLANS AND PRO-
CURING SUPPLIES IN THE FACE OF THE ENEMY
From our Regular Correspondent)
WASHINGTON, D. c., June 26, 1890
The nomination of Hancock and English was
received with great approval by the fe~ Demo.
Gratis who live in Washington, but the best proof
Of the strength of the ticket is the serious con.
sternation it has produced in the Republican
camp There is such Republican camp here in
Washington as can be found nowhere else in the
Union. For political intelligence and sagacity
no one can excel the twenty thousand govern
ment employees, who are paid FROM the public
treasury for what they have done and what they
can do for the Republican party These men
study every movement on the political chess.
board with the insight of experience, and with
peculiar interest that can only be felt by those
whose bread and butter depend on the result
Many Of them are writers of no mean ability.
and some Of the best editorials Of the Radical
press are paid for by the general government as
salaries 10 those who do not do six hours hours
OF Legitimate clerical work per week Such
them since the days now nearly four years ago,
when they knew that Tilden ", elected Presi-
dent of the United States, and before il was
dreamed that the Republican party would crown
its long list of crimes by stealing the Presidency
1t is conceded on all sides that the Democrats
have been eminently wise in their choice. They
have nominated the man whom, Of all Others,
the enemy would not have had them nominate At
least one million cut and dried Republican cam
paign speeches are made worthless by the choice
Of Gen. Hancock. On the morning of the battle
the enemy have not only to reorganize their plans
but are actually without ammunition. Conkling,
Blaine, Logan, and all that innumerable host Of
small orators and political lay-teachers who gee
their ideas and rhetoric from them, will have to.
revise, yes, revolutionize their little bloOd-curd
ling Rotations. Does any one believe this viii
be easy to dor Think of the accumulation of
campaign Neutrality-suspicious. tropes, anecdotes,
lies-that have been their stock In trade Does
any one doubt when these are gone the Republ-
can party win be helpless, bankrupt
The party that cruciied Greeley and Sumneks
and made demi-god Of Grant, that: has lived
through two Presidential terms ON dead issues,
and through one by assassination Of popular
government and theft of the executive Office, has
existed at least twelve years too long
II anything can be judged from appearances
the Radical workers are demoralized ia the start.
and that solid assistance from twenty thousand
government clerks, that has been given 50 freely
in the past, will, think, be wanting Ia the pres
ent campaign. John Sherman Is pre-eminenuy
selfish, he viii not do for Garfield what he would
do for himself or what he did for Hayes, who
was peculiarly his bantling. The clerks here
were strong for Blaine and Grant, with ma
jority IN favor OF the former. They seemed pretty
well pleased with Garfield until after Hancock
was nominated Now their dependency cannot
lie concealed.