The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-11-24

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PEARs-THE LOBBY WITH ITS AN
GENT ALLY GEARS. CHEERS, BEERS
ETC, ETC.
WASHINGTON, D. g., Nov. 70.
To the Editor Of The Morristown Gazette:
Within the past week the Nation
al Capital has awakened from be
long summer siesta, and gone vigor
ously to work to prepare the seat o
government for the political ant
fashionable people who will soon b
in our midst. Many representative
and senators have already re-occu-
| pied their Washington hemes. 4
host of correspondents and reporters
of journals throughout the country
has arrived and taken up their olC
/ quarters in and about NewspapeI
Row; and all signs indicate that The
| political mill, Vanity Fair" ant
Mammen's Court will soou be as bu
sy, resplendent and mischievous as
ever before. Political quid nuncs are
already on the alert, aod journalist:
with theig long ears and keen nose.
f0r news, are discussing the probable
personel Of The coming Cabinet the
complexion ofthe next Congress ;the
policy of the new Administration
and he taciturnity Of Billy Mahone
Billy" pardon me, William. is nov
in the city, aud it is safe TO say that
SO much impalpable indecipherable
political mystery was never before
the envy and despair Of the news
gasherer. We have piped to him,
but he will not dance we have press
ed him to say something for thepress
but he has not expressed himself !;
he il no gushing child of nature or of
politics. The appearance of Sena-
tor elect Malone in the political fir
mament has, however, settled an i'm.
porgant physico-p political problem.
Tue independence of Senator David
Davis, OF Illinois, was vaguely sup.
posed to be in some way related to
his immense $50 pounds physique.
But now appears General Muhone
who, though he is the physical anti
thesis Of Senator Davis, is as politi.
cally inscrutable as the ponderous
1t seems to be pretty
well settled that this little 90 pound
man will hold the balaoce of power
in the Senate, hence his Importance
is ont of all proportion to his physi.
cal or intellectual weight. Ny pre-
diction is that la petite Malone will
act with the Republicans, and that
they will pay him we'll for it.
The air is full of rumors, both as
to the policy Of the coming admins
tratiou and the persouel of his advi.
sers; nobody knows Anything. and
there is a splendid 6etd for the i'm
aginatton. It is predicted that Gen.
Garfield will be under the control OF
and that he will declare his
independence of cliques. Stalwarts
predict a stalwart administration,
and say that Republicans of the
SchuTz and Evarts type will have no.
thing to hope for. Others predict
hat, for the next four years, Repub-
liCans Of the Conklipg, Blaine ana
Logan type will stroll desolate with
out patronage. In short, every pol
itieian sees in the political kalaide-
scope only those rose tinted shapes
combinations that please him, and
the only safe prediction is that "we
can't most always sometimes tell"
who the President of the United
States will appeint, what approve or
what veto. Sufficient unto the day
will be the surprise thereof, and the
most your correspondent eau PROM
ise is that ne will try to keep abreast
Of, but not outrun, the times.