The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-10-28
WASHINGTON LETTER,
lFrom our regular correspondent !

hard-headed democrats who though
they saw the presidential succession
ahead. and insisted upon electin.
one OF their ilk to fill the gap, ar
supremely disgusted at the turi
things have taken. Some of tn,
shrewder and less partisan among
them favored making Senator Davi
their candidate i'm the beginning
They foresaw the difficulties and un
ccrtainties surrounding their position
and believed that their only chance
OF securing a permanent organization
was through anchoring the Indeprnd
ant party on that side. Mr. Davis is
ambitious and has had the presiden
tial fever for years. This position
with the possibility before him was
great prize-probably the nearest
| he ever came to the realization of his
hopes. But few old hard-shells
among the Democratic Senators
| would not listen to the Davis scheme
and, as usual, they got left. They
wanted real old simon pure Dem.
ocratic president if Mr.. Arthur
should peg out, and they thought if
they elected Bayard Senator Davis
would not join in any programme.rto
oust him. They are pretty slow pol
iticians, these old moss-backs.
The feeling among republicans is
that while Mr.. Davis il not entirely
satisfactory TO them he is better from
their standpoint than Bayard And
in the matter of the rest of the organ
ization as well as upon other ques
tions, it gives them an advantage.
Having now determined upon which
side the real majority is, and having
settled in their own favor the arrano-
ment.of the committees, there is no
further obstacle to prompt and salts
factory action upon measures coming
before the senate. When the House
shall also effect republican oryani-
cation, all brarches of the govern
ment will once more be under the
control of one party-the party re-
sponsible to the country. 1t is moi
unlikely that at the regular session of
congress in December straight re-
publican will be elected to succeed
Mr.. Davis. IF such a proposition is
brought forward Judge Davis could
not with propriety vote upon it, and
that would give one Republican ma
joritY. The only way the resolution
could be defeated would be by Mr..
Davis casting his vote for the Demo.
cratic candidate, if there should be
one, thereby causing tie. But tha,
wonid be equivalent to voting for
himself. which he would hardly do.
Washington gave our French and
German visitors, who had come over
to see us celebrate the victory which
their ancestors helped TO win, bril-!
iant reception They were escorted
to the Capitol by military and civ ic
procession and in the rotunda given
a formal welcome, after wllicl, Gen
rral Sherman and the members of
his staff and number OF army snd
navy officers, including the Adm ira.
were introduced. The scene in III.
fotuEda was gay one, the gilt
Lering, brilliant uniforms OF the
various officers cnrichlng its splendor
and far different from the one which
lranspired there but few weeks
ago, when the funeral services over
the body Of the late President took |
place. The Presi,ient and members
of the Cabinet wore black gloves
It was noticed that PresI lent Arthur
was larger than any of the visitors;
indeed he was probably taller than
my man in TIE rotunda. The same
persons who noticed this also noticed
when the visitors were in the Senate
chamber that the President of the
Sena.e, Mr., Davis, weighed more.
apparently, than any two of the lar
.est of the visitors, and that onr army
md navy officers are, as rule, much
arger men tl:an the visiting officers
The extensive and brilliant display OF
ireworks in the evening attracted an
crowd TO the vicinity of the
Monument, where /.
vas given. As our foreign visitors
Ooked out from the new State De.
'artment building upon that nnfinish.
i shaft, which the illumination
aused to stand out SO prominently,
hey must have noticed that it pre-
ented a conspicuous reflection upon,
ur boasted enterprise. But there is
prospect at last that it will he com
'leted some time. It has grown fifty
pet, or thereabouts, in the last year.
r"-'iay the cry is on to Yorktown,
rhere accommodations are already