The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-10-22
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER,
From our Regular CorrespoE dent.l


Mr.. Bayard as President of the
Senate may be said to have rum a
short but brilliant career. Those
hard-headed Democrats who thought
they saw the Presidential secession
ahead. and insisted upon electing one
of their ilk to fill the gap, are su-
premely Disguised at the turn things
haYe taken. Some of the shrewder
and less partisan among them favor
ed making Senator Davis their candi-
date in the beginning. They foresaw
the difficulties and uncertainties sur
rounding their position and believ-
ed that their only chance of securing
permanent organization was
through anchoring the Independent
party on that side. Mr.. Dayis is am
bilious and has had the Presidential
fever for years. This position with
the responsibility before him was
great prize-prebably the nearest he
will ever come to the realization of
his hopes. But a few old hard-shelfs
among the Democratic Senators
would not listen to the Davis scheme.
and, as usual, they got left. They
wanted a real old simon pure Demo-
cratic President ii Mr.. Arthur should
peg out. and they thought if they
elected Bayard Senator Davis would
not join in any programme to Gust
him. They are pretty slow politi-
clans, these old moss-backs.
The feeling among Republicans is
that while Mr.. Davis is 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 we'll 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 arrange
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 organi-
zation, all branches of the Govern
ment will once more be under the
control of one party-the party re.
sponsible to the country. 1t is not
unlikely that at the regular session
of Congress i'm December straight
Republican will he elected to succeed
Mr.. DAVIS. If such a proposition is
brought forward Judge Davis could
not with prepriety 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
that would 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, a bril-
liant reception. They were escorted
to the Capitol by military and civic
procession and in the r0tunda given
formal welcome. after which Gen
eral Sherman and the members of his
staff and number of army and navy
officers, including the Admiral, were
introduced. The scene in the rotun-
da was gay one, the glittering bril-
liant uniforms of the various officers
enriching its splendor, and far differ.
ent from the one which transpired
there but few weeks ago when the
funeral services oyer the body of the
late President took place. The Pres.
ident and members of the Cabinet
wore black gloves. 1t was noticed
that President Arthur was larger
than any of the visitors; indeed he
was probably taller than any man in
the rotunda. The same persons who
noticed this also noticed when the
visitors were in the Senate chamber
that the President of the Senate. Mr..
Davis, weighed more, apparently.
than any two of the largest of the
visitors. and that our army and navy
officers are, as rule, much larger
men than the visiting officers. The
extensive and brilliant display of
fireworks in the evening attracted an
immense crowd to the vicinity of the
Washington Monument, where it
was given. AS our foreign visitors
looked out from the new State De-
partment building upon that unfin. |
ished shaft, which the illumination
caused to stand out so prominently
they must have noticed that it pre.