The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-11-05
Washington Letter.
(From Our Regular Correspondent


WASHINGTON, ID. c., Nov. lst, 1881
The extra Senate session has passed into
history; senators have been passed" to their
homes and Washington is lett alone with on
" month to complete her toilet which is to-
be of unusual elabOrateness, for the coming
season. Preparation tor the season Is usual
at this time of the year, but this year the prep
aration is unusual. During the past summer,
larger number of fine residences have been
built In Washington than were ever before
erected In the same space OF time. The Caplt-
al, as city, has wonderfully extended us en-.
virons and Its roots. Wealthy men from dit
ferent parts Of the country are making invest
ments and erecting fine houses In the more Ia
yored localities. The population OF the city
| ia now nearly two hundred thousand, and, dur
ing the winter, Washington IS visited by a.
large fashionable crowd, which comes here
to attend receptions and enjoy the social al
yantages of the National Capital, as Saratoga,
Newport, Long Branch, and half dozen other
summer resorts can boast In July ana Aug
ust. The visiting population Will be larger
this winter than usual, tor new Cabinet VIII
be APPOINTED, and each new Cabinet minister
will have his encourage. Moreover the SEN
ate and the House, which Will pass completely
under Republican control, Will have much
patronage to distribute Each candidate iof
speake Grand the candidates are legion-will
be followed h,ther by a large clientage, each
hoping his favorite will be elected, and will
give 6,m a cerkship. Ninetenths of these
must be disappointed and will have to borrow
money TO get home. The plan proposed by
Senator Window and which Is said to have
had the approval of the late President, would
do much to abste the evil and the misery Of
office seeking here Senator Windom's plar
was to have an examining board of three mer
lin each state, who would test the efficiency OF
, all applicants for cerkships, place their names
on a graded list, and have vacancies nlled II
the Departments, as they occur, from thos'
standing highest on the list, giving 10 eact
state its due proportion OF clerksnips'
safe to say that no plan, however ideally ad
m,rable, will be adopted by the party that nov
holds the government through these offices
< held IT, in spite of Hayes defeat, by mean
of these offices; and hopes to hold it In tn
: future by the same means. Thorough civil sci
= vice reform means the end of the Republica
marty AZ dominant National power, and tn
y Devil will turn Methodist before this part.
e carries 1t out. Its fight over the Lynchour
!, postotfice, and its liaison with Malone, fui
s nishes brief of the Republican true position
= on civil service reform. just before Garneiu
. assassination, member of his own church
= who had held the postofiice at Snowviiie, w
q giiia, for eight years, and managed 1t with III
iuneachable correctness, and who was eI
It dersed by nine-tenths of the patronage OF III
!. Office, both Republicans and Democrats, wa
y nevertheless removed to give place to disreI
utable, illiterate old roue, who lived and live
two miles and halffrom the postofice, wher
the has made pretty fortune by means oil
II small apple brandy distillery.
Ex.Postmaster Filley of st. Louis, is prom
/. inently mentioned as the coming Post Masle
General. Mr.. Fliley and his frienas are col
II 6dent In order to view the landscape o'e
e before he enters upon his heritage, Mr. File
visits the Post Oiflce Department daily.