The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-12-01
WASHINGTON T T
From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, p. c.,
Nov. %. 1881.

From u Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, D. c.,
Nov. %, 1881.
The crowds in attendance upon
the Guiteau trial have been even
greater the second week than they
were the first. People of all classes
pack themselves into the Criminal
Court room like sardines in q box,
and those who cannot get in jam the
entrances aud passage ways. Men,
women, and children, many with
their lunch baskets, and some with
lorgnettes, daily crowd together in.
irretrievable confusion. Ostrich
feathers, beads, ribbons, laces, and
other ornaments of female apparel
are damaged and torn in the scram-
BILE, but their owner are not dis
mayed or discouraged. The reserv-
ed space within the bar is so filled
with ladies and prominent persons,
including several representatives of
our city clergy, that there is scarcely
room for the lawyers who wish to
hear the case. Mrs. Blaine was a
solemn and sorrowful spectator two
or three days. Doubtless the antics
of the prisoner have been the cause
of exciting greater interest in and
attention to the case. Whether or
not he is insane is a matter to be
judicially determined, and there is
some difference of opinion among
those who have witnessed the pro-
ceedings this far but the prevailing
belief is that he is acting a part. 1t
seems hardly possible that a court
viii adjudge a man insane enough to
be irresponsible who has shown so
much method and such clear appre-
citation of the consequences of his
acts. From the day he fired the
shot he has stood ia constant fear
of public vengeance. Yet conceit
and insolence are his predominant
characteristics.
Over fifty members of the House
of Representatives, and quite a mum
Der of Senators, are already here
making preparations for the Con-
gressionai session, and looking after
such political interests as they hap,
pen to have at stake-especially the
offices in their respective States and
districts. The President is at work
on his message, which, it is under
stood, is to be a short one. There is
some question whether it will be put
in type before it is sent to Congress
or not. Mr.. Arthur says he don't
want any COMPOUNDED newspaper cor
respondent to steal it and have il
published before it is delivered
Nearly all the Department reports
are in, and most of them have been
outlined in the telegEaphic dispatch.
es. The report of Postmaster Gen
eral James is in some respects a very
interesting document. 1t shows, il
his review for a number of years, how
much a Department of the Govern
ment a stand and not GO all tt
pieces. The Post Office Department
has been the victim of public plum
derers ever since public plunderine
became a popular Industry in this
country, but it has steadily gone on
nearly always keeping up with thu
demands ofthe people and promising
better for the future. Mr.. Jane.
does not offer any radical suggestion
for the improvement of the Depart
ment; he adopts some schemes of hi'
predecessors concerning postal saw
ings institutions, the reduction o
money fees, and adds a suggestion
Of his own that salaries of postmas
tiers in most of the larger cities shall
be increased. The retiring head o
the Department has clearly not deal
with his subject as he would hav,
done with a certainty of remaining
in the Cabinet.
There is a chance for the Presi
dent to look after some of'our diplo
mats abroad. Scarcely had we go
Uncle Hannibal Hamlin safely off 70.
Spain-having been sent to a milo
climate so that he would not have tt
buy an overcoat-before Gen
"Steve" Hurlburt and the illustrioul
Fitzpatrick, who lost his hat so many
times during the war, and now seems
to have lost his head, get up a dip
lomatic scandal down in Soutl
America. The State Department i.
waiting for official dispatches bu
according te-wffat- has been learned
these two warriors, who represep
this country in Chill and Peru, have
been taking different sides in thu
dispute between those Governments
and making the United States ridi
c%ulous. don't know what the Pres
ident may think of Fitzpatrick but i
Mr.. Blaine is going to stand sponso
for his friend Hurlburt, he will fnt
that. the safest place for him is n
home, in Illinois. During his who'll
career, "Steve' has always shon'
best at home. PHoNo.