The Indianapolis leader. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1879-1890, 1881-12-24
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Guiteau-The HOlidays-"Queen
Anneo Political : COlOred
Contestants - Personal
POints-Etc., Etc, Etc.

WASHINGTON ID. c., Dec. ia
patriotic Terre Haute friend in a recent
letter requests me to doall that posi-
bly, can to hang Guiteau; ''for," he says
81 want to see him die" have no
doubt that my friend voices the uni
Yersal sentiment of the country with
the possible exception of few MEM
bers of the Guiteau and Scoville fam
lilies. | haven't the least doubt, either
that his hope for the bloody villains
death will be gratifed. Not being a
member of the jury can, of course,
do nothing directly towards crystalizing
my friends desire into an accomplished
fact, but feel quite sure that the jury
will do Justice to the terrible crime
and the insolent plea and conduct of
the murderer, by giving him a free
ticket tOsthe gallows. All lovers of
justice may rest assured that Guiteau
will not in any event escape with his
life, whether the jury convicts or not.
There is doubtless large number of
American citizens who have constituted
themselves silent jury on this case,
and who are waiting, some patiently,
and some impatiently, Jones and Mason
for example, to see if justice is done
through legal channels. If not, then
there will doubtless be thousands of pa
triotic people called by inspiration"
to"remove" this abhorred scoundrel to
a sulphurous region, where his revela-
tons and pressures to commit murder
may be expended on kindred spirits to
himself.
| The holiday season approaches, and
Washington shop-keepers realize and
appreciate the fact by their large sale
Of articles for presents. This city is
not in any respect commercial center
but small retail shops are as numerous
here as violin manipulators in the scrip
tural region held to be mythical by Col.
| Ingersoll. While many valuable and
| useful articles in the wdy of jewelry,
art, bric-a-brac, pictures, silverware,
ladies goods, clothing, etc., are offered
for sale, yet most of the dealers handle
shoddy goods largely, and hold them
at shoddy prices. In offering the com
monest articles for sale clerks here gen.
orally fall from fifty to seventy-fve per
cent below the original price asked,
rather than allow people to depart with
out purchasing ''.'' 7''' -
"Queen Anne" is the brand of roy.
atty placed upon everything for sale
| here from a fifty thousand dollar man.
sion down to pewter spoon. The
more worthless and counterfeit the ar
ticle, the more intensely is this ancient
British trade mark applied to it. Auc-
tioneers, pedd.ers, street hawkers and
! every species of "Cheap John" mer.
chants, deal in "Queen Anne" goods
| In fact "Queen Anne" is all the rage
here Young ladies wear Queen Ann,
laces, gloves, hats, handkerchiefs, etc.
and l very much suspect that The
young men get on Queen Anne drunks
sleep in the station house, and sober w
on Queen Anne fines next morning.
If all the colored gentlemen now con
testing seats in Congress are admitted
the complexion of the Lower House
as to color and politics, will be restored
to the condition existing previous to thu
advent of the late Democratic majority
in that body. And they will all very
| probably be admitted, as the Green
hackers have declared their intention t.
vote for the admission of all contestant
from the South, some of whom belon.
to their own party. The colored con
testants are 4Messrs. Smalls and Lee, O
South Carolina; Witherspoon, of Flori
da; Lynch, of Mississippi; and possibl,
two or three others.
Clerk Mcpherson has appointed w
H. Smith, colored, chief of the Con
gressional library. Mr.. Smith ha
heretofore been subordinate employe
Hon. J.. H. Rainey is still in Wash
ington. .a...s...,.,.'.-...-.,t
Register Bruce attended the Balti
more reception given to Bishop Payne
last week. '''s .''i'@' +. r. b.