The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-12-08
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular g Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, d. C,
Dec & 1881.

been gathering and joining IN
the skirmish over tne organization,
in the political arena have
been cristahzing. The city is full
of politicians -office-seekers and
schemers.vA And assthe fog of uncer-
tainty gradually lifts and disappears
the well-developed outlines of. our
new Administrations policy is plain
ly d~iscernable. The plans and pur-
poses of the Arthur reign are now
pretty clearly understood by all OBJ
servers OF political events. As init
mated some weeks ago, it is a com
plete Grant restoration. Garfield
andhis policies are gone forever, and
there Is nov a stalwart reyel In
Washington. There has been some
ill-concealed affectation about the
departure, but it deceived nobody.
Grant, -Conkling, Jones, Cameron
and other representatives of the Old
Guard at Chicago are, and have been
from the first, the influences near the
throne, and the following of Garfield
are unbidden. The Star Route thieves
have felt the sunshine that penetra-
tedtheir gloomy retirement, and they
emerge from their haunts in defiant
strength. The organs of the stall
warts which live on Washington
lplunder were SO impatient of their
revenge that they could not wait for
the funeral train to frownetheir de
famation upon the memory of Gar
field. The Repudiater and Confed-
crate prodigal came upfrom Virginia.
and the fatted calf was brought be
fore him andithe spoilsmen swarmed
from every point of the compass 20
enjoy their patrimony.
The atmosphere of the Capital is
pregnant with the changed condi-
tions and the results of returning
republican controlin all the branches
Of the Government. The session of
Congress just opening is bound to
be prolific ofjobs, large and small,
and the presence of a lobby more
numerous than has hung around the
halls of legislation for years, is al
ready felt4 Daring Democratic su-
Ipremacy in Congress theslebby had
butlittle show. All subsidies were
stopped and appropriations cut down
to the lowest point. The wall that
went up from those who had pre-
viously fattened upon "liberaf appros
priations"" was heard on all sides
here, and the schemers prayed for
THE return of Republican control.
It las come; and with it will come
"a renewal ofthe liberality in appro-
tpriations which was characteristic
of the rule of that party The buz-
yards who scent the plumber from
lafar, are already lowering around
lCapitol hill. Southern patriots of
the old carpet bag, and sealawag
sort are also sure. of the re-establish-
ment of Grantism in Washington.
A small segment of them in Missis-
sippi are SO sanguine that the good
old times of bayonet rule have re-
turned that they have determined to
make up a Estate Government of
the odds and ends defeated in the
Hate election and come on here for
recognition" Some ofthe Northern
1organs which were 1ondest in denun
citation of the Grant methods in
lSouth Carolina and Louisiana hail
this as a sign Of the abreaking of the
solid Soulful q so7 TH5 q
Events have corroborated my as
sertion in a former letter that Presi-
Edent5 Arthur was not in earnest in
his protested desire to successfully
prosecute1 the Star Route thieves.
If any politically verdant reader has
heretofore believed the contrary the
depressing history of the prosecu
tions since Garield's death must sufl
fee to undeceive him. Brady and
Dorsey have been the political
chums of Grant, Arthur and the pre-
sent rulingdynasty.e They will never
go to prison or wear the stripes
which would so become them. I'm
der any civilized administration in
Christendom the scandalous state of
things made public in Gibson's re-
port would be followed by energetic
action on the part of the authorities.
But here we see not only the jour
mails owned and edited by the ring
thieves pretending5to question the
standing of the Governments agent
while ignoring the facts he produces,
butnewspapers throughoutthe coun-
try, known to be in very close relag
tiohs with Arthur, ecloing the
thieves and seeking to-discredit the
Governments agent. The prosecu-
ting attorney for the District, who
is a friend of the accused, and by
many believed to have been sugar
ed" by them, openly shows his SYM
pathies against the cases and the
Acting Attorney General joins the
thieves in throwing official obstacles
in the way of Gibson's report.reach
ing Congress- ALI these obstacles
in the way of Furnishing this partics
ular group Of rogues are mere acct
dental incidentssef a vigorously pro-
secuted case They arise from SYM
pathy and co-operationin quarters
where the very life ofithe peoples
case is confded. When Grantism
ard its creatures are ont of the way
we hope to see no more covering
up".of damaging "trails," but until
then triumphant robbery is a spectaz
Gle public attention must frequently
dwell upon. ,2i stl- PHoNo.: &.
The amount stolen by Republican
officials in the Philadelphia Tax Of
fee will foot up to three million dol
lars How many more millions have
been stolen in other departments du-