Smyrna times., 1882-02-15
For the Smyrna Times.
Letter from Washington.

For the Smyrna Times.
Letter from Washington.
For state lying SO close to the Capital,
Delaware politics and politicians manage
somehow, TO take up an exceeding small
portion Of public attention. She has no
big mouthed delegation kept here like Il
standing army. al the taxpayers expense,
and every time she wants Il government
pOst-Uilice, or IL creek deGprned, she has
to go through the useless formula of in
dieting petition to her congressman.
humbly praying therein for the object Of
her desires In some States this might
work like a charm, but i'll Delaware it
don't do any good Senator Bayard is
lomgheadcd and sound" so far aS linan-
cial issues, particularly the tariff, are con-
ccrned, but 50 conservative that he always
hesitateS to raise his voice for the people /
who put him where he is. Senator SaUls- .
bury is probably anxious to do everything I
for his relations he can, and may be |
equally anxious to hand around apprO- F
priations to his constituents at Dover, and |
ia Little Creek Hundred. but his voice is
so feeble and his coua>els -, il! timed, tnll
Duck Creek stands very poor saoW at
his hands Mr.. Martin, from SUSSEX is Il
good hearty fellow, bat Il mere figure head
| saw him the other day in the House
the dregs, he sat at his desk, with his legs
spread out in the most cOnyenien Mt attitude,
scrbbling his name over and over again
on a sheet OF blank paper. lie boards at
Wizards. while David Davis, who i. worth
several times as much money, and has at
/ least twice as much brains, is content to
put UP at the National along with the
. other CongrcssmeH. Mr.. Martin has few
acquaintamces of the floor of the House.
4 lie knows scarcely any Of the prominent
/ Democrats i'll the city, and is politely
snubbed by Mr.. Bayard. whenever an OPP
portunity offers. AS matter of fact,
when Delaware wants anything either
from the President. or at the hands of
Congress, Anthony Higgins can come
down here and get it quicker for her than
all her congressman together, and get
more Of it, too. lie has just finished
getting in his fine work on the Will
mingtOn postmastership, and | am very
much mistaken if Mr. Pyle does not 90
into Office for another term. He has had
ii long enough and Major Swiggett is
popular and would make Il better post
master, but Mr.. Bird isn't very we'll ac-
uuainted with the Administration. and
although he groomed Swiggett we'll for
the race, Anthony will probably hop up
sercnely ON the home stretch and win the
: prize.
Senator Bayard is u genial host, aid a
| hearty dinner giver. His receptions are
very exclusive. He owns a fine house up
III the Northwestern part of the city.
} Ills wife is Il very accomplished lady, and
plays the piano with great skill and taste
, Mr.. Salisbury has no wife and he can't
!, play the piano, so he is not much as i
social factor. One sees very few Della
in in NR-hi 10
0 a cousin of Mr.. Saulsbury's comes down
here to enliven the occasion, bat outside
), Of that, the familiar faces are few and tal
4 between, somewhat like angels visits,
might say.
: The most important political figure jus
II now, is Mr.. Blaine. His fight with tht
e administration is assuming new forms ant
larger proportions. His policy is dstinc
Is lively an American one, whatever thu
# Democrats and Stalwarts may say to tn
c contrary, and he is making himself popular
st with the masses at large i'll surpIisiAgl,
rapid manner. He is hard at work on hi
" Garfield eulogy, which promises to be al
Il enduring monument in more ways thar
II one Already admissions to the lIous
chamber, where it will be delivered on tn
both inst, are exhausted. The assembling
d on that day promises to be one of the mos
'e brilliant ever gathered within four walls
IS Eminent men from all parts of the COuntr
IS will be present. and should Mr.. Blain
al take it into his sagaciCus head to dexter
iously infuse little of the Marc Anton
1r spirit into his grafton il cannot fail of
wonderful effect The whispers as to Nj
n Blaine's coalition expectant with tn
OF Democrats, are causing no small amour
IA of worriment in political circles Th
as Democrats would like him as he is, but it
very doubtful whether he would shOulde
rs the Democracy in its present condition
OF He sees as do many other far seeing pol
a tcians, that if some radically new issue
tn are not speedily found by both parties,
II new party of vast power and intluenC
es may clutch popular fallacy and rise
ie the top. Mr.. Blaine wants to be PresideI
in any case. If the Democrats will col
ia, sent to silver coat their platform, or bette
n, If they will tcar out a few obnoXiol
planks and substitute new ones i'll the
TO places, he will not unlikely take IL
ey Democratic nomination. He will take IL
Republican platform as it is or he vi
IS build Il new platform if the great and cN
growing independent element i'll nation
lg- politics will promise to hang its hopes al
VII votes thereon. Should he succeed in &c
ting Il Presidential nomination outside
me the Grcenback party, he will sweep Il
He has been beaten at the National Co
vas ventiOns by but narrow margin of vote
OF the third time will be an unerringly su
cessful one AS a President he will
lei in the chair of State, what General Gran
asst friends claim he was in the battle field,
brilliant, far reaching, and he will
isa, heroic in his treatment of momento
his questions, affecting this country's stand
among the nations of the earth. 1t usu
vas ly happens that Presidential boom sta
lice ed such a long way ahead, looses it's fol
before the happy time of the Convent
rolls around, but in Mr. Blaine's case /
; of boom will not spend its fierce. 1t has
md irresistible attraction which will gath
ing power as IL sweeps around and crush doV
sale any convention which may refuse
lers recognize it. SO much for Mr.. Blail
ect of Maine.
to Politics generally are quiet. Congr
ing has not yet gotten over its astOnishmC
of ut having smiled on Mr.. Burrows An
by Mormon bill so winningly, and it is feeli
g to very delicate and feeble. When it recC
AIDE ers from the shock it may screw up CO..
I'd age to take up public business, provid
G it no more prize fights turn up to distract
1t, attention.
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