The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-02-02
WASHINGTON T T
From u Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, D. G.,
Jan. 30. 1882.

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A feeling of universal satisfaction
and congratulation pervaded the
Capital Wednesday night when the
news circulated throughout the city
that the jury after being out only
forty minutes had returned a verdict
of guilty. There was little dis
cussion in the jury room, and but
one ballot TO settle the verdict. All
were convinced before leaving the
court room the miserable wretch who
had been playing his antics before
them for ten weeks was responsible
to the law for his cruel, villainous
deed. 1t is well-nigh sever months
since the National tragedy, which
reached its second act on Wednes-
day, was begun by the shot from
Gniteau's pistol. In that brief time
the seat of Government has witness
ed many changes. An A~dministra-
tion which had but just begun its
career, came to a halt, passed thro'
eighty days of painful suspense, and
then amid the scenes and ceremon-
les of mourning gave way to q new
and different regime. During all
this no gusts-of passion wererAefe to
overthrow the dignity and equanim-
ity of the American people, and a
Government of law and order was
maintained while one President,
made by law, succeeded another
slain by an assassin.
The 4r;oI that hoe fo1aWaH 10 in
many respects one of the most re-
markable in the annals of criminal
procedure. We have seen the cow
ardly Assassination of the head of the
Nation sit in open court and abuse
counsel and witnesses in outrageous
terms, and when, during the closing
hours, he called the venerable and
eloquent Porter ga lying whelp," it
seemed almost too much for human
nature to stand. But the verdict of
the jury is ~consoling. The greatest
travesty of the whole thing is the
time consumed in reaching justice.
In what other country would the as
sassin of the chief ruler live a year
after doing the deed2 There is now,
however, no, chance for Guiteau to
escape pulling hemp sooner or later,
unless he dies from fright before the
time arrives. He stands not the
slightest chance of a new trial or of
any relief from the courts. In all
that has been done Judge Cox has
used the utmost caution to prevent
a misfre and his brother Judges
have been consulted at every step,
so that unquestionably the full bench
will sustain the result below. A lit
tie delay is the most that Guitean
can hope for. The hanging may be
postponed until May, possibly till
July, but the performance will even
tually take place, as set down in the
bills.
The greatest life of the Capital
now is among the Office hunters
There seems to be no end to them,
and the slow movements of the Presi-
dent drives them from eagerness to
desperation. Maryland and CiIcin-
natl delegations occupy the largest
share of tfme und attention lately,
and the two localities, in the matter
of numbers and persistence, appro,
pirate the pastry. If there is a Re-
publican in Cincinnati or in the
State of Maryland who does not ex-
pect an Office, he remains to be heard
from. A statistical genius, who is
himself looking through the gates
of the White House in the fond hope
that some fine day an Office will &C
~cidentally fall to him, asserts that
he has kept tally, SO to speak, of the
Maryland delegations, and that they
have marched into the White House
at the rate of from four to six solid
bodies of statesmen every working
day for the last six weeks. He be,
l~lieves that President Garrett, of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, one OF
the shrewdest f%nanciers in the coun'
try, secretly encourages these visits
of Maryland statesmen to the White
House as an important helpto main.
tanning his dividends. Aconsidera.
BILE part of the adult male population
of Cincinnati has also been register
ed at the Washington hotels since
the 1st of last November, and some
of the prominent citizens talk OIL com
ing here permanently so as to be OF
hand daily to advise the President
about the Cincinnati Post Office
which appears to be one of the most
important institutions in the worlG
and one on the security of (which oul
!: material liberties largely depend
There is a rumor about town to the
effect that Tom Young and Mura'
, Halstead have shrewdly determined
r to build a hotel here so as to catcf
the spare dollars Of the Ohioans wht
come after office. Suppose somebody
had done that five years ago, wher
Hayes took Mr.. Tilden's Officer
What a bonanza it would have been
, The little band of temperance agi
tators who are so active in Washing
ing have finally got a foothold il
Congress. But the well-meaning ant
f enthusiastic legislator who has in
, troduced a bill providing that whis
, key and other articles of the same
character shall not be sold or manu-
) featured at the Capital has, of course
no idea that his reformatory notions
f will ever receive Legislative sanction
e There are grave objections in The
Congressional mind against such
scheme. First of all, the Potomac
marshes are full of malaria, and, il
the opinion of every Congressman a
t least, whiskey is the only sure rem
edy against that disease. Then the
House of Representatives is badly
ventilated, and here again whiskey
which is labelled "cold tea in TIL,
= House restaurant, is found to be thu
only certain specific. Night sessions
, would be impossible under an anti
f whiskey regime, and if the supply
were cut off the Congressional Rec
ord, in which the burning eloquenct
of our orators is entombed, would
shrink into a wretched little hand
hill Then the wafer in Washinu