Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1882-03-23
WASHINGTON LETTER.
lFrom our Rsgular COrreSpOHdsHt.l
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Mch. IS, 1882.

WARRINGTON, d. u, Men. 10, 1857.
Nothing is more apparent than that the
Stalwart or ADMINISTRATION wing Of the
Republican party does not feel remaTka-
bly, happy over the general situation.
Notwithstanding the fact that all the
prizes in the lottery,Of assassination fell to
their lot, and they have entire control of
the Federal patronage. the signs Of the
times are not inspiring from their stand
point. The way Mr.. Conkling's nomina-
tion was received by the press, the recent
local elections in New York State, and
numerous other ''straws" indicate that all
is not lovely-that the load of Tammany
bargains and Reputation combinations
is entirely too heavy. Worse than all
Mr.. Blaine, whom they set out to kill
off, appears to be livelier than ever.
There is not particle of doubt that if the
nominating convention were to be held
next week Blaine would carry off the
prize in spite of Mr.. Arthur and all his
office hold ers. Mr.. Secretary Frelinghuy-
sen. it is said, ,retires to the privacy of his
room each morning and weeps copious
tears. He has put his foot in it so
thoroughly that, like rat with his tail
caught in steel trap, he cannot escape
whole. To mix metaphors, he is, as the
boys say, over his head and should swim
out. Seriously, there is no doubt that
the old gentleman from New Jersey
made a blunder in his foreign policy, and
that the result is Mr.. Blaine's triu mph
over an Administration whose first desire
was to destroy him.
There was an old rooster called Free
Linghuy sen, of long pedigree;
His craw had no sand,
So he took bold stand
On tail of his long pedigree.
1t is too bad that the letter Of Mr..
Conkling declining the Supreme Court
Judgeship must be withheld from the
public. Considering the time devoted to
its preparation, it must be one of his
great efforts, and would undoubtedly
prove a highly characteristic, if not a
decidedly valuable, contribution to the
political literature of the time. There is
some danger that the entire transaction
will be regarded with unseemly levity by
a public keenly perceptive of the farcical
aspects of this very solemn pautomime.
The letter is said to be very long and
very sarcastic. the great, noble man.
taking occasion to give his little friend
Arthur a severe castigation on paper. 1t
is for this reason that the President de-
sires to keep the communication to him.
self, for memento as it were. The next
appointment credited to Mr.. Arthur is
that of W. E. Chandler for Secretary of
the Navy. Now that looks like business.
With Robson at the head of the Naval
Committee, to engineer the appropria-
tions. and Bill Chandler as Secretary, to
help carry out the schemes, there would
be some fun for those who got chance
at the pickings. Chandler is Robeson's
man.
Persons who have schemes before Con-
gress for subsidies and kindred matters
are struck dumb with amazement and
admirntion to hear that the Senate Com
mittee on Commerce reports in favor of
guaranteeing six per cent interest on
$50, 100000 bonds for the mythical ship
railway of Capt. Eads across the 18th.
mus. Mr.. Eads has always been remark,
ably successful in engineering his pro-
jects through Congress, and perhaps one
reason for his success is that he never
strikes for paltry hundreds of thousands,
as do the more modest beleaguers of the
Treasury, but boldly demands millions
But it is easier to get through commit
tee than through the whole Senate. and
easier to carry scheme through the lat
ter body with its rs members, than
through the House with its 293. So E ads
is not out of the woods yet. In the House
he will have hard work to concilliate
Holman the objector. Holman is al,
ways in session when the House is, and
Speaker Kiefer has doubtless found out
by this time that the rugged old Hoosier
is, by the dispensation of nature, men,
ber of all committees, and by virtue of
his own indefatigable industry person.
ally in charge of all bills that have
money in them Holman doesn't sit in the
rooms, but when any COM
mittee tries to bore hole in the Treasu-
y they are sure to find Holman around
when the boring begins, and just as we'll
as any member of the commit
zee about the size and purpose of the
hole. PHoNo.