Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-11-15
Prsm our regular correspondent
WASHINGTON LETTER
Nd ,suEafos. ID. o., Nov, 10, 1889,

WAsmSares' D. on NO" W. '''s,
Al no time since the Maine election
Of lssor when the success Of iia''eoeA
seemed inevitable, las there heeh suVN
q feeling Of depression an'oRs the once
holders and department employees here
IN Washington, That time Tie h''"''
ler they 50 much dreaded was "'e,'ea
by absolute purchase OF votes !" New
York and Indiana, rs l' now coHlt''e',
but to-day tho outlook Is - di''nal' ana
the displeasure With the radical parry
leaders SO general, that all che money
they can raise between now ana isei
would be rs 80 daisy ~ q pu''s
mouth" and they know H. ffe''lel'
Arthur probably feels more uneom'or''
able to-day than any either politician W
the United States, aud George NJ ho'
besou, Of New Jersey who loraed "
over the House OF Representatives 70
such ~ extent last winter Is 'he NAN
whose regeFles are nest least 10 be el''
We'd, IN naval circles tho delea1 ol
ex,Seeretary iiobeson Is received WIN
great satisfaction, because he !" held
responsible for the present ""od'''on OF
our Aayy, Somebody suggests l'a'
Robson VIII now make a Trip to Eu'
rope, but the statute otlimlIalioHs PROB
ably readers such q course unnecessary
slr, Jay iiubbell has folded l'' tent
No mau connected win tho campaign
comes IN for larger ihar' oI pSeeIH'
ton, aud no oHe except 's'e'V ffVh'"
has less reason to ieeI pFoad " us
achievements ~ eouhce'loh 'heF'"""'
II would seem that tue e''o"',"'"s W.
suits accomplished by iiuboe' COM
mi,loo might have been A''"h'" "''"'
ont robbing the Governments eisFha'
Throughout the several departments
the question IA asked; "Nhat d'a
Hubbell do with the political assess'
mentS On this subject q well'in'ofmea
treasury official said he had looked III
vain for the election OF sihs's con-
gresham due 70 the expenditure OF i''
assessments which were forged rom
the employees, except In Virginia TIC
complained that there was no redress
or method Of investigation ~ To The
manner ia which the money was eis'
posed OF, The employees were told
that their money was 10 DO used whc'C
It would de the most good, A great
many persons accuse The lluhhcll COM
mi,tcc Of slunndcriGg the money, II
(. said that coupci wcre hired and
cigar, unchcs and liquors were pro-
,idcd for those employed by the COM
m;,,rc, al! Of whicl, were paid for out
of the assessment fpgl An effort will
be made to have the di;bgI,caGnl Of
the fund Investigated. The somlTc
complexion of the retUyns on election
night created u solemn atmosphere
about the Ilubbcll committee rooms,
and visitors there were confronted with
n la,as plncard bearing the inscription :
"No conundrums 'ag2wcrcd here"
Evidently they "gavc it up early IN
the evening.
In my pcrambulations about the In
terror Department the other day, ] met
Commissioner of Railroads Armstrong,
who recently returned from tour sci
inspection" through the West, over
the roads subsidized by the govern
ment. having been aLsOnt about three
months. lie looks sleek aud fat, MS
though "inspectiug" agreed with him,
aud reports everything lovely on the
Pacific roads, which was rather to be
expected, in view of the fact that he
travelled in n special car furnished by
the Union Pacific-Jay Gould-and
provided with unlimited commissary
s,,,l;os for ,bo memhors of his family
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