Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-01-27
Who is Secretary Frelinghuy>en

This has been a question frequently
asked since Secretary Il aine's re-
tirement. 1t has an all,tocrltlc If
not state>maullke sound, All eu-
phoniouo If not musical calauc,.. and
he must be some man Of nutpriety if
not Of special lo:r. Thc Washington
Register says that he Is what may bc
called respectable old gentleman,
but his chief distinction a.i-es from
the name h. beats and the reputation
made for it by others. y thorough
bred partisan, ready at all time, to
fall into line at the bidding of the
bosses and ringmastcrS, his ca
reer as Secretary OF State, like his
career as a member OF the United
States Senate, will never rise above
the dead level Of mediocr!ty chalac-
teriStic of his class. Under the at
tractive head line of d" 4 Week Sis
/ ter" the San Francisco Erdmit,rr,
the ablest and most widely circu!at-
ed journal published on the Paci-
tic slope, gives the new premier the
following send off:
Frelinghuy>en. of New Jersey has
been appointed and confirmed as Secre-
| tarv of State. The appointment is not
| likely to excite any great expectations as
! to the elevated or able manner in which
the affairs OF the Department of State will
be conducted. Mr.. FrelinghuyScn career
aS a Senator anu Il member of the Elcc-
toral Commission is not at all calculated
to invite confidence, except among the
| members of the Grant clique. His pre-
| Sence in the Cabinet will neither command
admiration for ability, respect for super
| iorlty of character, nor reliance ON its sin
cerity. lie is iust one of the Grant crowd,
and Il very mediocre member of that cot.
erie. The part that he took in the great
| Presidential theft of 1876 stamps him as q
man who could he used by others to dc
dirty work. Placing such a man at the
head OF Ir. Arthur'S Cabinet does not in
spire very sanguinc hopes of the brilianct
or usefulness of its career. Il seems sin
gular, as well as unfortunate, that for 81
promint mt position n mere machine
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WHAT IS IN STORE FOR CS.-WheI
we lost faith in Mother Shipton'
prophecies, We felt like the mariner
without compass, until fortunately
We came across Zadkiel's Almanac
for 1882, which begins the prophetic
business just when the ancient dame
left off, and we can now tell JUS
what is going to happen to thu
world the next twelve-month. It.
editor, Zadkiel Tao SEE, observes il
the preface that the spread of an in
telligent faith in planetary influence
will soon make everyone acknowledge
astrology and compel the press t.
cease their abuse of its votaries
The predictions are that in the latte
part of February, great excitemen
will prevail in New York, and ,
great conhagration will take place il
that city. An epidemic of diptheris
and smallpox threatens Washington
City for March. About the middl,
OF April Mars will " transit the rs
cendent of the vernal ingress q
Washington" producing great ex
element in the States; the Presi
dents position will be an unen
viable one. The general outlook TO
this country for some six months tt
come is by no means favorable.
financial panic and the burning of
theatre ale predicted for New York
great excitement, much violence ant
shocks of earthquake are anticipat
ed for the country at large. Som
great American will suffer degra
dalton. But about August next
everything will be but in good shap
again by the benefcent influence o
Jupiter in Gemini. Excellent crop
and important measures of reform
in the direction of civil service trad,
aud commence expected for mex
Autumn.