, 1882-12-09
A CAPITAL LETTER
Gathering OF the KeiSer- Robson
Congress-A Wry Set OF Repuh-
icans-The Questions Likely 70
Come up.
From Our Regular Correspondent


Washington, D. c. Nov. 81. 1882.
The time for the beginning of the last
session Of the keIfer- r ubeson Congress II
nsar at hand, and discom6tted Republl-
cans. Senators and Members Ci the House
are again seen about the streets and in the
iobbies of the hotels II Is interesting to
observe the effects of the detext. shown
IN a wry hess 1t visage, aud IN 8 Certain
bedraeglement OF ulelu and manr CT which
they all have. A beaten politician looks
As much ike 3 discarded lover a. anything
you ever SAW.
Not since the election of TIlden have
the ofhce holders here been SO alarmed
and SO desponden, The machine barrel
Is empty. The iu.ne,lse sum that Jay
Hubb-l levied Is verse than losr. Ii Is
nov realized that his audacious bribery
has lot only ruined h's party, but has
mAde hls rum dsssraeeful. Many brlie,e
hat The regime u theft, corruption, bri-
hery and bOs,IsuI which has debauchsd
he Government Tor So many years, and,
under The banner of '-In1rd ideas, has
s o!rn everything. from Government sta
rioaary 10 Tliiens presidency, i, on It's
last le.a Notwithstanding this Is the
hope and belief, one sees very little oi the
exul,s,ion that Was euuspicuou, here when
a Democratic Congress WAS elected Ia
1874. or when T,lden was elected In 1876.
Tn peculiar serious way ot sulemn;z.ng
q victory by Reserve and siirnce Is all the
more trying TO the Yan4u,shod. They
regard IT as ominous Of morale and a
reserve force that will bs mJre aestruo-
tive in the final onset, than noise aud ell
thIsiasll.
Il is curious to note that the Reputl.
cans base their hope II success IN she
next presidential election Oh the prophe-
sled blunders of the coming Democratic
Congress. ''Wait," they say, "unul the
neIr H"use assemblies aud has q rough
and tumble fight over the speskershsp.
Vat until 1t has 20 face the tar.tf ques-
ton, the civil service qu' st on, the River
and Harhrr, and the Pension bills" If
the next Democratic c,ngrcss wisEes 10 ac-
coiurnudate Its Republican friends il viii
crtainly b!under, b:undrr early aui Of
ten.
The Republicans draw hopeful augury
from the fact that although they lost the
House III 1874, they gained the prrsi-
dency i'll lS76{p There might be some
reason in The inference if they had gained
the presidency without the help of Re-
turning Boards, Ei;z. P.nkstcn, and the
Electoral Commission. 1t nay be ssii
that these furccs Will not make the ncIt
president
That the Democrats wll make some
blunders in the ns1t Congress is pretty
cer.ain, but they will be numerically
stronger than the congress that was elect
ed prior to TIldens election, and they will
be Stronger in talent and experience Of
their p,rsoneL On the other hand the
Republicans wall be weaker in number,
AMI by the absence OF Blame, Butter,
CART, Id, Canrer and other able par,Ia
mentarians and debs.rrs- Il seems 10 be
conceded that the incoming Democratic
Congress must tackle the tariff sphinx,
claws and all, and So fax, all suggestions
for candidates for the sreakership have
been made solely with view to this
r.tIrn. Th-re is another important
Question, however, which no party can
afford to ignore 1t rela;es to the reform
If the civil rvice.