Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-01-02
Dailp krnnfbsl Journal.
Washington Correspondence.
The HOLIDAYS AT THE CArIrAL.-THK
GuIrEAu TRIAL.-JupeE Cox SUSTAINED.
PRESIDENTIAL CANARps - SOMETHING
ABOUT MAINE PoLlrIcs

sort of "between drinks" The Depart
ments are closed the half of each day, the
President is out Of town and quite large
proportion of members of Congress. Prob.
ably somewhat over one hundred of the lat.
ter remained to enjoy their Christmas dinners
during the days preceding Christmas have
very sensibly diminished, but the lovely
weather-May-like in its mildness and bright
ness has had the tendency to keep large
proportion of our citizens out Of doors, and
Washington in good weather is one of the
most charming places for rides and prone
nades in the world. Broad finely paved.
and park-lined streets and avenues on every
hand tempt one away from the best of parlors
or the cosiest of firesides.
Never, probably, were the holidays more
enjoyed here than this year There seems
to be a general giving up to rest, enjoyment
and hospitality. The holidays. too, falling
on Sunday. and kept on Monday, make the
festivities more prolonged and enjoyable for
the well-to-do class. The season will close
on Monday with the usual receptions, which
are general, almost, rich and poor alike.
opening their houses TO the calls of friends
and acquaintances.
Some invite you TO well-flled tables and
costly viands; Others 20 humber feasts, and
still others welcome YOU with but o hearty
shake of the hand and CHEEKY conversation;
but, in all cases, the custom of receiving is
| commendable and meritorious. II enables
nj IN to heal old "A
| ships and perhaps contract many new
ones 1t gives one an insight of Wash
ington life, character and disposition
and, dear ladies, it gives you splendid OPP
portunity to display your fine dresses, your
| rich ornaments and your exquisite countc-
nances. Ii also enables You to aid to your
roll of acquaintance and admirers; for If YOU
ever do look and act your prettiest. it is on
such occasions, and it enables YOU 10 tell
your friends how many callers YOU had. and
to show their cards To prove your assertions.
And sometimes, fear, kind but mistaken la
| dies, it gives you an opportunity to offer TO
your acquantances, that which sends many
| of them on their way home in a cork screw
manner, then to bed, and when they rise the
next morning they feel as if the bottom had
dropped out of their stomach.
Happily the ne nber of ladies who admins
ter such kindness is growing less year by
year. and think public opinion is growing
so strong that soon but very few will be
found, who keep the punch bowl upon the
table on New Years.
The GuIrEAU TRIAL.
| The patience Of the public is well nigh ex-
hausted at the length of the trial Of Guiteau,
and the patience of the court as well as the
public, is used up by reason of the prisoners
interruptions and abuse And so the pris-
oner has been remanded to the dock. Yet
this very abuse and obstruction, as Judge
Cox aptly and forcbly showed, in his speech
had its weight with the jury, and their tolera-
tion was for purpose which has now been
subserved
The course of Judge Cox has now been
vindicaied. much to the dismay and confusion
Of those correspondents and newspapers that
have been abusing him and nnisconstruing
his action. Even the London press has been
misled-no doubt--in a great measure by
this i'll conceived opinion. 1t is to be hoped
that now, when the true meaning of this
leniency Of Judge Cox is understood. az 1t
should have been long ago, these revil-
ers and slanderers will let up on him,
and hereafter wait until motives and
plans are revealed and understood.
before condemning the officers Of the law.
| All these a,rocious sayings and acts of Quit
eau have been all the time watched by ex-
perts and compared with his general deport-
ment and the result of their verdict is that
he is sane thus justifying the action Of the
judge. Henceforth until the end of the trial,
he will be kept in the proper place for crimi-
nails. The trial has lasted beyond all expec-
tation, owing to interruptions and unexpect-
ed DELAYS, but ii is now believed that the end
is very near, and that probably, ere the mid
die of January Of the new year, the criminal
will have been proved guilty and sentenced
accordingly. Your correspondent, with sew
eral friends, visited the prisoner Christmas
day. in his cell. and quite closely scrutinized
his actions and appearance. He was quite
gentlemanlike and easy in his manner, and,
while We were there showed no indications
whatever that would point to insanity. The
head (since his beard has been taken off and
hair cut more closely resembles the heads Of
many of our worst criminals, pictures of
which are seen in the Rogues' Galleries of our
| cities, and were to express NV own opinion
l should say that ''cussedness" or moral de-
pravity sticks out all over
PRESIDENTIAL TALK.
season for the Presidential weather to come
on; but. according to several very busy news
mongers and newspapers, one Of our most
prominent men is already in the clouds and
his signal service is being arranged. refer.
Of course. to Mr.. Blaine. Most Of this talk
comes from professional considerations
who make it business to get up something
out of nothing and then lie like the old boy
in putting the nothing into the market And
newspapers like the ''Sun'' Of New York arc
found which will publish this bosh. Mr..
! Blaine seeks rest and q little retirement after
q season of arduous and sad duties. and no.