The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-12-14
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, D. c.,
Dec. II. 1889.


for any President to construct an an
pual massage that would escape crit
icism among the varied and Various
political elements here at the Capt.
tai. President Arthur certainly has
not accomplished the feat this year,
though his message bears internal
of n labored effort in that
direction. There are few who ac
cord it rank as an able state paper,
but worse than that a large proper
ton of the Presidents own party are
positively displeased with many of
his utterances. This feeling, slight.
ly apparent at first, has been grow
ing daily ever since the message APP
peared in print. The Stalwartle lead
ers are not only dissatisfied with the
message. but the Presidents South
ern policy, which is entirely controll-
ed by that astute and INSCRIPTIONS
wire-worker, Secretary Bill Chand-
Ter, and has been so managed as to
squelch the staunch Republicans of
that section in order to further the
purpose ofsuch schemers as Malone.
The Half breeds are best pleased
with the message, though filed with
doubts of it's sincerity. An ironical
smile played upon the faces of listen
ers in both Houses of Congress when
the Presidents expressions OF the
subject of political assessments we're
read. One leading Senatas.s2eanhalf.
aloul: "He should have put those
sentiments into practice before the
elections instead of giving Hubbell
and Malone a carte blanch to rob
the poor clerks" 1t will be remem-
bered that the President went fish
ing last summer and allowed his po-
sition on the assessment question to
be interpreted by Jay Hubbell and
Malone and Don Cameron, whose
demands were made imperative, and
there never was q more general be-
lief that the. status of office holders
depended upon compliance with
these demands. It may safely be
said that the message has taken
many persons by surprise. One hears
it said on the streets aud in the ho-
tells that the President has heard the
verdict of the people and been gui-
ded by it. Some are ~agreeably sur
J prised by his recommendations and
others speak Of. the message as c
"death bed repentance" Senator
Miller, of New York, laughingly re
fers to the Presidents recommended
+ tons as those of a convert.
3 There is a good deal of amusemen
for us lockers on to note how the
views and purposes of C~ongressmeu
change from time to time. Fer in
: stance, some Republican member
are suddenly discovering great ne
c~essity for a revision of the ta'it
this winter. And then Judge Kel
ley who only a short time ago want
ed to wipe out the entire interna
;: revenue system, for the purpose o
d protecting the tariff, is now concc
ding that his plan will have to be a
bandoned and that after all n SINAI
amount of tariff revision might b
endured. These are questions whicl
very much trouble the Republica
mind just now. Then, too, some Re
l. publican Congressman are comm;
out for civil service reform. anon;
them the very fellows who have here
} tofore said: ".Civil service reform b
e blowed," with a good deal of emphs
e ticness. While this humor is o
them, Senator Pendleton proposes t
bring forward his little bill for cor
s%ideration. Senator Beck create
a something Of a breeze in the Senat
by moving for an investigation {
the Hubbell committee methods. II
u idea is to have it s4own how muc
'e money was collected, where an
II how it vas expended; how much wa
T. given to Malone, and how much,
N.Y., is still on hand. The right
Congress to make this inquiry arise
. under the law against assessment
1t is also proposed to find cut no
IS many clerks have been dismissed ft
At failure to contribute. They say tn:
Hubbell, who is now in Washington
intends to keep away az long as
lie can, and that it is very doubtful
il any event whether he m back
ir Washington until after the Senat
is rial election in Michigan.
1t is taking considerable time
: get started with tho new Star-rou
~ trial and to get a jury, Dorsey, to
p is said to be playing possum, with
lie view~of obtaining a postponemer
of Now thatthe Washington atmosphe
has been cleared q little, the rogu
y are badly scared, and Dorsey's la
"card" is regarded here in the lig'
is ola shrek ofdistress. There is st
as a good deal Of discussion touchir
ss the attitude of the President, al
- the prevailing opinion is that h
= spasm Of virtue comes q little lat
Il and that his sincerity in it CORE
ponds with his after election eli,
service and political assessment Sc
On timents. Mr.. Arthur has all alol
ill known all he knew two weeks A.
a. when he made the move which W
intended TO give him the credit
being in earnest; yet for a whole ye
Le neglected to act. When Attorn'
he General McVeagh resigned for Il
al very conclusive reasons given by hi
is in his letter recently published, t.
~ President delayed the appointme
of his %ces for three weeks aft
L. the time he agreed to appoint hil
n thus encouraging the abuse of NJ
he Veagh in Dorsey's newspapers al
p. aiding them to create the impressi,
that McVeagh wanted to run aw:
Is from the cases because he believ,
'st they were weak. IL is since the ele
ton that Mr.. Arthur has felt obi
ed to do something. He no dou
as feels just as grateful to Dorsey nc
- as he did when he toasted him at
banquet in New York. just after t.
election of 1880, as the savior of t
IN party by the judicious use of "soal
tic in Indiana HnrSpv now cow, 81