The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-11-21
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Froa Our Regular CosFsspeadsakl
WASHINGTON, d. c.. November Is. 1852.
Tho time for the beginning OF the las, session
Of the Kei6er-Robeson Ooagress y near Al hand,
and dlscQmessd Republican politicians. Senators.
and membess of the House are again seen about
the ssG,ss md II she lobbisa Of the hotels II Is
Interesting to observe the effects Of defeat, shown
In = usvnea &C SiaAeav AnAsia a-esrsAin bedrag
clement Of mien and manner which they all
have. A beaten politician looks7a much like
discarded lover as anything you eyer saw.
Not since the election Of Tilded hare the Office
holdez3 bsrs barn 50. alarmed and SO respondent.
The dActans bxSeF b. empty The immense
sum chat Jay Hubbell levied is worse than lost.
1t Is now realized that his audacious bribery has
not only ruined his party, but has made its ruin
dsgrsceful Many believe that the regime OF
then, corruption, bribery, and bosss,n, which has
debauched the Government for so many years,
and uudeF the banner Of moral IDEAS" has
stolen everything from Government stationery
to Tildeu's Presidency. is on its last legs. Not
wihstanding this is the hope and belief. one sees
very little of tire exultaion that was conspicuous
here when a Democratic Congress was elected
in 1874, or when Tiiden was electc,l 10 1875.
This peculiar, serious way Of solemnzing vic
tory by reserve and silence is all the more trying
to the vanquished. They regard it rs omin"us
of morale and reserve force that will be more
destructive in the final onset than noise and en-
thusiasm.
1t is curious TO note that the Republicans base
their hope of success In the next Presidential
election on the prophesied bunders of the CON-
ing Democratic Congress Wait, they say, until
the next House assemblies and has a rough and
tumble fight over the speakership. Wait until
it has to face the tariff question: the civil service
question, the river and harbor, and the pension
bills. IF the next Democratic Congress wishes
to accommodate its Republican friends it will GER
tainly blunder-blunder early and often.
The Republicans draw hopeful augury from
the fact that although they lost the House in
1874. they gained the Presidency in 1860
There might be some reason in The inference if
they had gained the Presidency without the help
of Returning Boards, Eliza PInkstoD, and the
Electoral Commission. 1t may be said that these
forces will not make the next President
That the Democrats will make some blunders
in the next Congress rs pretty certain, hut they
will be numerically stronger than the Congress
that was elected prior 10 Tilden's election. and
they will he stronger in the talent and experience
of their personnel On the other hand the Repub
Leans will be weaker in number, and by the alb
sence Of Blaine, Butler, Garfield, Couger and
other able pariiamentarians and debates. 1t
seems 10 be conceded that the incoming Demo-
cratic Congress must tackle the tariff sphinx,
claws and all And 50 far, all suggestions for
candidates for the speakership have been made
solely WIN View To this question There is an
other important question, however, which no
party can afford longer to ignore. II relates TO
the reform of the civil service. The Democrats
could not do a wiser thing than TO pass law
that no clerk shall be removed from Office in
which he has proved himself honest and compe-
tent. To enact such q law would be right, as
well as polite. 1t would make Democrats of a
large number of Government clerks, and of the
friends of civil service reform everywhere. 1t
would deprive their sdversaries of their most tell
Jog taunt-that all the Democrats want are the
spoils of Office.