, 1883-11-03

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/ GrRoa OR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT j.
| WASHINGTON, October 10th, lssS
Your correspondent Was discussing th
results Il the late elections With an otic
holder Of some prominence yesterday
The gentleman did not disguise his disap
pointment over the large Democratic ma
jority in Ohio. "Its no use talking hs
said. "thc Republican party has got to So
and We mighAas vel, make up our mindi
to get out For mr part propose to dc,
vote the rest Of my Official existence
| in saving money and getting an ark be-
fore the shoxer comes. II will be cold
weather for Republican eaice-ho!dsrs in
1885, and intend to pick mp nice little
independent pusinsAs in 1854 and retire
- gracefully - l ca. from the anIieties
Of public life"
"rhat's very sensible conclusion" i
replied 81 think it is too" he continued
Tho government oficials are discnssin;
thsss things in sarnest. They almost al
ways bslisss in their hearts that their
days of official exis,encs are numbered.
eanse sssniiy, yo< <-~sS ro.ice thss tissy,
arc beginning to live Close, save money,
and look around for chances"
"How do you account for the decay Of
the grand old party an, waYf inquired.
"well between your and me the people
are duxusted with it. l would not like
to be qus,ed a. saying it, but they have
good reasons TO be- The whole crowd
are in bad odor, from the President down.
Look ut him now. Away all the time
jupketing. A sort of Newport dude,
man millinsr, society turnkey. You take
nv word for it the White House Is going
to be the dude headquarters this WINTER
the Aw. Au! crowd have all been irri-
ted to come, and they are coming. ii
there IL any place iii this country that Is
unAmeriean, and di.grsceiully given ever
to sn exaggerated imitation Of Eog!ish
manner If tie upper, which are the WoIut
classes, it lie Newport And the Prssi-
den. of the United States Ends his most
congenial company in Aha. mswkish
crowd. Bah! But aside from individuals
the party has gone TO the doys anyway.
There i, ths Star Route disgrace, that
hangs around the neck of tho party like
millstone. There is whole necklace of
such ornaments for that matter. The
Star Route trial which sqGandered As
much Of the peoples money as the thieves
stole, is the next link Then there is the
Treasury steals Under Zero Sherman, and
the exposure Of Official delinquencies in
the Supervising Architects office Just
brought out. The pension Office pretend
lug to pay fifty millions year to wound
ed soldiers is a rotten thing. Then the
land grabs and the salary grabs, the otiic-
ials vacations and iunketings
and squandering Of public money all over
tho land has brought the party to iudg-
ment and condemnation. IL has been
supposed tha, this is Republican conn
try. But it is now governed by an aris-
tocrscy Of Army and Naval o,ticials--a
rich clique of spciety .nobs nho summer
at Nswpcrt-and an official crowd who
Ioll about the public Offices, draw large
salaries for doing nothing, and make
a business of showing their contempt for
p,ople who work. These are the three
classes who rule the Republican party,
and Arthur is their prophet AID leader.
tie is not Republican. He is an aristo-
crat in sentiment, and a feeble imitation
of ono In practice. Yes, l know that 1t
il high treason TO talk 30. but | am mad
ever this Ohio election, and the truth
will come out anyway. ! arraign the Re-
publican party tor its hypocrisy, its shams
and shames, even for its want of respect
for itself. Office grabbing has got to be
such business with it, that tho party is
torn to pieces overit-"
Your correspondent was uaable to weep
with him who mourned on this occasion.
He only told what everybody now &C
knouiodges, that the Republican parry
has outlivsd its usefulness and must 60
But his remarks on tie Official corruption
of the times arc 80 true that they are
worth printing. He speaks Of that which
he knows. Tho Ohio election il locked
upon by the far-sightei n virtually set
ting the question Of the next Presidency.
A Democratic President will be elected
sure, and ss Speaker Randall said the
other day, 'By the eternal Ne will put
him in.