The Baltimore County union., 1883-12-29
Correspondence Buliiaors CsBa,y Caisn.
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
A Commentary on tho Democratic Par,,,
and Its Principles - What Congress
10 Doing-Speaker Carlisle
Forming his Commit.
tees, Etc, Etc.

wAsaiS0ToS. u. C., Dee. 23d, 1883.
NessFs. Editors In n Democratic pap.r ef
your county last week, found the following taken
from an exchange, possibly u leading metro,,,ji
tan Democratic Journal: "The Democratic rfed
dent elect (of lssi) will have easy task before
him. To accomplish the work of change without
political and commercial revolution will require
sagaeious brain ard an iron hand. To empty
100000 offices and rcplarc their occupants With
successors equally competent. To- stay the tidal
rush Of tho rapacious horde of hungry appllcants
for place, and rcadjust the entire machinery 4,
Government % the new order Of things. will be a
task 20 which but one man in the Democratic
party has proven n capability, and tha; man IL
Tilien. Tho distinguishing feature of his charac-
ter has been its adequacy TO the heaviest burdens
and trials. This is point worth considering.--.
A weak Democrat in the Presidential Office would
be worse than Republican"
What n commentary Il contained in thi- para
graph on the Democratic party and principles.-
More real points Of truo eharaeter-not tts as
sumed character when Il Is affecting the highest
virtue and its representatives. 10 Congress arc
making Civil Service Reform speeches In the Sen.
ate and the lower House to be read by the people
than are usually found in one paragraph
Senator Bayard made Civil Service Reform
speech in the Senate ON last Wednesday. hat II
was Dowhcrc beside this paragraph In poTtraying
the true principles of the Democratic party. II
declares that the principal duty Of tho Democratic
President elect assuming there will be one. which
Offices (oicial placcs) now niled by Republicans,
"and replace their occupants with suceessors
equally qualified" Here IL an admission that the
Offices filed with qualified occupanp,'
and the only reason for their removal u 10 "re.
place them with others Of ike Democratic faith
u politics. But sec what picture is drawn %
the Democrats party: "To stay the tidal rHsl Of
hs rapaeios. hordss Of hungry "PpiicaHfs fog
place" Who are these ''Tapaeious hordes of hum
cry applicants after place" but nSaeers 81 the
Democratic patyy Aud II then declares that u
will require a sagacious mind aud an iron hand"
TO resist these hordcs while turning out NIL the
Republicans aud Glling their places with sue.
ccssors equally qualified" aal the only man that
has proven u clpabiiiiy "to do u Ia the Demo
cratic party {. 1ildcn'' Indeed the Democratic
party l. o. bc piticl if there i bat zone man in
IL t 10 bc IL. 'PTcs,ient- clcc, :: AMI also IL will
require a very 'sasacious mind" TO lui enough
applicants equally qualified" 10 hll the 100000
places out of which the Republican occupants are
10 be turned, in such pover,y-sirickcn party -
The hungry horde "f npp!iranis' will be large
enough but qualification to Ill the places u what
they will lack. Poor Democratic party! Eat
before closing this criticism | would express my
sy.npa nv for the next democratic President
elect" Wei may he cxciaim. Deliver ne from
my irienls. II the troubles that await him are
truthfuliy portrayed in the above paragraph
But We can assure Mr.. Tildon that he need not
lay awakc % nights worry ing over this matter. for
there vii! not be Democratic President, elect
mex, year. the lnO.OOn qualified Republican officers
will not be turned out. and iheif places will not
have to be hci by Democrats, qualified ~ not.
he can res, easy and all the rest of the demo
cratic party with him.
There will be q short session of both the House
aui Senate 10 morrow Monday, Of the former fpr
the purpose Of announcing the committees. after
which they will ljourn over the holilays Speaker
Carlisle has had pretty fough time In rcr,'ror,--
ing his committees, the pressure being immense
by the different congrcssInen for the best place.
the most Important committees. In fact IL has
been u regular bull and terrier fight. II has long
been conceded that Mr. Morrison. of Illinois.
wogi be the chairman Oi the Ways and Means
Committee, but further than that lie has also beea
the speaker mot trusted confident. and has had
much IL not nearly 81, 10 do with framing the
other committees and selecting their chairmen.--
OF course hi. not very pleasant 60 the protec
tion or tariff ning oi the party. bu; they could do
nothing more than look On with sour countc-
nance. Mr. RandalFs appointment "a the chair
manshiP of the Appropriations Committee. how
ever. which IL probable may be expected to some
what reconcile hi. friends in the parry. Messrs.
Belmont and Cox. Of New York. have had one of
the toughcs, Gghts, each striving hare 20 secure
the chairmansh shin of the Foreign Relations Com
mit;cc. This fight continued up 10 Yesterday.
when Mr.. Cox left the field anl went 20 Few York.
either convinced that he had done all tlat could
be done to &c; IL. and IL useless 20 strive fur.
ihcr. or that possibly neither lac his opponent
would receive IL. Various states have been put
out a. TO who the several ehairmen Of the e,mmii-
tees will be AMI committees themsc constituted
but il Is useless 20 conjecture till they ate an
nouncei. Members Of Congress left the city for
their homes yesterday, not waiting for the an-
nouEcement of tho committees on to- morrow.-
Perhaps many of them were disgustcd, knowing
that they could not obtain what they wanted IN
the way of committees, and considered Il useless
20 remain longer in Washington, while IL may be
that others carried away with them assurances
froh. the Speaker that they will receive wha, they
desire, and these latter will be the harpics, dur
ing the holidays. AsON.