Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1883-11-22
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WHAT WASHINGTON WISE ACRES
THINK OF THE RECENT
ELECTIONS
Tho Preliminary Drum Taps of the Next
Year Contest. The Speakership
Fight.
Especial Correspondence of the Seutiae1.,

Especial Correspondence Of the 1Se7ttiael)
WASHINGTON, d. c., November 10,
There has been an election since [
last wrote YOU, and Virginia, the eld-
est and most majestic of the colonial
ssterhood, has escaped from her abb
ductors, repudiated her repudiators,
and come home to stay.
In Massachusetts the saddest words
of tonge or pen are it might have been
Ben, but it was not The Dutch have
rctaken Holland not however with
the old fee simple tenure do they hold
1t, but by the skin of their teeth and
with knowledge that every button ma
ker among them will have to stay at
home, and vote only in his own State,
IT 1t is to be kept in the Republican
, line. Buffers collapse is not to be
compared with the oblteration Of Ma
hone. But the manakin has bestrode
the Senate for the last time and now
nothing is left of Mahoneism and the
! South-sweeping Malone movement but
the skeleton form and death head face
of Malone itself. Even Riddleber,
1t Is said, is wavering, and refusing to
| be "me too" to the late Boss
! Political wise men ald sages, are
somewhat confused BY the result of the
elections in the other States. They
admit that they cannot be interpreted
by either party as a promise Of success
next year. But the Republicans, who
are just now Historically grateful for
small tayors, derive much comfort from
the fact that they have been simply
beaten, and not beaten to death in
New York. Far-seeing Democrats
| look upon the closencss of the vote in
| New York rs wholesome admonition,
and congratulate themselves that num-
/ Der Of callow and vealy presidential
Gspirants have been efeetually cleared
away revealing iaore distinctly true
issues and tried nlen.
And now all eyes are turned to the
National Capital which is beginning
to throh with the preliminary drum
taps f-the great contest In 1851 The
earnest last hope of the Republicans
is in the prayed for blunders OF the
coming Democratic Congress. "Oh
fyou dear Democrats will but blum.
| der-b!under early and late and often
how we will love and esteem you We
despair of beating you, but will not
| have the kindness to commit suicide ?''
The speakership fight that has not,
yet passed beyond the skirmish line
will soon open in earnest Ali rfrc
candidates are here, aasl their respec-
tive followings arc gathered about.
their headquarters ut different hotels.
The indications are that the Demo-
erats will make a pretty clean sweep
Of the Republicans holding Office un-
der the House, and the Republicans
Of the Senate will return the compli-
ment by oustiiig ali the Democratic
officials at the end of the Capitol
With regard to the Senate offices very
little is as yet known as to who will
get them. Senatorial dignity forbids.
such 4 thing ~ opening electioneerinE
by aspirants for place under that body;
and the man who does violence t,s
that dignity canmet hope for any
at the hands of the Senate. 1t is gen
orally understood that Col. Hooker,
now Sergeant-at-arms of the House, Is
candidate for the same position un-
SicI lIlS ii1itt MI NICb u. NTOE-
ham is still supposed to be a candidate
for the Sccretaryship but when the
time comes to fill the offices it will BE-
fonnd that the stail old Senators have
selected men for the various places ac-
cording to their own views rather than
those of the aspirants.
The President has been rusticating
at the Soldiers Home, Il lovely parl,
about three miles from the White
House. The Presidential mansion is
now in perfect readiness for his recep-
ton and he will occupy it about the
last of this month. Much attention
has been given to the decoration OF
his private chamber about which he
has the feminine weakness of Sarah
Bernhardt or Miss Nancy. 1t is
predicted that this will be n very bril-
liant season at the White House and
. the ecxtravagant decoration ofthe rooms
indicate as much. FORSYTH.