The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1883-12-01
WASHINGTON LETTER.

WAsH1NGToN, November, oath, 1883.
rha nulsatious of new, but not un-
,,;liar life has awakened Washington
m her long siesta in dishabille, and
return of her migratory lovers from
four corners of the Republic is at
nd. La belle ville always wears a
newhat slipshod appearance during
4 vacation, but now, mirrrored in the
etions ewes, she has made an elaborate
let and. with the aid of such substan-
cosmetics as brick, wall paper, paint,
n paving stones, she is ready to receive
legislative, journalistic and fashiona-
suitors in fairer array than she has
er before worn.
Private building enterprises have taken
marked impetus, within the last year or
and the sights OF Washington are no
nger confined to. the public buildings,
pnuments and colossal bronze horses,
include as we'll the mansions Tin
her lands they would be called palaces)
at Blaine, and Sherman, and Window,
d Robeson have built out Of their
rifty politics. Some months ago, Mr..
aine, speaking of his new house, asked
adv if she had seen his folly, she an
cred II do not know why you call it
bur folly unless because you must SO
on leave it for the White House." The
buse was occupied by Mr.. Blaine last
nter and was the scene of one or two
egant entertainments. Now he has
nted it to a Mr.. Letter, Of Chicago, one
the many enormously wealthy men
ho will make home in the Capitol
ring the winter.
Nothing that so prominent a man as
Il. Blaine does is unimportant, and the
ting OF his house has given rise to va
bus conjectures. Some knowing ones
that he has taken warning from the
te OF Window and Robeson whose
uses in Washington were supposed to
the cause of defeating the one for the
hate, and the other for the House of
representatives.. Others say that Mr.
hine is not as rich as has been suppos-
4 and that the expense of sucn an es-
blishment was too much for his purse.
|e number of political friends whom
Blaine knows by face and name is
Fhaps as great as was ever retained in
memory of one man, and his house
the dimensions OF a hotel would have
byed too magnetic to his peripetetic
ENDS from all parts of the country.
ley would have eaten him and drank
h, literally, out of house and home.
q | think that Mr.. Blaine's prophetic
hl knows that Democratic admins
5tion is to follow this regime of fraud,
lifted upon the usurpation OF Hayes,
ID not relinquishing the role OF relic, the
&gnetic statesman proposes to move to-
rd the North pole, to return, in short,
bis native Maine. There will be more
bses rented and sold, in all probability,
j year from now, for the indications
that Washington will not then be a
Agenial home for thousands who abet-
and tens of thousands who proited |
the electoral commission business.
exodus was sternly demanded eight
hrs ago by the people at the polls.
ice then the Republican party has
yer ceased to eat the bread of theft, for
thing but the fraudulent tenure of
&yes made the purchased succession of
Rrfeld possible.
More President makers and more Pres
initial possibilities will be gathered to-
fher i'll Washington this winter than
re ever before assembled in one city.
ley will meet one another in the hotels,
the streets, in the Capitol and at the
Ftal board, Some OF them are already |
the ground, and they will all be here
fore the winter is over. Senator Thur
Rn has had rooms at the Ebbitt House.
\ owns modest little house on 14th |
|eet, but it has been rented for more
Rn year. Ex-senator Mcdonald, of |
|kliana, will have rooms at Wilards.
k-Senator Randall will vacate his house
Capitol Hill, and live at a hotel this
|nter. A small private home is not a
hvenient residence in Washington for
ambitious public man he can see
4 be seen with better advantage at a
|ge hotel.