Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-05-28
From our regular correspondent
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington, D. c., May, "a, 's4

WHSUiNu ON TX ! ] LII.
Washington, d. c., May, "a, 's4.
When Mr.. MacVeigh writes such a
letter to Mr.. Bristow as Mr.. Bristow
has received from Mr.. MacVeigh, and
when Mr.. George Bliss causes to be
published such q letter as he wrote to
Mr.. Arthur when Mr.. Arthur held the
throttle-valve of New York politics,
you may depend upon it there is going
to be some lively shaking up among
the distinguished parvenus in the Re-
publican household. Bliss is the same
fellow whom Brewster employed to
prosecute the Star Route thieves to u
triumphant acquittal, for which the
Government paid him $50 per day,
travelling expenses, hotel fare, and
coupe pleasure drives. He knows all
about Arthur, but he don't want to tell
as much now, as he was disposed to
tell four years ago. The upshot of
this little quarrel is going to be great
big one, because the half-bree portion
of the family have had the cold should
er of Arthur during three long years.
What with Blaine and his immense
boom, Logan with his boomlet, and
Edmunds with sort of beom-eranglct,
l hardly think that Arthur is going to
worry through. They and their friends
are not firing blank cartridges at Ar
thur just now, but each means business
for himself. The National News Blu
reau here, the largest concern of its
kind in the country, holds correspond
ence with several thousands of the
leading daily and weekly newspapers
of the United States. had an inter-
view with its manager recently, who
told me that in response to a circular
that the Bureau issued month ago,
he had received replies from major
ity of them. The almost unanimous
sentiment from Democratic editors was
for Tilden and the old ticket, and
righting the wrong Of 1876. Upon
the question of tariff they seem about
equally divided between the trade out
right and tariff for revenue only,
with now and then a squirt of protec-
ton from the Eastern press. On the
Republican side of the house the senti-
ment of the editorial fraternity was
overwhelmingly for Blaine, with the
proclivities of the Eastern newspapers
divided up between Edmunds, Arthur
ana Lincoln. Not few of the Dem
ocratc newspapers are mentioning the
name of Roswell p. Flower, of New
York, whose chances from this stand.
point are quite as good as were those
of James X. Polk, at this time of the
year forty years ago.
The knowing ones at the capital say
that Congress will be ready to adjourn
and 90 home about the 18th of June
If it does there will be a larger amount
of necessary legislation left undone thar
ever before. SO far the House ha!
passed but 191 bills out of more thar
1000 introduced and the business now
on the Speakers table would send thu
session clear into August. The Senate
has done little better than the House
having passed 22G bills, and left lying
over 2,167 for the next session.
Congress hes gone into the bushes!
of erecting public buildings at this ses
sion by wholesale. So far no less thar
CT have been ordered, ranging in price
from $50, 900 to 50, 100000, and tn
end is not yet. But there are SOM
things about this public building bust
ness that should be ventilated, and thi
very week two bills were adopted il
the Senate that never should hay
been. One is the giving of $3.50, OO'
for the new custom house at Portland
Oregon, place of 10000 inhabitants
which already has building that cos
the government 100000. The othe
is the appropriation of 100000 for
public building at Saratoga, littl
watering-place of 10000 population
which has not half the need of a pub
lie building of this cost that it has 70
missionaries during the gambling sea
son. PHoNO.