Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1884-04-29
WASHINGTON LETTER.
TFrom our Regular Correspondent
WAsHrNeroN, April ~, 1854.

suniur the character OF Diaiiio
stampede Of very considerable. pro-
nortions. particularly in the Presidents
own state where the whole stalwart
army seems tie have broken ranks ana
completely forsaken their ola com
,nander. In the New York deal the
PRESIDENT finds his most discomfortlng
surnrise. because he had counted up
~ The aid Of class Of men III nearly
every Congressional district, whose
lives had been devoted, as his own
had been, to the manipulation OF the
machine politics Of the State: but
there was ex-Goy. Cornell with his
sores Of 1881 still unhealed, and there
was Mr.. Conkling, who is out OF poll
ties only in the sense of repaylng ola
scores, and whose hand is seen IN all
o this anti Arthur work, and there
vas, above all, the apprehension oil
the leaders of the party that the Dem
ocrats could not nominate candidate
who would not easily put New York
IN the Democratic column next TALL as
against Arthur. That Arthur has
been unfortunate in the Distribution
of patronage in New York, goes with
out saving. His appointees IN New
York city were selected for him slmp-
" from the want Of courage to select
them for himself. The result was
class OF officials that care as little Tor
Mr.. Arthur's preferment now, as he
cared for them when he was anxious
to give their places to those IN whom
he had confidence. Upon the idea
that honest men get their dues when
roeues fall out, the disturbances IN
this once happy Republican family
will as surely give the Empire State
20 the Democracy next fall, as that
Vermont will go the other way.
Mr. Morrison has got his tariff bill
before the House and in Committee
Of the Whole, in spite Of the predic-
tons Of his failure. His opening
soeech was sound, common-sense
presentation of its leading features
',pieed with some historical data touch
ing the manner in which tariff com
mission and tariff measures in pas
congresses had been secured in the
interest of the II anufacturers and cap
italists OF the country. An analyst
Of the vote by which the bill was ia
ken up for consideration, develops
pretty strong Indication that the con
tost over it will be both long and ex
citing. 1t is known that while quit
number Of Democrats who voted +
take up the bills will finally vot
against it, there are also number Q
the 80 democrats who voted agains
its consideration will ultimately recor
,hoir votes against It.
There is rich reading for the econ
omist in the speeches made in til
House the other day upon the apprc
priation bills for the construction {
public buildings i'll the country. Sing
ing out few instances in which tn
Government has been more outrage
ously plundeied than others, | fin
from the Supervisors Architects II
port that the : tie for the Governmel
postollice in Boston cost 81 100000
,he peoples money, while the buildir
i.self sunk S4,303,6Sl. In Fall Rive
ia tho same State, Uncle Sam pa
Sl33,O0O for the site that had bee
occupied by lit lie 10 grocery sto
and which site could have been pm
chased by any private individual f
oae-tcnth e the amount. The bull
.ing here cost $3.50, l35, while with
a stones throw Of it there is anoth
worth two of it, built by private G
terpriso for $4,000. | believe til
this Fall kiver steal outranks and OF
generals any other like piece of pub
tobbery that has taken place III me
.ern times, and no one can wono
that the penitentiary at Concord /
so large representation OF Repub
can Sunday School superintendent
from this manufacturing Gomorrah
1t seems that Mr.. Bob Lincoln's
pirations are trihe higher than tho
which satisfied his boss four ye'
ago, and the fellow is playing doul
for all he is worth with both Log
and Arthur. While he sends {
patches to Chicago announcing t
MS name cannot be used while he
il Mr.. Arthur's cabinet, he is knit
Arthur in the East and throttling
gan in the West upon every posi-
recession 1t cannot be that the Pr