Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-11-19
Washington Letter.
TFRoM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.
Washington, d. c.,
Novemher - 1894

Could you be here one day, from
your home among the mountains oi
the Blaine State of Pennsylvania
what change l could point out tc
, YOU, in the countenance and action
of men and women, that we can meet
at certain hours of the day on Penn
sylvania Avenue. You would be sur
prised. They do not seem to be the
same people, l mean the people that
hold office under the several heads
of government under the patronage
of president. There are many oi
that class here and they are all I'M
pressed with the belief that York
State is for Cleveland by a small ma
jority, and that means their certain
removal. The non official class do
not carry with them a funeral ex-
preston on their face, a close reader
of human faces may detect shade
of satisfaction on their countenance,
| for when the new -comers arrive they
will be in want of everything that
Washington Office holders have. The
real estate dealer is brighter in ap-
pearance. for he believes that the
men that must go, must sell at sac
rifcing prices, and that the new-com-
ers, after they are sworn in snug
government places. will buy at prices
that viii cause the speculator to rub
his hands with satisfaction. The old
exslaves have a sort of a woe begone
expression of countenance that tells
that there is a sickening uneasiness
of heart about the situation to them.
What will the restoration of the De-
mocracy to power bring for them?
They have passed under the rod,
they know what it is to be sold as
sheep in the shambles, can they be
reinslaved is a question that they ask
themselves? Yes, if you were here
with me one hour in a walk on the
Avenue you could gather impressions
that would do you for reflection dur
ing hewhole winter What changes
the restoration will bring time only
can tell. am no prophet, but have
seen enough Of the world to not be
surprised at anything. In four years
the whole banking system will, most
likely, be changed, by a change in
only ten lines in the banking or f.
nancial laws of Congress, the old
State banks. of the Andrew jackson
system of finance. will be vitslized
into life, and then. ten years after
that look out for the bankingrobbery
such as overlook the country about
every ten pears during the past ad-
ministration cf the Democracy. The
tariff laws, too, will doubtless be
greatly changed within the coming
four years. There is nothing so
clear here, now, as the prospect that
almost every measure that has been
adopted by the Republicans since
Lincoln will be trimmed and modi
fed. or intensified to suit the caprice,
or fixed notion of the new comers.
Cleveland himself is different stamp
of man from any that has occupied
the White House. All of the Re
publican Presidents have been TEN
perate men, Grant IVES fond of good
wine but he did not drink to debauch-
cry, but none of them were fond of
women. Cleveland is fond of both
wine and women. l cannot forecast
the future as to what his administra
ton will be in the way of fun and
frolic, Or stealthily stolen indulgen
ces. The atmosphere is full of pre-
dictions of its conniviality, bat with
all that, if he should in fact become
the President, which, if the returns
in his favor, in New York State,
should be verified by a scrutiny of
the tally papers, which is, at this
date, taking place, the respect due
the Chief Magistrate of the nation
should be extended to him till he,
by acts, proves himself unworthy of
the new trust that has been given to
him. / was pleased to learn of the
reelection of the congressman from
your town. His conduct here dur
ing the passed Congress was com
mendable He gave close attention
to business, and did not have his
head turned by the glitter and show
at the Capitol Of the nation, and his
sweeping, unprecedented majority,
at the recent election has directed
attention from outside of the district
to him, and | should not be in the
least surprised to hear of him being
named in connection with state and
national offices in the near future.
CosMoPOLITAS.
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