St. Landry democrat., 1884-11-29
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent
Nov. 18th, 1884.

never III Tue uISGOEy VI GI0 CIty Has
it's inhabitants turned their faces to the
future with moreinterest, anxiety, hope
or fear than they do to-day. The great
event of the winter, the opening OF the
Congressional session will take place in
two weeks but this is scarcely remem~
bered, for everybody is looking three
months beyond to the event of quar-
ter of century, the return of the Old
Democratic party to power. Did say
-"Old Democratic party ~ 1t is old on
" in name, and in its Identification with
principles for which the word is a syno-
nyn. 1t is new in its personnel, new IN
its relations to new questions, new IN
it's triumph over the effete party which
it has disposed.
What will be the policy of the new
administration Who will the new
president call to his cabinet9 How
will he treat Republican Office holders? !?
These and thousand cog0ate questions
are discussed in political circles, and
they give expression to a great diversity
of opinion and speculation. The ques-
tions are interesting,to all, and vital too.
There are few in Washington
who live, move, and have being, indie
Dendent of politics; and change, after
twenty -four years of uninterrupted Re-
Dublican rule, to Democratic admin
istration, will affect society, industry,
trade, life, at the National Capital.
In less than year from now habitue
of the streets, churches, or theatres OF
the city, will observe great change in
it's personel. Thousands of familiar
faces will have departed and new faces
will he seen in their stead. During the
last twenty years Washington has
grown to be the strongest of Republican
strongholds. Yankee Republicans from
the New England states, and their poIit-
ical progeny from the West, have fra
fernized with Carpet Baggers and Black
Republicans from the South-a hetero-
QenOus mass, but solid on the principle
of drawing their pay, and voting for
the party that paid them. You wOu'd
think that there were no Democrats
here. but this is a mistake. A few of
the genuine brand have survived the
quarter of century, and though mel
lowed by age are not to be terrified.
1t was indeed spectacle to be re-
/, memhered, the Democratic procession
in honor of the election of Cleveland
last Thursday evening. TWAS c0mpos-
ed in great part of Democrats from Vir-
einia aud Maryland, but the city of
Washington furnished a respectable
contingent. They marched over the
Concrete streets and avenues OF the
gaDital City with torches, banners,
4ranspareneies and roosters, real and
artificial. The procession was fully
mile and half in length, and the tens
of thousands of Republicans who
fhrouged the pavements ON their line of
march. realized for the first time, per-
hans. that the election had been decId-
ed, and that new chapter in the history
of the country had been hegun.
The Republicans have been very kind
in preparing lists of Cabinet Officers
for the President elect Cleveland. JEFF
ferson Davis, Robert TOombs, Reagan
of Texas. and Others identified with the
Southern Confederacy twenty years
ago. are general favorites with these
terribly sarcastic volunteer Cabinet
makers. They know, of course, that it
would be too awfully awful for MT.
Cleveland to select any Of his constitu-
tional advisers from lists of able Demo
Gratis like Lamar, Gordon, Beck, Gar
land. Barbour and host of Others
They have entirely forgotten that the
man for whom they stole the preslden-
~. made Confederate Brigadier, d..
M. Key, his Postmaster General. They
do not remember the conspiracy be-
tween their pious Garfield and the Con-
.federate general Malone by which the
representation Of sovereign state was
bartered. and the United Stales Senate
was bought.
Republican presidents have never
.hesitated to take to their bosOms the
Lopgstreets, the Mahones, and the Chai-
mers who would vote with them' and
this Republican nightmare groanlng
over the composition Of President
Cleveland's cabinet is, at least pfema-
fure.
Thenew president will have abundant
material from which to select Cabinet
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