News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-08-21
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, D. c., !
Auo. IL, 1884,

Aug. IL, 1884.
From all parts of the country the
most cheering intelligence is received
at the headquarters of the Congress
sional Committee. Not alone to the
north is the glad tidings confined, but
from West Virginia, North Caroli1a
and Florida, particularly good news
continues to come in, assuring success
to the contest in November. The
outlook for a Republican House
in the next Congress is also most en-
couraging, gains being assured in al
most every State of the north and
west and many in the south.
The Democrats are whistling to
keep their courage up, but all things
point to collapse Of the old thing
before the ides of November. In fact
with the result in West Virginia and
Ohio in October, which from all re-
ports received will be favorable to the
Republican party, Blaine and Lo-
gan will have q comparative walk
over in November. While every pros
pect is bright, the committees are de-
termined to continue work and make
the victory overwhelming, and every
man should work to this end.
Not only is the prospect for success
most assuring on account of the ac
cessions to the Republican ranks from
the various Irish-American and work
ingmen's organizations, but the deter
mination on the part of Gen. b. +
Butler to not only remain candidate
but to push his campaign in all the
northern States, has caused the en-
tire rank and file of the Democracy
to become demoralized, and the en-
tire enginery of the press is being
turned at him. If there was even al
idea that Cleveland could carry New
York or Massachusetts, Buffers can
didacy entirely dispels it.
4 The truly good 81 who had deter
mined that the moral character Of thu
candidates should decide in the Pres
idential race, have suddenly discov
cred that the personal private charac
ter of a candidate should not be con
sidered, and only the public of1icia
acts of the nominees should be dis
cussed. They also state that even
: private character is to be discussed
, Gov. Cleveland compromised and set
tied any charge of immortality agaius
him by paying the woman $500 an
: caring for the boy. Such compromis
) .er is hardly fit for President.
The new pension office building i
Washington is rapidly approaching
completion, and will be ready for oc
cupancy in the course of a year.
= is expected that it will be so nearl
, finished by the 4th of March next, a
, to permit the next Inauguration ba
. to be held therein. One of the grea
drawbacks to the prompt transactio
of the public business, particularly i
Y the Department of the Interior, is th
< lack of room and the facilities fo
doing work. The new pension offic
, building will afford some relief in thi
respect. 1t will be a model in poir
of convenience and for the proper fl
/, ing away and preservation of tn
r public records. The patent Office wa
G last week given a little more room, b
the removal of the Indian Burea
from its building, and there is now
= prospect that with the increased fore
t and room provided for the patent Of
@ fee it will soon be able to bring u
it's work of examining applications
which is about six months in arrears
1t is great wrong that the inventor
: of the country, who pay the govern
q ment several times over for havin
their applications for patents exam