Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-11-19
From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON LETTER
Washington, D. c., Nov. Is, 'S4.

Washington, d. c., Nov. IL, 'S4.
God reigns, and the Government at
Washington will pass out Of the hands
Of the corrupt Republican thieves on
the 18th r. March next. do not know
whether President Clevcland's ideas of
Civil Service Reform are extreme
enough to retain any considerable num-
Der of the present Government employ.
es in the departments, but / do know
that thoroughly clean sweep of the
whole lot of them will not only be a
blessing to the administration, but will
be no less than the Democratic party
and the Independent Republicans who
aided so materially in the good work
have right to expect. The long lease
of official life that the Republicans
have enjoyed, has made them absolute
ly reckless in the dispensation of pat
ronage, and you would be astounded
did you know in detail the abominablc
system Of nepotism that has character
lied the career of the party both here
and throughout the country in the last
ten years. And what is peculiarly
miscellaneous about it is the palpable
fact that the generality of these barna-
cles are utterly and outrageously in
competent to discharge the duties of
the positions to which they have been
assigned. Fred Douglass, now Regis
ter of Deeds, an office worth some
Sl4, 900 per annum, has no less than
five Of his Senegumbian offspring quar-
tered upon the Government in the diff
terent departments. to say nothing of
an army of sisters and brothers and
their children, who it is said are draw
ing not less than fifty thousand year
from the peoples treasury. And there
is French, the Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury, whose family is so hun
cry that the Government is obliged to
contribute something like $4,000 per
year for their support. The Secretary
of State, Mr.. Freliughuysen, a man Of
immense wealth, too, has son,
nephew, and | don't know how many
other relatives, drawing salaries from
the Government, and even the Presi-
dent has been so indifferent to the pos
sibilities of public scandal as to fur
nish his own brother with the position
of Paymaster with the pay of major
of cavalry, | do not believe that we
shall have any of this disgraceful busi.
ness under Cleveland.
Our Homeopathic friends are to
make another raid upon the coming
Congress to put through some lcgisla-
ton to pave the way for the same rec
ognition and the same rights and priv
ileges accorded to the Allopathic pro-
tesson A bill to this end has passed
either ole or the other branches of
Congress several times within the last
dozen years, but somehow the sO-called
Irregular" doctors have succeeded in
tripping it Up before it got through
both Houses, all Of which was a very
wrong thing for them to do. BY way
of acquainting Congress and the coun-
try with the present Importance and
prominence Of the Homeopathic move
ment, its disciples propose to hold a
six day fair here, commencing on tie
18th Of December next, to which they
invite imperishable contributions from
all, to be sent not later than December
Sth, to Mr.. G.. II. Wilcox, Secretary
of the Executive Committee, 500
Third street, northwest, Washington,
ID. Z. PHoNO.