The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-11-22
Washington Letter.
Regular Correspondence

| their faces 10 Ine future WIN IHOIe inttlcn
anxiety and hope or fear than they do tc
day. The great event of the winter, tn
opening of the congressional session, vii
take place in two weeks but this is scarce
| ly remem bered, for every body is looking
three months beyond TO the event of a quar-
ter of ii century, the return of the old Dem
ocrutic party to power.
What will be the policy of the new ad
mniStraton Whom will the new presi
dent call to his cabinet? How will he trea
the Republican otiice.holders; These ant
thousand cognate questions are discussed
in political circles, and they give express
ion To q great diversity of opinion There
are few in Washington who live, move ant
have their being Independent of politics
and changs after twenty four years Of I'm
interrupted Republican rule to Democra
tic administration, will affect society, indus
try trade and life in the national capital
II was indeed spectacle 10 be- remem
Dtftui th' ''ch'''hu' I'ottNSioh III I'nol
of the election of Cleveland last Thursday
evening. Il was composed in great par
of Democrats from Virginia and Maryland
but the city Of Washington furnished a re
spectacle contingent. The procession was
full mile and half long, and the thous-
ands of Republicans who thronged the
pavement realized for the frs: time per
haps that new chapter in the history of
the country had been begun.
The Republicans are very kind in prepa.
ring lists Of cabinet officers for the Presi.
dent elect JEFF Davis, Robert Toombs,
Reagan and others identified with the Con
federacy are general favorites with these
terribly sarcastic volunteer cabinet makers.
They seem to forget that the man for whom
they stole the presidency in 1876 made d.
NJ Key, q Confederate brigadier his post
master general; and they do not remember
the conspiracy between their pious Garfield
and the Confederate General Malone by
which the representation of sovereign
state was battered and the United States
Senate was bought. As Republican presi.
dents never hesitated to take to their DO.
SONS the worst type of Confederate leaders
like Malone, Chalmers, Mosby, Longstreet,
&c, this nightmare groaning over the pos
sible composition OF Cleveland's cabinet
sounds, to say the least, hyprritical
WAsHINGTON, Nov nth, lSS4.-Now
that the election Of u Democratic president
has opened IA new era in public affairs, all
eyes are turned to the future and to Wash.
ington, where the reforms demanded in
his election will he worked out. The com.
ing winter will be the most interesting and
exciting one at the National Capital that
has been known since the war Prepare
ton for the Inauguration is already afoot,
and large number of Democratic Clubs
have engaged quarters at the different no
the grandest civic and military pageant
that has been seen on similar occasion
A large number of volunteer military or.
CARNATIONS from the southern states will
take part In the demonstration and the
party that stole the presidency in
1876 will no doubt howl and tear its hair
over what it will call an invasion of the
Capital 10y rebels.
The chief question of local interest is
how will the new order of things affect
the city There will no doubt be mo-
mentary stagnation and depression in all
classes of local business. The government
viii continue to disburse its millions to its
army of employees, but the employees will
ease to spend this money for anything but
The necessaries of life They will practice
rigid economy and lay up a surplus for
rainy day This will, of course, be ruin
Gus to the retail dealers, whose shelves
have just been filled with winter goods,
out whose floors are barren of buyers The
of defeat has penetrated every
grade or the government service and will
induce economy everywhere Clerks will
wear old coats, hats and pantaloons, while
ady clerks will turn their old dresses and
make over last years bonnets
But the Democrats will have to live in
Houses and have other necessaries of life,
md they will visit the Capital this winter
md attend the Inauguration ceremonies in
uch numbers as were never seen before
The money that they will spend will in
Measure compensate for the enforced econ
my of government employees, and the prln.
iple industry of Observation-Disclosures and
oarding house keeping-will not suffer
The lot of Il government clerk Is not |
Iappy one. actually saw them turn pale
nd go home physically sick ON the night
{ the election but this was not more he. |
ause they feared they would lose office
nan because they knew they would lose
ne money they had bet on the result.
GU would he astonished 10 know how |
lany of them will he rsined in this way. !
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