Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-12-20
WAsHINoroN LErrER-
from our Regu!qr Correspondent
WAsH 60. q. Is, -.

. J
WASH NGTgE, Dec. Is, 1854
The ''pre=sure'' IS upon them. The
stroDge-t kind Of pressure. l mean, OF /
course, the pressure for office. 1t IS
amusing to see the Democratic members
of Congress opening their daily mail
The desk of every Democrat has been
flooded since Congress convened. It Is
estimated that about four thousand let
ters from the unwa~hed, hungry horde
are received every day on that side of
the H0u-e hall. That gives each Dem
Ocratic member an average Of twenty
letters q day fr m persons wanting az
pointments Robert Lee Davis wants
a cOnsulship, Andrew Jackson Calhoun
wants q pOstO1ice 81 pOintment, and
Jefferson Davis Lee WAITS the position
Of sculliOu. Democratic Congressman
have bee me 50 expert that they know
who are the writer's Of unopened letters
and The position that each wants. There
are twenty-five apple ,nts for every
pOstOiiice, and as there are about forty
thousand Of these, a large proportion Of
CleveIand's supporters can be account
ed for.
Il large body Of Democrats, who
could never be made TO understand
what clvil-serv1ce reform means, and
( who have looked for TWENTY-FIVE wears
upon the capture the Offices as he
( principal good To be obtained from
/ turning the Republicans out, expect
/ the fruits OF their victory in the shape OF
( appointments, Nothing viii save Mr..
( Cleveland from their importantly He
viii suffer from them all that ''nrees-
J ure" can do. Probably nor over teR
! thousand OF them will ever reach Wash
! ingtOn IN quest Of office. But that num-
/ Der collected IN the lonhies Of the Capt.
/ tUl, and in ard around the White Hnu.e
I will make life incOIerable even for as
! thick-skinned "a man 30 CleFeland
! When he finds his ante--OoIn full of
/ them all day long, and. SIS President
) Lincoln said, has 10 look under his he'd
/ at night 10 see if any Of hem are there,
} he will be ant to come 10 the conclusion
( that he really cannot stand it-that he
/ j. under physical constraint To give
( wav.
At the Capitol this week, business
: has not been pec'alLV interesting 10
/ the general public, although important
( matters we're under discussion. Dakota
( has hPen knocking at the doors Of Con-
7 oress for admission to the sisterhO0d of
/ States, the bill having occupied the at
5 tention of the Senate for several days.
: party standpoint: the Democrats Op-
: pa .. the Republicans favor. Conse-
qUeutlv there is no chance for the land
} OF the Dakotas to get into the Union at
( this session. or st the next, and Con-
( gress merits the criticism OF wasting
time on measures that cannot pass.
Representative Chalmers, of Miss o.,
was last session the martyr of con
tested election, and was. as Congress
man RelfOrd says, kept warming his
shins in the corridors Of the Capitol IN
Ill the end of the session before the
case was decided in his favor. Yester-
I day he ofte ed a bin the title Of which
raised a ripple of laue liter on the DemO-
. cratic side. The bill proposes TO re-
store 8 republican form of government
70 Mississippi and provide some strin-
gent precautions in regard to Congress
ioual and state elections
There is more OF less talk in Republi-
can circles about a democratic t-cheme'
+ to capture the Supreme Court BY in
/ creaSipg the number OF Judges. Il is
J becoming obvious that something must
be done Tn relieve The docket of the
( court. Whether il will be done by en-
} Is ging the present court or BY cOnsti-
tuting an intermediate cOurt, Is q ques-
ton upon which there IS disagreement.
D
: be made under a democratic admins
I tratiOn, and It cannot be doubted that
! politics would be taken into considers
/ ton.
Within the psst week there has been
/ a noticeable influx of thieves, pick
! pockets, and burglars into this city.
( The opening Of Co~gress has attracted
many. while others have come to secure
quarters for the Inauguration. and the
dedication of the monument. Owing to
: the large crowds which assemble here
/ at each inauguration. bringing in their
train sharUers Of al kinds, the mer-
/ chants and bankers of Washington have
/ asked Congress to make inauguration
/ dav a legal holiday. They could then
+ close their places Of business as means
Of safety At their request Senator
+ ingalls, hss Just offered a bill for this
purpose
and the latest IS THAI Tammany IS
I coming TO the Inauguration. six hundred