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

W ASHINGTON, NON.lN.--NeNtri III tHe LIS
tory of the city have its inhabitants turned
their faces to the future with more Interest
anxiety and hope or fear than they do to
day. The great event of the winter, the
opening of the congressional session, vii
take place in two weeks; but this is scarce
| ly remembered for every body is looking
three months beyond TO the event of quar-
ter OF IA century, the return Of the old Dem
ocratic party to power
What will he the policy of the new ad
minstaton Whom will the new presi.
dent call to his cabinet? How will he treat
the Republican ohice.holders These and
Thousand cognate questions are discussed
in political circles, and they give express
ion to great diversity of opinion There
are few in Washington who live, move and
have their being Independent of politics,
and changs after twenty. four years of I'M
int rrupted Republican rule to Democra,
tic administration, will affect society, indus.
try, trade and life in the national capital
IL was indeed spectacle TO be remem-
bered, the Democratic procession In honor
of the election of Cleveland last Thursday
evening. II was composed in great part
of Democrats from Virginia and Maryland,
but the city of Washington furnished re
spectacle contingent The procession was
full mile and half long and the thous,
ands of Republicans who thronged the
pavement realized for the first 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 ID.
NJ Key, a 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 a 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 Clevelands cabinet
sounds, to say the least, hypocritlcal.
WASHINGTON, Nov. nth, lSs4-Now
that the election of "A Democratic president
has opened 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 ut the National Capital that
has been known since the war Prepare
ton for the Inauguration Is already afOot,
and a large number Of Democratic Clubs
have engaged quarters Mt the different ho-
the grandest civic and military pageant
that has been seen on 4 similar occasion.
A large number of volunteer military or
CARNATIONS from the southern states will
take part in the demonstration, and the
scotched 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 a mo-
stagnation and depression in all
classes Of local business. The government
will continue to disburse its millions to its
army of employees, but the employees will
cease to spend this money for anything but
the necessaries of life They will practice
rigid economy and lay up surplus for n
rainy day This will, OF course, be ruin. |
ous To- the retail dealers, whose shelves
have just been filled with winter goods,
but whose floors are barren of buyers The
dependency of defeat has penetrated every
grade OF the government service and will
induce economy everywhere. Clerks will
wear old coats hats and pantalOOns while
lady 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,
and they will visit the Capital this winter
aud attend the Inauguration ceremonies in
such numbers n were never seen before
The money that they will spend will in u !
measure compensate for the enforced econ
Dmy of government employees, and the prln.
,iple industry of Observation-Disclosures and
house keeping-will not suffer
The lot of a government clerk is not |
happy one actually saw them turn pale
md go home physically sick on the night
If the election but this was not more be
.nusp they faarel thay would InSe onica