The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-11-19
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Ftom oar Rsqu,ar corre.pondent.
WASHINGTON. Nov. Is.

WASHINGTON, Nov. Is, 1884.
Last night witnessed the greatest
Democratic parade ever seen in this
city. 1t was marshalled by bill
Dickson, who was prominent as a
Juror in the Star route trial, and
was afterwards tried himself on the
charge of having accepted a bribe
from the Star route defendants. l
mention this merely to show what
kind Of men the party of reform(?)
is bringing to the front in the morn
ing freshness of its victory.
There has been wonderful res
direction of Democracy in Wash
ingtcn since it is thought that Cleve-
land is to be the next president. Old
whiskey-soaked fellows that the
Washington world had forgotten
have hobbled forth, and like old
Hamlet's ghost are revisiting the
glimpses of the moon. Verify
something is rotten in Denmark
when these old rebels and rebel sym
pathisers are again in the ascend
ant.
II is understood in political circles
here that Southern Democrats ex-
pect to have much to say in the for
nation and in the policy of the new
administration. They will demand
their full share of the loaves and
fishes, and occupy prominent places
at the council table. They say they
have taken back seats and eaten
humble pie long enough. They
have voted III solid mass through
long years of political adversely
The day of official usufruct has
come. They want the offices. They
had no part in civil service legisla-
ton and do not believe in it. They
know that they furnished about
three-fourths of the electoral vote
that made Cleveland president, and
they will be satisfied with that pro-
portion of the patronage.
The Republican office holders
here are at loss what to do. Some
of them are lulled with the talk
that Mr.. Cleveland is committed to
civil service reform, and cannot
consistently dismiss honest and
competent public servants. But
the majority of them are preparing
to travel in the spring or early sum-
mer. 1t is not believed that Mr.
Cleveland will not be able to with
stand the pressure that will be
brought to bear upon him by the
hungry vandals who have made
him president. His Cabinet will
begin by appointing as their chic
clerks and immediate assistants
personal and political friends. They
will appoint the friends of certain
senators and members. This will
open the way to unlimited remov'
als, and sooner or later Republican
officials will have to go. Some
clerks are well off, and quite mum
Der have saved little money, but
the great majority have not only
not dollar ahead, but are hopeless
iy in debt. Many of them borrow
ed money TO bet on the election.
know number who are paying
from 5 to 10 per cent interest pei
month for money staked on Blaihe
| Economy is the watchword here
now, and it is felt in every avenue
and artery of commercial, iudus-
trial and social life. Merchants
say that trade was never before so
dull at this season. Tailors report
a great increase in the business Of
renovating old clothes. Fashion
able milliners and dress-makers
are in despair. Even butchers, gro
GERS, and saloon keepers feel the
pinch of retrenchment. 10000
government employees and five times
as many who are dependent upon
them are endeavoring to save lit
tie money for the rainy day pre-
dicted after the fourth Of March.
The Capitol is in readiness for
Congress which will convene in two
weeks. The hotels, boarding
houses and restaurants are ready, too
Mere living will be cheap in Wash
ington this winter. Boarding houses
and restaurants haye adjusted them
selves to the new order of things.
The hungry Democrats who are
already pouring into the city will
be able to find subsistence at cost
of from seventy-five cents to q
dollar day. There is no end to
gossip in political circles about the
Cabinet and policy of the new ad-
ministration. The Democrats are
not sure of their man for whom
they gave their votes and money.
The suggestion that Schurz will
have place in the Cabinet is gall
and wormwood to them. and it is
not improbable that the first month
of the new administration will de-
velop split in the Democratic
ranks as wide and as fatal as that
which followed the inauguration OF
Garfield. They are not a happy
family by any means. Clouds.
storm winds, and dangers are in
their sea-road.
An Insane Asylum In Flames.
Ospuostr Wis Nov IN Shortly