The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-11-22
Things At The Capital.

| WASHINGTON, Nov. 49, 1884.
The Cleveland demonstration in this
city last Thursday evening was perhaps
never equaled in the history of Washing
| ton either in size, display, or enthusiasm
| Thousands were in line, thousands of
torches famed, cannon doomed, fireworks
lit up the sky, and the citizens of Wash
| ingtOn, foes us well as friends of the DEM
ocrats, at least, enjoyed the event.
From the Capital to the Treasury Depart
ment, the distance of mile, Pennsyl-
vanta Avenue was II mass of human
| beings. Such a throng had not been
seen since the Inauguration of Garfield,
while the scene was gorgeOusly painted
with Chinese lanterns, rockets and
Roman candles, calcium lights, electric
| lamps, and gas jets arranged in fanciful
designs. Brass bands played such airs as
"Auld Lang Syne," Garry me Back Once
More" and Democrats shouted with all
the pent up enthusiasm of twenty-four
years. The leading transparency bore
the faces of Cleveland and Hendricks,
with the inscription clear the way for
we are coming" and another ludicrously
suggestive feature carried aloft by divis-
ion of the procession were brooms. Con-
spicuous among private residences that
were Illuminated was that of W. w. Cor
coran, the philanthropist, who reviewed
the line which passed him with march
ing salute. The residences of George
Bancroft, the historian, and of X. 7. Mer-
rick, the prominent Democratic lawyer,
were also brilliantly illuminated. Among
the paradoxical features of the celebra-
ton may be mentioned the fact that Mr.
Blaine's new mansion about which much
has been written, was brilliantly illumi-
mated. You may remember that it was
leased for five years by a Chicago mill
lionaire, Mr.. Letter, and he is Democrat.
During the week public interest has
been centered upon the official count in
New York. Until Friday evening, many
Republicans still chung to the hope that
by some inscrutable luck, the result
would yet give the State to Blaine. Now
that the grim fact of Mr. Blaine's defeat
stares them in the face, Department peo-
pie have all taken the anxious seat, and
feel more unsettled than while doubt
lowered over the election returns. What
will Mr.. Cleveland dor Who will be in
his cabinet? How will Republican office
holders fare under the coming admins
ton? Where will the inaugural ball be
held? and similar premature questions
are those with which the people of the
Capital are perplexing themselves Just
now.
Cabinet builders are as bnsy as posi-
BILE, and though their work may be as
unstable as castles in the air, it is inter
esting to know what they are doing An
ex-senator expresses the sentiment that
seems to prevail among the Democrats
of his section as to what the South
wants; namely, southern men for At
torpey General and Postmaster General.
Southern Democrats say that they do not
care for the State Department, Treasury,
War or Navy portfolios, that they should
all be controlled by the North. They
admit that the business of the Interior
Department is of more consequence to
the North than to the South, and that it
too should have Northern head. 1t is
assumed that General Mcclellan will be
in Cleveland's cabinet, that Senator Gar
land of Arkansas will be the Attorney
General, and that Senator Bayard could
not be induced to leave the Senate for a
Cabinet position. Some prominent
Democrats insist that Randall should
have seat at the council table, or the
Speakership, or any place he wants, while
others hold that since Mr.. RandalPs
State went for Blaine by eighty thousand
majority, his chances have diminished,