The Ottawa free trader., 1884-12-20

600 voters, most of them mere squatters at
that, sends two senators and one represen-
tative to Washington, and counts three in
the electoral college II Nevada were a
Democratic state, what theme she would
be for Mr. Blaine She would answer bet
ter even than the solid south for an Angus
ia speech.
There should he constitutional amend
ment to remand state TO the territorial
condition when her population and wealth
have deteriorated, as in the case of Nevada,
until she is poorer and less populous than
AN average county in the more thickly set
tied states.
There is great deal of talk just now as
to the policy of the incoming president, es-
pecially as concerns the offices. The So
called Independents are claiming Mr.. Cleve-
land as their ownest own little civil service
angel who was elected chiefly to carry out
the treatment of Mr.. Pendletons homeo-
pathic civil service prescription. 1t is con-
ceded that Mr., Cleveland may, without
offence, dismiss Mr.. Frelinghuysen, Mr..
Chandler, Mr.. Lincoln, Mr.. McCulloch, and
other Republican Cabinet officers but
when it is suggested that Messrs Bayard,
Thurman Garland, and others whom Mr..
Cleveland may appoint to his cabinet will
want friends instead of enemies in their
official households the Independents jump
up and say, schtop, schtop arretez Oou"
and with frantic gesticulations they point
to the legend Civil Service Laws" Well
the legend is good as far as it goes, but
Cleveland's cabinet will have the same
need for clean personel in their several
departments that Cleveland will have for a
cabinet of his own choosing at the Nations
council board What folly to expect re-
form or Democratic administration from
the politicians with whom Republican
presidents and cabinets have for twenty five
years stocked all the government Offices
These men were not appointed under the
civil service law. They are not in office
because of fitness, but because they have
done good work for the Republican party
Civil service reform can never be carried
out as long as those men are in the depart
ments, and the sine qua non of reform in
any form will be to getrid of these corrupt
idle, light fingered appointees of Hayes and
Grant When the Augean stable has been
once cleared it will be proper to apply civ
il service rules more broadly and rigidly
then Mr.. Pendleton has conceived.
No very important business will be tran
sacted in congress this week, and an ad-
journment for the holidays will probably
be taken on Saturday. Mr.. Randall is work
ing to have the appropriation bills ready
for the senate as soon as possible and the
Consular and Diplomatic bill will be re-
ported this week There will be further
debate on the Dakota bill in the senate,
and the Interstate commerce bill will
probably be brought to vote in the house.
A committee of fifty prominent citizens
without political aspirations have been ap-
pointed to take charge of the Inauguration
on the fourth of March. This will be
great disappointment to number of chron-
ic office seekers in the city who have been
endeavoring to push themselves to the
front of the management and the process
sion, hoping to attract the attention of the
president and get appointment to the Dis
trict offices.
The President of the United States ap-
peared in the role of telegraph operator
today, when in the midst of brilliant
throng of ladies and gentlemen, he touched
of the machinery of the New Orleans Ex-
position, 1900 miles away. The Cabinet,
Diplomatic corps, and distinguished invited
guests assembled in the East Room where
the instrument had been placed and the
President, who had rehearsed his taps on
dummy the day before, did it very neatly.
Washington society is languishing. She
has the blues, and mourns " the days that
are no more"-the days of monopoly and
shoddy millionairedom have departed. So
ciety is "all broke up" shall / say "busted."
She will have to reconstruct herself on
lines of simpler manners, poorer laws. Il
Ep,pire c. est mort Vtpe le Democratic.
"opinions are but little things" said Joht
Wesler 1875 years ogo. We think that opinions
which are backed by experience are substan-
tial. The masses who use DR.. Bigelow's Posi-.
tive Cure all sneak highly of it for coughs