Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1884-12-05
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From eur regular correspondent.l
NOVEMBER 80, 1854.

NovEsBER 90, 1854.
Everybody and her husband IL
Washington realizes that = revolu
is at hand. It is in the heart and il
the minds eye. Soon it will be fell
and seen in every avenue and chan.
mel, of official, social and political
life. Washington and the country
will know that reelection Of a Dem.
ocratic president means something.
Until last week the Republican
office-holders here hoped even in
despair that by some miracle Cleve-
land would be counted out. Now
that they realize that the end has
come, some Of them are preparing to
march forth on March fourth.
During the last week there hiss
been an astonishing conversion Of
office holders to the doctrine of civil
service reform, which they interpret
to meal that to the victims belong
the spoils. According to their argu-
ment, Mr.. Cleveland is the great
apostle of this doctrine, and has
been elected by the independent re-
puhlicans to carry it out. BY this
Interpretation Of civil service reform
many of the rasckls who les their.
WoEk dsEing the campsia s.d
stumped their states for Blaine, or
worked for him, circulating scanda-
Ious lies about Cleveland, and many
more, who spent the tins that be-
longed 10 the public service in writ
Ing fnendaeious political letters for
malignant Republican journals, hope
10 be continued in office. They are
men who have been appointed by
INSCRIPTIONS Republican leaders
Of the Blaine. Chandler, Dorsey and
Dudley type for their efficiency in
this class of work, and to continue
them in Office would be a negation of
November the fourth, and q grotes-
lue subversion Of the principles of
rue civil service reform. These
men have stolen their salaries from
he epublict ctreasurY because they have
given their time and energy, not to
he public service of the United
States, their legitimate employer,
'ut to the private service Of the Re-
publican organisation, or, to draw
finer, they have been dawIng the
'eople's money but working for
themselves. Stripped of all phara-
'hrase, these men are thieves
To continue to harbor
hem would be as monstrous as if |
'hrist had made deacons, elders and |
estrymen of the gamblers and mon
Y changers whom he scourged from
he Holy Temple.
Some utterances of Mr.. Cleveland |
ave a strange and terrible sound to
ne clerks in the government offices
ere. He has said that clerks
hould be retained only during good
ehavior, and that his desire was to
lanage the affairs of the country on
principles. He be-
ewes they shonld be retained only
,r competency and honesty, like
lie clerks in private business houses
nd also that they should work just
] long and faithfully as those
erks do. To carry out these ideas
i'll produce greater revolution in
Ie government offices here than the
Artizans of either party hope or
ar. It will result in the wholesale
scharge of ornamental drones and
lie slnecurists, male and female, &
ho come to Office at nine O'Clock in
e morning and leave at four in the
ternoon, but who actually and
uly do not average three hours of
gitimate work per day. 1t seems
incredible that clerks should be
lid at the rate Of from 81, 200 to
800 per year for this playing at
ork that am half afraid the read
viii not believe me. But / speak
an ex-olerk about which / know,
ID any candid government clerk
re will tell you that 1 have been
ore than careful not 90 exaggerate.
The president elect has secured
oms at Wizards hotel, and will
'cupy them about the first Of
arch.
A large number of Democratic
ubs have secured rooms at the diff
rent hotels and there is prospects
the largest crowd that has been
en- in Washington at any inaugural
remony.
1t is customary for the president
eet aad the retiring president to
i've in the same carriage from the
'hite House via Pennsylvania ave-
lie to the Capitol. then to walk arm
arm to the senate chamber, where
the presence OF senators and Rep
the oath of Office is adj
Mustered by the chief jnstice of
e supreme court.