Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-11-24
WASHINGTON LETTER.
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this city last Thursday evening was
perhaps never equaled in the history
of Washington either in size, display,
or enthusiasm. Thousands were in
line, thousands of torches famed,
cannons doomed. fireworks lit up the
sky, and the citizens of Washington.
foes rs we'll Us friends of the democ-
racy, crowded the streets to see the
pageant. A more perfect evening
never favored pageantry, and the
democrats, at least, enjoyed the
event. From the capitol to the treas
ury department, the distance of a
mile, Pennsylvania avenue was a
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 fan
ciful 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 'sClear the way
for we are coming" and another lu-
dicrously suggestive feature carried
aloft by division of the PROCESSION
were brooms.
Conspicuous among private resi-
dences that were illuminated was that
of W. ". Corcoran, the philan-
thropist, who reviewed the line which
passed him with marching salute.
The residences of George Bancroft,
the historian, and of R. T. Merrick,
the prominent democratic lawyer,
were also brilliantly Illuminated.
Among the paradoxical features Of
the celebration may be mentioned the
fact that Mr.. Blaine's new mansion
about which much has been written,
was brilliantly illuminated. You may
| remember that it was leased for five
years by Chicago millionaire, Mr..
Letter, and he is a democrat.
During the week public interest
has been centered upon the official
count in New York. Until Friday
evening, many republicans still clung
to the hope that by some inscruta
BILE luck, the result would yet give
the state to Blaine. Now that tht
grim fact of Mr.. Blaine's defea
stares them in the face, department
people have all taken the anxiou:
seat, and feel more unsettled thar
while doubt lowered over the cleo
ton returns. What will Mr.. CIeve
land do? Who will be in his cabinet
How will republican office-holder
fare under the coming administration
Where will the inaugural ball b.
held? and similar premature ques
tons are those with which the peopl
of the capital are perplexing them
selves just now.
Cabinet builders are as busy a
possible, and though their work ma
be as unstable as castles in the all
it is interesting to know what the
are doing. An ex-senator eXpresse
; the sentiment that seems to preva
among the democrats of his sectio
as to what the south wants; namely
southern men for attorney gener;
and postmaster general. Souther
democrats say that they do not car
for the state department, treasury
war or navy portfolios, that the
should all be controlled by the nortf
They admit that the business of til
interior department is of more col
/ sequence to the north than to til
south, and that it too should have
5 northern head. 1t is assumed tn;
; General Mcclellan will be in Cleyt
} lands cabinet, that Senator Garlan
of Arkansas will be the attorne
2 general, and that Senator Bayal
: could not be induced to leave Il
J senate for a cabinet position. Son
! prominent democrats insist that RAJ
dali should have q seat at the couI
> sci table, or the speakership, or al
place he wants, while others hold TIL
since Mr.. Randall's state went f,
Blaine by eighty thousand majorit
L his chances have diminished.
y At the capitol active preparation
" are being made for the reassembliI
: of congress two weeks hence. Duril
y the recess many exterior and interi
P" improvements have been made. 30
| wings Of the building we're embe
It ished, and enlarged To the extent
= sixteen new rooms. Sanitary {
: engagements have )een added, re
y taurants have been improved, FIRE
II Goes have been renewed, and OIL
~ changes for the better have he
III made beth in point Of utility a
Z beauty. Bat the main changes la
II been made on the outside. The N;
y bic surfaces OF the two wings ha
Vi been scrubbed, the result being
y removal of the yellow surface Il
the marble has acquired in it's thi
years exposure to the weather.
STATE NEWS ITEMS.
~ Vermont has s22. 758, 800 invested
Ii railroads.
to Another barbed wire fence bill has b.