McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-11-06
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington, D. c., Nov. 3, 81.

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The exodus Of Government clerks
from Washington to be used at home
for voting purposes has never been SC
great as at this falls Republican dan
ger. In the face of the Civil Service
law, these men are furnished with
transportation to their homes, and in
many cases their entire trip expenses
are borne, if not from the public Treas
ury, nobody knows what. From the
Government Printing Office so MANY
have left that the place has the APP
pearance this week that it has on the
Sabbath day. When it is remember
ed that there are $4,000 voters her e
to be distributed among the several
States, and as there is likely to be a
close fight in many of them, we can
see the reason for this gathering of
Republican clans and concentrating
them upon the country ballot-box.
This very morning the alarm comes
from Republican Wisconsin that calls
for the last man from the Badger State
who has vote to GO home and cast it.
The same protection dodge that de-
feated Hurd in Ohio, is being worked
to the threatened disaster of Mr.. Nor
rison in Illinois. The opponent of
Mr.. Morrison is Tom Needles the
former State Auditor, who is very
popular and therefore very adaptable
to the various elements Of the popu-
lation that he mixes with. Morrison
beat knefner two years ago with q
400 majority and under free trade
issue, bat it is probable that Needles
with his popularity and a redoubled
protection onslaught will prove a
more dangerous foe for Mr.. Nor
risoE;s steel.
The man who has talked and writ
ten more about finance and demon
strated that he knew less about it than
anybody else, has received the port
folio of the Treasury in the place Of
Mr.. Gresham, who takes life place
ON the bench as the successor of Judge
Drummond. McCulloch's vagaries as
Secretary ofthe Treasury once before,
were the laughings-tock Of the whole
financial world, except the few sharks
in Wall street into whose hands he
was constantly playing the Govern
ments best trumps. 1t is Wall street
now that has demanded of Mr.. Arthur
the re, instatement OF the same McCul-
loch who believes that boarding five
hundred millions Of dollars in the
Treasury to lie idle, while the coun-
try's industrial industries are going
to the dogs, is the true theory of sue.
cessful financiering.
With all our pretended perfection
in the matter of transporting the mails
of the country, the complaints come
in at the rate Of twenty thousand per
year of the loss of valuable letters. Of
these 1851 contained enclosures of
money, comprising checks, drafts and
currency, of which number the eff
cient detective force of the Post Office
Department succeeded in running
down about l 800 of them as having
finally reached their destination,
though no mention is made of the 49,
900 that did not. 1t is gratifying to
be informed however, that the percen-
tage Of convictions in the Federal
courts for violations of the Post Office
laws is Gu the increase, for out of the
69S offences tried in those courts 1850
were convicted, So acquitted, and 15l
yet OH trial. PHoNo.
IT is more honorable to acknowl-
edge our faults than TO boast of our
merits.