The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-10-02
Our Washington Letter,
Special to the Democratic Press:
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27, i


10, our party is quietly at work ma
u,ing plans which in operation will
surprise the country. The signs of the
are cheering and full of hope
for the Democracy. SO far neither
party can be said to have gained or
lost in the actual results patent to the
whole population of the country. Yer
mont and Maine have voted as every
body expected they would vote, and
now every eye is directed towards
Ohio. The result in the Buckeye State |!
will be the first telling blow ON one
side or the other. After the second
Tuesday in October it will be seen
probably almost to certainty, which
party will win in the great struggle to
in November. Happily the
Democratic party can anticipate with
compOsure the Ohio election. Telling
campaign work has been done, split
ting the Republicans hopelessly, fur
ther alternating the German vote and
confirming popular appreciation of the
economical and wise administration of
Governor Hoadley. During the re-
naming time before the day of elec.
ton, work will be continued and the
effects of threatened Republican activ-
ity more than nullified. Nobody in
his senses can question the certainty
of West Virginia going Democratic
this year, Republican representations
to the contrary Notwithstanding. I'm
like the vain and pompous candidate
on the Republican ticket, Governor
Cleveland remains at home, trusting
in his record as public man and the
assured judgment of the American
people that his would be prudent and
sagacions administration, for the call
which will make him President of the
United States. He needs not the van
tiles of empty speech and the public
exhibition of himself to augment the
strength which lies in well l-tried integ-
rity and capacity. The contrast is
striking on the one hand an itinerant
seeker of votes, and on the other a
man stldi0us only of performing his
public duties, laLOriOusly at his desk
day after day, and with faith that the
people will declare for al end of Re-
publican paisrule, and good old fash
ioned simple and ecupomical Demo
cratic administration. Truly Mr.
Cleveland has not escaped calumuy,
but it has not injured him, and he is
today an unsmiFehed public man, the
| record of whose purity and ability he
| who runs may read. The one issue i'm
the campaign is that of the eternal
war between purity and corruption,
between administration for the good
OF the administrators aud administra
tion for the good of the entire people.
PoMP AND SHOW ATWAsHINGToN.
The necessity of change is sesn in
| the extravaganza on all sides. As al
example of this, before Pennsylvania
Avenue. this city, was paved. there
were not over tive-and.twenty equi
pages in Washington, Now they can
be counted by hundreds, from ponder
Gus landaus and barouches down tC
natty dog carts and pony phaetons
Some of the turnouts are perfect in al
the appointments, while on the gor
geous carriage trimmings and harness
mountings the word shOddy can bt
seen palmer than the monogram o
the owner. Scores of department
clerks now reside in the country an'
drive every day to their work. Uncl'
Sam has long purse, tits about tim'
for him to tighten Its strings.
CENSUS PUBLICATIONS.
The public will shortly be given an
other volume, the eighth, of the census
publications. 1t will contain the his
tory of newspapers in the Unite.
States, by Mr.. North, editor of th'
Utica Herald a paper on ship building
by Mr.. Hall and a report on Alaska
by Petroff; and Ellint's famous repOr
on the Seal Islands of A laska, which
as originally issued, contained sucf
saIacinus accounts of the loves of tn,
seals that the sensibilities of the girl
in the Government bindery wht
stitched the volume were shocked ,ant
Professor Baird ordered an investiga
ton which resulted in the expurgatior
of the Objectionable matter and re
print of the work. A few of the orig
inal C. pies hal meanwhile gotten out
and they are now in great demand
commanding SOS each. The nintl
volume of the census publications
which Ia to be issued early in 'S5. will
contain statistical papers on coke
petroleum and the building stones o
the country, all profusely illustrated
the tenth volume will contain Sar
geant's report on forestry, with an &C
campaigning portfolio of illustrations
Ten more volumes will keep the clerk
busy until it is time to prepare for tn
census of go.
VOUDOoIsM IN WASHINGTON.
The condition of the colored popula
ton of this city is no credit to tn
District of Columbia. VoudoOism ha
it's vOtaries, of whom there is a mum
ber sufficiently large to maintain il
comfort the knaves who practice il
The most successful vOudOO doctor il
Washington half fills a skillet wit
water and into it drops two silve
coins He then directs the dupe
choose one to represent himself an
the other his enemy. While the wate
is made to boil, thus making the piecs
dance, the conjurer drops in the feathe
from black chicken, repeating at til
! same time a mysterious firm of word
BY siyIy manipulating the vessel, b
y finally brings the client atop of h
= enemy, as represented by the coin
thus satisfying him SO well that L
1 willingly pays the So charged for IL
u good omen.
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