The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-04-26
Correspondence Baltimore County Union.
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
The City Putting on It's Spring Suit
How They Stand Just Now-The
Tariff Bill, &c., &c.
WASHINGTON, d. c., April 2lst, Is

WASHINGTON, D. c., April 2lst, 1884.
Messrs Editors Spring has made rapid
advance in this city. The season probably two
weeks ahead of that in Baltimore county, although
there is not half degrees difference in latitude
Opposite the rear window where ! am writing
there is a beautiful mixture of green leaves and
flowers on o pear tree, and the shade trees along
the streets and in the parks have put forth their
Young leaves to such an extent as to cast shadows
and to give the city really springlike appear
ance. For the past two weeks or more the flowers
in the parks have been in bloom--eroeuses, hya-
cinths, &c.-and everything for that length of
time has been speaking as plainly of the revivifi-
cation of nature did the preachers in their pull
pits two weeks ago speak of the resurrection of
Christ and of man, of which this revival of life in
nature in the spring is so beautiful an emblem
The weather was beautiful here yesterday, and at
the churches and on the promenades of the city
there was a handsome display of flowers, new
spring bonnets and colors in dress, which the in
clemency of the weather had prevented the Sunday
previous.
The New York Herald classifes the delegates
SO far chosen to the Chicago convention follows
Arthur 2l7, Blaine "a, Logan As, Kdmunds 10,
scattering 26 The Herald also gives the Presi-
dent Al out of the y from New York, and says he
will control the State convention and have the
four delegates at large. This will be very disap-
pointing to such papers the Baltimore Ameri-
can, which said in this mornings editorial that
"Maryland has placed herself in line with the
rank of great States that have declared for Blaine
as it is generally believed that Pennsylvania is
not either altogether "solid," Arthur having II
delegates and Blaine only "a sure, and 10 others
nominally for him. Nor is the American yet quite
sure of Maryland, being afraid "that there yet
may be an effort made to override the will of the
people Of Maryland and defraud it of its repre-
sentative rights" But the american and other
such papers always ready to cry fraud when
they lose what they never had. But perhaps the
Herald was only GLOWING"
The Morrison tariff bill has again been laid over
and it is thought the discussion it will extend
through month or two, Mr.. Morrison being will
ing to waive the discussion of it at any time to
allow the consideration of appropriation bills
| But notwithstanding his condescension it is not
| thought the bill will finally pass.
An intelligent colorcd man in one of the Depart
ments, having noticed the remark of your visiting
lady correspondent in THE UNION to the effect that
| she noticed but few colored men employed in the
| Departments here has handed me the accompa-
nying paragraph to De published with this letter
"Since 1876 there has been a steady increase in
the colored clerical force in the various Executive
| Departments. At first the colored clerks were
| confined to the Treasury and Interior Depart
ments, partly on account of the objections held by
the white clerks and partly in consequence of the
generally accepted notion that colored men could
not perform the service required by the other De-
| partments. 1t now turns out that in every Exec
| utive Department the colored people are largely
represented, and thsy found in all the various
clerical grades. At the present rate of annual in
crease it will not be many years ere the c0lored
people will receive the fullest recognition to which,
on the basis of their intelligence and elective party
strength, they are entitled" ANoE.