South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1884-04-25
Letter from Washington.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
Washington, d. O., April Fl.

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portions, particularly in the Presi-
dents own State where the whole
stalwart army seems TO have broken
ranks and completely forsaken their
old commander. In the New York
deal the President finds HE most dis
comforting surprise, because lie had
counted upon the aid OF class OF
men in nearly every congressional dis
| trict, whose lives had been devoted,
as MS own had been, TO the manipu-
latlon oil the machine politics of the
State. But there was Ex-Governor
Cornell with his sores Of 1881 still un-
healed, and there was Mr.. Conlling,
who is out OK politics only in the sense
OF rcpayibg old scores. ard whose
hand is seen in ali o. this anti Arthur
work, and there was, above all, the
apprehension among the leaders of
the party that the Democrats could
not nominate q candidate who would
not easily put New York in the Dem.
ocratic column next fall rs against
Arthur. That Arthur has been an
fortunate in the distribution OF pat
ronage in New York, goes without
saying. His appointees in New York
city were selected for him simply
from the want of courage to select
them for himself. The result was o
class Of officials that care as little for
Dir. Arthur's preterment now, as he
cared for them when he was anxious
10 give their places to those in whom
he had confidence Upon the idea
that honest men get their dues when
rogues fall out, the disturbances in
this once happy Republican family
will IS surely give the Empire State
to the Democratic next fall las that Yer
mont will go the other way.
Mr.. Morrison has got his tariff bill
before the House and in Committee
OF tue Whole, in spite OF the predc-
tons of his failure. His open speech
was sound, common sense presenta.
ticn OF its leading features, spiced with
some historical data touching the man
ner IN which tariff commission and
tariff measures in past Congress had
been secured in the interest OF the
manufacturers AMI capitalists Of the
country. An analysis Of the vote By
which the bill was taken up for con-
s;deration, develops q pretty strong
| indication that the contest over it will
be both long and exciting. it is
known that while quite u number Of
Democrats who voted to take up the
bill will finally vote against it, there
are also number OF the thirty-n!ne
Democrats who voted against its con
sideration will ultimately record their
votes for it.
There Is rich reading for the
economist in the spt cches made in the
House the other day upon the appro-
priation bilsfortho constructionofpub
lie buildingsin the country. Singing
out few instances in which the Co
vernment has been more outrageous
iy plundered than others, find from
the Supervising Architects report
that the site for the Government post
Office in Boston cost 81, 500 900 ofthc
peoples money, while the building it
self sunk $f,303,661. In Fall River,
in the same State, Uncle Sam paid
$4,000 for the site that had been
occupied by little 7X9 grocery store,
and which site coaid have been pur-
chased by any private individual for
one-tcnth of that amount The build
ing here cost $3.50, l35, while within
Il stones throw OF it, there is ano-
Their worth two Of it built by private
enterprise for $500 | believe that
this Fall River steal out-ranks aud
out-generals any other like piece of
public robbery that has taken place in
modern times, and no one can wonder
that the penitentiary at Concord has
go large representation of republican
Sunday school superintendent from
this manufacturing Gomorrah.
1t seems that Mr. Bob Lincoln's as
piraiions are n trihe higher than those
which satisfied his boss four years ago.
and the fellow is playing double for
all he g s. ortiz with both Logan aud
Arthur. While he sends dispatches
to Chicago Announcing that hia name
cannot be used while he is in Mr.. Ar
thurs cabinet, he is knitting Arthur in
the East and thfottIing Logan in the
West upon every possible occasion.
1t cannot DC that the President is not
cognizant Of this duplicity on the part
OF member of his cabinet, but wbat
IS he going 20 90 about it if he is? re-
he should kicl: him out, what would
become Of the prestige OF that name
under which The son OF his father cot
/ into the cabinet, and how many would
/ view il as an insult 30 the memory Of
Garfield From the time tdat Lincoln
was taken u; and carried into tie Of.
flee OF town supervisor Of Chicago ten
years ago, upon this sentimental SOFT
OF politics, nc has been afflicted by
the political bigbcad in its worst form,
and 1t shows the possibilities ofAmeri-
can politics including il5 civil service
reform, when such a man as Robert
( Lincoln can be seriously g; oxen ofin
connection with the highest political
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