The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-11-22
WASHINGTON LETTER.


From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, Nov. II, 1884.
The average department clerk in
Washington is now holding his breath
in suspense, and is altogether in a state
of great tribulation. The calm. mode
rate judgement of those who are in a
position to know is that Mr.. Cleveland
will make but few changes, excepting of
course the more important offices, such
as heads of bureaus, who must of neces-
sity be in entire accord with the spirit
soul Of the department clerk is being
Elled with these sweet assurances of
security and his mind is 1t rest, some one
Ike Governor elect Gray, of Indiana, an
nounces that the departments must be
cleaned ont, that the rascals must 90,
aud intimates that presumably ali Repub-
Leans are rascals. Then is the spirit of
the clerk wrought up once more and he
begins to practice the most rigid econ
omy, whereupon the shopkeeper curseth
with exceeding great fervor. The result
is that business here is utterly dead at
present, but it 10 not probable that this
condition viii! continue for any length of
time.
1t is now generally conceded in Wash
ington that the result of the presidential
contest is definitely settled and all the
political wiseacres are busy contiding to
the public how the thing was done. Mr..
Mr.. George Gorham, stalwart of the
stalwarts, said to Roscoe Conkling in the
lobby of a New York hotel a few days
ago: You withered Blaine with the
hot blast of your silence and Roscoe
smiled as though the idea met with his
emphatic approval Mr.. Mike" Cregan,
one of the noted Republican leaders of
New York city, has been in Washingt N
for the asst day or I've, AID he biandlY
expressed his conviction 10 ycur corrcs-
ponden5 that the Ma, i5nal Republican
Committee WIS = chp;ca collection of
''chu:nps aud snaoi!"sly said that
Elk i4s h..d ,,ivG: tno boys 5000 fer
use il New York city when they should
have lad :. Least SIDE, coo. Mr.. Crcsan
tali;cl very freely in this strain and
butchcrcd the Els,ish ,ausuA.5e 10 an
alarming extent.
Every newspaper man at the National
Capital is row transformed into cabi-
net maker and is benevo!ently enGeavOr-
ing to lit some of the burdens of state
FROM the shoulders of the President
elect. All hands seem to agree that Gen.
Mcclellan will enter the Cabinet taking
either the War or Navy portfolio 1t is
said that he prefers the latter, as he
| thinks that Il great reputation can be
made by rebuilding cur shattered navy
and that the time is ripe for it. The
South claims two cabinet officers, and
asks Tor the Attorney Generals and
Postmaster Generals port folios. Senator
Garland, of Arkansas, is very generally
mentioned as the coming Attorney Gen
eraI. Beyond this 10 two seem to agree.
1t is understood that Senator Bayard "
Representative Randall do notcare to en-
ter the cabinet, and many formerly OPP
posed to Randall urge that he be made
the speaker of the next congress. How
ever, this is going a long way into the
future, and Randall may tomorrow be
put down for the Secretaryship of the
Treasury.
The social world is already beginning
to be anxious about the Inaugural Ball.
"Where are We going to have it, is
asked on every hand. 1t had been plan
ned to have the new pension building
finished in time fer the occasion, but
now the architect announces that the
building cannot possibly be rooted in by
March en- account of unavoidable delays.
Albaugh's new Grand Opera House. one
OF the latest improvements at the Capt.
tai, is spoken of. and one or two of the
large halls of the city are ment Toned, but
it is certain that no building yet suggest
ed will be entirely adequate to the oc.
caSion. At Garfield Inaugural Bail the
National Museum, then Just completed,
was used, and it is possible that this
building may be called into service once
more. 1t will be wildly remembered by
some that for Grants second Inaugural
Ball huge frame structure Was spec
i'''J SiSStSu III hclualV. bC
night of the ball was intensely cold and
the beaux and bellies moved about en-
veloped in overcoats and wraps. | re-
member seeing one fair daughter envel-
oped in carriage robe, and heard her
remark to her partner: What per-
fectly splendid time I'm having. Many
very severe colds were contracted and
for some time afterwards coughs were
epidemic in the upper circles of society.
The birth of the Hayes administration
was not marked by the usual Terpsichor-
can ovation. There was too much doubt
up to within a week of the time as to
whose ball it would be.
Many organizations have already en-
gagged quarters here for the 4th, OF March
and the prospect is that the demoaStra-
ii on that day will be the most impos-
ing ever seen in Washington. On Inuag-
uration Day all citizens of Washington
abandon political opinions and unite in
making the thousands of strangers well
come, and join with them in making the
day one of national rejoicing. l..