Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-11-29
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skilled in special branches of clerical
work, or are possessed of special inn
pOrtant information relative 10 their
work. Their assistance cuunut. be lost
without serious detTimeHt- t0.tbs paAiic
service.
.''ro the victors belong the spoils, Is
Is u democratic maxim, ana a vast
horde Of Them may be expected here
during the winner Indeed, the van
guard has already madeiUs appearance,
1 learn that DemOcr&lic clubs from New
York, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, and
other cities have seat agents here ID en-
gage quarters vfor the inauguration
This means simply shat they will come
IN batJalliOns to occupy the offices
Though Cleveland may have the head
and neck of 81 bull, ascribed 20 him by
Senator Voorhees,, for resisting Office
seekers, he will not be able TO resist the
force that Will be brought to bear
against him by the ravenOus crowd that
has made him president.
An era Of business depression has a.
ready. commenced in Washington Re
trenchment is pracuced on all sides, A
little school girl gravely told her COM
paniOns that owing TO the election Of
Cleveland she expected TO have onLV
dly bread this winter, that butter was
ton expensive. Another was crying be-
cause her uncle, who had intended u
send her tO1cQiiege, would lose his place
under the Government AID would not
be able TO 40 so. City merchants fiud
their shelves filed with winter and huii-
day goods, but no buyers: all govern
ment employees will wear their old
clothes, and lay up money for the rainy
uay which they expect after the fourth
of March.
Real estate agents are of the opinion
that the election of Cleveland viii have
q very depressing effect on their busi-
ness. A large number OF first class
houses are or viii be thrown upon the
market. The southern people who
viii be drawn 20 Washington BY Cievo-
lands. election viii not want expensive
houses but will pRtrOniZe tho cheap
boarding houses. 1t has long been
noticed here that southern people are
less disposed to spend money than
aOrthern people of equal wealth. SEN
atOr Brown, of Georgia, for instance,
who is a reputrd millionaire, boards at
a cheap hotel, as do also Senators RAN
som, Hampton, Coke and Others
Northern Senator'S are more liberal In
spe ding money, they rent, buy, or
build houses and give entertainments on
a grand scale.
One OF the oldest employees of the
Post Office Department remarked TO-
dRy that with the advent. OF a Demo-
cratic Postmaster General the first as
sistants would be the first point of at
tack, There are about 81 600 post Of
noes in this country, The appointment
OF pOstmasters Tor these Offices do not
come 1ndertths civil service laws, con-
sequentiy the halls AID corridors Of zh8
Post Office Department will swarm
with persons locking for postmaster
ships.
President Arthur Estarnsd last night
from New York, his private secretary,
F. J. Phillips, having reached here
yesterday morning The latter said
the prima facie evidence Of returns IA
vored Cleveland, and that Cleveland
would in the main regard the civil SER
vice law. The only exception would
be when great pressure would be- brO'5
to hear,upon him in special instances.