Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1884-03-28
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WASHINGTON LETTER,
[From Our Regular oorrespondcnt.l

ltrom our heBulnr nrCOrrceponucnt.J
WASHINGTON, March "a, 1884.
The activity in the Democratic camp in
,he work of preparing for the skirmish
that is To take place at Chicago. is not so
Noticeable as that in the Republican. The
leaders, however, are not idle, and very
efficient work is being done in those States
whose voices will be potential in the con-
vention, and whose votes are regarded as
necessary TO the snccess of the Democratic
candidate. Mr. Payne, Of Ohio, by his
election to the United State Senate, has
obtained additional prominence as Presi
dental candidate, and has thereby mate
rally increased his prospects fer the nom :
ination. All the indications point TO a
solid delegation for Payne from Ohio. A
prominent Southern Congressman said re-
Gently that the delegates from his section
would mostly come uninstrncted, and
would be inclined to allow New York, New
jersey, Connecticut and Ohio to name the
candidate, as the vote OF one or mere of
these States ppeared.necessnry 10 success.
But the disagreement on the tariff ques-
tion now seems likely to give different
| turn to Democratic politics Mr.. Randall
| by his course III Congress since his defeat
for the speakcrship has made his wing OF
the party pretty good tail TO the Repnb
lican kite, and it now looks as though the
tariff reformers would make stand which
must upset all previous calculations.
A large majority OF the party in Con.
gress favor the Morrison bill and caucns
To be held, perhaps before this reaches you
| will most assuredly endorse that measure
whereupon the 6ght will begin. The re-
/ Il ,,f all h,,t
is not unlikely that the West and South
viii stand together ON The question, in
Congress and in the National Convention,
and that this will mean ex-senator Nc
Donald or Judge Thurman or Mr.. Morn
son az the candidate for President Mr..
Mcdonald has been here for some days
past, and has been in consultation with
Carlisle, Morrison and other leaders with
whom he is in full accord 1t is hinted in
some quarters that the anti.monopoly la.
bor convention at Indianapolis will nsmi.
nate Judge Thurman, on his record in the
contest with the Pacific railways, and
| that ii the Democratic convention endorse
the nomination 1t will sweep the country
IA the anti.land grant sentiment has swept
through Congress. Undoubtedly the time
is coming when monopoies and money
bags will not run the elections of this
| country, hut whether that time has yet
arrived the events of the next lew months
may possibly determine.
Ever since the disastrous fire of Septem-
ber, 1877, by which the Patent Office bull
ding was partially burned and 80 many
models destroyed, the work of restoring
the roof and reconslruolirg the interior
has been going on. II is now nearly com
pleie and in II short time the unsighlly
debris and appliances that have 70 long
| appeared around the structure will be
removed. The building isnot strictly the
Patent Office but belongs to the Interior
Department generally. 1t houses besides
the Patent Bureau, the General Land Or
fee, the Indian Bureau and the Secretary
OF the Interior, tlougI, the flrst-nanied
bureau occubies the greater part, which Is
probably the reason it has come 10 be
called the Patent Office. The time occu
pied in repairing this structure-seven
yenrs--is fair illustration of the way
Government work drags along. 1t has
however IN this case been we'll done, and
has been carried ON SO as not to interrupt
the business of the Office. The new rooi
IL water tight, overlaid with Portland
concrete, and this Is covered with timed
copper. The Patent Office will now have
an abundance Of Office rooms of good size,
twelve feet high, well lighted and venti-
lated, and three or four model halls, each
1852 feet in length and 62 feet wide. The
prshls from lees for patents have more
than paid Tor this building.
The talk OF erecting palace hotel h ere
occupying Whole square of ground, IL
revived again lately, probably because Of
the profitable business done by our hotels
this winter. Early in the season il was
stated by some writer that The hotel bnsi-
ness IN Washington was on the decline
and That this, owing 10 the large number
oi Cohgressmen going % housekeeping
would be an unusually dull winter in III.
ho!els But the reverse has been HE fact
Wiilards, for instance, where Your CORES
ponoent picks his teeth h, y not done so
good business in years. One reason for
this, perhaps ID lhnt i, has never h en-
ne,irr kept, Mr.. D.. g. Staples, widely
known An proprietor OF the rioli.nnd Is
land i1onrr, being n laIdl,nd who knuws
all about Tia. bn-ins.s And cert, ,iniy no
house ever had u more popular and eiii-
cle'il "lliee iorce. Mr. " Ter II. Grifi.,
the cashier, VIII IN slnrl lime 20 again
inr The summer 10 lhe 'flou.and Island
House, and Mr. George VI. F,rrar il bnk.
ga lor the international Hotel Mag IRA
Falls. Mr.. A. Fn.I, hook keeper and Mr.
J.. q. Mnllorl, r.on.-rleik. ~. nal nu-
likely 10 remain al Wilisrd4, ~ the house
L. hereafter 10 lie keIl open The year round
The latter Is we'll known in connection
with the Fort William Henry Hsicl, Like
George. take pleasure in saying some
Thing pleasant Of these gentlemen bscnn.e
they maze every one with they come
IN contact feel that they deserve II.
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