The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-07-29
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent


WASHINGTON, D. c.. July %, 1884
Politics makes strange bedfellows, and
the career of the Republican party in the
last dozen years has developed a revolu
ton in political sentiment that is without
anomaly in American history. The sight
presented in New York last week of such
men as T. W. Higginson, Charles r. Cod
man, George William Curtis and Carl
Schurz, each endeayoring to outdo the
other in lavishing praises upon the Demos
cratic candidate for the Presidency and in
denunciation of the party to which they
have been attached since its organization,
is one that demonstrates the utter putri,
dity of that otficesholding hierarchy In
the formal endorsement of Gov. Cleveland
by the Independent Republicans at their
New York conference, we see the most
cheering indications of success in the de-
termination of the people to wipe out this
rascally outfit, including Blaine and
Blainesm.
Price, the Commissioner of Indian AT,
fairs, the Miss Nancy of the sanity wing
OF the Republican party, and Dudley, the
organized appetite of the Pension Bureau,
have been in waiting on the Pittsburg,
Prohibition Convention to get the temper>
ance folks to endorse Blaine rather than
put up candidate of their own. OF
course Dudley expects nothing short of a
place in Blaine's cabinet Should Blaine
ever get one) and his efforts with the cold
water crowd at Pittsburg have been pros
portionately jealous though not
not successful Price is an limo
cent old nonentity, who does his praying
on Il salary, and became Indian Commits
sioner under the Quaker policy and Grant,
who knew that his heart was as soft as
his head. He has been in office so long
that he has got it chronic to that the elec>
ton of Cleveland will bring about at least
one welcome official fatality
There are some curious things in the
aspects of the present campaign. While
Mr.. Blaine is making demagogue lid for
pers, the New York Tribune" and Phila
delphia'' Press, are engaged in adesperate
fight with and against the laborers in their
own ofhces-the printers. who simply ask
for fair wages The cheapness of labor"
is one of the signs of the times, cited by
Jay Gould as proof that prosperity is re-
turning to the country, yet Mr.. Gould is
ono 0f tho pnOSt anthuciactic cupnnrtnrS
of Mr. Blaine. 1t is unfortunate for Mr..
Blaine that the great capitalists among
his following scandalize his efforts TO
conciliate the workingmen. Mr. Gould's
argument will be as offensive as Chairman
Jones record in regard to importing
cheap labor from Europe. A feeble at
tempt has been made to prejudice work
ingmen against Gov. Cleveland, yet in
vestigation shows that he has been the
consistent friend of the workiLgman all
his life, in office and out. What has Mr..
Blaine ever done for the worBingman?
If there ever was monopoly candidate it
is James G Blaine, who all his life has
been the active tool of railroad rings, and
big steals of every kind. He has enriched
jobs that ever went through Congress,
and his chief supporters to>day are the
| Goulds, Sages ct al, who expect him to
serve them as President as willingly as he
did while Speaker We here in Washing
ton who have watched Mr.. Blaine career,
know Just how much of labOring man 5
friend he is.
| ~ Of 7
who cut so much of figure in that state
during the milk and honey days of carpet
bag reign, was in the city several days
recently and has just left for Europe via
Boston. He married rich wife some
time ago, and is now prosperous sugar
| planter. The sugar planters Of Louisiana
find that under existing conditions it
cost above five cents per pound to
produce sugar, which they have to sell
for just about the same amount. Unless
some change occurs they will sOon have
to come to a full stop. They are inform
ed that in France milling process is
used which yields about twenty per cent
more saccharine matter than that in use
in Louisiana, at no greater expense
| Wv. dIul0Ln SocS W IahC6 " tAdiulut
this process. He desires to take with
him DR.. George E. Spencer, one of the
chemists of the Agricultural Department,
if he can obtain for him leave of absence
for that purpose. Warmoth used to be
an exceedingly handsome man, and he is
still fine looking, though years have
changed his appearance somewhat.
saw him at Wizards seated at the break
fast table with Kellogg who persisted in
reading Blaine's letter to him with APP.
proving comments. From Warmoth's
manner and expression of countenance,
l judged he did not feel very deep
interest in the Plumed Knights lengthy
epistle. PHoNo.
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