The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-12-04
vAsuINaroN LETTER.
From Our Regular corresponaent.l
WAsnixGror, D.Cs.(
Dec. l. 1884.

The business of Cabinet. making for
Mr.. Cleveland IS beginning 10 he de-
cidcdly active, aud will donbtless con-
tim. so until the day of the. new
Presidents Inauguration. II ant vesy
well satisfied tl.at Mr.. cleveland hasa
good many snrprisesin STORE fowtIinse
gentlemen Of The party WHO lHyesJlean
in the habit of arrngaiing tn fhemscl-
yes all the credit for party success--
There are to be no representative
Demncrais of Tho siiuriaat period in
The Cabinet. such nv Mn Buchanan
surrounded himself with. bur men of
activity, vigor and decidedly progres
siye uu!ion--nen too, who have taken
file aggressive IN this Presidential
campaign aud developed the wonder
FIJI Vitality OF wltai WAS ss>uineii toaDe
n morihund political organization. j
anr also persuaded HAT whatever of
tlifierciccs OF sentiments that may
have occurred The other LAY On the
occasion ofMr. Hendricks visit TO the
Prc-itleni-clcrt- arose from this vcrv
question of filling the Cabinct with
this mass of fu>,ilized rcniini>cen,e res.
The President is \ young man lIini-
self-ttH youngest we ever had. save
Mr.. Pirrce-ani he very naturally
would preterto select for his advisors
men nearer to his own age than thos,.
who have been prominently ynaHicd
rs being morally certain OF u Cibincf
appointment. AS il is not likly that
even Mr.. Cleveland himself has given
The construction of his Cabinet a
thought, il is not more likely that we
shall knc W anything about il until the
names are actually forwarded TO the
Senate Tor contirmaiioIl. J S
Political economists have gone Into
The mathematics of the Pension Office
aud find that we shall he paying IriI-
siuns with Il good deal of ia.ucriIy
seventy ear hence. The war ha>
been ver for twenty years, Int the
relrogression OF The pension iofi has
been anything but in keeping wiAttp
natural drcrease of thai large class of
our population. In fact few die, aud
moro allow themselves TO miss The
quarterly pay day. Since 1861. u little
more ilrsn Il milton claims have been
flied with the Pension Office. ofwhich
just about 0iic-lralt have already been
allowed, and last year we went into an
outlay of fifty-sevcn millio Is of dol
lars 10 meet tho pension demand.
though it should be said that thirty
thousand ofsiliose last years pension
crs were back pay claimants under the
arrears act. The actual increase OF
The pension roll was ninctcentlioilsand
and sevcmiy-ciait, aud the regular
steady augmentation il and haS been
.I,nnt nun tI.o,,.,,,l fira tu,IroJ uov.
claimants per month. = Thes Wilde
number of pensioners who are actually
in receipt of pensions is iIpt1 osH;hp:ge
as has often been stated, tho aggregate
being, 322,7 56, which inclaloss Che
widows, children, relatives, navy ill.,
%valitls, Nc. la say nothing OF tbc SUR
viyers of the old wars and their wild
lows. r..
The Commissioners oil Indian Affairs
makes bitter complaints thai the Gov
eriinelt is not expanding mouey
enough upon its copper coloretl wards,
aiui says that their civilization nsiIsi
he postponed Until Tie nation ge.s
ready To meet the great necessity oil
lhei, education. While the Lord helps
those wilu help themselves, We are tlc-
cidedly OF The apiuion that there is 10
be no departure from that intention
SO long as The Indian prefers Il remain
the dirty, lazy l0ut that he now is,
Eve dollar that is spent u;,on tia
fellows brior. they cyincc Il desire 10
bcrome civilized, is 50 much rubbed
from The American people To- he
Ihrownaway upon poker-jaee and ent.
throat cuchrc. PHoNo.