Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1884-11-28
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our regular correspondent.l
NovEMBER "a, 1884.

races 70 the future with more inter
est. anxiety, hope or fear than they
do,to-day. The great event of the
winter, the opening Of the Congress.
ionaI session will take place in two
weeks; but this is scarcely remem.
bered, for every body is looking
three months beyond to the event OF
quarter Of century the return OF
the Old Democratic party to power.
Did 1 say "Old Democratic 1t is
old only IN name, and in its indenti-
fication with principles for which the
worlds synonym. 1t is new in its
personal, new in its relations to new
questions, new in its triumph over
the effete party which it has deposed.
What will be the policy Of the new
administration? Who will the new
president call to his cabinet? How
will he treat Republican Office hold
ers? These and thousand cognate
questions are discussed in political
circles, and they give expression to
great diversity OF opirion and spec
ulation. The questions are interest
ing to all, and vital to many. There
are few in Washington who live,
move, and have being, independent
Of politics; and change, after twen-
ty-four years of uninterrupted Repub-
lican rule, to Democratic admins
tration, will affect society, industry,
trade, life, at the National Capital.
In less than year from now .
habitue Of the streets, churches or
theatres Of the city, will observe q
great changeInpersonnel. Thousands
of familiar faces will have departed
and new faces will be seen in their
stead. During the last twenty-five
years Washington has grown to be
the strongest of Republican strong
holds. Yankee Republicans from
the New England states, and their
political progeny from the West.
have fraternized with Carpet Bag
gers and black Republicans from the
South-a heterogeneous mass, but
solid on the principle of drawing
their pay, and voting for the party
that paid them. You would think
that there were no Democrats here,
but this is mistake A few of the
genuine brand have survived the
quarter of century, and though
meIIowed by age are not to be terri
fed.
1t was indeed q spectacle to be re-.
the Democratic process
sion in honor Of the election Of
last Thursday evening. 1t
was composed in great part of Dem
ocrats from Virginia and Maryland,
but the city Of Washington furnished
q respectable contingent. They
over the concrete streets
and avenues of the Capital City with
banners, transparencies and
roosters, real and artificial. The
procession was fully mile and a
half in length, and the tens of thou
sands Of Republicans who thronged
the pavements on their line of march
for the first time, perhaps,
hat the election had been decided,
md that new chapter in the history
If the country had been begun.
The Republicans have been very
kind in preparing lists Of Cabinet
Officers for the President elect
Cleveland. Jefferson Davis, Robert
roombs, Reagan of Texas, and 9TH
ers identified with the Southern Con-
tederacy twenty years ago, are gen.
eral fayorites with these terribly sar-
castle volunteer Cabinet makers.
They know, of course, that it would
be too awfully for Mr.. Cleveland to
select any of his constitutional adj
Visers fom lists Of able Democrats
ike Lamar, Gordon, Beck, Garland,
Barbour and host of others. They
have entirely forgotten that the man
for whom they stole the presidency,
made a Confederate Brigadier. D. M
Key, his Post Master General. They
do not remember the conspiracy be-
tween their pious Garfield and the
General Malone by
which the representation of sover-
eign state was bartered, and the Uni
ted States Senate was bought.
Republican presidents hare never
hesitated to take to their hosoms the
Longstreets, the Mahohes, and the
Chalmers who would vote with them,
and this Republican nightmare groan
ing over the composition of Presi-
dent Cleveland's Cabinet is. at least,
The new president viii have an
abundant material from which to Sc
lect q Cabinet. The talent, the states
the eloquence, the erudi-
ton, TO say nothing of the honesty of
the present generation OF politicians,
is decidedly on the Democratic side.
There has been talk of Offering Mr..
Carl Schurz q cabinet portfolio, but
surely those who favor him have for
gotten that he was member Of
Hayes Cabinet. Mr.. Schurz has
perhaps repented and brought forth
fruits meet for repentance, but no
one identified with the terrible crime
Of '76, should ever again have seat
1t the council board OF the nation.