The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-10-15
WASHING ron LETTER
rhe nsvisst ~ fiie. nniinsas snd Ao
uvlty VI the national CspitAi-h
nesiistlo pen piotufe Drawn
for he fieraId by iis
tpeoiai Artist.

monotouous summer season 10 tho
gayoty and BIO of winter. Tho vacs'
Ion term IN over, and all classes OF
those who do business ut tho national
cap'lal havo returned to their respect
ivo POSTS OF duty and the city IL begin
ming fo assume a. moro businoss-liko
An. Tho heads o. tho different govern
mont dtpagtmants hNVS ieoccupltd
tbflr sptt-. from timD % time vacated
Ton rlrR,tlr8 during tho past summer,
. anu ESQ takiug hold Of bnsinaSs Ia ear
mes, 90 prepare things Tor inc ooinlns
Hl.si1u Of congress. All thlnga around
/ lhu dopsrtnents indicate the cnminS
! ~ ,n0 usuai tall rush OF Work; OleFRs
and employees glide 10 ana out Of
| tbsir respective rooms with n
| uuisKouel step that speska OF tncrens-
leg iabors. Everything about the city
| seems, IA fact, 10 be getting ready Tor
| the time when Congress shall meet
| caaiH. That time Is ali in Ill Tor
| Washington, Tor 10 constitutes what is
! l,lown as "the season" here. A. u
| consequence, IL is n lime looked toy
ward IN by all classes with pleasure,
| for IL is ~ time Of gaysty and joy and
| hope and desire, that makes lite pulse
| with q quicker beat. Washington In
1
are two fer different cities. In sum-
mer, lite hero seems 20 drag YEARLY
along without pleasure, and those THAI
ramaiu IN tha city r5Om 10 10 huslsd
only witch the problem OF how 70 worry
lhrougl rh7 hot months. But Ia win
tor how different! AL Thugs assume
q liye!.cr MIR. Tao hotels and houses
look more comfortable aud inviting,
tbe shops sand boo. hs assume biish or
sppsaE&uce, tho tacsa you NEE. on ne
stteots appear more radiant sid
happy, and lie moves on
! witG quicker and smoother
current. To no city battor than WGah-
,ngton IN winter does BulWer'J do.
s.riotiOn CT the London season srp.y.
/ Washington IN winter IS q paradise Tor
! Nashis gt0n people; for 1t is that pc
riuG Of NO year whom, TO those who
| look on thu surface Of socicty, lha city
| w,n! It's most radiant smile; wbaL
| stgys grs gpNes6 qua trade most In (;
| yyla Gown tho ihoroughfSreaI ci aul
| glitter t46 countless streams o. HtI
| lent and v0uIVCUs lie; when u ur-
per q ssn III, nd, and tho middle class
make; .aen the bal room il e. g-n'-
ke5 O. rrgu.r, and the club house tha
school Hr acandal; wuen the hens
y.Wn .har prey, md cpern singers
and T. a.f
CPl lUCRFH HArCHED FROM COLD,
astl any liee from the dung, swarm
| aud uUzz and fstten round The hide o.
| 'hY .grlle public. In the can't phrase
| il "tle Washington season." And
h.r1v, tai,e altDg sther, hsppy above
| the 'e-t ~ she year, even Tor The nap
| q is ing period OF ferhont aud
! yer. IL is gay tims for
4, and rGe beEcsr Ihr,vcs and the
| - . t,y .tF Z h.
| i i.izatip3 has srperiluitie .tched
! b. all, j. iaagay tins tor C1a ir and
! tnO 0cautV, aid tho stsJe3n and the
| IsNytr. and mo mCthas with her
| yul. Z dat nters, ana tho Irhist with
hi- fresh uictuy5a, and tbs poet with
| his ew book. T. rs n .gRy time, no,
| t3ri tho starved gurneyman end the
ragged outGn9t. L il n gay tma flr the
| painted haIl1t u crimson pe'issa; and
:. gay time toG the old bag that l0iters
| about the threshold of tho gin hop, to
huy bacs, in a draugGt, the cams of
dspal ted youth. II is gsy, ii tine, ss
the fullnesa of a great CITY is over gay
Tor vice "a for ,nnocence, tg" poverty
| 81 for wes IN. And the wlsals OF every
sibEle dc-liDy roll on the merrier, no
mrrter neither bound 10 heaven or to
hell.
rho machinery Of government runs
along with the usual monptonous
~ culeriiy. a good dea, is
being done and yet nothing
| OF an Siurmiug mature seems
| lo have been tuGned out. The presi
| daat, in spite Of MS civii service de-
clSrations, makes < 'moly runh3. Of
cDdDgts eacn day, principally with
POS masters. Ills estimated tnet tho
names OF
| Oyyrp c,-, TJrnIre ANN posT,r Z, sTpRG
viii o5 submitted 10 the neEt Senate
fnr confirmation. Between 500 and
$50 have been appointed dnriug
the recess ns COrgresa, So hat
| tho names Il more thar l OOo pos mas
! seys Wi'. come bsfore the neXt Senate
for confirmation. Thee sT92 80 jprcsi-
Csutia; pchtmasterE ia this country,
/ and ~ tho rate that hus been CDservsI
! during the psaJ Elk mOnbhH they WI
al ne changed 5wo Year.. IF the
president were aA libera! with al the
| mas been witch tho uoatoffiges, h. would
| speedily 81 ehoe the grumhtiug element
OF the Democracy. The Pennsyivauie
ualsggtipn is here and Id honoTba5
ctamCrous for change. 1t seema
taeS .,l they are ssps og -, ye cry
on socouut OF the dalGv in turning the
Repn b.icans out, The delsgs ion
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! The DistEicJ Democrats are not 1T al
satisfied with tbs way tire president
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