The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-04-10
From our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, ID. O., March 20, 1885.

WASHINGTON, ID. o., March 70, 1858.
Government machinery Is running
very smoothly under the new manage
ment, and il Is conceded on all hands
that more and better work is accom-.
plished under the new regime. AS yet
the heads Of the different departments
have been able to do very little in The
way Of reorganization and reform, but
the necdlessly complicated systems o.
the various bureaus are receiving carefg
study. and il il expected that from Loco
TO 1000 clerks will be discharged Ia
Washington alone.
"A large crowd gathered about the
stables last Thursday at the sale OF Gov
ernment horses and carriages ordered BY
Secretary Lamar. The elegant equi
pages brought good prices but the money
returned 10 the u. $. Treasury is but i
small portion Of the amount that will bt
saved. An elegant and expensive sta
bile with grooms, drivers, and horses
all costing not less than $4,000 or SIS.
OnO per year will no longer be maintain
ed at the expense Of the taxpayer, and
the example Of honesty and democratic
frugality will be felt in all the branches
of The service over which the Secretary
OF the Interior presides.
II appears that the example OF economy
has already been felt by the Republican
majority in the l.. s. Senate, for the eau
Gus has debated proposition 10 reduce
the expenses Of that luxurious body
$4,000 or 100000 per year. In the
first place, they propose to return TO Gen
Ben Butler, the House for which the
Senate has paid an annual rental Of Sl5,
600. and next. to reduce the number OF
clerks and employees Of whom there are
many more than are needed.
! President Cleveland is maintaining
his reputation Tor a thorough worker
He keeps cool, does one thing after
another, never attempts to do two things
al once and has ample time 10 look into
and examine all the questions he il call
ed upon TO decide. His habits of hard
work and long hours will enable him tc
give the great work before him consci
entious and careful attention. There /,
no doubt that he is more or less bored
\ by the crowds OF curious people who
more than mere Office seekers are anx
ious TO see the President. hut he doe
not fret or worry a friend suggested
70 him the other day that certain ap
pointment which il was known would
par ticularly please certain newspapel
might be advisable on that account. i
would secure The friendship of that pa
per Tor his administration absolutely
His reply 10 this was: "Oh. well. they
have All got 10 come 70 II. anyhow.' He
does, in fact. believe that every re-
pntable newspaper in the United States
is bound 10 come 10 his support. because
he does not intend 10 adopt any course
OF action as President of the United
States which reputable journals can sue
coed in persuading their readers il
wrong.
When our bilious republican friends
recall their gloomy auguries of what
would follow the election Of a Demo.
cratic President, they must he amazed al
the inaccuracy Of their imaginations. A
few weeks ago they were indulging IN
horrid visions Of long haired tobacco
eating bandits. who they thought would
take the Capitol by storm and rob the
"trnly good" and daintily nice of their
soft seats and their salaries. No civil
service law, they predicted. conld stand
between these long famished "outs" and
the long withheld good things of Office.
The Union soldiers would have TO give
way TO the gaunt and hungry grey coats
The dreaded Democratic President Is in
the seat 80 recently occupied by Grant,
Hayes. Garfield and Arthur And vel
things in Washington 90 on very much
As before. There j. no decline in real
estate consequent upon the dismissed
government clerks having their houses
forced upon the market ln fact there
j. no depression anywhere. except IN
tho minds and hearts Of those clerks who
are conscious that they have nothing 20
do and have no reason or right 10 draw
salaries from the public treasury. Out
side ~ this army Of Republican spoiIs-
men. loaiers and creatures. male and fe-
male. who have been appointed and up.
held solely ~ influence" AL j. peace.
Nj ful and prosperous AZ the Capitol, and
numerous republicans are now saying
that the change came not day too
soon.
c. a. S.