The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-05-01
From our Regular Correspontsnt.
WASHINGTON LETTER.


WASHINGTON, ID. g., April 20, 1885.
President Cleveland has had much
hand shaking as usual 10 do this week.
and unless some one shall soon invent
aud patent an automatic presidential hand
shaker there will be need OF deputy or
assistant president 70 perform this duty
alone Negro delegations have predom-
mated at the White House this week.
The bishops and pastors OF the African
Methodist Conference called upon the
President, and their foreman made an
Introductory address which was nearly
as long as sermon. The same day Mr.
Cleveland with his Cabinet reviewed the
emancipation procession Of colored peo
pie. which passed before them IS they
stood Oh tho front portico.of the presi-
dentist mansion.
Ia tic Department the work goes
bravely on, aud 70 those who know ths
past condition Of the Departments thi.
is saying great deal. remarkable
change has come over them. The clerk:
are all doing real work, aud surprising
everybody and especially themselves
For severn. years past IL has been very
unusual 10 fnd department or bureau
ofs department here in Washington
with the current work up to date. 1t Ii
not uncommon 10 find officers months
behind. and some Of them even longer
than months. Whenever anything OF
this kind has happened, little success ha.
attended efforts to even up the business
Sometimes II is true, this has been ocoa-
stoned by much extra work imposed on
force not quite sufficient in numbers
but generally ithas been due..to inefficient
and lazy clerks. whose interest in the
pay-roll overshadowed completely their
concern in the work OF the Government
Changes now going on indicate that thi'
haphazard way of doing business has had
IT, best days. Those Departments and
Bureaus which are behind with their &C
counts and reports are 20 catch up with
the current business. and when that j
done each days work il TO be finished
each day.
This l. As Il should he snd is just what
every well-regnlated house would have
done by Its own employees. Ii will ne.
hauling OF the different bureaus and fh,
discharge OF idle and incapable clerks o1
both sexes. who have heretofore relied
upon political influence 10 keep them ia
place. II will demand The retention IA
good servants. and the displacement o
bad and the general recognition shst I
days work must be given for day,
pay.
An occasional howl Of rsge in the Re
publican morning paper announces iha
the official head Of Republican worker
has fallen into the place Of waiting and
gnsshing Of teeth. but a. vet this good
work has hardly begun. There will bs
more OF II anon. and ii the Republican
paper j. going 10 howl about such liz
tie thing as chopping of official head :
il will have 10 issue double sheet ant
an extra edition.
Some Democrats are impatient at th'
delay IN discharging a class of Republi
cans who are notorionsly unfit for thei
places; but these should reflect that i
requires time 10 select the proper sub
ssituies. sHd consider the remendon
difficulties that confront the Admins
lttati0n. There are knoity legal Ques
tons to be considered in the matter ant
the manner OF removals. II would b,
just as reasonable 10 substitute q full
force Of new employees ia watch fac
tvi ~ u -lhGtt ~tIukt - 10 cDuteuQ Tia
the President should at once turn hi.
Republicans out and replace them b,
Democrats.
y The committee on economy which
is inQuiring into the methods Of bust
ness in the Treasury Department will b.
engaged for some weeks. pcrhap.
months. before they are ready 10 report
Thus far we have simply scratched
around in few Of the bureaus" said
one Of the committee to-day and as il
j. our intention 10 60 right into every,
thing, we cannot rush things through il
a hurry"
4 With the entrance OF new Admins.
traiion there WAS naturally considerable
Interest ielt in society circles as TO ths
ladies OF the Cabinet and their character.
li-iics. From all accounts the impres.
4 si0ns formed BY contact with Miss Cievc.
land and the ladies who will. for the
next four years, be prominent isriors il
the social world, are OF the most fintter.
ing description. Some of The ladies oi
society here paid particular attention 70
noting the effects of The new element
and their verdict wS 'hai society was IN
safe hands and no dissgreeablc friction.
would occur. G. A. y.
4 Hams oi ConvreSxionaI COst.