The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-04-03
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our regular Correspondent.

WASHINGTON, March 80, 1885.
Government machinery is running very
smoothly under the new management, and it
is conceded on all hands that more and bet
ter work is accomplished under the new
regime. AS vet, the heads of the depart
ments have been able to do very little 10 the
the way of reorganization and reform, but
the needlessy complicated systems of the
various bureaus are receiving careful study,
and it is expected that from l, 500 to 9. 900
clerks will be discharged in Washington
alone.
A large crowd gathered about the stables
last Thursday at the sale of Government
horses and carriages ordered by Secretary
Lamar. The elegant equipages brought
good prices, but the money returned TO the
L. s. Treasury is but small portion of the
amount that will be saved An elegant and
expensive stable with grOoms, drivers and
horses. all costing not less s12, 900 or SIS 0O0
per year, will no longer be maintained at the
expense OF the taxpayer, and the example
of honesty and democratic fTugalty will be
felt in all the branches OF the service over
which the Secretary OF the Interior presides.
1t appears that the example of economy
has already been felt by the Republican ma
jOrity in tie u. S. Senate for the caucus
has debated a proposition to reduce the
expenses of that luxurious body SIS, oOu to
500, 90 per year. Insthe first place, they
propose TO return to Gen. Butler the house
for which the Senate has paid an annual
rental Of $4,000, and next, to reduce the
number Of clerks and employees, of whom
there are more than are needed.
President Cleveland is maintaining his
reputation as thorough worker. He keeps
cool, does one thing after another, never
tries to do two things at once. and has am
pie time to look into and examine all the
questions he p called upon to decide. His
habits of hard work and .Ong hours will ena-
bic him to give the great work before him
conscientious azd careful attention. There
is no doub. he is. more OF. less bored by the
crowds of curious people who, more than
mere office seekers. wish to see the President,
but he does not fret or worry. A friend sug-
gested to him the other day that a certain
appointment which. it was known would par
ticularly please a certain newspaper, might
be advisable on thas account. II wo1id Sc
cure the friendship Of that paper for fis Ad-
ministration absoiUseIY. His reply to this
was 4" On, we'll, thsy hnve got to come over
30 it, snyhow
He does. in fact, Believe that every 7epu-
table newspaper in tse United States wsil be
cosa oeIled to come tss his support, because
he does not inJend to- adopt any cOurse- OF
aesien as President ofsbe United States chat
reputable journals can succeed in persva
ding their readers is wrong.
When our bilious Republican friends re
call their gloomy augaries of what woald
foAo@ the election of a Democratic Prssi-
dent, they must be amazed at the inaccuFa-
cy of their tmaa inaticHs. a few weeks ago
they were induISIDg a.hoTrId visions of the
IoBg haired. tobacco, eating bandits who
they thought ouId take the Capital BY
STERN and rob the q" traly good - and dainti-
ly nice of their soft seats and salaries. No
civil service law they predicted, could stand
between these long hmished " outs - and
thsIsng withheId good things of office. The
Union soldier W ould Aave TO give way to The
guant and hung ry grew coat. The dreaded
Democratic President 10 in the seat so Pc
Gently occupied by Grant, Hayes. Garfield,
and Arthur. A-nc yet things go on in Wash
jaet0n much the same as before. There is
70 decline in real estate consequent upon
dismissed Governments clerks having their
houses forced upon, the market In fact,
there is no depression anywhere exceps in
the Binds ana hea RS of those clerks who
are conscious that they have nothing ta do,
and have no reason az SaRht to draw salaries
. from the public treasury. Outside OF this
army of Republican spoiIsmen, loafeFs and
! creatures, male ard female, who have been
appointed and upSeld solely by " iBflusHoe, .
all is peaceful ana prosperous at the Gapi-
erL and numerous Republicans ass now
saying that the change came not a day too
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