St. Landry democrat., 1885-01-17
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent
Jan. 5th, 1885.


racket, and the Republican mal-admin- |
istration of twenty-five variegated
years is about to go into liquidation and
evaporatinks In two short months, Q
new. president will be in the White
House, 4 New Cabinet will sit at the
National Council table, new chiefs OF
bureau will take the place of the re-
publican trained political bummers,
and, unless the government is to con-
tinue its old course a la lfJeT, new,
faithful, and honest clerks will be ap-
pointed in the places of the irredeema-
BILE drones and sinecurists who have IN
tested and infected the government
Offices until the Civil service is an Au-
gean stable of labarynthine intrigue,
fayoritism, political and social debau-
cherry. If Mr.. Cleveland for one mo-
ment imagines that he can carry on an
, honest working government with such
timber as Grant and Hayes stocked the
Offices with he will find himself mistak-
en- when it will be too late to mend.
Many Republicans here think that
Mr.. Cleveland's late letter means that
he will dismiss only those who have
been making republican speeches; but
it is difficult to see how the clerk who
wrote political articles, collected money.
and did various other campaign work is
less guilty of negleting his legitimate
duties than the more conspicuous
haranguer. If all clerks who contribut-
ed money and worked in one illegiti-
mate way or another for the defeat of
Mr.. Cleveland shall be dismissed, then
the marble halls of the Departments
will be indeed empty.
A gentleman by the name OF Mr..
Blaine and his wife are in the city with
their interesting family, and though
never popular in the social world, are
making themselves daily more and
more odious. Mr.. Blaine and his wife
and family were a few weeks since SO
certain of occupying the White House
that they had not only portioned the
chambers out among themselves, but il
seems had decided upon certain people
whom they would not receive. The
present president of the United States
vas doubtless one of them, and his re-
cent invitation TO Mrs. Blaine to assis
him at his New Years reception wa
resented by that woman in discour
teOus note giving as her reason that TN
President had not assisted MIR. BiaIn'
in the late campaign.
Preparations are making for an i'm
mense concourse of people on the 4th Q
March, when the first nOn-sectional in
,auguratiOn for at least quarter OF
century will be celebrated. The SoRtl
will doubtless send more people to th
Capital than she sent on the occasion
of Buchanan's, Pierce's, or Folks imam
Ruration. The population Of the Sout
has grown somewhat since then, AM
4here are better ways OF reachln
Washington than when tho last Demo
cratic President was installed.
The Rrandest ball room ever seen j
The world will be that prepared for tn
inaugural ball OF President Clevelant
At the new Pension building. The %
acutive committee has carefully meas
nred the space which will be available
and And that two hundred and fifty sol
can be comfortably formed leavin
ample space between them for th
movements Of the floor manager
Thus, two thousand dancers can De Q
4Ahe floor at time. In addition thel
will be room enough for two thousan
Dromenaders ON the sides. Then the1
will be the galleries, which are TO I
erected to hold three thousand or fot
thousand spectators. Many OF tt
gooms of the building will be availab
for space for any possible overflow.
Efforts are being made to secul
quarters for visiting military organic
fions in the public buildings, as on q
occasion of Garfeld's inauguratlo
The number of these organizations IS
large and the representation is 80 ~
m,erous that it is imperativeiy necessal
that the heads of the various depar
snents should assist the Committee
Public Comfort as much as possible
4his direction. The Chairman OF Il
committee has made formal applicable
20 Secretary Chandler, of the Navy y
Dartment, for the use of the corIldo