The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1885-05-30
WASHINGTON LETTER.
lfrom ourrssulAr Correspondent.l

from our rssular C~orrespondent.l
WAsHINGToN, May 9th, 1886.
1t is pretty we'll known by the
Editor aud by the readers of this
paper that their Washington cor
respondent is no friend Of the Re-
publican office holder. For the
last ten years l have been trying 10
have him discharged, .aud for the
last eight years l have considered
him aud written of him as no bet
ter than a thief, who, like r. B.
Hayes, drew the salary of another
man. The only difference is that
these Office holders have been draw
ing their fraudulent salaries for
eight years instead of four, or ever
since the voice Of the country dis
charged them BY the election of Til
den. But Notwithstanding l am
anxious to see Republican Office
holders go, l cannot join iu the
pretty common denunciation Of the
new Administration because it has
not completed Its four years mis-
| sion in ten weeks. To me it APP
| pears remarkable that so much can
he accomplished in so little time
and l can account for the denuncia
ton of the so called hardness of the
administration Only on the suppose
ton that those who deuounce know
nothing of what a task Mr.. Cleve
land and:hisC abinethad before them.
Ten weeks ago the President found
himself at the head of ponderous
aud complicated chaos of govern
mental machinery intimately con
nected with the interests of 6O,OOO,-
600 of people and handling $780,
OOO, 900 :per year in the transaction
of public business. He was without
experience iu National affairs had
not been in Washington until he
came as President. 1t is not re
markable that he spoke in his inau
gural address Of the painful sense
of responsibility with which he un
dertook the ::stupendous work. 1t
would be very easy for him to daw
die through his term and pose as
President like his proper and re-
spectacle predecessor. But the
time demanded different work from
him-the work Of reforming and
simplif ying a vast demoralized bu
reaucracy and..reducing tito an hon
est business basis. Ten weeks
have passed and mucl, has been &C
complished, A large number OF
the civil service bureaus have been
filled with good democrats with
good men. To the unrefecting
million this may have seemed an
easy task, but when it ID remember
ed that the time of the administra
ton has been occupied by bat
talions OF delegatlo Us pressing ri
val candidates, by Office seekers
single, and office seekers in mobs,
all good democrats SO called and
beautifully endorsed, it is remark
able that time has been found to
make thebest selection. Most people
l presume are aware that the mere
fact of having voted the democ-a
tic ticket does not fit a .man for OF
fee where he must perform prompt
" and creditably a class of work
about which he knows nothing more
than he does of the Russian Ian
guage. When Mr. Cleveland came
into Office, the first consideration
was, using an old figure, to keep the
ship Of state sailing smoothly and
effectively, making the best time
and preserving the precious freigh,
of men and merchandise. Revt
nues had to be collected. The a,
my, the navy, pensions, the courts,