Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1885-04-14
oJR WASHINGTON LETTnR.
FFrom our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, April ), 1885.


WASHINGTON, April 3, 1885.
The professions Of almost every
Kind throughout thecountry will soon
receive large accessions from the et-
fects of the Democratic guillotlne 1T
Washington, which is now getting IN
TO good working order. Lincoln who
was most conspicuous failure as a
War Secretary, has joined the grand
army of Chicago shysters from which
te was drafted by President Garfield,
and even Mr.. Arthur goes back to
New York To enter the copartnership
which was broken up by his more
successful practice as politician.
The sx-Conmissioner of Internal Rev
enue, Walter Evans, Esq, whose ca
reer has been all too short because he
was a most excellent public officer,
will return TO his law practice at Lou
issille, Ky, where very large cua-
tese awaits his services. Did man Ben.
Brewster, with his rufiied shirt and
English heraldry, has never been in
Washington long enough at one time
to say that he has left his law busi-
aess in Philadelphia at all. As for
Chandler and Ha,ton, the twin dudes
OF Arthur's Cabinet, the public can
not be much concerned as to their
future; they can both pick up iiv-
ing anywhere--if nobody's Watching
them.
The grand army of political hacks
and dead beats that have found their
way into the Treasury Department il
the capacity Of special agents, is to
be completely broken up and scatter
ed. Secretary Manning's attention
was called early in the hours OF the
new administration TO the useless and
expensive host of scalawags who for
years have dolie nothing under Heav-
Ell but draw their salaries and play
into the hands Of the very men they
were set to watch. In fact these fell
lows had SO much influence with the
last administration that neither Ar
thur nor ms Secretary of the Treasury
could find it possible to lop them off.
The Senatorial jnnketing parties
for the summer that had been laid out
under the miserable pretense that
they are for the promotion of the
public interests, have come to naught
through the instrumentality of old
man Van Wyck. He's "a veritable Miss
Nancy in appearance, but he has
abundantly shown his ability to hold
his own in a lip contest with some of
the best men in the Senate.
The appointment of postmaster
Pearson at New York City is not de-
fens.ble under any circumstances, nor
under any conceivable principle that
governs party management, or the
demands of civil or any other service.
Next to the Custom House at New
York the position of postmaster is of
more consequence in its relations to
New York politics and partisan sue
cess there and in the State, than the
administration itself. To say that no.
body IN the Democratic party in the |
great State OF New York is not as
well qualified to discharge the duties
oil that office, is an atlront to common
sense, and an insult to the organiza-
ton that rolled up two hundred thou
sand majority for Governor who
now, rs President, selects the bitter
est Republicans in the State for the
second best Office within his Gift. |
tell you the great bulk of the Demo
Gratis OF this country cannot and ought
not TO put up with this sort of thing.
ana no amount of special pleading
from George William Curtis and the
Mugwnmp tribe, who have gone back
to their hrst love, can excuse this
throwing away of the first and best
fruits of costly victory. PnoNo.
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