The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-08-16

Gen. Boynton tcegraphed last Monday to the Gin.
elnnaM Son,ereG, Smsee Repl from Wishing
In their quiet and their causes for IT, The gloom OF
Friday was as II Y had been designated the politi-
blasting OF many months OF hope. Week after week
growing into months, OF DISAPPOINTMENT had thinnc3
the RANKS which occupied the city In the early DAYS
veterans OF this wasting campaign whom no failure
could overcome, no hints dishearicn, no refusal
to tho last They could not I've persuaded that their
chances were worthless. They had fully convinced
themselves that before the President let he Womb
give life TO his party and restore hope and con.
fdence where there was falterlng by making long
list Of changes. With this belief they were com,
forted TO the last They could not allow themselves
to entertain the thought that after months OF walt
Ing and persistent boring their undoubted claims,
which they had often set forth In all their length
and breadth, would be finally discarded. The long
Cabinet meetings gave them high hopes. Surely
th |, III pres "a was about to do hs duty.
word came ont OF the White House that II was about
cattle, and no appointment had been considered or
ofilce-seeking DISAPPOINTMENT washington had ever
witnessed anything like the depression and bitter
ness which prevailed There were men who had
passed trough all the grades OF living, from the
best hotels TO the cheapest lodgings. There were
those who at fret sought high ofice, and had finally
where one ex-member of Congress siad secured a
position as Waterman scores had failed to reach
even that slight measure Of success. All in all, 1t
was sad spectacle, and there was no pleasure for
those who know the crowds of Washington in
Watching these responding men after the President
"The following Incident will serve as an ustra-
!ion OF now tnings are moving. day or two be-
lore lore the PRESIDENT LETT Southern member Of the
House appeared with young constituent In one OF
the bureau onices. The young man had long been
trying to obtain consulate, any his aim Of course
that he could not obtain any position in thai branch
Of the service, and had also failed to secure clerical
to ask place as laborer, and thus announced his
wishes:
Representatives, sir. ! have come with this younp
gentleman SIR TO ask for him the position OF iaborer
He Is not workngman, sir lie Intended To take
His grandfather sir was the sSest awyer IN , onr
state Sir, and there IL not another young man in H.
Sir. VINO has more blue blood In his veins II Is too
finds u necessity, sir, and intend to stay In this
town tl he receives what ask for. .As said, his
ga sn,, ~ was great lawyer sr and lie is him.
Will remain In town till he does
Tine pressurclor every grade OF positions which
mas been exerted here since March has never been
equaled. The expectation OF universal change mni-
tIped applications far beyond any former period.
wSld not have thought OF places OF moderate grads
eager applicants for them. This doubled up The
line on all the places, since 10 those who might
were added all who usually seek those quite above
And a. the matter worked, the column OF applicants
closed III mass on all the minor places. The ,lisap.
pointment here was only manifestation of that
which prevailed In al sections of the land.
.'Ine Duruen OF every mail into washington, both
Official and private since the An OF March, has been
for oflce. The depression which was so marked
ON the well-known faces here has fallen on every
district. 1t remains TO he seen how the party viii
support the Administration In Its course. il the
ofiice-seekers were numerically majority, there
would be no hope for the President and his Cabinet
As II Is, Republicans can well afford to support the
President In this particular style OF dealing with the
working forces OF his party.
"There certainly has never been anything like IT,
and professional party workers may well complain
The President had not been gone an hour before IL
was discovered and the word passed round that the
White House was actually In sole charge of Repub-
lican clerks and the old Republican attaches OF the
various grades This is true without single quail.
cation, unless 1t may be the cook, whom rumor had
II was changed some weeks after Mr. Cleveland ar
rived. IL Is not matter OF wonder that a Demo.
cratic wall went up on Friday night when this fact,
without precedent, was discovered and made public
1.-THE President taking TO the woods, ana the
White House In sole charge OF Republicans, and,
worse ana more horrible, the whole Democratic cor
respondence OF the country addressed to the resi-
dent must pass through the hands OF these political
philistines. They are gentlemen, and most compe-
ihey are OF the Phillstines But they have all cut
their executive eye teeth. They know at a glance
what letters the President Will want TO see. They
Will be few, and they will he sure not to tax him
with any concerning the importance OF which there
- any doubt. Those about Office will go at once to
the various heads of Departmental