The Magnolia gazette., 1885-01-15
WASHINGTON LETTER,
WASHINGTON, Jennary 5. 1ss!

.racket, and tue Republican mal.admin. s
sistration Of twenty five yariegated years.
Us about to so INTO liquidation andS
In two short months. az
snew president viii be in the Whitea;
SHouse, new Cabinet will sit at theSs
SNational Council table. new chiefs ofg
sbureau will take the place Of the repub. .Es
siiean trained political bnmmers. and Is
sunless the government is to continue itsR
Gold course Ia infer, new, faithful, andH
Ahonest clerks will be appointed in theE
zplaces of the irredeemable drones audE
gsinecurists who have infested and infee
Ated the government offices until thes
Scivil service is an Augean stable ofS
Slabarynthine intrigue, favoritism, polit
AIcal and social debauchery, ri Mr.h
%Clevelaud for one moment imagines thats
sNhe can carry Oh an honest workiugs
Sgovernment with such timber as Grant,
ssand Hayes stocked the Offices with hes
s5will find himself mistaken when it Wilt
ss be too late to mend.
81 Many Republicans here think thatEE
~ Mr.. Cleveland's late letter means that's
S3he will dismiss only those who haye}
Abeen making republican speeches; but il
ais difficult to see how the clerk who
S: wrote political articles, collected money. |
s3ane did various other campaign work Isl
3less guilty of neglectlng his legitimate
Sduties than the more conspicuous
sharaugner. If all clerks who contribn-
sted money and worked in one illegiti-
@mate way or another for the defeat Of
NMr. Cleveland shall be dismissed, then
;lie marble nalls Of the Departments
Ewill be indeed empty.
III 4 gentleman by the name Of Mr.
MBlaine and his wife are in the city win
Stheir interesting family, ana though
&ueyer popular ia the social world, are
,@making themselves daily more ana more
,3odious. Mr. Blaine and his wife and
n family we're a few weeks since SO certain
@of occupying the White House, that
lBthey lad not only ,portionea the cham,
,Mbers out among themselves, but il seems
sshad decided upon certain people whom
,Ssthey would not receive. The present
Epresident Of the United States wal
Aloubtless one Of them, aud Ills recen
Einyitatiou to Mrs, Baiue 10 assist hin
Hat his New Years reception was resente,
E5y that woman - a dIscourteous nol
Egiying as her rea son that the Presiden
Ehad not assisted Mr.. Baina III the late
r#camraign.
s@ Preparations are making for an i'm
j asaleiise concourse Of people on the Al
sEof March, when the first non sectioua
for at least quarter ot
& e8century will be celebrated. The Sout
/ Ewill dou5tless send more people to iii
s#Capital than she sent on the occasion
-sSof Buchanan's, Pierce's, on Folks in
aHanguraiion The population Of th
rASouth has grown somewhat since then
e@and there are better ways Of reaching
o8Washington than when the last Demo
y 5cratic President was installed,
Ell The grandest ball room ever seen j
rs the world will be that prepared for til,
k3inaugural ball of President Cleveland
Sat tile new Pension bniIling. The eG-
Hecative committee has carefully measur.
Eel the space which will be available, dc
@'ind that two hundred and fifty sets ca
j. Hbe comfortably formed, leaving amp
dEspace bstw cen them for the movement
sof the floor managers Thus, two thoui
EAand lancArs on b3 on the floor at
,@time. Ii addition I'll ere will be rooi
.Eenough for two thousand promenadel
eEson the sides. Then there will |
'lt Ire galleries, which are to |
n@erected to hold three thousand or for
Thousand spectators Mlny ofthe roo n
the building will b. availia BILE spa'
nE Tor any ,sible ov era3w
'eM Efforts are being made to secu
2. onar ters for visiting military organic
] !. tions in lie public buildings, as on u
Occasion Of Gar6eld's inauguration. ~
!. .Esnumber OF these organizations Is 8
alssIarge and The represel tation is 50 nur
ess erous that it is imperatiyely necessHl
"a tnat the heads of the various depar
; Esments should assist the Committee
III #Public Comfort as much as possible
all tms direction. The chairman Of Il
vel commit ee has made formal applicati'