St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-04
MARCH FORTH.

This is Evacuation Day at Washington.
The ceremonies will be attended with all the
reJoicings which the conquering forces
usually display and the solemnities which
mark the departure of the surrend ered gar
rison. Shouts of victory will mingle with
the wall of lamentation. 1t will be touch
ing sight to see the great army of Republican
office holders marching out of the depart
ments with dropping banners, mufIled drums,
and all the sorrowful paraphernala of van
| pushed legion. The caricature artist gives
in last Sundays New York World faithful
sketch of the anticipated scene. 1t is a mot
ley-looking crowd of public iobbers stalking
| forth in discordant column with back toward
the capitol upon whose doors are inscribed
the legend, ''Closed for Disinfectiug," while
with bowed head and sorrowful countenance
| they march toward tue setting sun. Away in
the distance are the indistinct forms of the
vanguard disappearing out of sight, the device
on their banneIs showing they belonged to
rings representing guano and Venezuela
frauds, Indian steals, DE GoLYER swindles,
and frauds of the custom house and depart
ments of justice and pensions. Just behind
the disappearing van column goes another
| battalion in plain view. In this column can
be seen the shadowy figures of HowGATE,
PHILLIPS, MACDONALD, and BURNSIDE, the
postoffice thief The SANBoRN contract BAN
ner floats to the breeze, while the credit mo-
bilier and the supreme court purchase en-
signs have more modest showing. Next in
the retreating column is seen the funeral
hearse with its sable plumes and cypress drap-
cry, in which are borne the remains of the
GRAND OLD PARTY. Prominent among the
| pall-bearers are BRADY and BELKNAP, and
DORSEY and CLAPP. Following in the rear
| are the mourners, chief of whom is a
PLUMED KNIGHT, with one hand onvulsively
grasping an anchor of hope attached TO the
funeral car, while in the other is held grip
sack, labelled Twenty Years in Congress-
from which suspends the superstitious SYM
Dol of luck-a golden horseshoe. Looking
up into the pale face of the varquished
knight is the upturned and fearful eyes of
SOAP ELKINs, holding in his arms large
box of his favorite laundry commodity, while
Attorney General BREWSTER squats behind,
| stealthily slipping Little Rock stocks
| anu DOnOS lnLO the open grip
sack. In the mourning division
| little JOHNNY Roach cries because there are
no more fat navy contracts, while he bends
to the task of pulling dog cart in which
the United States navy is being hauled,
| Secretary CHANDLER sitting on the box and
forlorn-looking robson pushing the tiny
vehicle which is carrying all of his hopes to
the grave. The rear guard consists of Com
missioner EVANS wearing whisky ring col
lar, Adjutant General SWAIN with his brok-
er's bag in hand, and poor imbecile-looking
KEIFER, the glossy essence of congressional
folly.
To-day will witness the scene which the
artist in anticipation has so happily sketched.
1t is the Yorktown of the spoilsmen. The
great army of public jobbers and public rob-
bers will ground arms and furl their banners
forever. Their guns have been spiked, their
Notifications captured, and the victors take
possession of the fort.
80, such day,
! So fought, SO followed, and SO fairly won.''
But with it all the victors will have to re-
member that it is not victory to win the field
unless the enemy is made to yield more to
| justice than to force.