Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-02-27
Washington Letter.
From our Regular Correspondent.

d The Democrats aIo preparing for
great demonstration and the l;rpnh-
leans are preparing 70 grin and bear
It. Hotel and boarding hu"ac keep
crs arc preparing 10 pack tAcirEu,s,s
like sardiues ia Il box, and valious
military and civic organizations air
preparing 10 entertain their brethren
from abroad. President Arthur Is
preparing to vacate the White House
to the political successor Of James
Buchanan, aud while Messrs. Blaine,
Read, II n, sherman Il al may hc
preparing for death, they are not
prepariA5 10 admit that The war
which ~ + ,uI'Irt hul ambition has
Ii" :. Tor tW"u't N'ar| beyond
Ito y iui' /, rin /, nnn = thIng OF the
past. : .'.cty, also, /, preparing To
r>con,t!,c; itself on Il ifcr.nt lines
and diff l"nt women. The Frelng-
huy*en~, H!alnes, Brews.ers, Chan.
diers, ": l. their satellites and para
s;t,s will 20. The new society,
imagine, will be composed in pant Of
the d'ci"'d rrg'H,", the old residents
who have lived III seclusion during
the long ascenlIncy Of the light
fingered vandais of the Grant era
and the psalm-sinolng hypocritcs Of
the Hayes usurpatlon. The social
tone will depend much on the Cabi.
net of Mr.. Cleveland, for society
here takes its cue and hue to a great
extent, from those high IN Office 1t
is the general impression that the
next will be working adminis,ra-
ton. 1t certainly has Il task before
it, ana ii would NJ, be sug ;cs'iyc of
work 10 see the houses Of the Thur.
mans, Blyarls AMI Garands of
the next Administration gwen over
to midnight reveis, as has been too
much the case of late years in Wash.
ington.
An extra session Of Congress is
thought to be very probable, but
whether there is an extra session or
not there will be something going on
here after the 18th of March. 1t is
not expected that one hundred thou.
sand Office holders will be immcdi.
ately turned out. Bat new Cabi-
net, with new Chiefs Of Bureau, new
chief clerks. AMI new foreign minis
ters Will be appointed wI'h as little
delay as possible. There will DO
some fifty thousand Postmasicrs to
appoint, and general and julicious
cleaning out CT the idle, incompe
tent, superanuated, and the political
rats and barnac!es who have indus.
triously drawn their salaries from
the public treasury for years and
years.
Many clerks in the departments
have been trying to have their pa.
pers, which show that they were roe
commended by prominent Repubh-
cans, withdrawn from the files.
Secretary McCulloch, however, has
denied their requests aud says that
he proposes to turn over the files of
the Treasury Department intact.
This, of course, is right, aud moth
ing more. If clerk las been re.
commended by Senator Kellogg Of
Louisiana, MI Blaine, or Senator
Hoar, for no better reason than that
he is Republican, aud has done po.
li.ical work for bis patron, it is Of
interest to the country ana To the
coming Administration To have il on
record. When an examination Of
the appointment files has been made
it will be found that majority of
the male employees have been mp.
pointed for politica! rurro as, and
that many females have been ap-
pointed for reasons aud purposes not
of record.
The House had its usual row on
Monday. Mr.. White, of Kentucky.
Il sturbing element, was ruled out
of order by Mr.. Blackburn, the act.
ing Speaker. The SerSoan. at. Arms
was sent to seat him. That officer
forgot bis mace, Mr.. White resistcd d.
as the officer had no badge Of au-
thoriiy. The mace was secured,
and, when 1t was no longer needed,
Mr.. White was seated. For an hour
there was turbulence ard wrunging
over this, but MIR. Blackburn til
umphed. Tho supporters Of the
River and Harbor bill were not able
to hold the floor after II o'clock.
This is interpreted to mean the de-
feat of the bill. There was a marked
determination to pass the general
appropriation bills. The post office
appropriation bill was taken up.
There was another dsorderlv
scene in the House of Representa-
tives OH Tuesday over the White in
cident of the day before. The Re
pubhcans insisted that the personal
rights of member had boon in.
nSed by an officer without badge
of office, and that the journal did
not accurately state that fact.