St. Landry democrat., 1885-10-31
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent

the Ohio election is serious disap
pointment to Democrats here. The re.
turn of John Sherman to the Senate il
a political calamity. He is an inlpious
fraud and abettor of frauds, and the
only reason why he is not known and
pilloried as such is because his political
career is SO full of crookedness and
tergiversation that it battles portal.
ture. He has been, on both sides OF
every side of the financial question; he
was the arch demon of the most dis
graceful episode in American history,
but, because he is associated in the
minds of some stupid Cincinnati Dutch
men with an era Of good crops and
cheap malt, he comes in with the for
Torn hope, waving the bloody shirt.
What if these Dutchmen knew of his
diabolism in 1857 as it is known
here2 What if they knew that for
his theft of the presidency Hayes gave
him the keys to the Treasury which lie
used disgracefully for four years in the
most dishonest way to have himself
nominated for the presidency? Well
perhaps it would not make much diff
ference: they would call for Elm lager,
zwei lager, and drink to Honest John
Sherman and bountiful nature. After
all he may not be elected to the Senate,
the question seems still in doubt to-day,
but he has come sufficiently near it to
justify all / have said. He is more
conspicuous to-day as a candidate for
the presidency than any other Republi-
can
Well, let them nominate him and give
the great statesman an opportunity to
use the campaign documents and the
old steel plates of his portrait that he
had prepared by the thousand at govern
ment expense while he was making
good crops as secretary of the Treasu-
ny six years ago. His record will not
be as easily shown up as that of Blaine,
for he is a more cunning and careful
man than the late candidate. He will
probably not drive off the mugawumps
as Blaine did but with all Blaine's
boldness and badness he would not
stOOp to do the despicable things that
John Sherman is known to havedone.
I have it from good authority that
the President is very anxious for the
election of the Democratic Governors
in New York and Virginia. He does
not believe that the result in Ohio is
due to any fault or failure of his, or
that the federal administration was on
trial in that election. In spite of all
that has been said to the contrary, Mr..
Hoadly was not the Presidents candi-
date in any special sense. After Mr.
Hoadly had been nominated, the Presi-
dent as a Democrat would have been
glad OF his election, but it was incon-
sistent with his policy to take any con-
spicuous part in the election. His ex-
ample was watched and followed by
thousands of government clerks here,
nearly all of whom, / am sorry to saw,
are Republicans. And however much
bis action or rather inaction may be
aeplored and criticised by some demo-
Gratis, it must be admitted that it is in
decent and digniied contrast with the
conduct of the administrations of
Grant, Hayes, and Arthur, which have
been so justly condemned by the Demo-
cratic press.
have nothing to write in the way
0f political news. This is not the sea-
ION for it, and I know You prefer facts
% prophecy. The President is very
and his Cabinet have taken
heir cue from him. Nothing is known
Until it is matured and done. This is
4 course not agreeable to the ioarna-
istic profession. The shrewdest and
aost enterprising reporters find them
elves trying to look through brick
1alls into opaque iufnity. An order
as recently been issued to all govern
tent officials forbidden them to give
ut any matter relating to the subjects
lat must be treated Of in tile Presi-
ent's message, or in the annual reports
the Departments. But the time is |
OF far distant when the Senate and
le House will be in Congress assem- J
ed, and when will be able to give !
~ news at first hand, unless, indeed In
'nators and Members shall try TO II
odel their tongues on the silence is a
,lden' example of the Administration b
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