San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1885-04-09
WASHINGTON LETTER.


very smoothly under the new man
agomont and II Is conceded on al
hands that more and better work i
accomplished under the new regime
Al yet the hands Of the different de
partmonts have been able 10 do Yer!
little in tho way OF REORGANIZATION ant
reform, but tho neodlcssly compiled
tod systems OF tho various bureaus
arc receiving careful study, and it il
expected that from 1900 10 2OOC
clerks will be discharged in Washing
ton alone,
1t appears that the example oI
economy has already been felt by the
Republican majority in tho U. S
Senate, for the caucus has debated O
proposition to reduce tho expenses
OF that luxurious body $4,000 oil
100000 per year, In the first place
they propose to return to Gen. But
lcr the House for which the Senate
has paid IN annual rental of $50, 200,
and next 10 reduce tho number Of
clerks and employees OF whom there
are many more than needed.
President Cleveland is maintaining
his reputation for thorough work
or. He keeps cool, does one thing
after another, never attempts to do
two things ut once, and has ample
time TO look into all the questions no
is called upon to decide. His habits
of hard work and long hours will en-
able him to give the great work be-
fore him conscientious and careful
attention. There is no doubt that he
is more or less bored by tho crowds
of curious people who more than
mere Office seekers are anxious to see
the President, but he does not fret or
worry. A friend suggested to him
the other day that q certain appoint
ment which it was known would par.
tionlarly please certain newspaper
might be advisable on that account.
II would secure the friendship of that
paper for his administration absolute
ly. His reply to this was: "Oh,
well, they have al got to come to it
anyhow? He does, in fact, believe
that every reputable newspaper in
the United states is bound to come
to his support, because he does not
intend to adopt any course of action
as president of the United States
which reputable journals can succeed
in persuading their readers is wrong.
When our bilious republican friends
recall their gloomy auguries of what
would follow the election of q Demo
cratic President, they must be amaz
ed at tho inaccurAcy of thor imagi
nations. A few weeks ago they were
indulging in horid visions of long
haired tobacco eating bandits who
they thought would take the Capitol
by storm and rob the "truly good
and daintily nice of their soft seats
and their salaries. No civil service
law, they predicted, could stand be-
tween these long furnished 'outs' and
the long withheld good things OF Of,
flee. The Union soldiers would have
to give way TO the gaunt and hungry
grey coat. The dreaded Democratic
President is in the seat so recently
occupied by Grant, Hayes, Garfield
and Arthur. And yet things go on
very much as before. There is no
decline in real estate consequent upon
the dismissed government clerks hay
ing their houses forced upon the
In fact there is no depres
sion anywhere, except in the minds
and hearts Of those clerks who are
conscious that they have nothing to
do and have no reason or right to
draw salaries from the public treas
ury. Outside of this army of Repub
lican spoilsmen, loafers and creatures,
male and female, who have been ap-
pointed and upheld solely by ''intlu-
encc. all is peaceful and prosperous
at the Capitol, and numerous repub-
licans are now saying that the change
came not day too soon.