Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1885-05-19
DOR WASHINGTON LETTER.
from our Regular Correspondent.
WasHINGToN, May 8, 1885.


A move is on foot in Washington to re-
organize the Democratic party Of he Uni
ted States, by pertecting Democratic
club liz each township of the United States.
The president Of each town club 10 form
the Democratic county committee, which
Is to elect one Of its members rs meni-
Der Of State executive committee The
cardinal principles, rs de from Jeffersonl-
an Democracy, to be the election and ap-
pointment Of none but Democrats to Office
or official position. Tie abolition OF the
civil service fooiIshness, II carried out, as
itprobably will be, The present admins.
tration will be forced to become Demo
cratic or be laminated to imperceplible
thnness between the full ranks of Rerub-
lIcans held In office and The deserving
Democrats who are not recognized as they
deserve to be- In nearly all the depart
n,ents Democrats who were exulant two
months ago, are almost insulted each day
BY cir high headed Republican co labor
crs who arr in an immense majority. A
portentous sign Of the times is the fact
that Brick" Pomcroy's paper, the United
States Democrat, which has nm actual cir
C,i alton la every State and Territory rs a
Democratic stalwart, has called for adv-
Ces from Democrats ut several thousands
OF posioilices, asking ii Democrats are
satisfied with the retention Of Republicans
IN Office and what will be the effect of
their retention on the next political cam
paign, The publication Of replies to those
questions will be an important header and
S looked for with much interest by poll
ticians.
The new Pension office building is near
y completed. Four rooms on The ground
floor southeast corner, are already occu.
pied by wagon loads Of documents and
stationery, ms the work Of moving has be
gun This building is 400 feet long by
400 feet wide, and four stories high 1t
has an immense area or court yard large
enough for several circuses to exhibit or.
-Four great brick pillars, about l2 feet in
diameter, run from near each end of the
court ard TO u height of nearly 100 feet,
as supports TO the iron bridges which form
supports to the iron and glass roof. Bal
comics extend around the inside of the
cditicc so that clerks can pass from room
to room outside, and SO that thousands of
visitors can look down into the court yard,
II is The largest brick building in the
world. Thirty.six millions If bricks have
been used in its construction. Eighteen
hundred clerks will be employed here in
the pension department alone and each
will have plenty Of light and air Mt
another public building in the United
States compares with ii for comfort and
solidiIy, 1t is built of brick, and iron
girders and bands, SO that it is virtually
knitted together. The foundations are
planted more than 30 feet below the sur.
lace. More than 100 workmen are now
engaged here putting on the plastering and
flooring to finish Ii is to be ready for
occupancy the lower floor this month,
the others early In the summer. General
Meigs, II stalwart Democrat, is the archi
tect. General Black, the present commits.
sioner OF Pensions, accompanied by his
wife, visited the new building a few days
since and were greatly pleased with it.
The Waterman, a North Carolina man.
who has been here from the first, showed
them about Watchmen are here employ.
ed day aud night to see that the building
IL not entered and lumber, iron and other
material are not stolen away, for there are
persons even here in Washington, who
seek to acquire wealth without labor or
paying Tor the same. Wonder where they
come tromg
The Department of the Interior will
soon determine whether the cattle kings.
holding in the Indian Territory under il.
legal leases, are to remain In their open
defiance of the administration or not
They hold their leases under Republican
rule, and declare that they have already
squared themselves under the present adj |
The dog will wag its tail,
Or the tail will soon have its dog tied fast.
President Cleveland and select party |
went TO the Gettysburg anniversary on the
4th instant. The President said he want
cd TO see the place, and would have no
inc tn oil IL