New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-04-15
WASHINGTON LETTER.

Washington. April 10, 1885.
Under the Democratic Administra.
ton tried men are fast passing away
and raw recruits are being introduced.
Experienced, capable, and efficient
clerks are almost daily put out of Office
to make places for men of no expert
ence and whose capacity has not been
tested. This is Democratic reform.
This is running the public service on
business principles. Republicans, of
course. do not ask anything of Demo-
cratic administration, nor are they dis
posed to utter useless protests against
removals from Office. But this spoils
system, this purely partisan work,
which has characterized the first month
of the new dispensation, should be car
ried on under its right name
The chief staple of Democratic cam
paign oratory and literature for doz-
en- years past has been the charge that
the Government Departments here were
reeking with corruption. The most in.
spring shibboleth of Democratic har-
argues has been Turn the rascals
out" Corruption was dwelt upon
SO forcibly, the ''rascals" were painted
so graphically, and SO moving was the
picture of the Government in the hands
of ''thieyes,' that the Democratic
masses were educated to believe that
there was no honesty in the Executive
Departments. Senator Payne, of Ohio,
whose official integrity has been men
toned in connection with Standard Oil,
gave utterance to eloquent thoughts
on the Augean stable topic. Vice
President Hendricks dwelt on the same
exhaustless theme as he skipped from
stump to stump. The country was to
witness a sublime moral spectacle-the
exodus of rascals, and the advent of
patriots. But after month of close
inspection and hard effort, where is the
cleansing? and where are the rascals?
Some good men have been thrown out
OF office, some employees, deemed sup
erfluous have been discharged, and a
few old horses and vehicles have been
sold, but there has been no hint of de-
tected rascality. The sole object in the
removal Of officials was to get Republic
cans out and Democrats in.
The President, who has been seeing
a hundred or two callers each day on
political errands, has been hoping for
some relief with the close of the extra
session supposing that paany Senators
and members of Congress would then
Leave Washington. There is but little
hope for him however. in this respect
It has been given out that the Presi-
dent and his Cabinet have been post.
poning large number of appointments
until the Senate got away, and that the
number of changes that will be made
within the next month will quadruple
those of the past month. However
this may be, the Democrats hope for a
wholesale sweep, and enormous press
ure will be brought to bear for the
places. 1t is noticeable that, in the
past few days, the. crowd of office seek
ers still lingering lin Washington has
had many recruits with but few deser-
tons from its ranks.
| In society, holy week shas been de-
void of any event of Importance. The
season, with the temporary absence of
several official families and the depart.
ure of ex-ot1icial and senatorial fami-
lies, has brought social matters to a
lull. The critical illness of Gen. Grant
has also caused arrangements for social
events to be relinquished, and has
brought sorrow to many households
here. The President was to have held
a general public reception at the White
House this evening, but has postponed
it indefinitely on account of Gen.
Grants condition. The nations hero
has expressed desire to be buried in
Washington and since it is understood
that the sad event is inevitable soon, it
will not be ill-timed to say that his
funeral will take place here also, with
impressive ceremony. There has al
ready been some correspondence rela-
tive to the matter between Col. Fred.
Grant, Gen. Sheridan and other friends
of the family. The dying soldier was
always greatly attached to this city.
Under his administration it became the
beautiful capital that it is to-day. It
was his desire eventually to return here
and spend his declining years.
Ladies who have long suffered from
disorders common to their sex. and
failed to obtain relief by the heroic old
| school methods of knife canstics .and