Smyrna times., 1885-04-22
For the Smyrna Times
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.


in the isthmus no very weighty ques-
ton has disturbed the soul of the ad-
and that point was dealt
with with a vigor that won general com
on all sides
The democrats are very happy over
the favorable turn Of political affairs in
the local elections in Michigan. Presi- .
dent Cleveland is highly gratified, and .
feels that his conservative policy of |
civil service reform meets with the ap- .
prevail of the people. The Endorsement /
of the policy of the new administration /
was made an issue in the contest.
In reply to aquestiOn of your CORES /
pOndent as to whether anV further /
action had been taken in the case of /.
Miss Sweet, the pension agent at Chi (
cagO, whose resignation has been asked
for, the commissioner of pensions said
that nothing further had been done.
He said that he did no know that any
thing further was required from his
office. When asked if the resignation
would be forthcoming, Gen. Black
smiled and said THE Lord made
women"
Democratic members of Congress are
still grumblihg about the policy of the
administration, and predicting many
evils if the offices are not turned over
pretty soon. The Virginia delegation
has decided that the Mahonites must
be put out of all the Offices they hold in
the state at once, or the democratic
party will be in a bad way at the next
election there, and they will have a
hard time to hold on to the manage
ment of state affairs. The Ohio men
are even more cut up, and the result of
the municipal elections adds to their
discontinue. Some of the members
from the far south are complaining, too,
though they say that what they want
is not to have the patronage thrown
into their own section particularly, but
to have it go where it will do the most
good. They want the states that are
naturally democratic, but have been
held by republican patronage, and those
like Illinois and Michigan. which are
missionary states, " to be brought
over to the party by unlimited patron
age.
A democratic member of congress
said to me that he felt that there was
no use trying to conceal the fact that
the party politicians were altogether at
variance with Mr.. Cleveland, and that
it would have its effect ON the state
elections. He said that the politicians
would find out who was the admins
tratiOn candidate i'll every ease, and
would knife him as FOlgcr was knitted
| in New York as a rebuke to Arthur.
He thought the administration and the
/ House would be together this winter
! on the tariff and land grant forfeiture
/ questions relating to the railroads but
/ that if the President tried to force the
suspension of silver coinage the demo
Gratis in the House would rebel against
the administration. In the mean time
the masses steadily refuse to get very
much excited over the matter
For long time it has been the Gus
tom of members of Congress and Sena-
tors to sign about all the petitions pre-
sented to them, it being tacitly under
stood at the departments that such en-
dOrsement was not to be given any
weight. But President Cleveland has
been rather doing the statesmen by
taking them at their word.
A western democrat Senator called
at the White House yesterday to press
the appointment of one of his cunSlitu-
tents to an assistant cOmmisSioncrship
When ! was practicing law" said
the President, found thai an instru-
ment in writing usually outwtighed al
oral statement. Your Senators seen
to have habit of signing petitions foI
candidates, and then ask verbally
for the appointment of others to the
very position. ] can't afford to waste
time considering such requests. Hal
the democratic Senators have signed /
petition for the retention Of the incum
bent of this place, and your name is Ol
the list. | don't know the man, bu
he is certainly we'll indorsed.
4" Oh, no y said the Senator, hav
, not signed such paper"
Thereon the President ssaid to haV
produced a petition bearing the Sena
tors signature as stated.
} " | never was so flattencd out in IN
, life" remarked the Senator when mar
, rating the incident to a friend. Tn
fact is we sign almost anything" but
/, has generally been understood that
means nothing.
During Il recent thunderstorm tn
l monument received a good deal of al
3 tentiOn from the elements being struc
by lightning simultaneously from fOu
different quarters. The cautiou
taken proved to have been suiIlciel
however and no damage was done.
+ Washington, AprH Sth, 1850. l..
} THE KIND OF \ MAN HE WAS
Q Mr.. ClOsefist called at IL neighbOr
D not long ago, and the little angel of tn
: house was very attentive and inquis
, tive. After inspecting him pretty clos
= = ly, she said:
i MIR. Closefst, your foot isn't vei
It little, is it?'
g "No, Maggie, j" responded the visito
s "Your hand amt either?" she col
D tinued.
i think not"
"YOur head amt, either?"
"NO, my dear, but why do you ask
inquired the puzzled gentleman.
Because, papa said you were Il
s. smallest man, in some things, he ev'
Il met. l guess papa has seen more
n you than l ve.-Mercbdht TrGCeleT.
FIVE ITEMS WORTH NOTING.-Ve
: tilate your sleeping apartment eve
u day after rising but warm it to col
u fort before sleeping in it again.
s. RemembertwO very important ObjeC
t. in ventilation To warm the air and
h the same time to keep it moist.
y An oriice in the sole or side of yO
shoe in windy or cold or damp wealth
L will give you severe cold or so
+ throat.
n When you are drOwsy from readil
h or work, sleep until you are reste
ID Nature, by feeling of fatigue, calls
n. rest.
Thin clad ankles and limbs in Fl
- and Winter will generally cause seve
ID acute diseases of the lungs and thrO
4 in children.
y
1t is announced from Washingt
that the authorities are taking eve
possible precaution" to prevent the
PRODUCTION of cholera in to this cOuntI
The sanitary inspectors attOahed to t
foreign consulates have all been rea
I. pointed by the Secretary of State. I
OF quarantine stations at the Delaws
d Breakwater and Cape Charles ars to
or put in operation by the 1st of May.
az If Delaware insists upon taxing I
,a South Jersey fishermen Governor A
- bett will really have to charter a Il
= swoOp down upon the little State,
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