The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-02-25
HIN TON ETTER.
m ear Regular Correspondent

| From eur Regular Correspondent
FsBRUAFY - iSs5.
Th. city concealed in arctic weather is
making preparation for the coming event,
the 9th of March. The Democrats are
preparing for great demonstration, aud
the Republicans are preparing 10 grin and
bear it. Hotel and boarding house keep
ers are preparing 10 pack their guests like
| sardincs in a box. and various military
and civic organizations are preparing to
entertain their rethren from abroad
President Arthur is preparing to vacate
the White House to the political successor
OF James Buchanan, and while Messr..
Blaine, Reed, noar, Sherman, ct al, may
be preparing for death, they are not pre-
pairing to admit that The war which their
malice and ambition has prolonged Tor
twenty years beyond its heroic term is now
thing of the past. Society also is prepar-
ing to reconstruct itself on different lines
and different women. The Frelinghuysen's
Blaine's, Brewsttr's, Chandler's. with their
satellites and parasites will 90. The new
society, | imagine, will be composed in
part ot the ancient regime, pile old resi-
dents who have lived in seclusion during
the long ascendancv OF the light-fingered
Yaudals of the Grant era, and the psalm
singing hypocritts OF the Hayes usurpa-
tlou. The social tone will depend much
on the Cabinet OF Mr.. Cleveland, for So
ciety here takes il cue and hue, to a great
extent, from those high in ofhce 1t Is the
general impression that the next will be
working administration; it certainly has =
task before it, and it would not be sugges-
tive OF work to see the houses of The Thur
mans, Bayard's and Garland's OF the next
administration given over to midnight
revels, as has been too much the case OF
late years in Washington.
An 1tra session of Congress is thought
to be cry probable, but whether there is
an IRA session or not there will be some
ihIT going on here after the foarth OF
March. 1t Is not expected that one hun
dred thousand oiiice-holders will be immc
dia'ely turned out. But a new Cabinet With
new Chiefs Of Bureau, new chief clerks and
new foreign ministers will be appointed
with as little delay As possible. There
will be some hfty thousand postmasters
to appoint. and a general and judicious
cleaning out of the idle, incom petent
superanuated, and the merely political rats
and barnacles wio have indnstriouslv
drawn their salaries from the public treas
ury Tor wears and years,
Many clerks in the departments have
been trying TO have their papers, which
show that they were recommended
by prominent Republicans, withdrawn
from the files. Secretary MeCulorh. how
ever has denied their requests ard says
that he proposes to turu over the files Of
the Treasury Department intact This OF
course is right, and nothing more. Ii
clerk has been recommended by Senator
kellog of Louisiana Mr. Blaine, or Sena-
tor Hoar, for no better reason than that he
X 4rst
work for his patron, it is OF interest TO the
country and the coming administration To
have II on record. When an examination
OF the appointment files has been made il
will be found that M ,jority of the male
employees have been appointed for political
p Irposes. that many females h4ye be, n
appointed 1 1r reasons, and purposes not oa
record.
The House had its usual row on Mon
day. Mr.. White, Of Kentucky. disturb
Ing element, was ruled out of order by Mr.
Blackburn, the acting Speaker. The Ser
geant-at-Arms was sent to seat him That
officer forgot his ma ,e. Mr. White resist
ed, as the officer had no badge of authori-
ty. The mace was secured, and, when il
was no longer needed, Mr.. White was
seated. For an hoTr there was turbulence
and wraBgiing over this, but Mr.. Black
burn trlumphed. j lie supporters Of the
River and Harbor bill wsr. not able to
hold the floor after twelve o'clock. This
Is interpreted to mean the defeat of the
bill. There was a marked determination
TO pass the general appropriation bills
The Post-ofhce Appropriation bill was
t.ken up.
There was another disorderly scene in
the House OF Representatives on Tuesday
over the White incident OF the dav before
The Republicans insisted that the pers, nal
ghis of member had been infring d by
an officer without badge OF ofEice, and
that the journal did not accurately state
that fact.
Efforts hsve been made By the Republi-
cans to show lhat the River and Harbor
bill this year is an almost unprecedentedly
bad one, and that it Is the first grab OF the
Solid South upon the Treasury As
matter of fact, the most indefensibie items
in the bill we're those known "a the Eads
appropriations, and these have all been
erased. The, were much more in the in
ierest Of Captain Eads than OF the Solid
South. The worst River and Harbor bill
in the country's his,ory was passed hy
Republican Congress and vetoed by Presi-
dsnt Arthur. C. As