Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-08-10
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Some OF the Turbulent Characters
With whom the New Administrn.
lion Has 10 Deal.
"reminiscences OF Gen. crnnt's liz. AZ
West Poini--iiow He Pound Ills
Wifc-Thc one 0bicction.
wHIcn WAY nIows Tur VIM .

WHICH WAY niows ruE wiNps
/ From our Regular Correspondent.
/ WAsnlNGroN, Aug. 5.-Nelthcr fbe
'lmc-cro"ned attractions OF the old
world nor the baciug breclc> of th,
deep blue sea- seem to have amclior,,cd
senator EustiS' antipalhy to the prcsl.
dent II was predicted that he would
return an ardent administration man. but
no sooner does ne set his foot ON ms ma.
i've sou than hc rciterates and rcdoubles
ms ula'rihe against the president. lie
tound out perhaps, that his colleague.
senator Gibson, who heads a rival fnc
lloh III touisiana politics, had been
GETTING ~ ms WORN
curing his absence ON the other hcmis
pherc. senator Eustis cannot now re-
cede from his position. He must now Ice
lmplacahle and imperial. Ills only chance
iS to light his way out, To- aggregate all
the aniagouiStic elements IN his state aud
WELD them about him as the head. he
VIII doubtless he heard from ON the floor
ol the senate. Joe Blackburn of Ken
lucky aud other disappointed and
diSgrumbled members of the lower House
may Join him IN
TIlE nIREFtL DEAL.
There is fun ahead. There win he
music in the air next winter. No preSi
dents pathway has been strcwn with
noscgays. They have all had their
trials and troubles. Mr.. Cleveland cam
not expect 10 be the exception to the rule
lie Is on trial before the country, and his
administration will either bc Il superb silc.
cess or 1t will result in II serious split In
the party and pave the way Tor the Re
publicanS To return to place and power
lie became cliei magistrate at u time
when his party had hcen out of national
position
FOR \ 81 lRrER or \ Century.
Tile party leaders have led their follow
crs 10 believe that This was 10 bc Tho
promised land where they could luxuri.
ate in political milk and honey, and all
that sort OF thing. Bitter dlsappoint-
ments have been experienced nv fhous.
andS who looked forward to this dav as
the harvest time OF their political hopes.
Aside from the innumcmblc applicants
for po>totllccs, an army, probably of a
quarter oi million, hfty thousand
person. have applied for positions
through the departments. Fye-eighth>
ot these at least will, to use slang
phrase, be cleft" Now these will ioin
the countless caravan OF those who think
this is not the best government the world
ever saw The party just defeated by
such small margin will watch every OPP
portunitv to attack and
wEAKEN THE ADMINISTRATIONS.
The Republicans will make Il trcmcn-
dOuS effort TO gcl back into the cush-
ioncd soats they 50 long warmed.
The Republican officials who
are retained under the civil service rule.
will give their party all the sly sympathy
they can but they will not dare contrib
ute to the campaign fund at the next
election, and right there the party will he
Shorn of its main strength. Heretofore,
the one hundred and twenty thousand
ollicc-hoders formed huge national
bank, upon which the Republican party
checked and
CASIIED Al PLEASURE.
In the meantime the president is going
straight ahead, neither looking to the right
nor the left, but doing. ! think. what
he believes Ia be right. Whether he has
adopted II wise course coming events will
demonstrate. He found the civil service
and the tenure ol Office laws upon the
statute books. lie found Il Republican
senate like lion across his pathway.
lIcwill he a wise and lucky man Ia weather
all the difficulties that bcsct him. The
autumn elections may show which way
the wind blows
REMINISCENCl,s or WARRIOR.
An immense crowd will leave WASH
ingtun Friday for New York 20 attend
the funeral of Gen. Grant Every milf
tary man wants To be there The weather
will have NIL Ia do with the Splcndor and
success OF the day. Had il remained as
hot rs ii was aWeck ago, the pa
radc would have been dangerous
thing. Thousands would lave fallen
victims Ia the torrid spell especially
those mrncssed up in uniforms II will
he a great day, II Is estimated that
I full 500, 900 non-reSidcnis will witness or
participate in the pageant. The regular
fare from Washington Ia New York il
$500 each way. The rate has been
put down So for the round trip
The tickets are good for week and
many will take advantage of the cheap
fare to put IN few days at the watering
places.
4 great deal has been written of Gen.
/ Grant, and, some people think, too much.
/ To people who knew him, who understood
the simple grandeur of the man. moth
ing too good can Ice said, lie
had his faults, like all man
kind. hui most of them
came from mn unsuSpccting and contdlng
nature. In business matters and the
ways of the world he was
ABsOLuTEIN GuuELEss.
M one who knew him would for Il mo-
mcnt suspect him of anything that was
diShonoriblc have never heard Ncm-
n,.r,t ,Vln luaNV him WILL hpfarp the var