The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1885-04-10
WARRINGTON lKrrsn.
(From our regular CORE Spondsn,.)
wAsmsoToS, March, Goth, 1885.

The situation In Washington is
full OF interest. but notat oil siarill' 3.
All tho Government offices feel the
thrill cf new life, and the sensa-
tlon TO Office holders Is novel and
alarming.
With president at the head Of
affairs who has breakfast at eight
o'clock, and who has finished an or.
dtnsry days work at an hour when
his predecessors were IN he'd; who
listens politely to the twaddie OF
Office seeking delegations, and then
sends tho office to seek the unherald-
ed man who dIsmisses half the cler.
ical parasites Of his household, for
"starter" who thinks before he acts
and acts before he speaks,-there l.
much TO cause surprise to those who
are accustomed 10 old time men and
methods. The example at the White
House would be Infectious, no doubt,
and would have Its infiGence on the
departments In time, hut II beglns 10
appear that the administration has not
relied on the slow process Of lnfec.
tion. The Cabinet officers whom he
has chosen, some Of them ai least,
appear 10 be meu Of deed who have
taken hold with courage tempered
by judgement. Useless clerks have
b zen discharged; expensive perquIs-
ties OF horses.and carriages have been
dispensed with, and the broad and
intricate jungle of the civil service Is
being surveyed and mspped for I'm
provement.
It Is curious to observe the alarm
aud ga'vanlc energy that Is actuat.
ing the large body of political hum
mers ard drones who have drawn
pay for years and years without do
Ing any Legitimate work. without, In
fact, having any Legitimate work 10
do. These men aud women would
b. willing 10 do anything now That
W 'uld have the semhlsnce OF work
and are put 10 absurd straits 10 appear
TO he doing something.
There are cietks of another class
wfo have pieni; tc 10 but whom IL
has been heretofore impossible 10
make to do their work. There are
many of this class IN tho u. S. Patent
OfIics where The wms os examining
and passing upon applications nf In
venfoTz ha. fallen in many cla~rt's
from six ta twelve months In arreaT :,
compelling the applicants for patent
~ wait often more than a year hef re
their patehts are granted. There sre
nearly bundred and fifty examiners
In the PA'ent Office and the force Is
ample to keep the work up 10 date.
but under the low mis-managemeut
Of the last eight years, many of these
examiners h.ve spent their time dut-
side of tae Patent Office, or In read
ing, talking and flirting with the
female employees of the ofii:e. Dur.
Ing The last Week change h - g Hde
over the snirit Of their dream. rIny
have heeh ordered, In so many words
To stop their gossip, reading a"d dis
honest loaiiDg. aud bring their york
up TO d ale, even II they have to work
at night. Toe cure thst this order
has accomplished appears miraculous
to those unacquafnted with the resl
nature OF the disease. The exanIn.
ers are now doing more In week
than they have done before In a
month, and at the present rate, theii
desks will 10 three months be cleared
of long and sh4mefulIy neglected
| accumulation.
The plaintivo cry OF previous ad.
ministrations to Congress has been,
"give US more clerks more clerks y
Mr. Cleveland's ringing command t.
the clerks, no longer backed by then
Republican influence, are buckling tc
1t in a way that Is edifyiDg.
There Is some discomfort and grun
bling at the policy and the appoint
ments OF Mr.. Cleveland, but 1t Il
sporadic end comes mainly from dis
appointed individuals. There Is one
fact that the great - 'dJ of the demo
! cratic party k"e,ss nlld rejoices In
and tho merely political and office
seeking class will be taught TO know
| Il sooner or later. Mr. Cleveland
was not an Office seeker himself, anc
has doubtless 40 love for Office seekers
as class. Ihe once sOuRDJ MIN
not to reward him for what he hef
done, hut because he was believed Il
be able TO begin desperately needed
regeneration. Representing ideas
and principles that are old So human
ity and as etern4l as democracy, ll'
is happily new aud unentangleo
man. let us have new methods. Til'
great heart Of the democracy mn,
we'll be Indifferent to private pang
and chagrins Ia the boundles- joy "
a rescued and reunited nation.
i Bob JpgersoIl says: "in 1888 tier
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