The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-10-30
rro. or Regular rcors>pes1<st.I
WAsHfNGTON LETTER.

II WAsHiSG10Ss ~. e. Oct. 20, 1885.
It 4 useless to deny that the result o
lthe Ohio election II serious disappoint
Iment 20 Democrats here The return o.
John Sherman TO the Senate IL politica
Iealamity. He j. an impious fraud and
ieoeftor Of frauds, and the only reason
Iwhy be is not known and pilIoried u
such ts because HE political career Il @
foil Of crookedness aud tergiversafiou
that tt baf1es povfraiture. He has been
lon both sides or every side Of the iinan.
IciaI question be Was the arch demon oi
Ithe most disgrsceful episode in Ameri.
ican history. and il more conspicuous 20.
day ss . candidate for the presidency
than any other Republican
Well, let them nominate him and give
tne great statesman 81 opportunity 10
Iuse the campaign documents and the old
steel plates Of his portrait that be had
prepared by the thousand ct government
Expense while he was making .good
crops' - secretary OF the Treasury six
years ago. His record will not be e
easily shown up a. that OF Blaine. for be
y more cunning and careful man than
the late candidate He will probably
not drive on the mugwamps as Blaine
did but with oil Blaine's boldness and
badness. be would not stoop to do the
despicable things that John Sherman Il
known 70 have done
have 1t from good authority that the
President IL very anxious for the elec-l
ton Of the Democratic Governors in
New York and Virginia. He does not
believe that the result ID Ohio il due 10
any fault or failure Of his. or that the
federal administration was on trial IN
That election In spite OF all that has
been said to the contrary, Nr. Hosdly
~ not the Presidents candidate il any
Ipeciai sense After Mr. HoadIv had
been nominated. the President. - ~
Democrat, would have been glad OF his
'lection, but il was inconsistent with bis
policy 20 take any conspicuous part n
be election His example was Watched
ND followed By thousands Of govern
nent clerks here, nearly sll Of whom, 4
20 sorry TO say, are Republicans And
however much his action or rather in
'ction may be depiored and criticised By 4
ome democrats. il must be admitted
nat it - In decent and dignified contrast {
nth the conduct OF lthe administrations (
4 Grant, Hayes and Arthur, which have
een % justly condemned BY the DEMO-
rAiic press
[! have nothing to write in the vsy off
olilical news; this IL not the se;son J
or Z, and know you prefer facts % !
rophecy. The President = very reti-
ent. and bic Cabinet have taken their !
ue from him. Nothing i known until !
is matured and done. This 4 a.
ourse not agreeable to the Journalistic !
rofession. The shrewdcsf and mn-f !
nterprising reporters fnd themselves 4
-ying 20 look through brick walls into
psqne infnity. An order has recen,Iy II
zen i-sued 10 al government officials ]
'rolddiDe them 10 give out any matter +
'lating 70 the subjects that must be :
Gated u In the Presidents message. OF !
the annual reports Of the DEPART =
ents- But the time il NOT far distant 4
hen the Senate and the House viii b. y
Congress assembled. and when I viii r
able % give you news q first hand =
'Iess. indeed Senators and MEMBER =
Al try to model their tongues on the !,
iIence i golden" example OF the Ad- = y
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