Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-07-31
Washington Letter.
From our Regular Correspondent.
WAsHINGToN, July Is, 1885.


ington and doubtless many more
throughout the country who are not
aware that there has been a change
Of Administration. The discharge
of a venomous Republican from a
Government office here is still a
sufficiently novel incident to cause a
sensation of terror and rage in the
gang which has held on through thick
and thin, by fraud or force, for many
years. When it was known that
Cleveland was elected they all ex-
pcc,ed to go, and at once set to pack
Ing everything, always excepting
their bloody shirt. Such a thing as
holdin-. to the promises of plat
forms lad never been practised or
believed in by them, and it never
once occurred to them that MIR.
Cleveland and his Cabinet would
live up to the very excellent pre-
cepts and principles of their public
utterances and platforms. The first
few days after the 4.h of March were
passed in expectation of deserved
dismissal by thousands in the public
service here in Washington. But
now that they have remained so long
unmolested they have assumed the
mental attitude of the "pampered
goose" and believe that this Demo-
cratic Administration was created es-
pecially for their use. Whenever
any one of them is pulled away from
the public crib the others set up a
cacklng and kissing which is deaf
ening and confusing, and the whole
radical press from the Atlantic to the
Pacific joins the chorus. It is a
great pity that these removals were
not made more rapidly and in bat
tniions, or rt least in squads instead
of one ut time.
There mas never been but one righ,
and decent Way TO transfer the Gov.
Crnmeht. ard that is one which CON-
,uends itself to everybody. The six
or seven thousand offices contem-
plated i'll tie civil servics law should
be left 20 the rules. The rules pro.
vide sbundantly for cases of incom.
potency, insubordination or immoral
conduct. The remaining Offices,
more than one hundred thousand in
number, should be dealt with openly,
fairly and courageousIy. They be-
long to the Administration, and the
Administration owes nobody an apol-
ogy for taking possession. The peo-
pie called the Democracy to govern,
and they expect them to do it..
There is no occasion for secrecy,
stealth, accusation-no need for any
thing except absolute assurance that
changes shall be made in the inter-
ests of the people, of order and of
purity in Government. The Presi-
dent has declared that be regards
Office as trust; that patronage shall
not be used for unworthy ends, but
that the good of the country and the
reputation of the Democratic party
shall furnish the standard by which
it is to be dispensed. Proceeding
upon such theory, and loyalty seek
ing to bring it to full fruition, it is
necessary to move along.
The War Department is in receipt
OF dispatches from the Indian Terri
tory which say that the disaffecte6
Indians are becoming quiet and that
there is a favorable outlook for the
settlement of the difficulties. Thus,
Il promising Indian war has been ef-
fectually nipped in the bud through
the energy and judgment displayed
by the Administration. Tho savage
scalpers had provocation enough
and were ripe for an outbreak. but
the sudden concentration of 1000
soldiers on Indian territory was an
argument and the only one they
could understand.
The opinion of the Attorney Cen
eral in the Dolphin case has fallen
like thuuderbolt ON Roach, Chan
dler, Robson and, it may be said,
the entire ring element of the Re-
publican party, and they realize now
that the 4th of November was day
of hard luck for them, the doom of
fat, fraudulent contracts and Ad-
ministration jobbery.
Secretary Whitney has undertaken
an entire reorganization Of the nine
Government navy yards not later
than next Fall. An investigation,
with this object in view, has been in
progress for several weeks, and it
will efectually break up the navy
yards as political organizations and
rout the Republican party from one
of their strongest and most corrupt
strongholds. Dem.
CONGRESSMAN Morrison OF Illi-