Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-09-06
WASHINGTON LETTER.
nv" ioung Texas Clerk has Been
Treated In the War De.
Cs, partment.
-Four OF 81, PR
Give notice.. *tS uo.s ''''
presidential App, tmen,s.
SPECIAL Correspondence Of Tho Gazette.

rs STUDY, as showing the WORKINGS ~ :,
sacred civil'service in another sbono 49,,
II 'ne fantastic phases 1t has assumed her
d 'oiore' Mr.. Virgins passed the exam
4 nation at mark--about so--consido,.,,,,
4 ABOVE the average. Had he only scoro
. siNty-ilve it would have sut,,ced nj,
. the rules, lie was strongly indorseJ !,
. senators Maxcy and Coke and Inv Fir.
I AUDITOR Chenoweth. lie presented him
@ SCH aiter appointment last March aud ,
e started out on the"six months probation,
win the two Republicans over him. win
ure 10 pasa upon him after the half.ye,r NJ
tne anxious bench. One of these fellow,
Is Charles Ebert, foreigner, and III.
oeher Is q Maryland Radical of the stal
Wart stripe II occurs TO them thu, !
young Virgins makes his way he win h,
III the line OF promotion and may in tim,
supplant them. He would be dangor
Gus party TO have around any.
way He is Democrat and
loaded with dynamite. He must be sci
ASIDE SO at the end OF the sixth month.
aiter having done his work fully and Won
Mr. Virgins Is informed by n note from
tne war department that he Is moi wanted
MS hall-year has been wasted and Lo
goes out of the department with Tho
| brand OF u. e, which would militafe
against his getting an appointment i'm any
other branch of the government NJ
lggins Is willing to rest his case upou
the merits of his work during the nrnbn'
tlohary term. He has appealed 10 the
secretary OF war, but Is Informed that he
cannot get a hearing from that high of.
neal until his return, the first of Ocfohcr
lie loudly calls for the books hearing nix
record, and is willing TO rise or fan by H.
lace Value. In the quartermaster.pen.
eial once, where Mr. Virgins was as
signed, there are only two Democrats ONT
Oh one hundred and ninety employees.
IL Is shame the way some of the states
nave been neglected in the matter of nnb.
nc patronage, which should be dispensed
illriy ana lully in every commonwealth I'm
the Union. '-' ~
There are something like II 900 persons
telnpioyed IN the different departments
mere, and do not believe Texas has n
n ,,,,i representatives in this long list
read the riot act as he has already done
on several occasions TO be long remcm-
bcred in this latitude.
| was talking with a gentleman within
the last day or two who has Just returned
from South American tour. Said he;
"Chili has broken up our grain and
-four trade on the West coast, ana the
Argentine Republic has wrested u from
us on the Eastern shore, and IL competing
some with us In the European markets.
The Chilians have sown great grain fields,
and they are buying the best agricultural
implements towork them with. Chm mas
of late years developed into the military,
maritime and commercial country SCUM
OF the Isthmus. Argentine is only eN-
porting about four million bushels oil
wheat 10 our three hundred millions,
but il is a land OF immense
possibilities. Its vast area Is almost al
tillablc soil and capable OF producing
prodigious quantities OF cereals. II Is the
greatest stock country on the earn; IL
has more cattle than all the United States,
more sheep and horses than any country
on the globe The horses are splendid
YOU can buy as good a one as the average
YOU see here for from $40 TO go. Inc
mares are never used except for breeding
purposes. NDtH thty III, w" wv
that they are killed for their hides. IL
wonld he considered AS much out OF
Mace there to ride or drive n
marc as Il would be TO pull the
reins over COW in the streets here. y
Senators sherman, Edmnnds, Logan ana
| Cullom have served notice this far IN ad-
vance that they are going TO oppose lnc
confirmation OF many OF the presidents
appointments next winter
Then the irOn-willed man who sleeps
nj the White House should swing on
high his meat-ax and leave not repuDh-
can In Office TO tell the tale.
+ All of these senators, with perhaps inc
exception OF Cullom, are candidates ioi
the presidential nomination IN 1883, ana
j Tho country is 70 be treated for the neN'
three wears to their spectacular struggles
Stimulated by the close vote OF the iasi
1 camnairn they will leave no stone unturhe,
10 secure the captaincy OF tue hcpuoncal
column In the next. Each one priuc'
himself that he possesses the inhefeh
quality of which his party Is IN quest an'
/ that ne carry its vote to man. LOgal
saws; "GiYe me one more chance !
was blaine that handicapped and pulle'
me under before. could rally the soldie
hoys. volunteers and regulars, and wa
: Grants bosom friend. The mugwump'
while not admiring my English or lone
horned Western style, would vote Tor M
4 n got before the country, for they b'
. iieye am honest. Mrs. Logan would !
J. lie White House TO the queens tast'
g Give me chance, but don't tie me
Brer Blaine any more" John, the COLI
blooded Buckeye, says, 81 baye q
e ways been solid with the BAN
I. IN. and business Interest
= ne country, especially OF New forl
" am on good terms with both stalwar
&. and haif-breeds, and the mngwnml
AZ would fan on my bosom and weep WI
n ioy al the opportunity 70 return 70 :
Republican fold. Icould nail ONO dos
hIg In the October election, discounti
90 Inc Maine mans majority. My broth,
30 Tecumseh, would whoop up the sold
= boys. have abundance OF means 70
r. nm the missionaries for evangelical NO
~ ~ in N the doubtful states. In fact J COT