Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1885-04-10
WASHINGTON LETTER.
tFrom our regular corrcspondent.))
Washington, April 5, 1885.

very smoothly under the new man
agemeut and it is conceded on al
hands that more and better work i
accomplished under the new regime
| AS yet the heads of the different de
lpartments have been able to do bu
very little in the way of reorganiza
ton and reform, but the needlessl,
complicated system of the various
bureaus are receiving careful stud,
and it is expected that from 1,50(
to 1000 clerks will be discharged il
Washington alone.
A large crowd gathered about tn
stables last Thursday at the sale O
government horses and carriages or
dered by Secretary Lamar. The ell
egant equipagesbrough good prices
but the money returned to the u. S
treasury is but a small portion of thu
amount that will be saved. An ele
egant and expensive stable will
grooms, drivers and horses, all cost
ing not less than S12, 900 to SIS, ,00(
per year will no longer be maintain
ed at the expense of the taxpayer
and the example of honesty ano
Democratic frugality will be felt II
all the branches of the service ovel
which the secretary of the interior
presides.
1t appears that the example Of
economy has already been felt by
the Republican majority in the q. S.
senate. for the caucns has debated
proposition to reduce the expen-
ses of that luxuriant body S75. 200
to 500, 900 per year. In the first
place, they propose to return to Gen.
Ben Butler the house for which the
senate has paid an annual rental of
SIS, 600, and next, to reduce the
ndmber of clerks aud employees Of
whom there are many more than are
needed.
President Cleveland is MAINTAIN
ing his reputation as a thorough
worker. He keeps cool, does one
thing after another, never attempts
to do two things at once, and has am
pie time to.look into and examine all
the questions he Is called upon to
decide. His habits of hard work
and long hours will enable him to
give the great work before him con-
scientious and careful attention.
There is no doubt but that he is
more or less bored by crowds and
curious people who more than mere
officc-seekers are anxious to see the
president, but he does not worry or
fret. A friend suggested to him the
other day that certain appointment
which it was known would par
ticularly please a certain news
paper might be advisable on that ac-
count. 1t would secure the friend
ship of that paper for his admins
tration absolutely. His reply to this
was, "Oh, well they have all got to
come to it anyhow" He does in fact
believe that every reputable news
paper in the United States is bound
to come to his support, because
he does not intend to adopt any
course of action as president of the
United States which reputable jour-
nails can succeed in persuading their
readers is wrong.
When our bilious Republican friends
recall their gloomy auguries of what
would follow the election of Dem
cratic president, they must be amazed
at the inaccuracy of their imagi-
nations. A few weeks ago they were
induIging iE horrid visions of long
-tobacco-eating bandits who
they thought would take the Capitol
by storm and rob ''the truly good
and daintiIy nice" of their soft seats
and salaries. No civil service law,
they predicted, could stand between;
these long famished s'outs"and the
long withheld good things of Office.
The Union soldiers would have to
give way to the gaunt and hungry
'sgrey coats" The dreaded Demo-
cratic president is in the seat so re-
Gently occupied by Grant, Hayes,
Garfield and Arthur, And yet things
in Washington go on very mneh as
before. There is no decline IN real
estate consequent upon the dismiss
ed government clerks having their
houses forced upon the market. In
fact there is no depression anywhere
except In the minds and hearts of
these clerks who are conscious that
they have nothiug to do and have no
reason or right to draw salaries from
the public treasury. Outside of
this army of Republican spollsmen,
Ioafers and creatures, male and fe-
male, who have been appointed and
upheld solely by influence, ,-all is
peaceful and prosperous at the Cap
itoI, and numerous Republicans are
now saying, t.lat the change came
not day too soon.