The National tribune., 1885-03-26

Is That poor man that hangs princes fagcFs'
There is betwiSt that smile We would aspire to
That sweet aspect of princes and their ruin
More pans5 and fears than wars wcBien have.
-SAakSpfse,
Mr. Cleveland has held the reins of power
now three weeks. The great mass Cf peop,a
are hardly conscious that there has been p
change. Except that the mercury keeps cud-
ding around zero i'll a most exaspcrating way,
aud the March p'0wing viii have to be done in
! April, they see but little difference from q
| Spring coming in under Republican Admins
| tratiou. They have an undated affection for
the vicinity OF a warm stove, and, as they bor-
row tobacco Of each other with old fashioned
unanimity, they bewail the condition of the
wheat crop and swap the customary lies about
the destruction Of the peach-buds. Not one of
them can tell, without thinking, whether it
has been three days, three weeks or three
months since Inauguration Day. They would
give great deal more to know if there is going
To be enough war news to raise the price Of pork
than to be c0nfdentially Informed as to tho
! whole Of Mr. Cievelaud's contemplated appoint
ments. They would rather learn how to make
500 bushels Of corn go as far this year toward
paying taxes and store bills rs it did two years
ago than whether Randall or Carlisle is coming
out ahead in the struggle for the control Of the
Federal patronage. Whether Hendricks man
or Bynum's gets the indianapolis post t-oftice is
really of much less consequence to them than
whether they can persuade their wives and
daughters to make their last years benuets
and dresses do" another season. Secretary
ships, Commissionerships, Embassaderships aud
the like are remote and unnhuential things,
which they only see as through glass darbly,
while the price of produce and the condition OF
the roads 10 town are matters with which they
are face TO face every day in the year.
Though the lapse of time since the Inaugu-
ration is Of the least interest to these men, it
is of vital Importance to those who are gath
cred within tho municipal boundaries of Wash
ington. TO those who are already in office it
has been grateful respite from execution, which
each days continuance has helped build up
into substantial hope that they are to remain
in undisturbed possession of their places and
salaries. But to the place hunting pilgrims
who have hastened hither from all the four
corners of our great Commonwealth, each Of the
2l days since the new President rode in state
from the Capitol back TO the White House, has
been another ri hours Of suspense and ex-
pense-of
Hope long deferred that mal<eth the heart sick.
Living in Washington is not cheap for any
body-it is frfghtfully expensive for the Office
seeker, great or smaIl-who finds demands
upon him at every turn, which he did not eX-
pect or provide for. It is hardly within the
memory of man that place-hunter has come
on here sufficiently provided with money to
pay all his bills and take him back home in
good style. Long experience with this class
has made keepers of Washington hotels, board
g-houses, and Saloons wiser than serpcnts in
detecting the running-l0W of mans cash,
and in taking prompt measures to protect
themselves against any loss by him. The aver
age office-seeker, who has been staying in the
city ever since Inauguration. is now likely to
find, on coming down TO breakfast, an express
sion on his landlSdy's face something like this: