Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-06-25
WASHINGTON LETTER.
lFrom our Regular G Correspondent

WASHINGTON, ID. G., ,June 10. 1885.
The scramble for Office in the District
of ColNmbia, where no office hunter
can say that he is entitled to reward
because he voted the Democratic ticket.
is as intense as it is anywhere else.
The President has but about O. bakers
dozen of Federal places at his disposal
here, but he finds them quite as trouble
some as he has those of Chicago. where
in he teok the ward politician bull by
the horns and made the appointments
to suit himself. 1t is to the credit of
Mr.. Cleveland that he has practically
ignored the opportunities of the bosses
in making up his appointments, both
in the important positions and those in
which political influence is not the
chief objective point, and rs a rule /
think ne has made but very few mis-
takes. The President set o&ft with q
discrimination not to be imposed upon
and herein is one of the principle
reasons for the apparent apathy of the
executive ia making his selections.
| This is great country, whose affairs
are now important enough to require
upwards Of hundred thousand Off
cials to transact them, and for every
one OF them and every one of their acts
the President is holden to be respons;-
Bile. Then why should he not go Slow
The old Liberty Bell, which has been
doing duty since last January at the
New Orleans Exposition, left here
his morning for its old home in Inde-
irndence Hall, Philadelphia. 1t has
becn generally supposed that the enOr-
NOUS crack in this bell was made bv
the enthusiastic bell-ringer when it|
was proclaiming liberty throughout the
land to the inhabitants there of 1776.
but such is not the case. The bell was
in excellent condition for more than
half century after that or until 1882.
when upon the death of Chief Justice
John Marshall, its mournful cadences
We're suddenly brought to an end by
the abrupt opening Of the seam, even
while the funeral cortege was passing
the door of the old hall. For one
hundred and ten years the old bell has
hung In the hall, only to be disturbed |
upon two occasions prior to its final
death wound, those occasions being the |
anniversary Of Independence on the 4th
of July in every year, and the tollinr
all day on the 9th Of July, 1926. upon
c.AS ~ SAPo "a HCWo Nj bliG SIiluiLuUpOuSl |
death Of John Adams and Thomas
Jefferson on the 4th Of July of that
year.
Through the munificence of Mr.. VIM.
ID. Vanderbilt, the magnificent presents
made to General Grant during his
tour around the world in l878-'79, have
been deposited in the Treasury Depart
ment for safe keeping until proper
arrangements are made to place them
on exhibition at the National Museum.
These gifts required fifteen huge boxes
In transportation from New York City
here, and of course there is nothing ii, |
the whole list that can not. be ranked
as either rare or costly. The onyxl
cabinet from Mexico, presented 6y
PRESIDENT Iturbide and other Mexican I,
1ignitaries, embraces d wonderfullyI
rare and valuable collection of stones.
IND there are snuff boxes, and neck.
aces, and bracelets, and finger rings,
md writing secretaries, and caskets .
Without end. PHONE.