Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-10-30

sOIy tnc1 dto biEnlnchnt anu uOb uhlnl-
portant. The work OF publication, OF
Of change, Of improve
ment, daily goes on in the Departments
under the new Administration. The
history Of single day would fill.H
volume, and would furnish Interestingly
reading 70 political philosophers and
economists. But 70, epitomize the his
tory Of week in a simple letter would
be remarkable feat Of election and
condensation. 49, s.tsfl
The members Of the Cabinet are at
work on their yearly reports. These
when completed, win be the Simplest
as well asthe ablest argument for the
continuation Of Democratic Adninis-
tration ever issued. They win show, a
great loppihgsotf or useless expenses
and worse than useless men. They
will show that q great step has been
taken in the direction OF cleanliness
and honesty of 1Coserhmeht. Tt may
strike some with surprise that the
Government Printing Office, after hay-
ing discharged iise hunered employees
and reducing expenses about $4,000
per month, is now doing more and bet
ter work than before. But this is a
state Of things that causes no surprise in
Washington, where ii is known that
the Republican party has, for years,
crowded the Goyerpment Offices like
omnibuses with political friends,
iayorites and relatives. 1t cannot be
claimed, oicourse, that at the end OF
twenty months Of Democratic rule
everything Il just as It should be, I.
will require twenty years to complete
the work Of purilication. and reform SO
well begun; and then it is more than
probable that the march ,ot progress
wall he characterized by slips Of. retro
erosion. Democrats are not all wise
and all powerful. Human weakness,
selfshness, and cupidity will assert
themselves. Nepotism and corruption
will show occasional outcropping.
But it is the belief Of patriots, and, ]
may say, Of politicians that we have
entered ;anpon auhigher and more
healthful plane Of political life and
morals. .
The estimates of the Department Of
Justice are already on the Presidents
table, and the estimates OF other De-
partments are pretty we'll advanced.
The reports circulated by Republicans,
that the clerks in the various Depart
ments have been actively engaged in
preparing campaign documents for the
Democratic party, are said authorit,-
lively to be y not entirely inaccurate.
The annual reports Of the various De-
partments, and the, estimates for the
coming year, taken together, it is be-
lieved, will constitute series Of magnfi-
cent campaign documents for the DEM
ocratic party. The present status and
the proper fate Of Geronimo have thus
far been only casually spoken OF at
Cabinet meetings. The subject is in
the hands of the President and the
Secretaries Of War and OF the Interior.
Their conclusion, when, they reach one,
will be consideredia Cabinet council.
The annual report of First Assistant
Postmaster General Stevenson for the
fiscial year ending June 80 shows q
net increase OF post-offices Of 1862
number filed by Presidential appoint.
ment, II; filed BY Postmaster General,
$3.50; total number OF appointments
during the year, 22,747, Of which 9,56e
were on removals and suspensions, an
increase in the latter item OF 8,756
over thesprevious year. The increase
in total appointments is 1920. There
are 1894 post-olfices, OF which rs are
first class.
Secretary Mannings health is SO
nearly restored that he has returned to
his official duties. Soon after Mr., Man
ming was appointed Secretary of the
Treasury, the late yioe-Presldent
Hendricks observed that Mr.. Manning
was most remarkable man, and ap-
peared to him to be as firm and solid as
a gate post. This tribute to the physi-
cal and mental strength OF the new
Cabinet officer was but the reflection Of
public opinion. With a constitution,
will-power, andindustry seldom united,
with great organizing mind, Mr.. Man
ming, not allowing himself reasonable
time for rest and diversion, attempted
to master the details and machinery OF
the great department. Of which he was
the head. No man knew better than
he the importance TO the country and
to his party that the reforms or changes
expected must be make, after an intel
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