The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-11-11
WASHINGTON LETTER.
wAsHNaroN. Nov. 8, 1856.

w ASHlNGIQN, NOV. ., 1850.
Those features OF Tuesdays. contest
which were unexpected and seem mex
plicable are still the chief subject of
were;full of small sized miracles. When
Preside. Cleveland first formulated
his polio of civil service reform you
heard Cd deal said about the oppO-
sition it uld meet in the north and
the dispos. don of the southern people
to approve OF it. Yet North Carolina
let Representative Cox be defeated in
convention, and develops sudden tan
cy for anti-democratIc procliYities in
her delegation. Kentucky cuts Speak
er Carlisle's vote down to a mere shad-
ow of its former self, and Virginia
throws away her democratic seats in
| congress with reeklessness. On the 9TH
er hand, Minnesota, the old republican
stronghold, polls 50 close q vote 5 to
leave the issue in doubt for a time,
Massachusetts pushes Andrews almost
to the front and New Hampshire al
most breaks ker-sIraight republican re-
| cord in the house.
| The news OF Speaker Carlisle's posi-
bic defeat caused profound surprise
here. That OF Mr.. Morrison did not, as
it had been regarded among the possi
! bilities. He mas always had more or
less close contest, and his district is re-
ally republican, although he has re-
Veatedly carried it by his personal pop
clarity.
! The question of who is likely to sue
coed Mr.. Morrison as chairman OF the
committee on ways and mears is one
about which little definite idea can be
formed at present. Mr.. S. S. Cox Will
require to be placed. and there is an
impression that somehow lie may be
Mr.. MOrriSon's successor. He has q
longer congressional record than any
other democrat in the house, and he
has been very prominent in the party.
Hardly any body alludes to Mr.. Nor
rison bus speaks of his conspicuous
honesty. When Morrison previous to
1880 was spoken of as a possible can
didate for tie presidency, Gen Eppa
tIuntOn, OF Virginia, then a member OF
the house, was said to have struck the
mark when he expressed the opinion
that If Morrison were made president
there would be more honesty and less
manners in the white house than at any
time since General Jackson lived there.
have from good authority that Mr..
Blaine believes that President Cleve-
land will be re-nominated in 1888, and
that he will be reelected. That is why
he says he does not expect to be nOmi-
mated himself at that time, and why he
says he does not want TO be. He has
said recently with great emphasis that
he would never accept nOmin att on
for the presidency unless he felt GER
tain of election. lie will work for some
good Blaine man, though, in the re-
j publican convention of 1888, and bide
his time. He viii keep himself before
|
how to do than he, tor the nomination
in 1892. Mr.. Blaine will not be as old a
man, even then, as was Samuel Tilden
when he elected in '76.
Mr.. Blaine's recent attack in one OF
his campaign speeches, upon the civil
service reform record Of the admins
tratiOn came with a very bad grace
from him, 10 say the least OF it. lie has
a number of relatives and friends in the
employment of the government here
some of whom are retained in their
places because of 4 desire to show cour-
tesy to the presidents late opponent.
His private secretary draws a salary al
the state department while he is still
attending TO Mr.. Blaiue's business here.
His brother is stlll retained as curator
of the agricultural department muse
um, and his son remained in the court
of Alabama claims until that institu-
ton expired, could cite other dopen-
dents OF his who are quUrtered on the
government. Yet in the face OF this he
has the efr0ntery to abuse the admins
tration for turning out more efficient
old clerks and putting their friends in
their places.
.. From the 10Th of November until al
ter congress meets, the president will
grant no more private interviews to
visitors except to such as call upon
business of actual public Importance.
His public duties are unusually onerous
just now, and he must have time to
write his message TO congress,