The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-11
WASHINGTON LETTER.
rFrom Our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, D. c.,
Nov. s. 1856.

" AOOO. |
Those features of Tuesdays con-
test which were unexpected and
inexplicable are still the chief sub
ject of discussion here. Indeed
the elections were full of small
sized miracles. When President
Cleveland first formulated his pol
icy of Civil Service Reform you
heard a good deal said about the
opposition it would meet with in
the North and the disposition of
the Southern people to approve of
it. Yet North Carolina lets Rep
resentative Cox be defeated in con-
vention, and developes a sudden
for anti-democratic proclivities in
her delegation. Kentucky cuts
Speaker Carlisle's vote down to a
mere shadow of its former self,
and Virginia throws away her
democratic seats in Congress with
recklessness. On the other hand,
Minnesota, the old Republican
stronghold, polls so close a vote
as to leave the issue in doubt for a
time. Massachusetts, pushes An
drew almost to the front, and New
Hampshire almost breaks her
straight Republican record in the
House.
The news of Speaker Carlisle's
possible defeat caused profound
surprise here. That of Mr.. Morri-
son did not, as it had been regard
ed among the possibilities. He
has always had a more or less
close contest, and his district Is
really Republican, although he has
repeatedly carried it by his person
al popularity.
The question of who is likely to
succeed Mr.. Morrison as Chairman
of the Committee on Ways and
Means is about which little definite
idea can be formed at present. Mr..
S. S. Cox will require the placed,
and there is an impression some
how that he may be Mr.. Morri-
sons successor. He has a longer
Congressional record than any
other Democrat in the House, and
he has been very prominent in the
party.
Hardly anybody alludes to Mr..
Morrison but speaks of his con-
spicuous honesty. When Mr.. Nor.
rison previous to 1880 was spoken
of as a possible candidate for the
Presidency, General Eppa Hunton.
of Virginia, then a member of the
House, was said to have struck
the mark when he expressed the
: opinion that if Mr.. 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
}, The President did not go home
to vote last Tuesday but he sat in
; the room adjoining the little tele'
graph office of the White House
| that evening, and read the news
, direct from all parts of the coun'
try as fast as it came. Of all the
fimsy reasons given why the Pres
: ident did not go to Buffalo, prob
ably the s%illiest explanation was
that he did not wish to vote for
certain Democratic candidate fol
8 Congress in the Buffalo district
that gentleman having made {
: speech some time ago, in which i
is alleged he expressed lack o
sympathy with the Administra
5 ton. The whole thing abou
r which so much ado was made
amounts to nothing, but 1 viii
= state one good reason why he wa
/, not there. He removed from th'
district some time ago, although
l he is entitled to registration il
t Buffalo, is at present disfranchise(
like many other residents of Wash
ington.
l have from good authority tina
: Mr.. Blaine believes that Presiden
: Cleveland will be re-nominated il
1888, and that he will be reelected
That is why he says he does no
expect to be nominated himsel
at that time, and why he says h
does not want to be. He has SAT-
recently with great emphasis tina
: he would not accept a nomination
for the Presidency unless he fel
f certain of election. He will worl
for some good Blaine man, though
in the Republican convention o
1888, and bide his time. He viii
: keep himself before the country, a
e no one knows better how to d.
than he, for the nomination in 1892
Mr. Blaine will not he as old a man
/ even then, as was Samuel Tilde1
o when he was elected in '79.
Mr.. Blaine's recent attack in ONT
of his campaign speeches, upon
: the civil service reform record o
r the Administration, came with
t a very bad grace from him, to say
+ the least of it. He has a numbe,
of relatives and friends in the en-
l ployment of the Government here
some of whom are retained in theil
places because of a desire to show
courtesy to the Presidents late op
ponent. His private secretary
| draws a salary at the State Depart
ment while he is still attending to
Mr.. Blaine's business here. Hi:
brother is still retained as curator
of the Agricultural Department
t museum, and his son remained in
the Court of Alabama claims unit
that institution expired. could
cite other dependents of his who
are quartered on the Government
Yet in the face of this he has the
effrontery to abuse the Administra'