The weekly Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 1882-188?, 1886-11-04
WASHINGTON LETTER.
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pieXiOn of the FiftIclh Congress.
l here is great diversity o:
opinion, of course, IL. 10 which
party will have Il INA jurIty. ~
Hon. ;. : Cox said: Ineie viii
be mary holes III the House.
The places Of many prominent
II eu will he filed by new ones.
Eut Senator kenna thinks the
Democrats viii have at ica-t J
twenty five majority. They
have such 4 large majority in !
tie present House that it is not
e'ieVed it can be overcome
unless apathy shall prevail to a
much greater extent in the
Democratic than in the Re
publican districts.
The bOldest declaration OF |
the present campaign was made !
by Blaine in q recent speech III
LewistoWn, Maine, which was
in effect that the Republicans
wOuld repeal the Civil Service
law and at once turn out every
Democrat i'll the service Of the
Government. Civil Serv c..
Com MiSsioner Oberiy. taking
Blaine to task, said that having
GLdcavrred to make himself
acceptable To the temperance
people, the lIDOriue men ana
every shade of religious opinion,
he now seeks to commend him
self to that portion Of the Dem
OcTacy opposed to Civil Service
system, in order to make his
calling and election sure. In
the campaign OF 1884 he promi5-
ed TO purify politics by in
Producing the very system
which he now deprecates 50
strongly, il the paopie would
homer him with their votes. alr
I % .rIy remarked taaJ it was
the boldest statement Blaine
had made so far, and showed
! his swiveellike prnciivities.
A gentleman from New York,
leader of the Democratic party
i'll that city who was mere dur,
ing the week, was speaking of
The Presidents natural anxiety
in regard to the s1ccess of the
PARTY in New York this fall. He
has been on trial for eighteen
months, and he thinks the
people of the State which put
him where be is will express
their opinion of the Administra-
ton and its methods at the
polls this fall. He believes
they are with hin. hnt he does
cot know it certainly, and that
renders him anxious as to the
result. Yes, continu,d he,
ClevelaDd's present term il ex-
perimental. Bat il the Demo-
GTa:s carry the next general
election they are in for twenty
1--WE ye1rs of power, and nothing
can stop them.
The journal of the House of
Representatives for the first
session of the present Congress
has just been issne1. and it is
exactly one half larger than
ever before. 1t was so bulky
that it had to be bound in two
parts of sixteen hundred pages
each, Some heroic remedy is
needed for the bloated Con-
sress ional Record, ana it has
, been suggested that Congress
adopt rHIe that no man shall
msf:e speech from manuscript,
, That would take out the worst
ttlrSh which now seeks q harlrr
within the official chronicles
Mrs. Cleveland is emp:oyitg
}, the present autumn days in
overseeing the improvements
ana repairs upon their cuuatry
, house. She drives ont there
almost every afternoon, ACCOM-
pan:el By her mother. The in
terestii'y stage of DECORATIONS
has been reached, aui tne i'm
; portant question Of ceilings, Car
pets, and draperics Is under Goa.
sideration.
Since the purchase of his
little farm the President ha-
been nue. interested in asri
: cultural matters. He intend.
/ to SOW twenty acres in Clover
, and an orchard of New York
, pippin trees is to be set@ out
, Grape VINE arhors are being ad.
ded to the place, and several
: cows Of fne breed and other
blooded stock are to be Stabbed