Western Kansas world., 1886-11-13
THE NATIONAL VIEW.

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A correspo ondent of ours who lives in
Washington City gives the following pen
picture of the result of the elections last
week The national capital is the ideal
location from which to review such ma
tional panorama. The decisions of our
correspondent are not hattering to Demo
cratic prospects, but they are not over
drawn. He goes on to say:
The first Democratic administration
with which the nation has been affiict-
ed since Democratic statesmen plotted
against the old flag in the cabinet of
James Buchanan, has been tried for
twenty months. Through the November
ele, tions the country has said enough y
The fact that Democratic control of the
house of representatives is imperiled, if
not altogether lost, is no accident of poll
tics; it means something. The Repubi-
cans were we'll satisfied with the facts
and figures the day after the election,
but now they are jubilent. From Cali
fornia to Massachusetts, there is an
almost continuous succession of Repub-
lican gains. The few losses due to local
causes are insignificant when compared
with the many surprises OF the opposite
character. Colonel Morrison and Frank
Hurd are gone, and the political atmos-
phere is full of farewells of the dying
and mourning for the dead.
The senate too is safe in Republican
hands for at least two years from the
fourth of next March. Harrison, and not
Mcdonald, will be Senator Voorhees,
colleague, for Indiana came up on the
right side, as did also California and Ne
vada, while old Virginia showed what
she would have done last year if she had
been permitted to elect.
The Democrats here are overwhelmed
with surprise at their losses, and the re-
suit of tie election is still the chief sub
ject of discussion. Congressman are re-
turning to Washington every day, many
of them sadder but wiser men. [ was
thinking Of the expression Of dissappoint-
ment the Democratic side of the House
will present this winter. There will be
about thirty of the more distinguished
men of that party who will leave for con-
gress next March, never to return, besides
those Of less importance.
Members of congress have been great
ly missed at the autumn races which
have been in progress here for ten days.
Last spring the legislature attended in
large numbers. Col. Morrison had just
finished his tariff bill, and was awaiting
an opportunity to get it before the house
when his own followers were at hand and
when his enemies we're off their guard.
He thought the racing season would be a
good time, but he soon learned that his
free trade brethren were too fond of the
the horses to stay at the capitol. The
Kentucky delegation, his chief depen-
dence, went to the race track in body
nearly every day, and all of Morrisons
efforts could not keep them away. More
over, the Republicans learned what he
was up to, and resolved to await patient
ly around SO as to thwart his scheme.
Several of the Kentucky congressman are
excellent judges of horses, and know the
records of leading racers much better per-
haps than points in political economy.
The French guests who came to this
country to participate in the ceremonies
attendant upon the dedication of the
Bartholdi statue have been in Washing
ton this week seeing the sights. They
gave banquet to the representatives of
their government here, although the
French minister himself was absent from
the city. They went to the White House,
of course, to be introduced to the presi-
dent. After the present attentions had
been made Count De Lesseps made a
little speech for his companions, and the
President made little speech in reply.
1t has seldom happened that SO many
distinguished and representative French
men have been in Washington at one
time. Prince Napolen was also here dur
ing the week to see the city.
FRIEND ROYCE. of the Smith Cen
ter Bulletin, thinks he can see where the
lost by refusing to renomi-
nate him for county attorney. They
nominated man named Myers, who had
been browsing around in the political
pasture wherever the best feed was in