Telegram-herald., 1886-09-12
FROM THE CAPITAL
Changes Effected by the
"Whirligig OF Time.
ALL QUIET on THE POTOMAC. 4"
The Democratic Text Book Reviewed
A Daughter of Col Ellsworth
Murderer Receives an Appoint
mountaineering Gossip.

The National Democratic Congressional
Committee has lis headquarters ia tae mag
niheent dwelling house formerly owned and
occupied by zachafiah Chandler. Many .
Michigan politician now on the retired
list. as well as some still on the active
list. would recognize in moment the
grand brOWn-stone mansion on / street =
~ ia which the distin sulshed senator hFed
and met his constituents ana Hicho7
now The busy Office of the Junior Senator
from West Virginia John l., henna, chair
man of said committee. The Democratic
textbook for the campaign has just neen
issued and is being distributed 20 ne"sp4-
pers, etc This book has not been puohshea
| for general distribution, as heretofore, DAT
j. for sale at one dollar copy or eighl
copies for i've dollars, owing 10 scarcity oi
/ funds
Coneressmen, officials aud others who |
| have been in the habit of contnbut- |
/ ing to campaign funds have not |
/ done 50 this year, on account |
of the civil service law Those who want |
the book in their districts must pay Tor II. |
Thi. book contains some very interesting !
| material Ii contains list OF ';knglsh
landlords who own 2OSi7 Oo5 acres OF
| American free soil" 1t devotes chapter
10 "ab.enteeism,n and undertakes 10 show
that President Cleveland ; Civil Service Re
form policy has been the policy since the
days of Jefferson. Nineteen closely pflnteo
pages are devoted 10 civil service re-
| form. The al eyed maladministration III the
Coast Survey Bureau is severely dealt with
in a long chapter. The management OF the
Pension Office under Republican rule, Is
exposed 10 severe criticism. The new III
ternational policy is commended and II Is
claimed that new era is 10 be lnaugurateu
by which foreign markets are 10 be opened
up. IN
From a strictly partisan standpoint, all
of the departments and many Of the more
important bureaus are treated Oh
Most of the book is devoted 10
administrative reform, tariff ana puo
lie matters with details IN great variety.
A chapter is devoted 10 the President
3 fight with the Senate, another OF railroad
| aftorneys in the Senate. One paragraph Is
5 devoted TO the fishery question and another
1 Ia the Cutting ca.e-the case OF the late
: Mr.. Cutting" as be is now called Of course
a the people. the dear people, are just dying
for sucn mighty interesting readln as
that now pouring out OF the mousse Oi
"Michigan's great commoEer no one
II need be superstition. enough TO imagine
= that there is anything ominOus IN the tact
a that Time, the most subtle yet the most
= Unstable of depredatOrs has wrought such
a change There IS nothing I'D IL
II Another turn of the whriiglg hnds
II Secretary Lamar Lucius Quintius Curuu'
10 Lamar, of Mississippi-at this time, away
Is up in New England, preparing the address
g which he will deliver. on the first o
Is November next, at the unyeIlng OF TIT
S, statne of John c. Calhoun, in Charleston
Of | : c. He will. no doubt, refer TO the recen
" EARTHQUAKES and the fact that the great
r rich North" has rushed 10 the 'front.', no
mr. only willing but anxious 10 conulDut
Ia everything necessary TO sustain the peopi
- who have erected that monument, IN com
"a fort and 10 restore their homes and busl
rs ness Certainly the cement required Z
Ike mite and solidifv the National structur
ne appears to be abundant and the people {
IN the almost ruined city cannot tan 10 see 10
Tx differences between the conditions OF th
ed North and those of the South and yet II Is OF
short time since | heard dlstingulshe
gentleman from Georgia heaping maiedl6
fIons upon the frozen hearted Yankees.
ON such occasions as this will assist, greatly
ir in removing the bitter preIudlces ana n
- mo the Southern heart with fire OF love IL
81 stead of hate, perhaps
nv "Tiue. whose millioned accidents
,c- Creep in twixt vows, and change DEGREES
I'll rans Sacred beauty blunts the sharpest intent
to Diverts strong minds to the course Of aiterI
the things.
air lam not one of those who believe that u
The gratitude of the people of Charleston Will
de- found to consist of "a lively sense OF faVO
re, to come"
to Miss Amelia Jackson. the daughter
lck CAPTAIN James Jackson, proprietor OF .
An Marshall House Alexandria. Virginia, WI
ted killed Colonel Ellsworth on the morning
: a May a. 1861. for tearing down the come
, crate flag Eying over the hotel, and WI
:; was inmediatlv thereafter killed by Prlvs
Rrovnel now special examiner OF
1 Pension Ofice-has just been appointed
on7 a position in the Patent Office. The Sou
Is can no longer complain that she Is
Is represented here, her quota Is pei
II gradually filed. One thing IS rea
air remarkable concerning examinations
yed positions in the civil service. ear al
year now the rule has been the same, on
average. one-tbird of the candidates p
the examination and 20 upon the list oi
igibles The ignorance OF many who
plv and are examined is certainly asiohi
nv" ing and deplorabe.
There IS erearrei0icing here as elsewh'
the over The capture Of the Appache nosiiles
Us tie probable end Of their bloody wo
II Is sad that they will be fakel 20 Flor
i7 for punishment The ffitc SAYS " ne
ritter / or Geronimo IS to be shot by order 81
sold court martial or hung 80 the ordinary
take biau fashion IS set 10 be determined
fh: chances greater than either, are that ln-
-6 If 81 wear ZEE will be- ex'ied To Buffalo Is
AZ or An army officer here SAYS. "t depe
that nuon the conduct Of The whites
opev how the Indians on the resel
ev Is fions are treated by agents Whei
ader. there viii be any more uon
any 1.-THE Indians remaining At large are
! YOU treated they wii pronanly behave 90
good selves and remsin quiet Those
: tie fkelv. nov. 10 make trouble are tie
hurs- compabgres. IN the mountains ot toiol
viii ard those ~ the wilds Of Washington
one riforv. These are not really saYsgfs
ldrsd are inclined 90 plumber and can easily
10 see eeal themselves in their iastnessfs.
It Fail / trouble is. the whites are too sEEre'
and and too much inclined 60 take advan
vou / offhe Indians and bully them
ur.elf The summer has passed SOM
, thew ise watering places have already shut
that | sbop. and people are returning from
+ can Ssmmer "oufings We are emo
rs the pleasant weather. although rsther ory
when dusty
f4H General Black has returned from
long iourneT - the Pacific coast out
he ~ sgsin in few day. - address
Society - The Army u The Iennesse"
ght e Rock Island III on ths 18th instant
70 his will respond At tire banquet - The
~ ran eour CasntrY ard Flag
ith a. II sill soon bs FsiF-time ard Pres
found Cleveland vii havs - fef out @ei
sd ar ha aiIl not meet the u