San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1886-11-04
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(Frcm Our Regular Corrcspondent.)

Hon. >. y. Cox said, there VIII DC
many holes in the House. The places
of many prominent men will be filled
by new ones." But Senator Kenno
thinks the democrats will have al
least twenty-five majority. They have
such a large majority in the present
House that it is not believed it can
be overcome unlets apathy shall pre-.
vail to u much greater extent in the
democratic than in the republican
districts.
The boldest declaration of the pres
ent campaign was made by Blaine in
n recent speech at Lewistown, Maine,
which was in effect that the republi-
cans would repeal the Civil Service
law and at once turn out every dem
ocrat in the service of the government
Civil Service Commissioner Oberly,
taking Blaine to task, said that hav
endeavored to make himself accepta.
BILE to the temperance people, the 10
boring mon and every shade of relig-
ious opinion, he now seeks to COM
mend himself to that portion of the
democracy opposed to Civil Service
system, in order to make his scaling
and election sure" In the campaign
of 1884 he promised to purify poll,
tics by introducing the very system
which he now deprecates so strongly,
if the people would honor hm with
their votes. Mr.. Oberly remarked
that it wss the boldest statement
Blaine had MADE Saffnes,
a gentleman from New York, q
leader OF the democratic party in that
CITY, who was here during tho week,
was speaking of the Presidents nat
ural anxiety in regard to the success
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 he is
will express their opinion OF the ad-
ministration and it's methods at the
polls this fall. He believes they are
with him, but he does not know it GER
tainly, and that renders him anxious
as TO the result. "Yes," continued
he, "C,eveland's present term is OK
detrimental But if the democrats
carry the next general election they
are in for twenty-five years OF power,
and nothing can stop them.
The journal of the House OF Rep
resentatives for the first session Of
the present congress has just been
issued, and it is exactly one half lar
ger than ever before. 1t is so bulky
that it had to be bound in two parts
of sixteen hundred pages each. Some
heroic remedy is needed for the bloat
ed Congressional Record, and it hat
been suggested that Congress adop'
n rule TINT no man shall make
speech from manuscript. That woulo
take out the worst trash which nov
seeks q harbor within the officia
chronicles.
Mrs. Cleveland is employing th'
5 pleasant autumn days in overseeing
! the improvements and repairs upor
r their country house. She drives on
there almost every afternoon, accom-
/ panied by her mother. The interest
ing stage of decorations has beer
1 reached, and the important question
! of ceilings, carpets, and draperies II
under consideration.
c Since the purchase Of his little farm
s the President has been much inter
ested in agricultural matters. H'
intends TO SOW twenty acres in Glove
and an orchard of New York pippil
a trees is 10 be set out Grape vine ar
a bors are being added to the placc,an'
r several COWS Of fine breed and othe
= blooded stock are to be stabbed ol
the premises. Mr.. Cleveland ba
been advised that man OF his IN
habit, doing so much mental worE
e needs something more invigoratini
than riding out for an hour or two
So he is anxious TO do some OF th
granger work himself this fall an
next spring, il only for exercise. Tn
farm is so far frr,n the road that
passer-by would have TO scan th
premises with field glass 10 recog
nize anyone. He can work to hi
hearts content consequently withou
being watched The President vi
find a great deal Of comfort IN thi
place after the business Of the da,
Is over. and be j. entitled 10 T. for b
Is working his life cut in ofioe