The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-11-12
Jasper Courier corrsspondeacsl
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, d. O., Nov. s, 1856.

II is remarkable but true that the
lGoyernInent officers OF the United States.
here and elsewhere, with their l30, 900
lempIoyes, are going on in their work
Iw It'll industry and regularity. This state
Iof things ie unparalleled. II has had no
lcxistence except in the dreams Of enthu-
SHASTA. But TO make the surprise more
Isur;rising, this reform has been brought
about BY the unredeemed and unrcdeem-
Iable, too utterly unspeakably bad DEM
locrats. Has the tongue Of Radical bar
lsnyucs losi its lubricity? Have the de-
tions with which he was wont TO rally
1.-The rural Republican become thread
bare? why Is this thusS What mesn
lthese moss grown stumpe, no longer
lpressed BY The number mines Of frontier
Blaineites? Where il our once un-l
tanned and rampant tor bread and butter|
1 IRel.nblican oratorical mendacity? C0mel
Here be sits in the Patent Office exam.
lining an application for Q patent on 81
Icburn or bnstle, or an improved baby
walker. There he 10 in the Pension Or
Ifice, hard at legitimate work under Dem.
Ionratic Commissioner Black, who with .
lsmaIler force passed many more pen.
Ision cases than any Republican Commits
lsioner. aud paid 50 OCO, 900 more IN pen
sions than Republican Dudley, his pre-
ldecessor. You see him il The Treasury
Department. 10 the Land Office. the In
ldian Office. the Post Ofiicc ~ elsewhere
hard At work. How tame he looks. He
will not hurt you. His maign energy
lie acotched. There il . restless pent-
lup-ness about him. Ii seems abnormal
Ia IL Io a. <<sE
during . political campaign, but il will
lnof kill him. BY and by the novel idea
|tbat he IL paid 10 work for the United
States and not for the Republican party
|wiiI take root IN the worn soil Of his
moral sense. His inocuous political
iesuetude will be blessing 10 the coun-
TRY.
/ What wonderful changes have taken
lpIace IN twenty months. They have
overcome ne like GUNNER cloud, not
dark and portcntious, but big with sal
IubrioHs showers.
4 Twenty months ago. the property
lowners in Washington were despond-
ent. 1t was predicted that Democrat
lie President would dismiss All the Office
holders, that five thousand owners of
homes in Washington would have to cell
lat loss. and that fall in real estate
lwould follow. The result has been the
reverse Of that predicted. Instead Of
Wholesale dismissale, only the idle. the
incompetent aud the dissipated were
least out The health, the moral tone and
deficiency Of the public service was great.
|ly improved. An improvement in real
leststc and in general business followed
lac . natural result The Government
Iemploye and his dependante, who COM
pose fully one-hslf the population 0f
Washington, no longer feel that their
living depends upon political service, or
upon the ;ns and outs Of political par
,,lties. He has become . changed man -
lmore respected by others, having more
, plrespect for himself. His credit is better,
aud now, instead OF selling his home, he
holds IL at = higher price. Hundred1
who have heretofore rented property,
Ior lived In boarding houses, are buy
and building. One more term Of honest
democratic Administration will place
Tho National Capital on the solid ground
lof assured prosperity. It will require
|another term 70 enable the tree or polil,
Iical life which Cleveland has planted and
wstered, to take root and bear fruit
Should Blaine, or Logan, or Sherman
come IN two years hence, II would sure.
lly be uprootcd.
i / believe that . large majority Of Of
flee holders here are no longer Repub.
lican. They enjoy : security under civ
III service reform that they have neyel
! Vlknown before, and they are compelled
J TO see every day the improvement
which the Cabinet officers and The headl
OF divisions under Mr.. Cleveland have
= alintroduced. Thcy are mado to do morl
work for the government, but they ar'
mo longer required to do dirty and die
honcet work for the Republican party
y They are not harrassed day and nigh
with the reflection that unless thcv ASST
lin the reelection OF this member Of Con
lgrcss or that Senator, they will lnse hi
linllaacncc md lo.a ihaie hroa6 and h1af