The Republican journal., 1888-10-04
Notes from The National Capital.
Correspondence of the Journal1

Correspondence of the Journal
WASHINGTON, d. c., Oct. !, 1888. The political
ca'ron is boiling with no little activity in Wash
ington and the contiguous State of Maryland as
well as In other parts of the country.
There was an immense gathering in and about
Thomas Circle on Fourteenth street on the arrival
last Friday evening of the great ball which is being
rolled to Indiana, the home of General Harrison,
over the same course upon which similar one
was rolled to General Harrisons grandfather In
1910. Speeches were made and great enthusiasm
manifested The ball Is about ten feet in diameter
but hollow and not very heavy II is greeted at
every village, town and city along its way with
great Republican demonstrations, not indeed
unlike those exhibited for the Wing candi-
date, Gen. William Henry Harrison, forty ght
years ago, and which resulted in his triumphant
election.
The memorable log cabin and hard cider cam
paign could not have been much more earnest
than the present one, and the preponderance CT
prediction here is that the present contest will
eventuate as fortunately for the present Harrison
as the former did for his iustrious ancestor.
Politics are warming up in Maryland. Even in
the city where the Massachusetts troops-thc first
to march South for the defence of the Inon-were
iSN ~ popuis'tc Ill tllC StfectS, tnefe Is
strong, earnest, aggressive Republican party,
which Is making hot work for Mr.. Ravnor, the
Democratic Congressional candidate. With any
thing like a free ballot and an honest count it is
believed that the Republican candidate, MIR Stock
bridge, will be elected.
Last Friday evening meeting OF some four or
five thousand people was addressed from stand
out of doors by Congressman Millikcn from Maine
and Struble, of Iowa. The enthusiasm was at a
red heat, and the discussion of the tariff question
was listened to with an interest which has not
been witnessed there in any former campaign
Baltimore has many industries which are affect
ed by the Mills bill, and hundreds of old Demo
cratic workingmen and manufacturers are report
ed to be leaving the free trade Democracy for the
ranks of the Republican party.
How much can be accomplished In the face OF
Democratic political methods at elections in Balti-
more it is not possible of course, to predict but
willie no one expects the Republicans to elect their
State OF electoral ticket in Maryland, YOU need rot
be surprised to see an Improvement in Its congress
sional delegation and legislature.
The standing question here is, W hen will Congress
adjourn? and that question enc seems able to
answer. 1t Is hardly possible that it can get away
before the middle of October, and there is no Ger
tanty that it Will not stay until it shall be finally
adjourned by the provisions of the Constitution on
the fourth of next March.
We are just now having weather quite a, cold
and disagrccable as have i'll Maine at this
season, and we suffer more from 1t, because we
are not prepared for it as people are who live
where they expect it, However, one may expect
anything for weather here, for this locality fur
nishcs more different samples Of weather than any
drummer ever furnished Of his goods in the same
length of time.
Mark Twain is reported once to have said that if
man desired to try all climates he need not travel
to do it. If he would sit down any where in New
England they would all come to him. That state
ment Is more eminently true of Washington than
of any part of New England have seen, and here
you DO not have to sit down patiently long either.
The changes occur in rapid succession that it
does not require 4 long time to get through with
the entire weather catalogue.