The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1889-04-27
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER
From our reguIarCorrespondent

From our regular'C Correspondent
/. wSshington. .. G.. April. IS 1889
| The Capitol. during the interim is tia,
loneliest place in town. j. 1t Il. given owe
20 watchmeh, guides and stray tourists
In the rotunda there are peril agiEhaif /:
dozen tourist, listening WITH twisted
necks to the narratives OF the. "a idts who
now that Congress has adjourned an:
they cannot point notable people st tn,
rate of fifty cents an hour, have great,
heightened their descriptions: Of th,
| frsscoes and paintings in the dome.
Aunt Clara, who Is said to fiave had {
romance with Henry Clay, and who ha.
for years sold more. or less inoffensivt
pies and cakes from 4 stand near the
rotunda, is still there. ~ must verrs
soon 70 to de poor housed If tese tut
days keep on" she complains, and the
| Oldest guide in the building. who ha,
seen her weekly coming out Of certain
bank, for twenty years, usGers a sort OF
defiant challenge to her plant" ',
At the door of the House of Repre-
sentatives the penman sits at his table
| ready to write .yon cards at the rate OF
seventy-five cents per pack, but jobs art
few and the writer has read twenty-five
OF Zola's novels since the Senate ad
journed. Here and there solitarg
clerk goes fast asleep in In the library,
or wakes up disguised with living al
any price. the watchnen, oppresseJ
with the silence over this three acres OF
marble, solemniy gather by twos ana
"refresh themselves" as Charles Dickens
says, at the immense spittoons.
The President has been regularly
installed in his Office little over six
weeks, and with he exception OF day g
ride down the Potomac, has mad no res
pite from official duties. Ii is expected
that he will AXE vacation AZ early as
possible this year. The New York
Times has just published q bitter ATTACK
upon General Harrison, based upon the
fact that he took his run down the river
on government vessel. One think the
Times had discovered proof of the cor
rupti0n of the administration. The
vessels of the Navy stationed here have
always been at the disposal of the
President for such trips. Mr.. Cleveland
very properly availed himself of their
use on several occasions, once for four
days, and yet to the jaundiced mind OF
the Times what was al right then is all
wrong now.
Joe Hickey, of Missouri, who lost
$50, 900 on last Noyember's election, was
In town last week. In an interview he
said: "Outside the State OF Nex York
Democrats would like 70 see Grover
Cleveland nominated in 90. Bat he is
handicapped in has own State. The
party machine Is against MIN and will
never permit his candidacy. That
removes him forever. Yet New Yora
Will again name the man. Tne West
has no candidates; no man available
who 10 sufficiently proniuent. Carlisle
Morrison cannot be considered, as free
trade would betne dangerous cry agaenst
either. We dare not, while the ecloes
of war still linger, go South for a
standard bearer. Sam Randall ia out Of
the race Ga, account of his tariff IDEAS.
Governor HILLS term of Office wi i'll expire
before the convention meets, and his
successor will be in the chair. So far as
can be predicted he will leave the posi-
ton q poor man. As ne is poor, h IS hold
will give out. when he, looses the posi-
ton hieh gives him the aIstribntion Of
vast patronage. In 0tBer. WORDS the
hyeliest present supports of Hill are A
class Of patriots Wnu ar. not la politics
for thor sssash.s risS ..-SRi.fssrf Trr1sErszvr
to- day Is the paaper, o Tomorrow, and,
once ont Of the Guv.rnpf's chair, Hill
becomes uuvaliab.e.