Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-03-23
A CLEAN SWEEP.
THAT 10 WHAT THE PRESENT ADMIH-
IsTRATI0E MgAHs.
A Very Amusing Dslusion-southsrn Re-
publicaus Must Be contentsd
with the trumSs.
From Our Regular corrcspondon,,

WASHINGTON, March a. Some Of the or
gans Oh the Administration are making loud
claims In the line OF civiLserYice reform, hut
1t ~ az natural for the Republicans 10 want
TO gobble up all the Offices in sight as It Is
for duck 10 swim. This Government is
going 10 be thoroughly Republicanized, and
any Democrat now holding Office need not
hold ont to himself the delusiOn that he can
keep bis place longer than suits the cOnye-
nience OF the powers that be. Here and
there man will be allowed to I'LL out q
term, and doubtless a few may not be re-
moved at all, but the great body Of Office.
bolders at the end OF Harrison's term will
be Republicans, and they will be a certain
kind Of Republicans, too. They will not be
miik-and-water fellows, either. The men
who are running this Administration are
casting around for rank Republicans, and
they can get lots Of them. IL Is but natural
for the impatient Olice.seekers to fret and
worry At the start, and some OF them are so
restless that they are disposed to look upon
Harrison as Mugwump. lie is not moving
fast enough, but this is because he Is
stubborn, seli.ConseQUentiql man. who does
not intend 20 be hurried on general Irinci-
pies. It always happens when 3 man is
nominated for Pres dent purely FOR ayaia-
bility's sake that he gets the hig head II
elected. Somehow he can't help It, and Just
now Harrison has a terrible case, though
the Republicans differing from the Demo-
Gratis in always being able 20 make their
high officials toe the mark and get down TO
q practical way Of dealing with the Offices.
QUITE AMUSING.
The Dispatch CORES pendent was talking
this morning with one OF the leading Demo
Gratis Of the West. lie SAID th.t it was quite
amusing 10 read in some OF the papers that
Harrison did not intend TO make removals
OF Democrats who are scknOwled sed 10 be
good officials. 81 tell YOU" said this veteran
Democrat, sour men are going 10 be
bounced because they are Democrats. and
you young men who write for the papers
will be derelict 10 your duty il you do not
keep tie public thoroughly posted. They
are PLAYING 'possum and are trying to make
q profession OF doing what they don't intend
20 carry out"
And then the WESTERN man remsrked:
by the way, did YOU see what Congress
man Dorsey. OF Nebraska, hes been driving
plf lie took up list OF twenty.thTee De-
mOcrstc ofice-hOldcrs in bis State and
wanted to know II it is the policy o. The
Administration TO chop oil these beads.
do they goi' is the way be put IL. lie was
told that they would 20. Wei, that about
the WAY the thing is going 10 he run, and It
makes me red-hot 10 hear all this talk about
Harrison and bis policy OF keeping Demo
Gratis In office until the expiration OF their
terms. They are gong % turn ont Demo-
Gratis as fast as they can, and when they get
started heads will fall rapidly
MELANCHOLY LOT.
The onceseekers from the South are o
melancholy lot. They have no assurances
yet thst they will get any appointments in
the diplomatic and consular service or IN
the departments here at Washington. From
the best information obtainabie they will
have 10 content themselves with places 10 the
States.
40 VOICE.
There is not vet the slightest particle OF
evidence that the southern renegades are
going TO hsyc anything TO do with shaping
the policy Of the Government, and Malone,
Kellogg, Chalmers, and that element are
hanging around on the outside uncertain OF
their influence even in regard 70 the local
patronage.
The advisers Of Harrison sre sharp enough
10 know that the minority IN the next House
Of Representatives is large enough and de-
termned enough u resist any combination
that may be formed looking 10 a re-establish-
ment OF the old order OF things in toe south,
and II they do not now know it they will
soon find ont that the best way to get along
is 10 leave the southern question, as they are
disposed 10 call il, 20 the best elements in
that section. II may be that IN order 10
calm the South natcrs they viii make pre-
tence OF CIRCULATING" the south, but the
Republicans will have the worst tussle that
ever they GOT into II the present Administrl-
ton attempts to bolster up the dsrepuiabe
renegades who are seeking to reirstate them
selves in the South.
M. NJ. Lewis, OF Fredericksburg; James
r. Jordan, Of Newberne; George {. JOrdon
end Frederick Eiinger, Of stanton, are at
the Metropolitan.
Ex.Congressman John r. Browne, Of Yir-
ginis, has returned to the city, accompa-
med by c. W. Jones, Of his part Of the
State.
Charles r. Lee and Charles Il. IIardesty,.
OF fSerryyille. Va. are here.
Z. H. Pannil and wife, Of Lynchburg,
and X. II. Day, OF Roanoke, are among tie
latest Virginia arrivals.
The following North Caroliuians are a.
the National: W. NJ. Cooper and f.. y.
Drake, Of Statewide: W. Z. Carter and II.
l.. Higgins. Of Winston, snd NJ. b. Jones, OF
oxford; also a. c. Becker, OF Richmond,
Va.