Mohave County miner., 1889-03-23
WASHINGTON LETTER.
,ysox oun RraULAa CORRESPONDENT. /,

WASHINGTON. March ilth, 1889.
The crowd has gone home. and Wash
ington has put on its everyday appear
ance. Save for stray drsbbled bunting
here and there, no outward sign appears
Of the events Of last week. But beneath
the surface mighty and unusual commo.
tion goes on. In the Departments work
Ia practically sbandoned and nothing ii
done save to talk politics. Rumors and
counter-rumors Oil the air. This COM
missioner win be appointed, that aisist-
ant secretary 10 sure Of the place. Old
clerks who were appointed during the Re
publican administration, and who dis.
covered that they were Democrats after
Mr.. Cleveland was elected, are now busy
recounting their alleged magnificent ser.
vices TO the Republican party. scores oi
this contemplate class arc even talking
loudly OF the promotions they are about
to receive. And thus the dirt eating goes
on.
Only part OF the chronic Office seekers
went home. There are still enough left
TO crowd the lobbies Of the main hotels
and they will only drop off one by one .,
their money gives out or their desires are
satisfied. Nearly al are candidates TO,
high Offices, on the plan that II they fail
to get the big Office they can use the en-
dorsements secured 10 receive An inferior
position.
Congressman and local statesmen en-
dorse man, say for Commissioner o.
Patents, whom they know has no more
chance for appointment than has q blind
beggar. The endorsements are therefore
unusually warm and cordial. After this
right, Tor wrong) man is appointed, this
unimportant man will pose as defeated
candidate who accepts his defeat proud,
and without bitterness II he Is lucky hs
will worry his Congressman into present
ing his application and endorsements tt
some department that lie may even secure
an 81 800 clerkship. Then he will settle
down and draw his salary with briIlian,
regularity, boast Of his influence, talk
mysteriously of his association with
prominent men whom he only knows by
sight, and become in two years confirm.
ed and irredeemable ass. ....
You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours,
is the sum total Of American politics, and
any lingering doubt that you may have
on that point would be eradicated by
reading some OF the letters Of endorse
ment one sees. Letters of recommends
tion are..exchanged az freely as cards. In
fluence is commodity. Sometimes the
letter of endorsement cites not only the
qualifications of the person endorsed but
also those Of the endorser for some posi-
ton the latter seeks. This may give rise
to some confusion and not particularly
aid either candidate, butsthe endorser is
too eager to blow his own horn to think
Of that. .-.s
They were couple of Tenneseeans
one from the mountains, one from the
lowlands Of the State; they both wished
to be consul to Montreal, position either
stood about as much chance OF obtaining
as he did of plucking the stars from the
canopy. The mountaineer with the fear
fully and wonderfully made overcoat and
silk hat that never could have been the
fashion at any time or place, says; $50,
Sir, you won't retire in my favor" mo,
Sir, will not" "Will you endorse me
for Commissioner of Lands?" "No, Sir,
my cousin wants that" "Could you en-
dorse me for" here the highland states
man grows desperate, "for mail carrier
at Nashville?" "Yes," responded the
other. Thus is ambition regulated by q
descending scale.
On Saturday President Harrison began
to deny himself to casual callers, after
having on Friday, as desperate measure
put on his overcoat and hat and stood out
in the wind to watch 5000 people file by,
rather than have the pleasure Of grasping
each one by the hand. From 10 to IL
O'Clock on Saturday morning steady
stream poured through the White House,
and during that time hundreds Of applica-
tons were made for Presidential appoint
ments. At IL o'clock the cabinet met
and those who had called for the purpose
OF urging their own or some friends
application were quietly dismissed for
the day. The President stated that he
had not had ten minutes 10 himself since
the inauguration.
The household Of President Harrison
will consist Of Mrs. Harrison, his son
Russell, his wife and one child, his
daughter Mrs. Mckee, her husband aud
two children. This is an unusually large
family but does not compare with the
household Of John Taylor, Ibelieve there
were fourteen in that family, and mar
rage and giving in marriage were Of fire.
quent occurrence, births and deaths also
visited the house, and all the little drama
Of domestic life was played again. II
was the homely, duh story, ever old,
ever new.
Representative X. w. Townshend, OF
Illinois, who died here on Saturday, was
one OF the best known Congressman and
was especially liked by Washington peo-
pie, whose interests1she always urged.
When a boy he was employed m q pauo