The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1889-05-17
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our regular correspondent. ]


dent Harrison back to the Whit,
House, tired and worn and palcr thar
ever, from the tedious ceremonies n
New York. He did not appear at hi
office until later In the day and the Of
flee seekers and tourists who are usu
ally numerous, being on their way
homo from the Washington centenni
al, were unable to see HIM. 1t Is ex,
pccted fiat tomorrow n number of mi
nor changes In the departments will
be made and eort Of reign Of terror be
inaugurated. The rumor may not,
however, have any better basis of fact
than when first started a month ago.
Apart from the church services in
the morning there were no ceremonies
here celebrating the centennial Of
Washington's Inauguration. Depart
ment business was, Of course, absolute
ly suspended and a mad desire to 60 in
the couRtry seemed 10 take possession
of the people, a freak that left the city
streets deserted. The races at Ivy City
divided the palm Of popularity with
two big excursions to Mt. Vernon, to
which hundreds Of people made their
first pilgrimage. The sward at Mt.
Vernon was as beautifulas need be, the
trees all in leaf and most Of the flowers
in bloom.
The white house was deserted and not
even the noise Of the typewriter was
heard In the land. The football of n
solitary watchman vibrated lonely
through the deserted corridors, and not
even an Easter bridal party bad the
hardidood 10 enter the portals. Seere-
tary Blaine was the only head Of de-
partment in the city. He sat in
his hotel reading, receiving his friends,
telling every inquirer in strong Eng
lish that the newspapers that had said
that he had suffered partial stroke Of
paralysis were willful and malignant
liars.
The death Of Chairman Barnum
raises immediate conjecture as to his
possible successor. Among the older
democrats their curiosity gives way to
to genuine sorrow for his death. To
chat element in the party Mr.. Barnum
was almost a political demigod, and no
hope Of finding SO good a man for his
successor Is entertained. Senator Pugh
and Ex-Attorney General Garland say
the Senator German of Maryland will
be selected. The only objection TO Sem
ator Gorman Is that he Is not q man Of
iirst-class ability. Senator Gormun
made his reputation originally by Sc
curing places for his sconstituents in the
Washington navy yard and the gov
ernment printing Office, aud latterly
by his Jealous adherence to the plan of
campaign which filled northern pro-
lection states with southern free trade
speakers. The diastrous results to the
democratic party all the world knows,
and the folly Of sending such men as
Mills Of Texas TO speak in northern
cities shall never he repeated. 1t is
possible that Senator Germans hopes
will be dashed to the ground and a
wholesale and radical reorganization Of
the national committee be effected. In
such alfevent, there will I've enough
quarreling in the party TO give a zest
To the next year.
The local papers are ringing the
praises Of Dutch detective OH the city
force named Raft A week ago the
body Of colored girl wasfouhd several
miles from the city, bearing eidence of
violence. A dozen detectives, anna
teurs and professional, were at once on
the trail. The inimitable Raft found a
eolorcd man who had washed a wagon
Ia the creek near by on the day the |
murder was probably committed He
Was arrested and the proud detective
assured the world that he had solved |
the mystery. A day later an enter
prising reporter succeeds in securing a
picture Of the body. 1t is printed in
.he Evening Star. The next morning
a citizen reports to the police that the
picture resembles Que Eliza Foster, the
Of mullatto named Thomas,
who had frequently quarreled with her
1f lato. The citizen has also discovered
hat the Foster woman disappeared
about the time the murder was COM
aitted and was heard quarreling on
.he street with Thomas the night be-
fore. The detectives 60 to Thomas