Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-11-20
orr WASHINGTON Letter.
d,sey, offae Ke..eses Journal:

sbon. this time Of TIE year in many cor
letter, with his own or Gasoesed
viess Of shss peoples opinioas ef hos Is
lpE esys CT what cid if,- in election mat
t~rs. Ycur correspondent dan. feel l. c'ined
10 rarsicnIsfiy fall INTO this general lie Of
rhilosopbicsl ;houghs at this time, bscsuse,
- both 81 les seem 70 feel pleased, there 70
10 use in vss,i-g ifsr srd sbuss," these
csB Be better employed year from SOW
The Democrats seem we'll plesssd OVER
the New York result. hoping that state
viii chow up he ssme pexs year.
The RspaSiicAps, on the Other hand. |
feel pleased that they have gained oses, |
especially in the West. 81 much OF the
xronsd they he'd lost, SGD ,hsf in tie only
assa where dsaf vss mxte or Nasaonsi
iss1es sione, (01io), they have 20 signaily |
triamphei. 1heYefors they bore that nsx
yes,, when these issass sioce viii be before
III. % J'e, they will lead kssin. So il would
se arn me fall result 10 drawn bsifie SIN
ply One result Of this ccnt<st has been u
kill OF entirely several aspiring CT unspir-
IL presidential pcs-ibiii,ies and to bsicg
r ere airecay 70 ths fYorr she fev-very
fa--sv.II.tie on.s Ths delegates % tie
$50 great PARTY cSnvs1,isns sill rsrros
rheir choice a. q fhsir votes dosH {, pro
battle BALI 6zo sis gs'hsr o, ev- n lsrs.
AEo,hsY r. suit is, 10 reis gsts the roc siled
Alliance" or Peoples parry" inte ihe
bsek-ngEser c5,ner of the coming 70 -tsit
L. fact IL don't lock pov ~ II there
you'll be . req, three cornered Sight Tor ths
White House.
4 third resus. i., probably, the Repubi
can party rii! ikea drop all tile i.u.s.
ahich slssy. III a-s i. more than its ospo
RENT and conhae itself to national issues
.Ions. With these four remarks l will
drop the sui .ct for the present.
The Meeting Of Congress.
Hsresn thsre on the streets one meets .
Congressman or tso, and 10 the hotel,
quite 8 s2sinkling OF them, showing that
soen the city will be eniivered by the meet
ing Of new Congress. This means more
business life and social pleasure for Wa.h
irgton. Already cur large hotels snd fats
are r.juvenated vithin and without. and
shine dszz'ngly by their psiut or freseo.
wh,. would George Washington or 7 ,mss
Js fferson think if now they could come
back and revisit the Capital. aud 10 their
walks Cor csb.e ard electric ri5es) psss
twenty five or thirty elegsnt first class he
tells In their time sha only fi.st
c.a.s hotel vss 10 Geofgetown, three miles
or mora away from the Cspi!ol and the
same hotel, [still going), would now be
clsssed - third rate Thst vas three story
affsir; now eigh. and ten-story hotels sre
quite plentiful. But congressman have TO
be much richer now than then to live at
these Luxurious palaces, and Eve thou'ard
wear DONE 60 great ways in keeping
house" there. A poor co,gfessuan lives
outside Of ihese-hires . suite Of rooms 10
an ordiosry house and sometimes "bosrdi
around" ualess be brings bis family with
him.
The consensus Of opinion seems to be
that the coming SESSION will be psrsino-
MUS one; that it will try to act as a "set
of" to the other one, consequently there is
feeling of trepidation among these y no
have pc. schemes or ''li!tle bills" or uDpsii
schemes to present; they think they will
be turaed down numerically.
Regarding tariff tinkering the msj ority
party in Congress has partly called hsit
The result in Ohio seems to prove thst the
people don'i Wan. much iinkering, and as
the other states hol'iog elections, especially
New York and Massachusetts, have Eos
voted on nstionsl issues there is fear in
that quarter The same 10 nus regarding
the free ccinsge issue. But IL may be in
both cases, that the radical element OF the
Democratic party, aided by the few Repub-
hcans who incline their way in these issuer,
may overpower this Go slow" sentiment
that hes sprung up. Reciprocity relai>ns.
too, have had q marked Influence in chang
ing Congressional sentiment. Mr.. Blsine
has certsinlv broken the back Of that biYh
tariff moth which has pefvaded the Dem }
cratic csmp, and some Of the thunder has
been st 1len.
A Permanent Census Bureau.
One Of the most important bills to be
prese tied to the House is that Of Perms-
nent Census Burc su, which bill is now be-
iug carefully prepared. The legislation
proposed will place this bureau on = rerEs-
men. basis, 90 thst year by year important
facts relative to the nations increase and
growth in vary mary ways besides mere
population, car be s.certeined, and that
when the dscernisl period comes round, it
may BE- prepared b. = systematic organize
ton and certain number of efficient en-
poy es, to compile statistics with more esss
and accuracy. Much Of the grumbiing
about the censu, is either through partisan
chip or ignorance, but il is nevertheless true
that i, is far from complete or satisfactory
owing To the irrsgulsrity. haste and want OF
permanent system ~hich chlrscterizes the
present methods. 1t is to he hopei that no
psrtisan or penuriou. spirit will set to
defest the measure.
The Grand Army Encampment.
The wear 1892, ard the month of Sep
TENDER will evidently witness one Of the
largest gatherings of the Grand Army in the
streets Of Washington, 10 fact, it would
seem from sll signs that il will be the larg
est ever held The fact that this was SO
historic place, and especially the vicsrsgS,
q ID that srlu0d il such large portion Of
the lste forces were handled snd 50 mary
bard battles fought, makes it n very desr
able location for meeting of the old vet
Grams. Ard then the fact OF = grsnd re-
view, similar to the one held in 1865, makes
the heart Of the servivors brill WITH pleas
ure ss they think Of participation in it
The ssdjess thought, however, is thst so
many have n1s,chsd away to the uIknown
country.
Every possible measure viii be taken By
the cit zens of Washio ston to make ibis
eucsmrmfnf en:ertsiniI g AID hospitablS,
and at reasonable rstes and conditions
Committees Of various kinds are already
hard at work getting everything in READINGS,
and seeing that no frauds, undue sdvsn-
tsges or impositions are practiced upon
those coming hither, and that ample ard
reasonable accommodations shall be &C
corded all. The veterans Of Maine need
have no fears IS to protection, pleasure and
qualification when they come, and il 10
hoped that the state will be we'll repre-
senied. The Msiue residents here will be
m the Alert tn pre at them. + J. z,