Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-11-17
WASHINGTON LETTER.
lFrom Our Regular Correspondent.

1ully anna the storm OF ueIeaC as He
would have done had he been crown
ell with the laurel wreath OF victory
as lie and every other republican in
Washingt ton had SO confidently eX-
pected that he would be. 1t is the
trials of adversely that brings out
the best there is in every man, and
after trials greater than which have
been placed upon any man Benjamin
Harrison stands erect and calm, con-
sciOus OF having given the American
people an administration will occupy
q place in the history OF his country
second to that Of no man who has
served the nation III times Of peace
He has uttered no word OF complaint
although he knows full we'll that the
means by which his defeat was ac-
cOmplished We're such as to constitute
Il real menace to the republic which
the men who managed his campaign,
for he firmly believes that they did
their utmost for him and the party.
Mistakes were made, anA he knows
it, but, he also knows that it would
10 no good to point them out at this
time. In short, he has done what it
behOOyes every at;'iDtic citizen to
lo--acceptei the verdict OF the ma
iOritv. Ii would be nonsense to SAY
that he is not disappointed at the re-
suit. He is IisaDpuint ted and most
deeply, but he is too great Il man to
voice the di@appoin tment. No rerub-
lican can make mis- take who follows
the example OF the President in phil
osophically accepting the result of
the election Let Us not please our
opponents by abusing members of our
own party for what was done or left
undOne,' are the words uf ~ prOmi-
inent republican, near TO the Presi-
! dent; and they are worthy OF being
remembered and lived up to by every
| republican.
There is still IN element Of doubt as
| to the control OF the Senate after the
i
now are that it will still be republic
can on Il very, ve; V small margin. A
majority OF republicans with whom
your correspondent has talked on the
subject express the Wish that til
| democrats may get control Oh that
| too, in order that they may be III pu-
sition to assume the full responsibility
/, for the conduct OF the government,
and to give the country some
specimens Of simon-pure democrat tic
4 legislation. The idea Of these ntle-
men reduced to homely phras eolOgy
is that the tail should 90 with the
! hide
! The democratic MAJ ority in the next
House will not be quite as large as it
is now, but KS it Will be in the neigh
Dorhool of 100 it may be Said to be
quite large enough for all practical
purposes, in fact very much too large
for the dispensers OF federal patron
age under t.le new adninistia ton. as
every democratic G )ngressmaI will
come here bowling for some OF the
pap
Members Ct the Cabinet refuse to he
inter viewed on the result OF the
election, and Mr.. Blaine has had the
telephone taken out OF his residence
to avoid the annoyance of being CON
stantly ''called up" and asked for his
. | IN IN
man who insisted upon Attorney Gen
eral Miller giving him an answer to
his question-''TO what do YOU at
tribute the unexpected lanhslide?''
Mr.. Miller said: when u man has the
small pOX he doesn't care much how
he got it,
Mr.. Cleveland having abse lutely
surrendered to Tammany Hall, in or
der to get the support of that corIupt
organization, in New Y ork City. it is
presumed that Tammany methods
will he a striking feature of the next
administration. No newspaper rea-
der in this country needs to be told
what Tammany methods are. They
are everything that is vicious In pol
ltics; they have made the nunieipal
government OF New York City a stencil
In the nostrils Of honest men every
| Where, and if they get IL fo, hold in
the National government the res,,lt
will eventually be the same. 1t NAV
or may not be true, bnt the demo-
Gratis around Washington are already
SAYING that the civil service law is to
be a dead-letter under Cleveland. They
say that Mr.. Cleveland attributed
MS defeat II 1893 to his oiser-
vance OF that law, and that h1 pro
poses 70 "a; the foundation for what
ne hopes will be !, long Lease Of power