Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1893-03-10
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WAS INoToN. March 6, '93
From Our Regular oorrespe ndent

N|hNoHh /
over to the democratic party, III
accordance with the verdict rem
dered at the polls last November,
and it can now afford to calmly
await the result, hoping for the
best, and/prepared to admit that
il was wrong if the new Congress
and administration can carry out
the platform adopted by the last
national convention of the demo-
cratic party without causing q
serious shock to the commercial
and industrial interests Of the
country. But il is already ap-
parent that the pledges Of the
democratic platform will not be
carried out, certainly not the one
relating to the tariff. There will
be no tariff smashing; only a
slight shake up.
Mr.. Cleveland's Inauguration
was quite freezing affair. lcicies
were more plentiful than enthusl-
asm. Seats on the street stands
which were intended to be filled
with people-at from 81 to 50 a
head-were covered by two or
three inches of snow and swept by
cold northwest winds, which gave
the participants in the parade a
stiff and half frozen appearance.
The only real enthusiasm your
correspondent saw displayed dur
ing the day was aroused in the
southern contingent, which, it is
needless to say as numerous, by
the appearance of Gen. Fitz. Lee,
of Virginia, who commanded one
of the divisions. That enthusiasm
was particularly boisterous when
Mr.. Cleveland nearly bent hini-
self double to return the naughty
bow which was given him by the
proud Lee as he rode past the
| Presidential reviewing stand.
Gen. Harrison took Mr.. Cleve-
land from the White House to the
| Capitol and back again in his car
riage, but he declined accompany
ing Mr.. Cleveland upon the re-
viewing stand, because, for one
reason, he had q previous engage
ment to attend a farewell dinner
given to himself and the members
of his cabinet and their families by
ex-Postmsster General Wanamak-
| er, at the close of which he took q
special train for Indianapolis. 1t
is perhaps true also that Mr. Har-
rison being human, like the rest
Of US, had not forgotten that Mr..
| Cleveland declined to stand with
him upon the reviewing stand on
March 4, 1889.
| There is one sentence in the
Presidents inaugural address that
mas carried CONSERVATION into the
ranks of the Office seekers, who
are more numerous in Washing
ton than ever before. The Ian
guage is emphatic. and they have
taken 1t as intended to be personal
to them, as it doubtless was.
| Following is the sentence referred
| to, which isas interesting to dem
ocratlc Office seekers IN your Sec
| ton as to those here to present
| their claims in person: Gone
mode Of the misrepresentation of
public funds is avoided when ap-
pointments 10 Office, instead of be-
ing the rewards OF partisan achv-
ity, are awarded to those whose
efficiency promises fair return
of work FOR the compensation paid
to them. To secure the fitness
and competency of appolntees to
Office, and to remove from poiiti-
cal action the demoralizing mad
ness for spoils. civil service re-
form has found a place IN our
public policy and laws" One of
the direct results Of this plain
talk was the determination of the
Tammany bosses, before they left
Washington, that no Tammany
man should become an applicant
for q federal Office, although they
stand prepared to furnish men to
Eli as many Offices as Mr.. Cleye-
land may offer them, but they
must be offered without being
asked for, say the bosses.
l have it on good authority that
the issue of bonds which Mr.. Har-
rison stood out SO manfully
against, will be an accomplished
| fact just as soon as the new ad-
ministration can fnd a reasonable
excuse, and that will not be diff
cult. to manufacture, with the aid
of those who for personal reasons
want the bonds issued.
| Senator Stanford is naturally
very much pleased over having
secured from Gen Harrison, be-
fore he left for indianapolis, his
acceptance of the chair of consti-
tutionsl law in the Leland Stan
ford University, of Cal. which
was rendered him as soon as the
result of the election was known.
| The ex-President will deliver his
first lecture at the university some
| time in October.
Some of the regular Appropria-
| ton bills had close shaves and are
somewhat bungled, but all of them
got through before time was call
ed on the Fifty-second Congress,
land now there is no good reason