The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-05-11
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
(Frnm ur Regu.ar Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Nav 9, '93.

again at ashlngton, that is if the
Capital is peripatetic, and can be
carried about by the President in
his trousers pocket. This used to
be the theory of the Republicans in
the days of Grant when We heard of
the Summer Capital at Long Branch
and both at Cape May point. when
Mr.. Harrison was in Office. The
entire Cabinet is with US again and
no longer does the ANXIOUS office
seeker have to parphase the senu-
ment of the late Senator Simon
Cameron who, coming here once
during General Grants second
term, found President and Cabinet
all away. This is h-of time"
said the exasperated Cameron. And
so it was. Now that thew are all
back, hear much talk of reforms
to be inaugurated IN all the De-
partments. 1t is reported upon
good authority that Mr.. Cleveland's
policy of LaisSez Aller in mis- first
term, is to be changed at once. In
the States where elections are to be
held this fall, all the Republicans
in post-offices will be sifted out. no
matter what their grade is. Mr.
Cleveland is said to regard one
thing as a very essential truth
that the best way to conserve and
encourage the democratic party is
not to entrust the execution of its
policy to Its enemies. He is ex-
tremely anxious that the people
shall endorse his administration at
the polls this fall, wherever they
have a chance, and does not mean
that the Democratic party shall be
defeated if it can be prevented by
party work. The cleaning-out will
be done with great thoroughness
and regard to political exigencies,
and, so far as the offices go, one
stone of the Republican political
temple will not be left standing
one upon another. Those who
should know say that in Ohio the
Brlce influence, and in Pennsyl-
yania that of Mr.. Harrity will be
paramount. New York will DE
turned over to the fostering care of
Mr.. Secretary Lamont, under the
advice of the President himself. =
"The winter of our discomfort"
at last is at an end. "Finale" has
been written upon the month of
April by the shivelled old finger of
Time. April, that once was
lovely maiden, all smiles and tears,
has been metamorphosed this year
into regular witch of the antique
order. But now the flowers are
gaily Haunting their brilliant corol-
las under the stern eve of the Ma
TONS Capitol, and are every day
growing brighter. That marvellous
enchantment of Nature. full of sub
tie vagueness and tender greenness,
the early spring, is nowhere so
apparent as in Washington. There
is hardly place in America that
can rival the Capital in beauty in
the springtime. The grounds about
the public buildings are surrounded
by fine old trees; the parks are gay
with many-colored flowers: while
fountains and statuary, here and
there, add the touch that appeals to
the cultured eye. Washington is
set round with emerald hills and
girded in with ribbon of simmer
Ing water, made by the Potomac
and Anacostia rivers flowing to-
gether on each side of the ton. que of
the reclaimed flats. TO the aver
age citizen of this great country,
the City of Magnificent Distances,
named after Virginia's hero, sis
thing of beauty and JOY forever"
A formal announcement to the
effect that the President would
hereafter receive no office seekers at
the White House has been issued.
The text of the executive orders
says "A due regard for public duty
and an observance of the limita-
lions placed upon human endur-
ance. obllge me to decline from and
after this date all personal inter-
views with those seeking appoint
ment to office, except as |, on my
own molten, may especially invite
them. Applicants tor Office will
only prejudice their prospects by
remaining at Washington to await
results" The very boldness and
uniqucness of this official order has
staggered everybody, ana the quid
nunOS and Micawbers now regard
the man in the While House as one
who hews to his own PREDETERMINED
line, let the chips fall where they
may. The circumstances that have
lead to the issuance of the order
an order, by the way, that is with
out parallel in American history
are familiar to the public On
March the pressure began. There