The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-11-16
WashingtOn Letter.
From our regular Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Nov 5th, 1894.
All of the republican messengers and
watchmen in the departments at
Washington and in the custom houses
throughout the country having been
supplanted by democrats Mr.. Cleve-
land has issued an order, extending
the classified civil service to include
those positions, and the country is du-
ly notified that another great advance
in civil service reform has been made
and incidentally, that several hundred
democrats who otherwise would have
expected to have stepped down and
out of the public service soon after
the Inauguration of the next republican
President-March 4, 1S97-now COM
placently look forward to drawing q
government salary for the rest of their
lives.
The good things promised with the
new tariff law are slow in making
their appearance, but some of the bad
things it has brought are very much
i'll evidence. For instance. according
ing to the officicial figures, the public
debt of the United States increased
more than thirteen million of dollars
during the month OF October-to the
exact, $13,6S0,854 The Treasury sur
plus which the country was assured
would soon be accumulated under the
new tariff may come in time, but no
indications OF it are in sight vet, un-
less one wears peculiarly constructed
spectacles.
81 notice." said an Indianapolis men
who is in Washington on private busi-
ness, "that Gen. Harrison has been
giving what only those fortunate
enough to be on terms Of personal init
macy with him have known he possess
ed. I refer to his ability as humor-
ist of the refined, Oliver Wendell
Holmes sort, which bubbled up in sew
eral parts of his recent New York
speech, which by the way, has never
been excelled in single speech, as a
concise statement of the difference be-
tween the republican and democratic
parties. His using the grasshopper,
because nobody knows in what direc-
tion it will next jump, and which
doesn't itself know, to illustrate the
position of the democratic party On
the great questions of the day, was one
of the aptest hits of the campaign, and
l predict that the term "grasshoppers'
will stick to the democrats during the
next Presidential campaign, and longer
if that party survives another national
election"
"Like master, like ma H." Mr.. Cleve-
lands GOODNESS towards the candidates
of his party made itself felt very per-
in the ranks of the small fry
office holders, and it will be strange,
indeed, if some of the defeated candi-
dates do not take advantage of the
coming session of Congress to let Mr.
Cleveland and the country know what
they think of such party treason. A
month ago it was expected by the
democratic managers that not less
than 5000 democratic offic, holders
would go to their homes in the several
states to vote, and the estimate would
have been a very conservative one had
Mr.. Cleveland not set the example of
refusing to register and vote. With
that example before them two thirds
Of the democratic office holders on
cluded to save to save the price of a
trip to their homes. 1t is said, but
that 1 do not vouch for, that a quiet
tip was given to New York democrats
in Office, that they would stand better
with their superiors if they did not 20
home to vote. At any rate few of
them went, and those whe did 90 were
mostly personal friends of democratic
for Congress.