The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-03-19
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON


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two weeks old, and mother and chilu
are doing nicely. 1t is almost lncreu''
BILE to think that the nation mas "oI'
ried through two weeks WITHOUT
''Bub' Thurber at the White House
Private Secretary j. Addison Porter
will be an improvement on "Bu0,' II
he does part his name and his mar III
the middle.
President Mckinley certainly be-
lieyes in the democracy OF the home
He has greatly reduced the detective
and police force at the White House,
and takes a long stroll through the
streets of the city every evening, ana
the other day he drove out to the hos
pital to call on a friend who had met
with an accident and had been carried
there for treatment. Such plain. I'M
assuming conduct will commend IT.
self to the admiration Of our practical
American people.
There has been a great army or
osirp.seekers here since the inaugural
! tinn The hotels and boarding houses
are taxed TO their utmost capacity to
shelter them. They have kept up a
continuous line of march to the White
Unusr IN mass their claims before the
! President who hasn't done much else
IN tn date EXCEPT listen to their tales
OF woe.
The following statement OF facts on
the subject will give YOU some idea OF
the enormous demand for offices: 1t
rpunired a whole box car to bring the
auplications and Endorsements of
o~ttice-seekers from Canton to Wash
lnpton, which had been received by
Major Mckinley between November
3rd and March Bird. 1t has kept
corps of clerks busy all the time ar
ranging, classifying aud indeXlny the
papers. 1t also requires the active
services Of ten clerks to keep up Will
Senator Hanna's mail; and this too il
: the face Of the fact that nearly all 0
: the smaller positions are within thu
classified service. What must it havt
! been at the change of administration
! when everything was wide open?
I The hopes of the Republicans wer,
y kept buOyed up by the recent attack.
= of a few Republican congressman up
on the civil service laws, which LEI
Z the outs to believe that the new ad
ministratiOn would Immediately pre-
= coed to pull down the bars aud ALLOW
, them all to walk in, but there are man.
! drouping spirits since the President
u attitude towards civil service is known
! some going so far as to critlciSe hi
y policy very severely; some have eve
: said that he is worse than ClcyC
and"-which is a pretty seriOu
charge.
President Mckinley seems dctel
mined to convince the world that moi
wjthstauding predictions to the cor
trary, he Intend, to be President. II
has turncd down several of Mr.. UaI
mas earnest recommendations, tel
+ a~pplicants and their friends that
n pxnorts tn take his own time in NAL
lnv annointmpnts He tolls Cnnpres
men That they must get together an
agree among themselves unon who,
the ~natrona1e shall he bestowed
If fine several States hpcause he will M
tolerate war and Strife AMONG ~
leaders
The Presidents whole heart seen
u contnrad in thn tariff law. which /
r e~ynertS to soon have on the stain,
ar hooks and little else will receive h
]attnntinn until that one thing so de;
Io his heart is ACCOMPLISHED.
Cnnvrnss met TODAY at hiph noon
ovtronrdinarv session Tho Wavsa Ar
IN Means COMMITTEES of the House Ina,
The tariH hiIl ali rrodv t0 rnsh ripI
Vi throuUh over there, and il viii be II
:" tnrtirs NJ rho Un,iso to odiourn fro
III dnv IN dav so ~ to divert the ate
,inyn VI thn cnnntrv I'm me Senate Ar
m hr;nT ali tho nressurc nossihln m he,
an tHat hodv in the hone Of hurryjr
thn hiIl thrnuuh hut the indicatio,
oro th,t Tho Senate will take lis ov
g sweet limo tn consider the hill y,
there iS no telling when the new tar
TO Schedule viii became a law The r
nmhlicnns have not a clear work.,
VI na jmritv in the Snn,to mai thav p.
n "aii th1,r own and tho Drmocrat
n. pnnuIists and free silver Rpnuhlica
,er vii not tolerate in the senate To
FOODS G,g-law m which tho minori
IN the I1jnnSe mist submit
Hon Josenh w, HALEY, of Tex;
so received inc Democratic caucus' moi
me inatiou for sneaker ,This ia 0f conr.
100 in y measure and emntv honor {
~. ,ho Unn r. Il Raod hpaS honn M,
'u inatnd for Snnaknr nv h RennhlicaI
on and thny hapc maioritv If n over a
nrs Wnvnynr thera i. SnmG honor ,ttal
m ad 70 NJ B,iIny,s nocition FOR
" n,kes him tha 1e,dar NJ Il Dan
crotir minnritv Nv yirtue of which
VI hnnrS f. strenythen himself snfNrior
icy y r. hc nromntpd to The SneakersI
Ike when me Dcmocrsts AGAIN oct r,
,nt trnl Mr. Railpv was horn and or
Gated in Mississinni
ldI Thn i,tnst conlafion in no,itica1 p
be clos hero was caused Inv the announ,
ment WHEN comes from hIhanv
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