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Especial Washington letter.

Especial Washington letter.
a 7 high noon Monday, Dec. 5, Mr..
"a Speaker Cannon--the only left
"A handed speaker-gave his desk
resounding whack with his
gavel, the blind chaplain prayed, the
roll was called to ascertain If a quo.
rum was present, and the last session
Of the Fifty eighth congress began. On
the Republican side Joy was uncon.
fined, flowers abundant and congratu.
iations on every hand. The Demo.
Gratis were far from hilarious. Con.
dolenccs were the order of the day
Occasionally Republican would cross
the big aisle and extend sympathy,
more or less genuine, to some personal
friend who had fallen outside the
breastworks. To a sensible Democrat
it was not so much time for memory
and for tears as for reflection Oh the
evanescence Of things earthly-es.
pecially of political things. The two
chairmen of the gronsressi 6nsI commit.
tees-cowherd. tie Demorsat, and
Babcock, the Reps blican. god per.
sonal friends-joked, am N n,ted, the
former defeated and ~ Lforssucces
full by the skin Of III ~" Not a
half dozen men out othe was ncreas.
ed their regulations peEhe W. cam.
paign. That's onence. Ne nor,,uliar
features of the l. if not every The
stump orator is obse Cann6' ots raj OBJ
solete. Perhaps Idded to y. follon's
canvass of the ccrywhere bilAose ais
reputation, as he Still the fac' l..
ed as the star att delivered mort
remains that y that attracted
speech in the ca 1t attention. y Ga
widespread or ph elected is lay CT
OF course even public life-al, de- t
ing plans to rev rate. Among we
most every one at--ho are plan from
the defeated are many Few men wou
ming to return to public lire. none, car
relish being bowled out-perhalfoi nv.
though it would unquestionably be tr
the benefit OF many to relinquish pub
lie life forever, for its rewards are
small. This remark applies both to
the victors and the vanquished.
On the whole, the note of despair
among the losers, which many would
expect, was notable by its absence
Sensible men that they are, they rec.
Ogni1e the fact that there are many
other way Of achieving pleasure than
by serving ia congress.
Let Us Hope.
What will they do with it?" Is the
question which forced itself into the
mind of every one interested in the
welfare Of the republic and therefore
IN the welfare Of the human race, be.
cause the two things are inseparably
bound up together. OF course refer.
ence is here made as to what the Re
publiGins VIII do with their over
wheln!ing victory--so overwhelming as
to be startling. They have enormous
and unhealthy majorities in house and
senate, in addition to the executive and
the supreme court. In fact, after the
retirement of Chief Justice Fuller,
which IS imminent, as he is now old
enough and has served long enough to
retire ON full pay, there will be only
two Democrats out of u possible nine
on the supreme court bench. They al
ready have vast majority of the cir
cult and district judges. Consequent
iy they have things absolutely in their
own hands. l said the majorities in
house and senate are enormous aud
unhealthy, and that will be recognized
40 hu CTR nf
ernn eDtdl affairs. There can be no
doubC that the healthy state of affairs
IS who're pax lies are evenly balanced.
Small majorities put both parties on
their good behavior. In landslide
such as this many men are unexpected
iy elected to the house Of representa-
tiyes Not infrequently these acciden-
tai congressman are poorly equipped for
their duties and are not as jealous of
the party's OF the country's good name
as they should be, but they can vote,
and their votes sometimes lead to reck
less legislation.
Republicans will divide themselves
into two classes, one of which, knowing
the history of the country, will not be-
lieve that the vote at the last election
gives them carte blanche to do as they
please; the other, not knowing history
or not needing its lessons, will conclude
that the Republicans may do as they
please with perfect impunity. If the
former are in the ascendency they may
have Il long lease Of power; if the lat
ter, this may prove to be their last
victory.
History has a queer way Of repeat
ing itself and may do so again.
Ii in 1885, when Martin Van Buren,
was elected, any man had predicted
the Democratic Waterloo Of 1910, he
would have been considered fit for
strait waistcoat and padded cell. II
Immediately after the election of 1910
any Democrat had intimated that the
Wings would lose in 1914 he would
have been pronounced fool. In 1852,
When Franklin Pierce carried every
state in the Union except four, no
doubt the Democrats believed they
would run the government for a quar-
ter of a century without break. In
1872 it looked as though the Demo
Gratis were permanently done for. yet
In 1874 they elected an overwhelming
majority Of the house Of representa-