The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-18

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must be called on progress Are V.
ready for North Carolina to b. ~.
down as a backward state
THE GLOON OF WASHINGTON
Has Had Its Paxallcs in the Past. I'm,
the Country Stu lives.
George +. BAbbitt in the Boston
Herald.)
In an entertaining volume desc,,b.
ing earlier times In Washington m.
author presents this pathetic pictur~
OF the situation created by tho then
prospective retirement Of President
John Quincy Adams and the coming
OF President Andrew Jackson:
Never before did the city seem :,
gloomy, SO many families broker un
and those OF the first distinction. Who
ave given tone to society here. E!e-
giant houses are stripped OF their fur.
nishings which arc offered for sale
at public auction. Every individual
connected with the government, from
the highest official to tho lowest clerk
is filled with apprehension; men
whose all depends upon the attitude
OF the new administration toward
them await the announcement OF their
fate with fear and trembling. on
Wv ~ AA0SI P0A CAl 'xccl NNch
he looks on his children gathero.,
around him and knows hat one word.
soon to be spoken by a total stranger.
may reduce them to beggary. Snct.
Is the situation here at present"
In subsequent pages ~unfavorahle
Impressions Of the intellectual alta IN
G II personal characteristic. OF
the incoming president are vivid,y set
forth, greatly to his ~disAdvantage, or
nO1YHCA 0nA <r1rin1xnV-y ayO,r, -
described as q creature Of mystery
which is the phrase now employed
by you in speaking Of Presitent-siect
Wilson.
Coming down to a later period hen
another similar change OF adninis-
tration was impending when Prest-
dent Arthur was retiring to be sue
ceeded by Grover Cleveland, I was
then in Washington and I recall that
very much the Same perturbation .a-
listed as when Old Hickory was CON-
Ing upon tho scene. h ordinarily
SNUG ofiice-hOlding class in Washing
ton were then expressing their MINDS
even more Arnphattcally. They asked
what was to b. expected Of a CHIEF
executive magistrate who but a few
years before had been a sheriff. per
forming he role OF a hangraan?
some OF their 1nSinuatiOns against
SVOAA NJ NV kktn1 Ilh3
The clerks in the departments were
not SO terror-stricken as they were
IN JacksOn's time. most OF them hav-
ing como under the protection Of the
advanced ~civil-service rules. but Their
temper. as well as that Of higher Of
fclal0om generally. was anything hrf
serene or respectful.
The attitude OF the Democratic war
horses toward Mr.. Cleveland was Very
~ "a n C0 S1~~& - 1870
correspondence describes as now exjs.
ing among the Democratic leaders to-
ward Mr.. Wilson 1t was complain@d
that while Mr.. Cleveland was listen
ing respectfully to suggestions from
them he was letting them do all tn.
predicting and keeping his " conu
Sci. l recaii n solemn faces Of III.
/ members OF the National Democratic
committee who came on of their owr
accord to assist in the inaugural cere-
Monies Mar1us amid the ruins 81
Cartnase was a picture Of joy CON
pared with the aspect OF these DaTao-
cratlc veterans who had borne the
heat and burden OF many a hopeless.
They complained thai
.He1 proHefed services as ofiicia'
sponsors for the new ruler of tn
realm had been abruptly declined and
nat they were being treated like dirt
nHey haA not been c%Onsulted rs Il
the composition of the new cabinet
ana they knew no more about tn.
OF the incoming a%dministra-
11oh than the obscurest outsiders
haNlng a lively appreciation Of pa.
aonase yet to be dispensed by Pres
uIn. Cleveland. however, they con
.riVeo 10 preserve a calm exterior anc
~ reserve expressions of their wratl
uAui alter further i~eyelop,nente
ana yet these Democratic ad,niuisrra
: IONS survived these ~inauspicious be
: cummings and the country still lives.
fHd)GRESS AT kINSTON.
hlnston, Feb. 15.-Thc Kin~tol
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