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Show Washington Letter. (Kroni Our Itegular Correspondent,'! Waihlngton, D. (1 November 0, 1BJU The resulti of tho elections wch'sui prising, not to eay astounding, alike t tho people of Washington and to tin politicians Tlio victorious fcpubltcmis were quite na inucli ustotilshnl na th defeated deniocrals. Maeh had beei bold in tlictr clalnis, lull neither bni dreamed of nny bucIi tidal wnvo butl ness, iiotwltlistandlng the present nsi.-crtlonsof nsi.-crtlonsof republicans, that ihcy expect rd it nil tho time. Tlioso sudden pol Itlcal changes, which have of lato year become so frequent in our nations elections, liavo n dcup significance to tho student of our political future. Whether they nro licucllclal or othcr-twso othcr-twso is a question not cnay of final settlement by nny other test than that of timo. But that they Indientu tlia many tliousnnd voters arc inllucurcd b; thoir unrest and deslro foi n clianp with the hopo of bettering themselves rather than by their party leillly d belief In any particular priuclpalei seems well ntgti certain. If that bt correct no jiolitlcnl party can liope U control nil branches of the Roveinniein through twoconecctitlvo administration) until these discontented voters nro inndt. piosporousand rontcnted. The popiileta fulled to mako the gains thoy expected In tho Moure, bu even If thoy had they would not Itnvi hell tho balance of jiower upon wlilcl they had figured, as neither tlmy noi anybody cldo had cnlculatrd upon tin republican landslide which came Whllu.it Is not ct entirely certain, tin chances nro that the populists wilt hold the balance of power In the Senate aftei tho fourth of next March, present indi callous being that there will be 13 republicans, re-publicans, 33 democrats nnd 7 iomiltsts in tho Sanato, counting Gov. Tllinnn, o' S. C. uliose election to the Senate seeim nssurid as : populist It woul.l. not change the situation If he acted with Hit deiuoer.ilB. Bkould llioeo figures pro,-1 lo be cornet it will readily be mcoii that neither thu iKinociats nor republicans could organise tho Senato without Hit votes of tho H,pulIts. The republican, have not, hortov'or, given up hope o. electing enough Senators to give theiu n majority, , . .:n...BjfcUini r"r"'"-LLr' i, Jifa membors of lils'ciibiilt has seen lil'to-ci press nn opinion, for publication, on tin tcrrll.le drubbing administered to thotr party, but whatever may bo the t pinion i ,f Ui luaiubcrs of the cabinet is uo tieliuved Is doing any gilevlng. Ho tool: especial iiaiiitto allow It to become pnbllthatTiiewl.iy lilght and Wcduos day morning, when uiml of Hit people were- Hlnd lug tho news of the mums pom tlectlo'is, ho was engaged, at hi-vurlmiiKUi hi-vurlmiiKUi nsldi'iico, in going over the p.1 pears Inn lotof nppllcatloiigforexecu-Iho nppllcatloiigforexecu-Iho clemency, thus liulicaili'g Hint he took no inleiesl In the electlonl. There is no ioubt iibout the genulne-iii-sa rejoicing on thopaitofthu rankuud (Hoof the republican parly over their .ucueBi,, but for many ol their leaders llieio nro prickly thorns on the rotes of victory. Thu leaders do not fancy the debiituofnnew l'n-sldentl.d candidate. And they know that Mr. Morton will now he rontidered cs such, nnd-lluU lit .rgo majority ill Now York nnd the Hkillful in.iiiagemuntot ex-Senator I'lalt, who is known to tlio Harrison uioiui uu opponent i. ot to bu ilmpWl, will bilni: him forward very prominently, ll ho keeps Ids health. His ago will be a lielp, rutin r than n detriment, a li l .oiild piohatdy li'imlt m In- getmu much stronger n.n i to l.ik- iho Ncum! nl.ice mi Iho tleku'. vmiii turn Hum a joiliigei man could gl., Il m iviIuiii that the ft lends .(llio .! r cai.dldau-s are nlieailv afraid of Mm Inn. Tho new dcmotr.il poMumiter of vViiHhiuglou had miireelj had tunc 10 recovci fioui the Ulwt td tlieohi. li in rturns when hu I'vrl.od u indb s'l.iek Iiii tho shape of an otlielal onli r, infoi iu-ingliim iu-ingliim Hint instead of haviiH I "; "H-'g' (n tliu annual cnh valuo nf 4511,001' a'. his disposal when he takes chnige id th postoillco, width heixpieti to do ptkl week, his patiomtgtt will l limited lo tho appointment of mi mwlelnnt postmaster, post-master, prlvnto neerelary, t-iishicr and assUtant cashier, Fiipirlntelidei.ts ol thico branch jiostotllre, six walt'limtn ami six laborers All tho rest will be looked after by the civil service cmuns tion, when vacnneius tM-eur, Thisordei is far f'oui pleating tu thu ttwnl demo- orals, who had been culcultuig to in,tli largely by the promotion nl one nl iheir iiumbei IoIm powlimikter- the IiisiIkhi.i fide chiiteu d Waahlugtun who ! luld tho Hwi(iou (or iimiiy yems but thu i-tolllce are delighted will, it, |