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Show of Engraving and printing and in the Government Printing Office, neither of which comes under the civil service law, expect no mercy and will be prepared pre-pared to go as soon as the new democratic demo-cratic heads of those efflees shall be selected. The civil service law, which is regarded by the unprejudiced public as a humbug with some good features if properly administered, is always strongly advocated by the party that U out of power; it was enacted to prevent the dismissal of republicans under the first Cleveland administration, and although al-though it was a thorn in the side of the average democrat during the entire administration they stontly advocated its strict observance as soon as Harrison Harri-son was elected. A remarkable feature of the election is that no member of the administration has made public any explanatory opinion opin-ion concerning il. Perhaps these opiuious will come later ou. Washington Letter, Washington, Nov. 11, 1892. So it is Cleveland after all! and his election was accomplished without the aid of the democratic Hiuat; and the readers of the "signs of the times" who (thought that because the people were quiet it indicated that they w ere opposed op-posed to a change of administration were off, away off, from the real facte. In Washington the people were completely com-pletely dazed by the result, for, as a role, without regard to their" political opiuions or wishes, they had settled down to the belief that Harrison's chances were the beet. No better proof of the existance of this feeling could be given than the difficulty experience! by betting men, op to the late afternoon after-noon of election day, who wished to pat their money on Harrison la getting takers, unless they gave odds. As soon as the returns began to come in there was a change, a'nd long before midnight of election day, not a cent of Harrison money conld have bien found with the most powerful telescope in existance. It was a steady slnmp from the beginning, begin-ning, and in th language of the street gamin "Harrison was never in it." Now when it is all settled, one is surprised at '.he number of people who "never had a doubt." The Congressional election was equally surprising. Instead of holding the balance of power In the next Honse the reople's party failed to Increase their membership therein, and several of its best known members were defeated de-feated for re-election. The republicans failed most ignominonsly to wipe out the democratic majority in the House, and the reduction they have made in it is really advantageous to the democrats as their present majority Is so large and u: veildy that It is constantly getlhi,- thf party leaders into hot water Although it is not yet absolutely certain, cer-tain, il Is well nigh so, that the balance of power in the Senate after the 4th of next march will be held by the people's party Senators, and that npon them will fall the responsibility of deciding whether any tariff legislation will be passed by the Fifty-third Congress, Con-gress, The Republicans speaking generally, gen-erally, would have much preferred as long as they had to lose the Presidency and the House that the Senate should also have gone to the democrats, as that would have made them responslbe for everything. It is a matter of congratulation that the election has been so decisive as to leave no room for disputes; also that it is to be decided by the electoral college. col-lege. While the election of President by the House and Vice President by the Senate would have bren perfectly legal in tbe event of a failure of either candidate can-didate to receive a majority of tbe electoral college, conservative men regard it as dangerous, and long ago the prediction was made that if this government ever falls its fall will be brought about by that very proceeding. proceed-ing. What of the civil service law? is a very important question in connection with the new administration. At the time of Mr. Cleveland's first election, and during the greater portion of his first term he was an ardent and sincere sin-cere friend of this law, and not a few democrats have expressed the belief that his adherance to the law was one of the principal causes for his failure to be re-elected in 16S8. Be that as it may it is certain that all during the campaign just ended it has been openly said that Mr. Cleveland's mind had undergone a great change regarding the efficacy of that law, and it is known that his running mate. Vice President elect Stevenson, is, as he has always been, an open advocate (of the Jackson-ian Jackson-ian motto "To tie victors belong the spoils," and these things are causing much uneasiness among the classified government employees. Republicans employed in the Bureau |