The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-09-09

DURISa the last two weeks of August
there was neither a President nor a single
member of the Cabinet in Washington. ex
cept General Rawlins, the Secretary of War,
and he was Frustrated on bed of sickness
1t is true that Grant returned to the Capital
on the 31st of the month, and after remain
ing there Mirty-sir hours, took ;he cars and
returned to Saratoga to witness the last of
The races at that fashionable watering place.
What President and what Presidents Cabi-
net ever before made himself and themselves
so supremely ridicIlous2 Clam eating. dane
ing and horse racing engross the entire time
of Grant and his advisers, while men from
all sections Of the country, having important
business with the President and members of
his Cabinet, are compelled to remain at the
seat of government, patiently awaiting the
return Of this travelling administration.
1t is stated as a matter Of fact, that since
Grant has been in office-about six months
he has passed through Baltimore on these
pleasure excursions tacenty four times. 1t
may be that his almost uninterrupted ab-
sence from Washington is the country's gain.
1t is certainly sorry administration, and
none but itself could possibly be its parallel.
The history of the government shows moth
ing like it heretofore, and it is to be hoped
that it never will hereafter. 1t is a stencil
in the nostriIs of even the Republicans them
selves, and as an evidence that such is the
fact, the Syracuse Standard, prominent
81.
cules the movements of the second Wash
ingtcn":
We ewonder if the government is in Washing
ton to-day, or at Long Branch, or Newport, or
Saratoga, or where not? We have confused
sort Of ON idea that there was to be Cabinet
meeting Yesterday. which our dispatches may
or may not confirm but, if there was, 1t is
more than probable that, like birds of passage,
the President and the heads ef the departments
have all taken their winged way from the dust
of the capital by this matin hour. Really the
hard work of an editor who attempts to keep
posted as to the movements of our high Off
ciaIs cannot, we are sure, be properly appreci-
ated by the public. Formerly we used to know
where to find them-at their respective posts
of duty but this perpetual junketing beats Us
entirely We get an idea that one of them is
at a certain place, but just as We are convinced
of his locality and think we are going to close
upon him, like a mosquito, he is buzzIng some
where else. We cant catch him anywhere -
Wouldnt it be Just as we'll if these frisky indi-
viduals stayed little while in one place, and
that place Washington ADDENDA.-We end
upon further investigation that the President
is still at Newport, and Boutwell, is with him.
We do not know where the rest are. They
NAV be in Kamscatka for all we know. a
Cabinet meeting for routine business Is prom
ised the country Friday after which the birds
of passage will ay eastward and westward and
northward and southwark. Wen keep the best
lookout possible for their movements, but we
cannot promise exact information. ADDESDA
ExTRA.-The President is at Saratoga, at Con-
cord. at -. Gracious Look at the tel
egrams. We CAM tell Tnere ne Is,