Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-12-14
Our Washington Letter.
WAsmxsroN, Nov. q, 1875.

W AbhINoION, WV. Cd, 1910.
When the Sundry Civil Appropia-
ton bill was in course Of preparation
last winter. Congressman Hewitt
proposed a plan for the reOrganiza-
ton and consolidation of the several
surveys now sustained bby the Gov
eminent and working independently
OF each other. He proposed to take
the Weather Bureau from the charge
OF the Army and separate it from the
Signal Service: 10 take the Coast
Survey and Light House Board from
tie Treasury Department.; the Ma
utical Almanac from the Navy, and
the Typographical surveys of public
lands nom the haldS Of the Surveyor
General. ard unite them all in a
single Bureau Of the Interior De-
pa,tm,Lt. The ohjec; Of this change
is to do away with the rivalry that is
exhibited annually, and secure har-
monious action and economy of
funds. Another matter iii hand
which i Il pet scheme Of Senator
Window. :, the Establishment ot IL
new Executive Department ard Il
new Cabine, MINISTER, So be known
rs the Department ii Industry and
Commerce. IL j. likely TO meet
with strong opposition and will hard
~ l. Of immediate Accomplishment,
enough iAaAy &o.c men arc known 10
, favor the 2l'aSutr.
Gen. Grants friends in Illinois
have taken a new Gcpartine, and are
bow irving to bring he EX-President
forward as Il candidate for United
States Senator from Illinois. But
General Grant is known 10 have II
very high regard for both tie can
didates now in tne field, Logan and
/ Oglesby, and those who best know
! him here DO noa believe that he
would enter the CANVASS against
them. The project is said TO be un-
/ known to tie General and is there
fore entirely without his sanction.
A certain Washington correspond
ent has lately w"ijtan to u prominent
Chicago Journal = paragraph con-
corning women Of the Capital which
is being copied far and wide with va
,ious comments. The paragraph is
not at at hand, but it is 10 the effect
that beautiful woman is unknown
here and that one may walk ourstreets
till doomsday without meeting u
pretty-faced girl. Washington girls
are naturally taking exceptions to
this attack aud are loud in their de-
nunciations Of tho writer who has
thus scandalized their faces. They
declare that the correspondent is
either an ugly passe old maid or 4
man who has been woefully snubbed
by some pretty girl here.
The plain fact about the good
looks of Washingtonians is that
while there are many charming and
attractive fair faces, they are few in
proportion to the whole number.
Bv far the larger number of lady
Government clerks are widows and
spinsters and therefore, although
they may be, and are in many cases,
very far from Unlocking, they do not
possess the attractive bloom and
sweet beauty that young and girl
ish face may show. On the other
hand, in no other city of its size does
the observer meet as many hand
some men, young, middle-aged, and
old, as in Washington. For three
things above others, is this National
Capital noted: cripples, handsome
men, and women clad in mourning
garments. :
1t is truth that fine complexions
are rarely seen here. The reason is
not evident. Many think it is be-
cause of the dry strong winds that
often prevail; others lay the fault at
the door of this malarial climate;
and others still, to the fact that wo-
men here are out-oi.doors more than
in any other place, and out in all
weathers. RENO.
THE Oregon State Agricultural So
ciety is badly in debt, and among