The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1878-09-24
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

WAsHINeToN, ID. c., September 19, 1875
A story recently started for political pur-
poses to the effect that Senator Sharon in
tends to resign and that Mr.. Mackey, of
bonanza fame, will become a candidate for
his seat,i is declared by the Senator's friends
to be without the slightest foundation
Gossips love no material SO we'll as that
touching public men, and in nothing else
is the public, taken altogether, so much in
terested. Here is list particularly worthy
of feminine attention. At quiet country
resting place, peaceful and rural, we'll
known Boston belle and beauty has been
for the past weeks recruiting for the COM
ing season in Washington. She knows the
fatigue that attends fashionable "Winter
at the CapitaP' and has been preparing for
it by laying in a store of strength by fresh
country living and absolute rest and while
she has been thus resting, her pleasurable
employment has been needle-work-em
broidery. A baby's cloak of finest white
cashmere has grown into almost priceless
richness under her skllful hands, Senator
Spencer's baby is to wear the dainty cloak
and the proud father hastens from his
Deadwood mines to greet the little one
whose mother, as many will remember,
was the New York actress May Nunez, a
last winters bride. Society stood aghast
when the Senator chose his wife from the
stage, but when the beautiful faced woman
came here, dressed most richly and in ex-
quisite taste, with the bearing and tone of
thoroughly cultivated lady, she soon
found her proper standing and not the
most fastidious stood aloof from her. She
is model wife and will be tender, loving
mother.
The Greenback party has assumed such
proportions in the last fortnight and is of
30 formidable an aspect that Secretary
Sherman has rescnded his order to the
Treasury to pay out silver dollars for
national notes, and it is quite probable that
he will take no more decided steps towards
resumption before the date fixed for that
event. An informal Cabinet Meeting was
held the other day to consider the matter,
all present being of the opinion that every
nerve of the Administration should be
strained to stem the greenback wave and
secure the return to Congress of as many
"hard money men" as possible. All but
Secretary Schurz agreed in the advisability
of dropping civil service reform for the
present altogether. A further conference
was deemed necessary with the presence of
entire Cabinet and for that effect Secretary
Thompson and the President were tele-
graphed to return as soon as possible
Judge Key and Secretary McCrary have
also hastened their return in order to be
present. So it appears the Administration
considers the situation serious one.
Washington is crammed full of titled gen.
tlemen. Everybody has a General, Major,
Judge, or some other title prefxod to his
name. A plain I" Mr." is rarely met here.
Some one has aptly proposed taxing titles,
and such plan might be quite lucrative
one to the Government or whatever object
said taxation should be in favor of. For
example, tax Generals" and "Jud ges'
800 per year, "Colonels" $75, Majors
$50, "Captains" $25; and so on in pro-
portion to the amount of honor and dig
nifty the titles carry with them. I fancy
most minute proportion of them only
would give up the title rather than pay the
the tax, so dear to poor humanity is
high sounding appellation.
OLIVE.