Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-10-15
WASHINGTON.
THE NEW ADMINISTRATION MATTERS
TO INTEREST THE PUBLIC.
Something About the New Senator's
Furnishes Successor-The Mem
DRY of General Garfield.
WASHINGTON, October 6, 1881.

| ~" ttAo dpplOdSiAlAE
session Of the Senate. For so long time
we have had death-in. life sadness that il
is great relief to have live, red blooded
man once more at the helm. Mourn as we
may, We cannot govern the country with a
dead mans name. Living issues need liv-
ing men. President Arthur is well liked
by the public men who have thus far called
upon him. A youngbu promising West.
ern Congressman, who had spent an hour
with him by appointment last evening,
came from his parlor speaking heartily and
hopefully of the new chief. Among other
things he said: sit is a comfort to have
a man at the head who knows how city
politics must be run. began to tell him
the liabilities and disabilities and pfobabili-
ties, etc, in my district, and he held out
his hand TO me and said right away, l
know just how it is. I've been there many
time myself. 1t takes good man
agement to bring out the boys all right
every time. do have hopes now, added
| the Congressman, that when we get
the pins set up for Republican VIC
tory in my city, the President won't knock
them all over by some personal appoint.
ment obnoxious TO our people, as was the
case under President Hayes, and as it
began to be under General Garfield"
There is abundant material to interest
our public now. The harmonious Conven.
tion of New York is all the talk to day,
the discontinue of the stalwarts and the
laurels won by Senator Warner Miller in
being made its temporary Chairman, stand
ing as he does, in the Senatorial shoes of
its vanishing "stalwart," Chairman Thos.
G. Platt Then there is the arrival at
New York of the French visitors, descend
ants of the gallant officers who fought with
us in the revolution /; the National Exposi-
ton at Atlanta, the initatory steps toward
the trial of Guiteau, the approaching cen
tennial at Yorktown, the opening Of the
Supreme Court for its winter session next
Monday, and the Senate session at the same
date.
THE HOTELS
Have had spasm of revarnishing, re-
painting and renewing generally. They
have dispensed with mourning emblems,
and are opening out in full blast. Will
lard's reopened yesterday, after its long
summer closing, with various desirable
changes effected. Many Senators have
signihed their intention of taxing rooms
there during the brief special session,
among them General Miller, of your State
The Arlington is to be the headquarters of
our French guests. The army and navy
officers, with their families, who have been
away for the summer, are Hocking back
into their old quarters at the Ebbitt aud
elsewhere. The diplomatic families, too,
are gathering in for their winter residence.
Since Sir Edward Thornton has left us,
to become ambassador at ST. Peters
burg, the deanship of the diplomatic
corps devolves, by right of seniority
of service. upon Mr.. Elisha Allen,
little elderly Maine man, who after
long residence at the Sandwich Islands was
sent here to represent the Hawaiian Gov.
eminent. He is a widower. So, also, is
Lord Lionel Sackville West who sails for
our shores the 221 Of this month as Min
lister PlenipetentiarY from England. 1t
looks now as if we might have a reasonably
gay winter, notwithstanding the1ate gloom.
As people we are mereurii.l, we Ameri-
cans we have great recuperative energy.
lutIC WILL OC iuau IStdBIC HOuSOpu1IQttS
the coming season. The two Senators
Miller are counted among them also, JUS
tice Stanley Matthews, Congressman Robe
son, ex.Secretary of the Navy, and others
all at the west end of the city, towards
Georgetown, which is now called West
Washington. 1t is difficult to forecast
what Secretary Blaine will do with his
partly finished $50, 900 house. 1t would
please very many of us if he would occupy
it himself as Secretary of State. For the
time being General Buffers house goes duty
admirably as
AN EXECUTIVE MANSION
While the White House is undergoing
thorough repairs, and may not be reoccupied
till January. We are to have new furniture
there, in place of the furnished, time
honored, bug-eaten upholstery that has
done duty through SO many administra-
lions. The Garfield home on l street will
be offered for sale. Senator Hale, who
married the daughter of the late Senator
Chandler, has leased and will occupy the
residence of Hon. Levi P. Morton, which
was formerly the home of Congressman
Hooper, Charles Summers father in-law.
Senator Sargens's house is advertised for
rental, furnished, as its present occupants,
Mr.. and Mrs. Hornsby, the latter of whom
is an only daughter of Judge Jere Black,
are about starting to Europe for years
| absence. The city will thus be full of new
social affairs and new altar fires. Ones
| loves-yes, and animosities, too-very soon
get old-fashioned and out of date here.
There is no place where 1 have ever before
so realized that d" the fashion of this world
passeth away"
The death of General Burnside has made
more than transient ripple here, where
he has served in the Senate SO long. He
will be greatly missed on its reassembling,
although he was character rather than a
force. A man of physical comeliness and
courage, of kindly, honorable purpose, he
never seemed to realize the lack of strong
intellectual power, and without it he kept
afoat where profounder men have ship.
wrecked and sunk. A Providence lady
| who knew both the Rhode Island Senators
we'll, and talked vivaciously regarding
them, says it was always treat to meet
SENATOR BURNSIDE
At party that he would come up with
that admirable department Of his, which
meant nothing in the world. yet was SO full
of benignity, and grasping cordially her
hand, would say, " How do you do? Why,
how do you do, my dear madam? How
do you do ?" then saunter off to the next
acquaintance, leaving her under the i'm.
precision that she had really had an excel
lent talk with him. l would like, en-
PEASANT, to give you picture of the quaint
old mansion where the party where met
her occurred-the residence of banker
Middleton. Built century ago on a
slightly and commanding eminence about
three miles from the city, it has been a
notable retreat of Statesmen and schemers
of an elder day. President Van Buren, made
it his summer quarters; JEFF Davis and his
co.workers plotted secession there and on
a window pane, cut with diamond, they
show the autograph of Francis S. Key.
author of the Star.spangled Banner, "
who lived there in his early young man.