The Arizona sentinel., 1882-04-22
WASHINGTON LETTER.
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ments from which society has had short respite. The Presi- dent has given one general recep- tiOn, on which Occatson the White House was crowded be- yond precedent, and this is saying good deal, for the old mansion has been packed before. There has been some talk about build ing a new Presidential residence, but there is no prospect of this being done soon. The present house is old and inconvenient in many respects just; too good to tear down but not quite good enough to stand.
 There has been further dehate on the tariff question during the week. The subject has been agitated, and it will not sleep until it has changed party lines and frontiers. If all members who have speeches prepared on this question speak, the session will be protracted till August.
 There was rumor yesterday that the Secretary of War, Robert Lincoln, would be removed in a few days and successor appoint ed, thus making President Arthur's Cabinet entirely new, but I have it from the best authority the present Secretary will remsin the sole surveyor of Garfield's cabinet.
 MT. Chandler's appearance in the Navy Department is regarded
 with some dread by the barna- cIes, toredos, and rats that have had so much to do in navigating the old halk to the d--l, and,
 if reports are true, he will soon reorganize the Navy Department
 with very stiff broom. MT.
 Teller, the new Secretary of the
 Interior, it is reported, will also
 do a little spring cleaning, and
 more than one chief of Bureau.
 with his little cOtelie of depen-
 dents, is wishing that he had not
 hung on princes favors until he
 became too weak to hang at any thing else. MT. Teller is man of ability and industry. He has
 experience as a lawyer and espe-
 clally familiar with land and
 mining cases, and the Indian
 question, all of which matters are
 in charge of the Department of
 the Interior to which he ha>
 been appointed This Depart
 meut is an unwieldy conglomera- tiOn of incongruous parts. IL com prises the Patent and the Pen sion Offices; the General Land Office the Indian Bureau; and the Bureau of Education
 The Census and the Geological
 survey are both attached to the , Interior Department, as is also the Commissionership of all Rail. roads that have been granted any loan or credit, or subsidy in lands
 or bonds by the United States. The Navy Department. ol which MT. Chandler takes charge
 is much nicer and more homo.
 geneOus machine It consists Ol } eight bureaus, viz:-Yards and
 Decks, Navigation, Ordnance,
 Provisions and Clothing, Medi- cine and Surgery, Construction
 and Repair, Equipment and
 Recruiting, and Steam Engineer ing Some of these Bureaus have subordinate offices, as. for instance, the chief of the Bureau , of Navigation has control of the Naval Observatory, the Nautical , Almanac Office, and the Hydro , graphic Office, each of which f employs quite number of clerks , and scientific specialists.
 5 lhers seems to be very good 7 prospect for the passage of bill , relating to the count of the t electoral vote in Presidential l elections, so as to avoid the diff } faculties that almost culminated
 in revolution in 1876. The Senate
 has passed a bill which will probably be concurred in by the House. The object of his bill is to throw upon the states them. selves the resp0n sibiity uf decid
 ing all disputed questions as tC