Daily Republican., 1882-08-12
WASHINGTON LETTEE.
THE CAPITAL DESERTED -FHE
PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF
THEUABINETO ON VACARION,


WASHINGTON, u. c., Aug. Il. -
Washington is now deserted village
The President, Congress, most of the
Cabinet, all of the fashions, and the
lobby have departed. Many chiefs o.
Bureau and a large number Of clerks
are away on summer vacations. The
absence is conspicuous on the streets,
in the parks, in the hotels and in the
air. Well, let them alone and they
will come home and bring their -
behind them. The summer vacation
will be much briefer than usual Con.
gress will assemble for a short, sharp
session in less than four months and
butterfly Washington will be back from
seaside and mountain in less than half
that time.
1t will be remembered that Congress
granted the use of the Rotunda of the
Capitol for q Fair and Exposition to
raise funds for statue to the memory
of Garfield. The enterprise is In the
hands of the Army of the Cumberland.
A Garfield Monument Committee has
been formed. The Fair is to be Ma
tiOnal Industrial and Art Exposition,
and medals and prizes will be awarded
by special committees according to the
rules adopted by the Centennial Expo.
sion In 1876. The Fair will commence
on the 18th of November and continue
until the third of December. It is ex.
pected that the attendance will be very
large and that large addition will be
made TO the Garfield Monument Fund.
The art exhibits, from all that can be
learned, will be numerous and of a
character such as has not often been
collected in this country.
Several hundred new government
clerks have recently been appointed
all OF whom are males. The applications
of females have been ignored, and Sec
retary Teller is known to be opposed to
their appointment, giving as reason
that they are not as Efficient as the
males and that their presence in the
Departments is corrupting. There was
WomaD's Indignation Meeting held
at the Cercoran Building last night.
There were probably 100 in attendance,
from the young, fresh. looking girl to
the aged care worn matron whose hair
had grown gray with trouble and toll.
uSHJ PLOLhAuoub lbutob WuO ubu GA
pressed themselves in sympathy with
the idea and had promised to come and
help. engineer the movement failed to
put in an appearance.
Mrs. Charlotte Smith, as chairman,
announced the objec of tho meeting
which was to take practical cognizance
of the exclusion of women from the de-
partments. She stated on the authority
of members of Congress whom she ua-
med that Secretary Teller objected to
the appointment of women on the
grounds that they corrupted the de
par.ments and were inefficient as COM
pared with men. She said that she had
never asked a favor from the Govern
ment herself and therefore was perfectly
disinterested in the matter.
AS a matter of principle, however, she
thought 1t incum bent upon every wo-
man TO protest against the exclusion of
OF women from the Government service
on the sole ground Of sex. AS to the
other charges she thought woman
alone without the assistance of men
could not do much corrupting. Ad
dresses were also delivered by Mrs.
Roberts. Many affecting instances were
realated by ladies who had waited in
Washington for months expecting ap.
pOintments and not dreaming that the
announcement would be made at the
last hour that no woman need apply.
G. A. S.