San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-12-04

hurry. You can toll one by the larry
self-poasessed manner In which b
strolls along, a. IL he had no wher'
in particular to go, or IL he has be h
not in tho slightest hurry TO get there
So, when the stranger from acommer
cial city reaches Washington, hi
brisk walk makes him q marked man
II is such specimens Of activity ii
this who now abounedin Washington
and those strangers make the heart
Of the hotel and boarding house
keeper glad.
Mr.. Blaine will be in Washington
within week or 30, He has taken
Ex-Secretary Windows house on
Massachusetts Avenue, and viii oc'
cupy it during the winter. It ia
announced that he will now finish his
history. Beyond this nothing is
known, though a multitude Of rumors
are in circulation. Among these il
one that he will be candidate for the
Senatorship in Pennsylvania. This
is hardly possible, and there seems TO
be nothing beyond the fact OF his
great personal popularity among the
Keystone Republicans to give ground
for the report. ,-a-
The best judges here agree that the
coming Congress will not do much
besides attending to the necessary
appropriation bills. Others, however,
assert positively that the tariff ques-
ton will be agitated, and that another
bill for the reduction of duties will
be brought in. 1t is not improbable
that something may be done with
pending land grant forfeiture bills.
The bill to prohibit the importation
of foreign labor, which went over in
the Senote last session under con-
siderable protest, may also Calm
and among the members OF
the House now in town, there is
belief that the educational bill ought
to be disposed Of this winter.
There is very general talk here
now of the necessity of rebuilding
of the Navy. In the past the Re.
publicans have favored this, but
liberal appropriations have been
prevented by the unwillingness OF the
Democrats to trust the expenditure
OF such large amounts to Republi-
can administration. This objection
will now be removed, and many
Naval officials say that there is at
last a bright prospect that our Navy
may become practicable defense in
case of war, instead of as at present
merely q subject for humorous para
graphs.
The Patent Office, which has suf-
fered much from the ignorance of the
members of Congress as to it's neces-
stiles, stands q good chance for bet
ter treatment by the Forty-ninth
Congress, of which the Hon. BENZ.
Butterworth, now Commissioner of
Patents, will be a member. The
force of examiners and the clerical
force in this bureau is entirely made
quate to cope with the food of
constantly pouring in
upon it, and as consequence the
work is far behind in many of the
classes. In some cases an inventor
is compelled to wait months for &C.
ton on his application 1t is almost
criminal on the part of Congress that
such a condition of affairs should
exist in q bureau that is not only
self sustaining, but is source OF
considerable revenue to the Govern
ment Mr.. Butterworth is acquain-
ted with every need Of this bureau OF
the Government, and it is generally
understood that his first efforts will
be directed towards securing fairer
treatment for the Patent Office.
The report that Roscoe Conkling
might possibly be elected Senator
from New York by coalition of Dem
ocrats and stalwarts was received
with a good deal of interest in Wash
ington, where he has many friends
and also many enemies. The pros
pect Of this occurring has however
faded very considerable during the
last few days, and it is now con-
sidered long ways from probable.
The citizens of Washington have
begun to make arrangements
for the Inaugural ceremonies. Great
are also being made for
the dedicating Of the Washington
Monument which will occur on
February %. The hotel deepers say
that the applications for rooms for
the last Of February and the first Of
March is something entirely unpre-
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