Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-11-27

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! HE aysraes Dspastmsnt clsxk q
WashinGtou = new hoidine his bssssk
n suspsnn, and il alfoxsthsr IN 3 stase
OF great triboiatiou. Ths calm, mad
crate Judgment Of thcss Who an IL 1
position 10 know IL that Mr.. Cleveland
will make bzs few changes, excepting.
Of ooarss, ths more imposkaas Offices.
sash ss heads Of barsaus, whs must cf
necessity be In entire accord wi.h the
spirit of the administration Bat vhec
the soul Of the department clark 10 BE-
ing alIsd with these sweet assurancss Of
security and his mind ID al rest. some
one, like Gosernor-elsot Gray, Of Indi-
ana. announces that the department
must be cleaned out; thst the rascaIs
must 90: and intimates, presumably,
that all Repahlicans ara rascals. Thea
IL the spirit Of the clerk wrouRhs up
once moro, and he begins 10 practise
the most rigid economy. whereupon the
shopkesper carssth with exosedina grsa.
fervor. The result 10 that business here
Is utterly dead at present, bat 10 10 not
probable that this condition will con
tinue for long time.
lf is now generally conceded In Wash-
inzton that the result Of the Presidsn-
tial contest Ii definitely settled, and all
the political wisea0res are busy oonfd-
ing 90 the public how the thing was
done. Mr. George Gorham, staiwart
of the stAiwarts, said 10 Roscoe Conk.
ling, in the lobby of a New York hotel,
few days ago: t. You withered Blaine
With the hot blast Of your siienee,s and
Roscoe smiled AZ though tho idea met
with his emphatis approval.
Mr.. Mike Cregan, one OF the noted
Republican lea iers of New York city,
has been Ia Washington for the last day
or two, and he biandIy expressed his
conviction 10 your correspondent that
the National Republican Committee was
a choice collection Of Chumps,n and
sneeringly said that Eikins had given
the toys 5000 for use in New York
city when they should have had at least
$780, eco. Mr.. Cregan talked very freely
Ia this strain, and butchered she Eng
lish language to an alarming extent.
Every newspaper man at the National
Capital is now transformed into Cab
met maker, and Is benevolently endeav-
oring TO lift some Of the burdens of state
from the shoulders Of the President
elect. All hands seem 10 agree that
Gen. Mcclellan viii enter the Cabinet,
taking either the War or Navy portfolio.
Is IL said that he prefers the latter, AZ
he thinks that . great reputation can
be made by rebuilding DOR shattered
navy, and that the time Is ripe for il.
The South claims two Cabinet Offices,
and asks for the Attorney Generals and
Postmaster Generals portfolios. Sena-'
tor Garland, OF Arkansas, is very Rener-
ally mentioned as the coming Attorney
General. Beyond this no two seem TO
agree. It is understood that Senator
Bayard or Representative Randall do
nos care TO enter the Cabinet, and many
formerly opposed to Randall urge that
be be made the Speaker of the next
House. However. shis Is going a long
way into the future. and Randall may
tomorrow be put down for Secretary of
the Treasury. ga
The social world is already beginning
to be- anxious about tho inaugural bali.
Where ara va going 70 have itI" 10
asked on every hand. Il had been
planned tn have the new Penaion build
ing finished in time for the occasion,
bat now the architect announces that
the building cannot possibly be rooted
in by March, on account of unavoidable
delays. Alhaugh's new Grand Opera
House, one Of the latest improvements
of the Capital, Is spoken of, and one or
two OF the large halls Of the city are
mentioned; bat il is certain that no
buil6iag yet suggested will be entirely
adequate 10 the occasigr. Al Garfield's
inaugural ball the National Museum.
then Just completed, was used, and il is
possible that this building may be called
iato service once more. 1t will be viv
idly remembered by some that for
Grants secsnd inaugural ball a hugo
frame structure was specially erected In
Judiciary Square. The night OF the ball
was intensely cold, and the beaus and
bellies moved aboat enveloped in over
coats and wraps. remember seeing
one fair daughter developed in a car
riage robe. and heard her remark to her
partner: what a perfectly splendid
time rm havinar' Many very severe
colds were contracted, and for some
time afterward coughs were epidemic in
the upper circles of sociesy. The birth
Of the Hayes administration was not
marked by the usual Terpsiohorean ova-
ton. There was too much doubt, up to
witkin week Of the time, as to whose
ball 10 would be.
Many organizations have already en-
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