Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1884-12-06
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THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Two Monumental Events Con.
gress-The Spoils. I.

r.L- II
finished: The last touches are being
made to the work Of forty years. I
mean, Of course. the Washington monu-
.ent. And how to dedicate it and how
to: inaugurate Mr.. Cleveland are burn
ing questions just now. As they. are
national affairs, a great demonstration
is proposed for each event. Mr.. Cleve-
land says he would prefer as quiet an
inauguration as possible. But the mat
is not in his hands. 1t will be at
tended to here in Washington, and
there is no chance for small, quiet af-
fair. About the middle of February the
town will begin to assume an unusually +
full appearance, and by the fourth Of
the following month it will have over
flown its banks. After that date it will
be many days before Washington re-
sumes its normal channel and condition
of life. In the preliminary steps that
have been taken there has been a good
deal of discussion as to men and meth
DDS. There were enough Democrats
anxious to appear prominently to work
all the others into a kind of ferment.
The national Democratic committee
have agreed to supervise the ceremo.
MES, audit is Thought things will now
60 well. There will be no time to lose
in preparation for the tens of thousands
of visitors who will be in Washington
between the Sd and 9Th of March. This
work alone will require a ways and
means committee Of extraordinaryabil-
ity, energy and industry. ,
As to the dedication Of the monu.
ment, the various arrangements are in
the hands of eight members of congress,
five senators, and the members Of the
m monument society. Congress at the
last session appropriated the sum of
$25OO to help defray the expenses of the
occasion, but as it is intended to make
the celebration a grand one, $3.50
more will be asked for at the coming
session. Private subscriptions will also
be in demand. It is proposed to extend
the ceremonies over three days.. The
governors of all the states are expected
to be here to join the parade with con.
gress, the supreme court, the president
and everybody else. There will doubt
less be much more pomp and vanity
over the dedication Of his monument
than the quiet modest tastes of the
father of his country was wont to ap-
prove, but he, like the president.elect,
will not be able to help it.
1t may be said congress is at work,
although the session does not open un-
til Monday. With commendable in
dustry the appropriation committee
have been meeting at the capitol for
some days, mapping out work for the
session. The estimates for SIX of the
annual appropriation bills have already
beep placed in the hands of sub-com-
mittees, and it is thought some of them
will be in readiness for consideration
when the session begins.
There will probably be fewer changes
in the patent Office under the new ad-
ministration than in any other depart
ment of the government. The cause of
this is that examiners Of patents are of
five grades and must be persons who
are educated especially for the work.
The commissioner of patents says that
the new examiners appointed last July
are only just now beginning to be of use,
and have been a great hindrance in oc-
cupying the time Of the old examiners
to instruct them. Consequently patent
Office employees are under the impres-
sion that removals in their department
cannot be made without injury to the
public service, and are not so much dis
turbed over Mr.. Cleveland's election as
those of the other departments are.
Still there are a number of positions
in the patent Office available for changes.
There are about a dozen important
places such az commissioner, assistant
commissioner, ETC., and about two hun
dred and fifty places worth $40, $50 and
$50 per month. "Those positions do
not amount to much" agentleman said
the other day to Gen. Butterworth. "Do
not amount to muchP" repeated the
general, his voice and c~ountenance full
of astonishment. "You would not think
So" continued he, "if you could be
with,me and g the applicants who
come to me, sometimes eight, ten, ff.
teen in a day, even ladies, reared in lux.
ury, who have sold their clothes fol-
bread. 80, 10
When asked how he expected his
clerks to fare after the 4th of March,
Commissioner Butterworth said he
thought there would undoubtedly be q
tremendous pressure for places, and Mr.
Cleveland would have to be q. man Of
iron to resist it. ~s 2.i = -
Murder in Walsh County.
GRAFTON, OAK, Dec. "A foul muir
der vas committed in this county las|
Saturday night about SIX miles east o.
Mimic. Simon Lendusky, q, well-to-de
farmer and Pole by birth, had beer