Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1884-11-27


Arrangements are already under way
providing accommodations and places
Of sojourn for the large numbers of PEG
pie who will be here. Gov. Cleveland,
Attorney General O'Brien, Comptroll-
er Chaplin, and other state officers at
Albany have secured rooms at Willard s
hotel for the inauguration, as have also
the Cleveland Body Guard and the
Cleveland Buffalo club.
More than two weeks ago, the Wash
ington Monument reached a. point
higher than that Of any artificial struc-
ture in the world. 1t is getting pretty
cold for the workmen now up there
among the clouds. Their dinners and
lunches are served to them hot on the
summit and whenever man feels cold,
he can always have Il cup Of hot col1ee.
On a foggy morning, while the top of
the monument is bathed in the sun S
rays, looking down, nothing can be
seen of the ground beneath, which is
hidden by the MASSES of rolling clouds.
1t is thought the final touches could be
made in fifteen days of fine weather,
but or really cold days, work cannot
proceed.
Since the Republican headquarters
here were closed, the building has been
rented by the proprietor of the Ar
linston hotel, to accommodate guests
who will come to the inauguration.
President Arthur leads a very quiet
life now, spending the business part of
the day at the White House, and going
out to Soldiers Home in the afternoon
He will be busy for another week yet
on his message to Congress- and it may
be the last that a Republican President
will send to Cor gross Of the United
States for many years. 1t is said he
will set forth the principles and poll
cies which he thinks gshould control
the party, and make such recommen-
dations on the subject of the collection
of the revenues, the management of the
government business generally, and the
foreign relations of the United States
as shall afford a practicable :. basis fol
future party action.
The general opinion Of members Of
Congress who have arrived in Wash :
ington is that very little will be don.
at the coming session beyond the pas
sage of appropriation bills. 1t is not
improbable that something may be
done with the pending land grant for.
fixture bills, the bill to prohibit 1.-THE
importation Of foreign labor, and tho
Educational bill, but it is likely that
appropriation and pension bills vii
consume most of the session.
Although Governor Cleveland has
remarked that he supposed his friends
would have consulted him before de.
Gliding the matter Of his Cabinet, his
party friends in Washington are trying
as indnstriously as ever to save him al
trouble in that direction. Mr.. Ran
dal's position continues to be topic
Of discussion among the politicians
The interior department is the last
place selected for him. upon the ground
that it is low the most important de-
partnent Of the Gove nment, aMG
would open field to Mr.. Randall ;
aggressiyeness that would bring credits
to himself and party. They say when
the Tariff question is taken up by the
next Congress, it will be desirable tc
have the sturdy protectlonist in a place
where his views can do no harm
Mr.. Blaine will be in Washington
within Il week or so. lie has taken
Ex,secretary WINDOWS house on Mas,
sachusetts Avenue, and will occupy it
during the winter. 1t is announced
that he will now finish hi: history. Be
You'd this nothing is known, though a
multitude Of rumors are in circulation
Among these is one that he will be a
Candidate for the Senatorship of Penn
sylvania. 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.
General News.