Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-09-11
WASHINGTON LETTER.
our Regular Correspondent.

From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, September /, 1884.
The season has reached its climax.
Only Sunday or two more aud all the
pleasure-seeking people of the Capital
who for the last few months have been
rowing over the earth's surface from
sea to mountains and mountains TO sea
will be vending their way home-ward to
begin to prepare themselves fol the tur-
MOL of the winters work and pleasure.
Saratoga, with its conventions political,
medical, lawful will disgorge its quota OF
souls; Newport, with its Tennis, its polo,
and Casino amusements; the springs and
the hills, the sea-shores and wales will
very soon become prey to the cold
autumnal winds, to mourn in sorrow
the dear departed.
The season began with y wavering
hope and fear that was soon obliged to
resolve itself into positive shape when,
in its early days, took place the two
great conventions, each making de-
csion for its party then came the fol-
lowing events, the official announce.
mcnts, and later on the long looked-for
letters of acceptance. During all this
time has continued constant shower
of small shot thrown back ana forth,
then an occasional explosion of dynam-
lite, threatening to tear man limb from
limb morally, SO that people have been
kept in q healthy state of excitement.
So le grand monde will come home
to assist at the fall campaign, the men
in hand -and-hand struggle. the ladies
by their gentler method of charms and
fascinating influence, by which so much
good and harm are accomplished.
There is promise OF very exciting
season in Washington. opening with
the Presidential contest, and latter on
radiant with the Inauguration of new
administration.
The President has been playing the
social lion at Newport this week and
has accepted all invitations he could,
going out to dinner every night. There
is nothing that he likes better than such
week at Newport. Nothing is
heard yet about his coming back TO
Washington, but doubt if he spends
much time here before the Ohio cleo.
ton, which occurs in the middle of Dc
tober. Some of the members of the
Cabinent drop in occasionally, but
nearly all are still away, and all running
their departments by telegraph. MIR
Frelinghuysen is with his family. Mr.
Lincoln is at Fort Monroe where
his mother-in-law, Mrs. Harlan
is said to be at the point of death
Judge Folger is quite sick at Geneva,
n. Y. and really unable to 60 on with
the work in his office.
Every year about this time rumot
goes the rounds to the effect that New
York billionare has his eye upon Wash.
ington and proposes to sweep down up.
on us in barbaric magnificence late in
the season, take the biggest house he
can find in town and make a dazzling
plunge in official society. Last year il
was reported that it was William H.
Vanderbilt. That report grew out OF
the purpose of one of the young Missis
Vanderbilt to spend few weeks in
Washington, which she subsequently
carried out during the season; diam on DIS
detectives and all This year the story
is that Jay Gould is quietly looking for
a place among our modest mansions
where he can pass Washington win
ter with comparative comfort.
1t is again reported that Commission.
er Dudley will soon resign his position,
and | hear that General Beaver, OF
Pennsylvania, will probably be his sue
cessor. | am told that the cause lies
in the fact that there has been strain.
ed feeling for some time between the
Commissioner and Secretary Teller.
MIR. Teller thinks that Colonel Dudley
has been entirely too easy and gener-
Gus in dealing out pensions, and that
Government money has been wasted to
large amount. 1t seems that Dudley
grants pretty much everything that is
asked, and when applications are to be
refused he is very found of sending
the papers up TO the Secretary, in order
that he may take the responsibility.
Secretary Teller does not ike this.
LENox.