The National tribune., 1885-03-19
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
The Weekly Collection About the Ma
tiOnal Capital.


i FORTNIGHT OF Mr.. CLEVELAND.
@The new President hes now been ca d'ity TWO
HhlI weeks and SO far has earned praise from
every one except tie oiflUe-se.kors. \ hungry
man is always impatICnt: ii he Is hungry icT
his dinner hc ablscs his wife aid the cook: II
hungry for an Office hc beratcs the appointing
power as ral~ll as he dare Every one Of the TO-
900 or more gcatlcmen who knock elbows with
each other ia the places OF public resort about
the city is certain that Mr.. TleycIaGd's taTdi-
ness in making changes is hurting the coun-
try and Is a personal ;lis.0TtAEe. Ihcy can
not be made 20 Uuderstaa3 that even ii it were
desired to change thc whole OF the lo,e9e olice
holders IA ihc country, aud replace them hy
new men. the routine Of tho change would oc-
cupy years To change them in q year wonld
require 3G9 ie be discharged, and their sue
cessors appointed, for every working day,
which weuld bc prCp05teTous late.
Mr. Cleveland docs not hold out any induce
nents that lac IS galDC 10 work the guiilctino at
this rate He sometimes !iatly declines TO work
tt at all is he did TO the Iowa Democrats who
called on hin in a body, headed by their present
and ex-Ecprescntativc. Gen. Weaver eXPostu-
lated that many Of tho Postmasters, Collectors
etc. in the State wcrc Republican editors, whc
had been especially active and abusive in tho
recent campaign. Nj Cleveland replied, dis
tinctly, that that made 40 difference; thatifthe
men were capable and faithful, thcy should
stay their terms. An exceedingly wrathy nan
was Gen. Weaver, as he Left the Presidential
presence.
THE POOR DEPARTMENT CLERKS,
who shiver and tremble with the rustic Of
every passing breeze, let hopes begin TO bud
that Civil Service really meant something
These were soon nipG by a cruel frost when
it was aHroEUCea that wholesale rHdnctIons OF
the Departmental forces viii take place, as the
l. FL,
that three tlen could do the work now done
by FIVE. This dreadful news was confirmed by
the announcement that the Stationery Clerk Of
the Treasury Department had been ordered TO
furnish 5Q1 dismissal blanks. No man or
woman among the 2.G9o employed in the mas
sive building at the enl of the Avenue ap-
proaches the l.tter-hox except with fear aud
dread, lest the mail contain the dreadful
mandate.
OF course the Republicans place no conf
dence IN the sincerity Of the talk about econo-
my and efficiency being the reason for this re-
duction. They say that IL is only an evasion
of the Civil Service Law; that il will not he
long until every place made vacant by these
dismissals viii he quietly filed by working
Democrats.
INDICATING HIS POLICY.
Except the appointment Of his Cabinet and
his dealings with the utfce-seelI ing delegations.
10 foreSbadoy his course. The most notable
things were his withdrawal of the Spanish and
Nicaragua treaties froia before the ;, nate,
the proclamation against the Okiahoma Boom
eTs, and the quiet concentration of naval YES
Sels in Contra! American waters. II Is believed
that the first means thai while the new Admin
istration is fiyorahly nclil cd 10 the principles
involved in the treaties i does not prapOse 70
inherit q foreign policy fron tho preceding
Administration, but will have one OF its own.
The proclamation against the Boomers shows
agreement with the views OF previous Admin
istrations as to the status OF the Oklahoma
lands The strengthening Of Our feet on the
Central American coast BODIES no good to Presi-
dent BargiOss ssssuLl lptioRs.
BLAINE's CALL AT TIRE WHITE HOUSE.
No man in the United States knows better
how TO do appropriate, graceful things at the
right time than James q. Blaine. and his visit
10 the White House last week was oue of his
happy thoughts. Nothing could be mere be-
coming than his prompt. hearty aoquiescence
in the viii of the people. and the recognition Of
their choice one 10 " h0m is due loyal courtesy
even from his defeated opponents. Dir. Blaine
was cordially received by the President and
staid half hour. On leaving Mr. Blaine said :
"Mr. President. I sincerely hope that the
country may be prosperous and contented un-
der your Administration. and trust that you
viii find your life in Washington one OF per-
sonal happiness"
GEN. TIDgALL.
Next Sunday Col. Geo. p Andrews. of the
list Artillery, will be retired. This will pro-
mete Lieut.-Col. John e. Tidhall. OF the same
regiment, to its Colonelcy. This will be
pleasant news 10 many thousand solder-friends
of the splendid old artillery chief of the Second
Corps. Gen. Tidbsli was Lieutenant in tho
Cd Art. at the outbreak of the war, and CON-
manded battery at Bull Run. From that
time forward his history VAS part of that of
the Army OF the Potomac. and he took an honor
able part in every battle that it fought He
was brcyeted Major-GeneTai for gallant and
Iaeritcrioas services az Forts Steedman and
SedgWicE, April :, 1866.
MoDEsTY AND MISSISSIPPI
begin with the sar,e letters, but that seems to
be all the connection there is between the two.
The State has already been given the Depart
ment Of the Interior but the delegation FROM
there thinks she should have in addition aud
Immediately, the First Assistant Postmaster
General. Register of the Treasury, Coumis-
si0neT Of Agriculture. C1nsul TO Honolulu, As
sistant Attorney General Chief Clerk of the
Internal Revenue Bureau, besides a score or
more Of smaller places Mississippi has never
been backward IN offering her sous 10 the
public service. II will be relnemb bered that the
chief Of the so-cailed Southern Confedcracy
hailed from the land Of expensive leyees and
deep bayous.
COUNTERFEIT CENTS.
II is hard times with tie eounterfeiters, rs
well as everybody else and those gentry have
10 be content with operations at which they
would turn up their noses in fusher days. Tbs
Treasury Department IS ia receipt of infGrma-
tiou that counterfeit cents are being eXtcu-
siVely coined. They made Of pure copper,
instead Of alloy, as the genuine ones are. AS
each nust weigh ~ grains, l4O of them can be
made out of pound, which, at the present
price Of copper, leaves profit Of % cents 8
pound to the coimer. The old joke is that d
man who would make 4 false cent ought to be
sent TO the penny-tentiary.
DEATH OF COL TAYLOR.
Col. Joseph II. Taylor, nephew of Gen
ZACHARY Taylor. and son of the late Commis.
sary-General, died at Omaha. Neb last Friday
of pneumonia, after FIVE days iiiueSs. He was
graduate of West Point. and about 53 years
old. He served as GEN MansfeIds chief OF
staff until that General was killed at Antietam
when he Joined the staff OF Gen. Heintzclman
and aftorward thar OF Wadsworth. For the last
three years lac has been Gen. Howards As
a. ~ fas.ff fAss,e