The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-11-21
Washin gton 'Le5te".
From our regular CorresponJent,)

worth repeating. A few days before the
Executive Chamber was quarantled
against ofhce-seekers a Western pollti-
can called with his papers to ask an
Office. He got the President coruered
and talked to him in subdued to- Q,
hut ,rncstly, for d few moments. 7 Z
President listened with great prtielce,
teen drawing himself up, pnking his
hnmb into tie arm.hole of his wal t.
coat IN II way he has, said in tone ! q
enough to be heard by every one in tn.
room: "Now look here, my friend, you
say that you lave voted the deInocr.
TIC ticket for thirty-hve years, that you
have worked and prayed and spent your
money for democratic SUCCESS all tli
time, and IN It you told the people
your town after | WIS elected that tn,
Government would be run on II ne
plan, that th-re were to be changes III
the policy Of the administration, tina
the public services would not he mai
taiaed FIR the purpose Of paying salt
RES to lot of political wile-pullers, bu
would be managed in the aterest of t,r
people and not .he partisans. Now you.
go hume and tell the pnpe you.
town that you have been to WAshingto
and that | told You every word you
said was true. Good morning"
i wonder Why the President doesn't
get a phon"graph--one Of those ma,
chimes that register conversation AL
repeat it when a crank is turned. |
would save an immence amount of tim
ami annoyance and avoid any cause
complaint from the people who want t
be heard. The machine could he set II;
in an ante room, in Charge Of Col. Crook
and office seekers who clll could ta!h
INTO it AS freely MS they. chose Then.
when the President had few moment
time, he could touch the spring an,
have what was said repeated to him b
the automaton ''in the very same word
and tile very same voice" as MIR. Mil
Ter observed There coul be different
reels for different uhjects, and part:
cnlarly big one to register the views oi
District democrats. The office seeker.
would he profoundly gratitied. T.
klrtvent crowd at the Wife Huus,
another machine might be set up in TIL,
lobby Of Wizards Hotel for the specia
benefit Of the generals, colJac.s M,
judges who congregate there to discus
the affairs IF the nation. This suyyes
is wo 10 Considering.
| III lerstand the message is prett,
well along and parts of it are now bcin,
copied on the type writer. The Pres
den' expc's to have it completed this
week read, for the printer. Mr.. Round
will have personal charge If the com
position, and stakes his Official DIES in,
upon his ability TO keep it from prelna
tore publication. A good dead OF spac,
will he devoted to commercial relation,
and the steamship controversy, aud i
is believed that he President will sus
ain the Postmaster General. The Nav
Department will also he given due con
sideration, and Congress will he urge,
to appropriate largely for the constru,
Of new vessels,
The Senate will not bother with an
reciprocity treaties mis- winter, as tn
administrator is dead against then
Mr.. Bayard has carefully tucked Mimi
ter Fosters Spanish treaty away in
pigeon hole where it will be allowed t
lie permanently. Congressman Town
send,'f Illinois, spent several hours wit
the President week before last urgin
the adoption Of his plan for a custom
union between the i. American republic
under which there would be free trad
among the nations Of this hemi ipher
and probably the President will Civ
the scheme some attention, but | d
not believe he will recommend it. Th
Nicaragua Canaltreaty will he renewe
with some modification, and the rout
has been somewhat changed us the r.
salt of the last survey by Mr. Menoca
Miss Cleveland returned to this cit
Saturday mig ht. She has not been el
gagged in literary pursuits, as has bee
SO frequently asserted this summe
She has simply been spending The sun
mer at her home in Oneida County, \
Y, and returns much refreshed to r
sumo the social duties at the Whit
House. Mrs. Huyt is still here. II