St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-08-15
OPELOUSAS
saturday August 18th, 1855.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent

EpOm our Regular SOEitSpUuuGuG
August Sd, 1885.
There is very little going on in Wash
ington just now, the hot streets are de-
serted, and even the Office seekers who
have fingered about with patience
greater than Mary's little lamb have
gone. The White House has been
closed except to those who call by APP
pointment, and at the Departments lit
tie besides routine business is trans
acted.
On next Friday the President and his
Cabinet and Col. Lament will leave for
New York to attend the obsequies of
Gen. Grant. The President will not
return direct to Washington, but will
20 from New York to the Northern part
of the State where he will rusticate un-
til September. Col. Lamont will ac-
company him, and telegraph wire,will
keep him in communication with Wash
ington.
The President however is not going
to be idle during his Office. For five
months he has been constantly denied
the opportunity he seeks to ponder
carefully over many important topics,
and to study the national questions
which are somewhat new to him.
The Cabinet, at least majority of
it, will remain in Washington. The
Secretary of the Navy, Mr.. Whitney, is
making himself "solid'' here, lie has
just bought home for $4,000 and will
soon move to it. 1t is pretty place
outside of the city limits commanding
a fine view and is altogether as attrac-
tive summer residence as one will see
in days journey.
Senator Logan too, unmindful of the
melancholy examples of ex-Senators
Window and Pendleton and Mr.. Robe
son, who built grand residences in
Washington and failed of reelection,
has bught a $4,000 SUBURBAN place.
But Senator Logan has been reelected
for six years from the 9th Of March, and
he can say with the Irish psalmist Let
fate do her worst, there are relics of
Joy six years in the Senate in spite of
the old boy.
Gen. Logan has always heretofore
lived very plainly and his wife has
never before had field or back
ground, what shall say, large enough
for the display of her brilliant politico-
social strategy. This house has four
immense parlors on the first floor and
it is probable that is will be a rendez-
Yous during the next four years for the
uterrihed- by civil-seryice-reform Bour
bon Republicans. Gen. Logan and his
wife have the Presidential bug in their
bonnets and in their nightcaps too it
will be entertaining to turn the lOrg-
nette upon them in the coming three
and half years of CleVeland's Admin
istration.
It is said that Secretary Whitney has
also Presidential aspirations. He is
certainly laying broad foundation for
solid frame. The house he has bought
however, is too far from the centers of
society for him to work the politico-so-
cial racket" 1t is not the situation
that would strike an ambitious ag-
gressive home politician as favorable
base. It is more like the home Of 1
refined ascetic who would get away
from the world.
This however is not the time to spec
ulate about the Presidential aspirations
of any one. All eyes at present are d.
rected to Virginia, New York and Ohio,
where the elections will go far to de-
eide whether we are to have a reform
Senate during the present adninistra-
ton.
The Senate Of the Forty Ninth Com
gress will contain forty two Republic
cans and thirty four Democrats, that
IS if a Republican is elected or appoint
ed from Oregon. This will leave the
majority of eight To
overcome this majority the Democrats
will have to hold their present number
and gain four additional Senators, this
would make tie, but with the casting
vote of Vice President Hendricks party
could be carried through.
RmckKamsS APmECR SREVe.