The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1885-1888, 1885-08-21

unintcrcsting publication, known rs
the congressional Recom, will prove TO
lie almost as interesting next winter us
the best of Dickens or Scott S novels.
1t will he II spicy volume and full Of
points, now mark my words"
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"Thcrc are great many very agree
able people here now" said the genial
warden of Ludlow Street Jail to George
Parsons Lathrop the other day Gin
fact | may truthfully say that the so.
ciety in Ludlow Street Jail is better
than that of any other institution of its
kind in the country. Our most distin-
guishcd prisoner is Ferdinand Ward
but he lives I'm strict retirement and sell
dom goes outside of his own apartment.
OF course you cant expect such n bril-
liant swindlcr az Mr. Ward to associate
on terms of equality with men who are
only few hundreds or thousands b..
hind in their accounts" Odd he go to
to Gen Grants funeral?" asked. "Ccr.
tainly he went. lie had carriage and
took couple of deputies with him.
I've no doubt they had window on
the avenue and enjoyed themselves
hugely. You can see him almost any
evening sitting out on the sidewalk
with deputy, smoking and talking.
That saloon on the corner of Grand
street is also favortc haunt of his"
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Times are quiet enough here now,
says the Washington representative of
the Pitsburg Chronicle. The Govern.
mcnt clerks are going away in shoa Is
to take their vacation, and indeed
everybody who can get away is away.
There has been iirst-cass season of
what is called Summer opera mt the
fine new opera house, which " about
the coolest place in town these summer
evenings. These entertainments have
helped to keep people here who have
found the city quite intolerablc in July
and August in other years The life of
the town has been kept up better than in
| previous years, and until last week all
the hotels have done fairly well. The
| Presidents departure was the signal
for great rush northward, and during
| the coming month it must be admitted
| that Washington will be dull. The
President has definitely fixed the 10th
of September as the date of his return,
and that may be regarded as the open
| ing of the "fall season, y for the schools,
theatres and churches will begin anew
about that time, and the Government
people will all be back mt their desks.
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President Cleveland tells good
story of an interview he had with an
anxious fcllow-citizen who had called
to urge upon him more rapid decapi-
tation of the offensive Republican par.
tsans. lie was an old fellow and very
much in earnest. "Ill tell you what
it is Mr. President" said he, humping
his big fist upon the arm of the chair he
sat in, 1--WE have got to get rid of the
carbuncles." "What do you mean,
sir 2" said the President, not instantly
pcrcciving what the old gentleman was
driving at. II tell you, sir, we have
got to get rid of the carbunclcs," re.
pcating himself. ooh, of course we
have" said the President, realizing
that his political friend meant the bar
naclcs, "of course we have" The
President tells the story with much en-.
ioymcnt. He often refers to the neces.
sity of getting rid of the carbunclcs
now.
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Saws Towlc of the Boston T'rurellcr
No man in Congress understands tho
rules of the House as well as Randall
which he cannot apply at a moments
notice. This is tremendous alvan
tagc, which he wicds over the House
with an iron hand There is no doubt
but that the majority of the last House
were opposed TO Randall's autocratiC
methods, and that they will be disap
pointed in case Mr.. Caslisle rcappoint,
him at the head of the Appropriations
Committee. Randall is thoroughly
honest man. No one who has watched
his public life will doubt that for u mo
ment, but he is not fitted by nature fol
the settlement of the Governments ap
propriaions.. lie is parsimonious
There is II line where economy stop
short and parsimony begins. Randall
chief end appears to be to cut the ap
preparations down to the lowest posi-
bic notch before the bill is passed il
committee, and then to make sweep
ing reduction all along the line. In
stead of looping off the abuses III
makes them suffer equally with the bu
rcaus and departments, which it is alb
solutely necessary should be provide,
with sufficient funds to carry them owe
from one fiscal year to the next, Thi
may be rctrenchment, hut it is ncithc
craftsmanship nor good business policy
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