The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-12-19
Washington Letter.
From our regular Correspondent
WARRINGTON. Dec.

1
ators and Members have called to sea
INN, but it canuot be said that he has
been overrun with visitors. Fewer MP
psals for office have been made to him
than to any President for many years
at the assembling of Congress 'he
president has naturally been interested
at the reception of his message by the
press Of the country, and it is needless
to say that hc is grati6ed by the almost
universal praise which it has evoked
A New York paper devoted u good
deal of space to showing that MISS
Cleveland wrote the portion OF the
message relative to the Mormons as II
that were wonderful matter. MISS
Cleveland has taken an intense interest
i'll the Mormon question, and it WAS
onl y piece of kindness for the Pre'l-
dent to allow her to have her sayi IN
his message. Her impetuous condemna-
rion OF the Nurmons and what the
President says on the Indian question
will serve to reinforce the already
strong confidence felt by religious peo'
pie Of tho country in President Cleve-
land.
One of the incidents of the week has
been tho curious cauard about cradle
alleged to have been once used by the
Presidents parents When he WAS An III
FAINT. Some inventive geniu. in Pulaski.
Tenn, where there is weekly news
paper, invented Az account Of the fine
lag of cradle which had q singular
history, having got in some way dos.
South, been thrown into creek durine
the war and subsequently, fished out. A
letter dared "White HOUSE, November
90" and signed "Grovcr Cleveland,
WAS published offering "auy moneyea
term, you desira" to the alleged pos
SCISSOR of the cradle. The whole thin,
was a hoax and it hardly appears what
justification there was for its invention.
There has been some little excite
ment at the Navy Department this week
over the lively attack OH Commodore
Walker, chief of the Bureau Of Naviga-
tioa, which has been published in mi.
litary magazine known AS the UNITED
SERVICE. The article Is signed "a Civil
liam and is believed to be tho work
of some naval: oificer. although some
people pretend that ex-Secretary Chan
dler wrote it, Mr.. Chandler crsv to be
quite hostile to C,nmodnre Walker De
fore he lefl thu department, believing
that the Cummodore exercised func-
tons which ought to bs discharged only
by the Secretary himself An attempt
is NOW evidently being made to preju
dice Secretary Whitney against him,
but it will hardly succeed. The position
of clef of tho Office Of detail is a very
disaprecable one. All the old ladies
who want their sons to have nice easy
berths regard the officer who sends their
chickens to. the other side Of the water
AZ very bad man, aid | am told that
during the past week Commodore Wal
ker has received from certain officers
mother long personal attack, written
because he did not assign her sou to the
duty she wanted him to have.
When the House convened Saturday
after recess of TWO days. there was but
slim attendance Of members, doubtless
due to the undersa nding that the Com
mittee OH Rules assnot prepared TO
submit it's report. The Speaker presen-
ted several executive communications,
including the. annual reports ofthe At.
torney General, Secretary Of the Trea-
surv, and the comptroller Of the cur
rency, which were laid on the table. On
the motion Of Mr.. Reed, Of Maine, su-
thority WAS given for the printing of
the compilation Of the division of the
rules of the House in the 'rhirty-uixth
and Forty-sixth Congresses, in view of
the fact they will probably be of use in
the discussion upon the proposed change
in the rules. Mr.. Buck Of Connecticut,
presented resolutions from the legisla-
ture of his State asking that q suitable
law be passed for the ascertainment
and counting Of the electoral vote. The
resolutions were tabled after wnicE the
House adjourned until Monday, the
session having lasted but twenty mi
nutes.
At the Navy department the report
that officers of the Juauiata have bsen
smuggling is entirely discredited. Off.
cisls there express the belief that a