The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-09-18
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From cur regular Correspondent.
WAsHTNGTON. September IA.

From cur regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, September IA, 1885.
The President returned in the most
way possible last week.
His trip has been agreeable and invig-
Grating, and it was limited to the thirty
days granted to other employees of the
Government.
The simple and unpretentious way in
which Mr. Cleveland has spent his holi-
DAYS might well be taken for an ex-
ample for future Presidents, and the
memory of man will not have to go far
back to find examples to the contrary.
The demands upon the Presidents
mental and physical endurance, up to
the time of his departure for the Adj
rondacks, had been simply tremendous.
Throughout a weary succession Of days
he had been called upon to shake hands
with an iGumerable and inc6ssant null
titude, to listen to infinite opportunity,
to address himself to many intricate
problems of politics and government.
Immersed for so long in that laborious
monotony he had made good his title to
term of rest. Since lis return he has
been out driving several afternoons dur
ing the week and he has accomplished
O De
maiEed in his office during the after
noon while the band played on the lawn.
He saw several persons during the day,
including Senator Mcmillan, OF Min
nesota and others.
Miss Cleyeland has been visiting her
sister, Mrs. Yeomanans, at Walmouth,
n. Y, and is expected back in the
White House in October. She has al
ready received nearly $4,000 on her
first book, which will furnish her pin
money for good while.
Secretary Manning has finally leased
the house of Otis Bigelow, Esq. at the
corner of Eighteenth and p streets, and
will occupy it as soon as Mrs. Manning
returns to the city. Secretary Whitney
has not yet taken city house. He is
spending several thousand dollars in
fitting up the Means place, Oh the Ten
nallytown road, recently bought by
him, aud will spend the autumn there,
Mrs. Whitney will probably be debarred
from going much into society by the re-
cent death of her brother. Mr.. Attor-
ney General Garland has purchased a
residence during the past week at the
corner of Rhode Island avenue and
Fourteenth street, and all the members
of the Cabinet except Mr.. Lamar may
bone in the District of Columbia.
Advices received at the General Land
Office from different points in the West
indicate that the firm attitude of the
Administration in its purpose to pro-
tect the public domain is having a
healthy effect. A correspondent in
Montana states that the cattlemen are
becoming scared and are shipping vast
quantities of cattle from the ranges H.
legally occupied by them, and the large
milling companies which have been eu-
gagged ia tresspassing upon public tim
Der are trying to sell, as they now find
they cannot pool their interests with the
cattlemen aud land -grabbers and sell out
the whole country to the English.
Gen. Rosecrans, Register of the
Treasury, has for some time past con-
templated certain changes in his Office.
with view to securing unbiased judg-
ment and cooperation in such changes
of methods. distribution of work, and
grading Of employees as he deemed best
in the interest of the public service.
Last week he called for the resignation
Of six chiefs OF division in the Registers s
Office. Gen. Rnsecrans says he was au-
thorized by the appointing power to re-
quest the officials to place their resigna-
y,
cause he found that they were not in
| sympathy with the reforms he proposes
| to make. The reports circulated that
| there was no lack of harmony between
| Secretary Manning aid the Register,
| growing out of the above changes, are,
says Gen. ROsecrans, absolutely untrue,
| and directly opposite to the facts.
| Third Auditor Williams has addressed
| letter to the Secretary of the Treas
ury, stating shat as the result of the i'm.
! proved condition of the business of his
| Office, and the fact that great efficiency
has been obtained, he RECOMMENDS a re-
| duction in the clerical force. The law
provides for 156 clerks. There are now
six vacancies caused by resignation, foul
! of which need not be filed. The SCI
| vices of twelve more clerks can be dis
| pensed with without injury to the pub
| llc service, making total reduction d
16 clerks. Mr.. Williams has secured
Secretary Msnning's approval of tn,
| dismissals, which are to take effec
| from the 20th instant. K.