New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-20
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
GENERAL LOGANs PLANs-RUMORS ABorpy
Mr.. HAY-THE DOLPHIN

GENERAL LOGANS PLANS-RUMORS ABovpy
Mr.. HAY-THE DOLPHIN
| fYxoM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT THE rRrsuxv,
WASHINGTON, June 19.-General Logan tai.
me that he will make Washington his headquarters an
ing the summer. He promised to attend the reun,
of Army veterans which will shortly be held In Port
| land. Me- He also has accepted invitation fror
Henry O. Bowen be present ct the Woodstock ceebr
ton on July 4. With these and other demands upo,
him, his timo is fully taken up. During his absence ss
winter from Washington O great deal Of business a.
cumuated which claims hts attention. No publia
man has arger;or moro varied mail There Is scascsv
veteran in the country who does not apply to Genera
Logan he wants something DONE Three hundred LEI.
day is not unusually heavy mail for him. EVER
correspondent, too receves prompt attention. Adde1
to this the General listens three Of cae
every day. Half of them have grievances to present o.
appeals to make The yearly demands upon his purss
amount TO very handsome total. Yet there ars
few poor soldiers who leave the Generals door whou>
cheering and solid than good advice alone
There is more liberal or generous giver than Black
Jack" And he is the poorest among his colleagues il
the Senate.
asked him how he found General Grant.
"Rather better than expected" he said 81 cannot
account for the failure Of his voice. When him,
was in good condition He talked with me for tive
hours Before arrived at the house lie had been dcta
ing TO his senographer for quite while. When en-
tered the he just finishing the preface to HE
book That wrote with his hand. He read It TO
me- talked of little else than his book II seems to
engross his whole mind In other matters no taxes ous
a assng interest"
asked General Logan II 1t true that he had
promised to the stump in ohio next fall,
ported. No could have been more surprised than
wasv he answered, whensI the statement In print
or course don't know what going to do, bnt up 70
the present moment have given no thought to It,"
Congressman Bennett Of North Carolina like many Of
his Democracl brethren, is dissatisfied with the Pres
dents regarding the Offices He Is credited with
the intention OF introducing bill next December to
peal the Civil Service He Is quite capable OF doing
It, In the first session OF tue xLvIIa Congress he
introduced bI 70 prevent Tue interarase Oh Dacks
laughed him. but 10 took the matter quite seriously
lie never distinguished himself otherwise.
Rumors of the probable;retrement Of First Assistant
Postmaster General Hay are again revived Mr. Hay no
doubt Is very delicate health Heis scarcely equal 10 tho
demands which the oiice-or more correctly speaking,
upon him. The latter prob
ably at tie bottom os the revival OF the ror, FOR ex-
turned out Of ONCE fast enough to suit their IDEAS there
10 really work hand which requires INN siae at
tenon which coud.not be taken up later ON without
detIment u the public service
MEX" Bell, OF Missouri, the present chief OF the
Foreign Mail Division Is talked OF as the coming FRS:
Assistant Postmaster General. Dallas Sanders. Of
Philadelphia, is to take Mr. Bells place rms at letsts
the arrangement Ia TIDE Tor the peSeLl Ny tuo Sosss
the hOtcl lob0ies.
IL IA not altogether improbable thatthe Jealousy az.
WAYS existing In army and navy circles between tloss
VINO detailed for duty in pleasant posts or on SHORE
and those who have u toll on the frontier or perform
duty something 20 DO with the severe tone Of the
report submitted b. thr Examining Board IN the Dolphin
case. The Advisory Board has always b5en rOundy
abused by those who not members thereof IL was
cOnst iered good thing" to be It. No who has
IN Washington can have any idea OF the amount
OF intriguing that Is constantly going on to secure for
officers such and similar places The wives OF soma
officers foremost In this knd OF work. and they
orally carry the day Many assignment TO duty Z de.
terinned ard ordered not In the offices OF the Navy
Department but In the psr0r or at the mahogany OF
soma willy host or hostess. Those whose manGuyres
were in vain cannot be expected to feel very kindly
toward those who successful In their schemes.
Commodore Belknap IL is pointed out has lust returned
from Commander Evans. too has reasons for scOr-
ing point against the late Secretary OF the Navy Both
officers reported be anxious 60 hare tue Advisory
Board abolished IL Is too much to say perhaps thas
| either of these officers controlled IN DIG
judgments by such considerations these, but would
be snotbng than human II both had not been toA
influenced In their action by their hostility
Advisory Boart the evident desire the part
tho Administration TO see the Dolphin condemned aud
the moral pressure which attitude OF the Secretary
must have exerted upon them.