The Penn's Grove record., 1885-09-12
WASHINGTON

has brought many Washingtonians
hack from sea shore and mountain.
The President arrived home on Monday
and bv the first OF October Everybody,
as she hltmbly calls herself will be back
in tle city. The Secretary of the In
terror IS the only Cabinet officer who
las remained in town the summer
through. lis health appears 70 be eX-
cellent. he is looking fresh and ruddy,
and is evidently q much stronger MAJ
tan he was during the first few weeks
Ct the present administration. He is
made Of pretty tough fbrefor the num-
hslyof office seekers he is compelled to
see every d,y is very large, and his work
is exceedingly harra5sing.
Secretary Bayard las been absent
from tbs State Department very little.
lie has occasionally made a flying trip
to his home i'll Wilmington, Delaware.
bat nearly every day has found him at
his desk. While at his home in WI
| mingtoa last Sunday lie had for his
guest Mr.. Kelley, the Minister Of the
U. S. to Austria. Mr.. Kelley though
our representative in law, is not in fact
for the ruler of Austria refuses to re-
ceiye him, and the mission is vacant to
all intents and purposes. Whether his
resignation will be accepted and the
vacancy filed by another appointment
seems in doubt. AT all events no such
change is likely to occur at an early
day. Until something of the kind is
done the United States will have no
Minister to Austria. The question
naturally arises whether the country
suffers any detrimont from the absence
of a representative at Vienna. If we
can get along for months without a
Minister, why not for years, and why
not forever. If we need no Minister 70
Austria what is the use keeping UP dip
lomatic relations with Russia, Italy,
France, Russia or indeed with any
foreign country. Diplomacy is indeed
as much a thing of the past as Knight
errantry- 1t cut a very important fig
ure in European politics a hundred, or
even fifty years ago, but journalism
with its hand maidens, steam and cleo
tricity, has left old fashioned Diploma
cy in the lurch. While there may lie
an excuse for keeping up the tradition
al diplomatic relations between the diff
ferent armed camps of the old world,
there is no use for is to maintained ex-
pensive establishments in European
capitols. .sTlie foreign ministers accred-
itedi to this country are the idlest set
of men imaginable. They eoniine their
diplomacy TO hirtations and scandalous
i~ntrisuos. Only L few days ago one
of them "A arrested for insulting a
lady in a store on It'll. street. He was
released us soon as it was known that
he was an attacle of a foreign legation
for, according to q rule of imternation-
al law, tie representatives of foreign
courts can not he imprisoned.
Secretary Manning has just return
ed to the city. Since the fourth of
March he has been at his desk for more
hour Il day than Secretaries average,
but with his best Efforts he finds him
himself swamped in the accumulation
of matters. HIS reason for retaining
Assistant Secretary Coon, who is a
pretty stiff sort Of Republican IS sim
ply because Of Coon's great familiarity
with tie every day routine of the de-
p2rtment, In that way Coon's twenty
years experience is priceless and SO lie
stays, although Manning is no great
SIT klcr fer civil service reform, and
would have put Il Democrat ii Coon's
clair months ago if he could be spar
ed. As It is She two are together for Il
long time each day, and before he
makes any removals in the office Man
ming always consults with Coon, max
'the latter, spite of his politics, in the
smaller patronage about the Depart
ment, more influential than amy other
man.
The reduction of the public debt for
the month Of Auguat was g, ST9,05
The aggregate reduction Of the public
debt for the months of July and August
is about $1,000, 600 short of the reduc-
tion reported for the same months last
year. Treasurer Jordan says the heavy
drafts ~ Oh tho Treasury for pensions
is What lessons the amount that can be
applied to the reduction of Tie public
debt. 5 c.