The Press., 1885-07-09
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington, D. C., Jul

washington, D. C.. July 4, lSS5,
 July first, the beginning of the fiscal year, has come and gone. The discharges from the government offices were not near
 ly SO numerous as, had been expected. Only about three hundred in all were put out, and, as many of these were discharged in the. interests of economy, their vacant chairs will not be refilled. In the bureau of engraving and printing, alone, expenses will be lessened to the amount of $250 per day. In the pension office there will also be considerable reduction of the pay roll
 The office seekers who are here bv the thousands are of course in a very desperate and mntinous frame of mind. Hope de- ferred has made their hearts sick and de- ranged their ivers. There are men who have been besieging the white house and the departments for four months for office. and a seedier, more disconsolate looking lot wonld be hard to find. There is pe- cullar charm in official life here; it is a compound of bountiful pay, little and easy work, in a city that is laid out and kept up more for pleasure than for business. The attractions of Washington take strong hold. on the men and women from the interior, and from the exterior, too, for there are a large number of unnaturalized foreigners in the government offices here How they got there I do hot know, but it seems to me that they should be the first put out, for they have no special skill and are not doing work that any half educated Ameri- can might not do as we'll 4.toi
 Col. McMichael, the district marshal, who was appointed by President Arthur, evidently thinks that it is poor offensive partnership rule that will not work both ways. He, last week, dismissed one of the subordinates of his office, a democrat, for his offensive partnership. Since the cleo ton of Cleveland this person has omitted no opportunity to taunt and jeer his re- publican associates with their political and to predict their speedy dismissal To his great consternation he finds that he himself is dismissed. ; It is suspected that Marshall .MeMichaers ae- tion has the silent approval of the presi- dent, who is glad of an, opportnnity to re- buke execrable manners, and admonish re- gently appointed democrats not to yaunt their success in discourteous remarks. o., Although accurate and official statistics of the operations of the government of the fiscal year which closed will not be obtain ed for some time, the following figures are approximately icorrect The receipts -of the customs have been $1S1, ,OOO, ,OOO, in stead of $lS5, ,O00, ,000, as estimated. From internal revenue there have been $ll2.- COG, 1000, instead of $115, O00,O ,OOO, as esti- mated, and the miscellaneous receipts $28.- COG, ,00O, instead of 0,O0O, GOO, the total receipts thus being $321, ,0OO, 600, while $$$S3330 ,OO0,O00 was estimated. The reduc- tion of the public debt for the month will be ill the neighborhood of $13, ,OOO, ,OOO, making the reduction of the public debt for the fiscal year about $68, ,OOO, ,OOO, agalnst $lO1 ,000,OoO for the previous fiscal year. The expenditures of the government for the year estimated at about $29O, ,OOO,- 900, will in reality, approximate $31O,- OO0, ,0OO.
 In view of the great amount of work at tending the preparation of the appropria- tion bills in the house committee on ap- and the consequent delay in passing the bills, an effort will be made when congress meets to divide some of the work mp among other committees The navy, post office and military committees will try get charge of the bills relating to their branch of the service There was some talk of this last year, particularly by the naval committee, of which MT. Cox was chairman, but this year an organized effort will be made The appropriations will oppose the scheme, likely, upon the gronnd that it will be hard to keep the appropriations down to an eco- nomical basis if the responsibility were to be divided .. ..s. 'us g"<',5@-.
 It IS not anticipated that there will be opposition to Speaker Carlisles reelection, and Mir. Randall will iu all probability re- main at the head of the appropriations committee. He will certainly oppose any effort at dividing responsibilities.
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