The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1885-10-24

OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Social Notes from the White House
dent Cleveland to Head off the Office
j Seeking Army-A Pathetic Case-The
Special Letter Delivery Judge Yincent's
| Suspension-rrof. Agassiz, etc.
! WASHINGTON, Oct 90, 1885.
EDITOR CHIEF:
The President saw number OF people
by appointment yesterday, among others
Archdeacon Farrar, who called late in the
afternoon on his return from Mount Yer
non. The President attended the lecture at
the Congregational Church on Friday even
ing with his sister, Mrs. Hoyt, and was
much pleased with the distinguished lee
turer. fear there is not much probability
of his turning up at the races this week, as
he seems to have no fancy for outdoor
sports nor for theatres.
Mrs. Hoyt, who receives with kindly grace
the ladies who daily call upon her, expresses
Ito all visitors her appreciation Of the beauty
of Washington. She has enjoyed the long
drives she has taken with the President and
with her visitors, Mrs. and Miss Folsom,
who left the White House On Thursday and
sailed from New York for Europe. Miss
Folsom enjoyed every moment of her visit
here and charmed all who saw her. She is
an unaffected and charming girl. and soci-
ETY. here has lost by her departure.
It is tho intention of the President to
complete his list of appointments before
Congress meets in order to relieve himself
from the combined pressure of the politi-
tians whom the assembling of that-body
will bring together. He proposes to take
the Office seekers single handed, or in small
doses, instead of waiting for a consolidated
attack, and when the Congressman get here
they will find that all the vacancies that ex-
ist, OF are likely to occur, have been filled.
Then the winds may roar and the thun-
ders roll up the Avenue without disturbing
the Executive serenity. Nor will there be
slathers of removals, for Caesar and the
North Star are fixed, you've heard. The
tenure of Office law is recognized so far ,s
is consistent with the efficiency of the G: wi
service, and his party must be patient an5
wait for vacancies to occur.
There are some really pathetic case
among the Office seekers here. Al ,oor fel
low was telling me his story the .tber dav
He is from the Pacific Coast. a WAS sen
as delegate to the Democrat ic Nationa
Convention: he voted for G, avala,d frs
last, and all the time; he haf several lette,
| in his possession from Gle ,o,.nd and ga,
eral from Colonel Lamoy + .ck,ow}edo;n
his services during the Z .an,naion He cam
here with strong indoy oo,nants in Jnnelas
ana mas relhtslheo ev er since. He is SO fs
1ro'n loii'e tla' ne can not afford to E
oaeh anu ioilh' d. d has believed that /
"ou'o ~ feeogu' zed. etalked as follow
iiei0 s'''.' - S cold, rainy night, with
sun An0. sa'' clothes on, without an owe
coat, with nl,t1 shoes worn ont. bava hoo
mere y. since = une. received letter fro
,seay, saying that the rent II al
ana 'one past due on our house and tn,
she nee' is money. have none to send he
nave none for myself. I have not s
niuc' as five cent piece. When I starte
10 ne National Convention at Chicago la
se ar had bank account of $1,000, 10
rave nothing. God knows what shall d,
Ihey offer me $1,000 position. What
come down is that for a national orator,
can't afford to take anything of that kind
And so he stays and hopes, and the wifi
and babies in the far away Pacific Ian,
long for his return.
The special delivery system is not likel,
to be shining success in the smaller towns
l was shown a batch of letters at the Post
office Department from various localitie!
which are full of lugubrious complaint
The Postmaster at Adrian, Mich, says tha
it is hard to find trustworthy messengers
who are willing to wander around among
tenement houses and fight bulldogs till
midnight for the small pay that is offered
lie says further that the people object tc
beng awakened at unseemiy hours to re-
ceive letters. The Postmaster at Cory,
Pa. says that he can not find any man OF
boy who is reliable to take the position Of
messenger. He says that the only person
who has offered has q brother in the peni-
Tertiary for robbiEg the mails. "The boys
think there is no money in it, he writes.
The whole thing may be like eating toma-
toes or picked olives-a good thing when
people get used to it.
Representative Springer of Illinois. in an
regarding the suspension of Chief
Justice Vincent of New Mexico, whose ap
pointnent was recommended BY him, said
that the suspension seems to have been
made at the instance of Mr. Fishback of
indianapolis, prominent Republican.
Mr.. Springer is of the opinion that upon
thorough investigation it will be found
that Chief Justice Vincent has made the
best judge New Mexico has ever had.
| The Fourth Auditor Of the Treasury has
suspended voucher for $4,000 being the
| final payment for the machinery of the
| monitor Puritan, upon the approval of
Secretary Chandler and the Chief of the
Bureau of Steam Engineering. The vouch-
er was suspended on the ground that the
| vessel received only dock trial, and that
the sea trial called for by the contract was
omitted.
Professor Alexander Agassiz of Cam
bridge, to whom the position of Superin-
tendent Of the Coast Survey has been Of
fered, is one of the most prominent scien-
fists in the United States. He is son of
Prof. Louis Jean Rudolf Agassiz, the great
Swiss naturalist and geologist, who took up
his residence in this country in 1913. The