Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1885-10-17
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.

From our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2, 1885,
Tho past two weeks have witnessed
the return Of the greater part If The
roaming pleasure seeking population
Of Washington. They have come
back from seaside and mountain re
sort, from Europe, as well as from
the back rooms OF their elegant homes
on Connecticut Avenue and K. streets,
where, il is said, many Of them have
passed the summer.
Bohemean Washington has also tc
q great extent returned to its wintal
haur,ts. and the familiar faces of ma
NJ we'll known correspondents may
be seen about the Departments. and
in the lohbies OF the uptown hotels.
a frequentero of Pennsylvania Avenue
and especially one who has the entree
OF the Committee rooms at the Capt.
tol is aware that a large number q
C~ongressmen are @,rea1y IN tie city.
They may return to their homes be
fore the beginning Of he session, foG
it does not cost the average thrifty
member of congress much to travel,
but the session is near at hand when
Washington viii become par excel
lance the centre Of political activity,
and when the Legislative, judicial and
executive branches Ct the government
viii be brought into close juztaposi-
ton.
The season, as il is called, IN Wash
ington, is Increasing in length. year
by year. It begins earlier in the fall
and lasts later in the summer. The
reason for this is that city IS yearly
growing more attractive, healthy and
home-like to those who reside here
permanently, as well as to those who
are sent here to make OF execute laws.
Many representatives and senators
have elegant homes here. Instances
are not wanting in which the pur-
chase Of q home in Washington has
proved to be the tomb OF political am
bition, and retired statesmen like
Blaine, Nindom of Wisconsin, Robe
son Of New Jersey, and Penaleton Of
Ohio, are pointed as warnings to such
statesmen as presume to ezpatriate
themselves from their native states
and build castles II Washington. But
even these deposed statesmen have
the consolation that their air castles
have been q good speculation in real
estate. A Chicago millionaire rents
the palace that Mr.. Blaine built, while
Nh. Blaine rents the house owned by
ex-senator Window. Any Of the resi-
dences owned by retired statesmen
can be sold today at a handsome ad-
n on the purchase OF cost price,
There are few statesmen Of wealth,
acting or retired, who do not own
property in Washington and a glance
at the books in the recorders Office
will show corner lots and eligible
building sites held by mon whose
names are or have been household
words.
The appearance Of the Capitol and
other public buildings have been
greatly improved during the summer.
The marble fronts and columns have
been carefully cleaned and "hoIy
stoned and are now as pure and white
as when first put in place.
The streets especially those about
the City Hall, the Pension Building
and the city postof1ice, have been
much improved. The downtown ho-
tells have had many thousands Of dol
lars put into them and outside them
in furniture, paint and decoration. It.
is evident that hotel keepers have
faith in the coming season. Rumors
reach me from many directions indi-
eating that the winter will be one Of
unusual interest, though probably not
Of unusual gayety. The change Of
regime has created a revolution in the
old social order Of things. The train
ed leaders who have held social sway,
have been surplanted by those to
whom social life in Washington is
new. At the receptionsof the coming
winter many familiar faces will be
conspicuous by their absence.
The President has passed another
comparatively uneventful week. There
has not been as much annoyance from
Office seekers as usual. Mrs. Hoyt.
his sister, has been visiting him and
is his companion in evening drives
instead of Colonel Lamont. Mrs.
Hoyt will remain until the LIST of No
vem5er, when it IS expected her sis
ter, Miss Rose Cleveland, will resume
her arderous duties as mistress Of the
White House.