Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-12-30
the CHRISTMAS TIDE
A Most Prosperous One, Owing to
the Presidents Policy.
THE NEW YEARS DAY RECEPTION.
CIeysIanGs Directness Of PurpOse---Car-
isle Busy Arranging Committees
---BecEs Speech.

WASHINGTON, December 29.-As usual
here. Christmas day was one of quiet home
entertainments and family gatherings.
The departments we're closed, and so was
the White House. No one crossed its
threshold on that day. 1t was a private
residence, and the President enjoyed the
rights Of q private citizen. On next Fri
dsy it will be opened wide to the whole
world, or as much Of is as can crowd in
during the hour from to 2 p. m. The
New Years day reception lasts from 10
o'clock Autil 2, but it is the day on which
the official world Of Washington pays its
respects to the President. and the off.
cisl programme viii consume the
time until o'clock, when the reception
oecitizsns begins. The President will first
receive his Cabinet and the Diplomatic
Corps. The latter will wear the attire of
thsir respective foreign Courts. Then the
Justices Of the Supreme Court Of the Uni.
ted Safes will come, and the Judges of the
l. :. C5ust Of ClaimL Senators and
representatives in Congress are next in
order, followed by the judicial officers of
the various District Courts ex-1snbers of
the Cabine,, and ex,Ministers of the Uni
yed States. Officers of the Army and
Navy will grses the President next in the
tall uniform of their rank. Then Sscrets-
mes and Assistant Secretaries of various
institutions, Assistant POstmssters Gen.
srsI and Assistant Attorneys Ger eral
heads of Bureaus, Associations of soldiers,
ys,erans, and ths Oldest Inhabitants Asso-
citation. With thsm the Off ;iAl reception
closes aud the peoples reception begins.
Washington has never kaoan q more
PROSPEROUS CaEIsTMAsFIDE
than the present one. Express companies
r.oor, tbsr iu number aud value the pack.
ages ssls from the city this year are in ex
csss Of those sent last year by 81 least
thirty hy5 per ceut The clerks IN the
P,S,o,fce say that the number Of Christ
mas packages sent from here this year ex-
c.sl hose Of last year by nearly one-third,
AND tn merchants report very greatly 10
creased Nles 2t fancy goods for Christmas
nra.s,,r. NV. laS: year The cause of
ibis 5iff-repe is 'atbe policy Of President
Cleveland Al this 'ims last year thous'
snds OF psopls SeTe tslS 'ost the source OF
their incomes was meuseeG, Rud looked to
the idea of MsIeb" with dread. IneY
we're too much Psr1urbed to permit tSen'
selves euy expense ttat was not sesoluteiy
necessary. A large msior'ty 0f the elh-
zsns hsre-whefher they express 1t or not
feel il their hearts that tie President 10
TO thank for their happy Chfistui&s
TIE PRESIDENTS DTRECFNEss.
The President is credited With having
said rsasntly 10 regard to one OF hls sP-
pointses against whom some objections
had been raised that il the objections
we're justified be hoped the man would
not b. confirmed 1t is due largely to the
Presidents directness aud earnes;ness OF /
purpose thst the Republican Senators nsye
been forced to assume q more consssTa-
tive attitude towards his nominations. An
unfrisndly critic said something recently
shout Mr. Clevelsud's "iucsrnate com
monplaCsness' and his sturdy lndepena--
ence. which, be said, many people in
sqinei to be man ot genius. In reply
10 'bis some Que said Il was so rare thing
for "a, 10 Eavs Prssidsus who has the
coursgs to pursue q commoa sense Pohcy
ths, be dos become. in 50 doiug, 3 kind
Of geLius.
TIE sPsAEER
of the Hovss Is spending his holiday time
busy a. WORK arranging the House COM
mittees Members manifest much anxiety
10 know wGrrs thsy will bs assigned. Ine
desire 20 l-arn their late in this matter
before an UHici4l announcement OF the
committees was made kept many Congress
men IN Washington during the holidays
who would have gone home Tor their
Ehr;s,nss dinners had the committees
bsau announced "a ore the adjournment
Many questions Of grave import 20 tue
people of ths United States beAdsS tne
tariff and silver questions will have 10 oe
considered By the committees that Mr.
Carlisle vii, name. Hs iS patriot, how
aver as well as = statesman, aad no inter
sst will b. sacrificed bY him either through
the qualification of gradge or the indul-
Vence Of partislitY. The changes IN the
rules recently made involve many changes
in the committees One aim Of the SPesk-
er will be to place very cautious aud Judi
cious members upon those committees
that have charge Of the appropriation
bills.
The illusions that have been nAi7 te
Senator
BECS's RECENT sPEECH
on silver as an attack upon tbs Aduiois'
trstion were uuEIir. ae merely j'hrtd Is
sue with the 6nsacial policy Of lhr admin
is,tation, lust a. he nsS been crI'ta'z'ng
the financial policy Of Republican admin-
istrstioa for years pas'. He referred IN
terms Of symp pathy and eulosy to to- y:sEs
Of the President and Secretary o. Toe
Treasury as whole But the Ken.ucky
Senator is an extreme silver man aud VII
do all he can to prevent the suspension oil
silver coinage.
OFF F0a BOSTON