The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1885-09-19

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| write II Novel-Pol;tcal Ups and Downs
A Romance in the Judicial Department I
The Cabinet Officers Getting CITY
Houes.
WAsmNGToN, D. c.. Sept. Is, 1885.
EDITOR CBIEF:
The President came back i'll the quietest
possible manner on Monday, his whole trip
having been a most agreeable and success
full one lie enjoyed himself thoroughly
while in the. woods. No President within
my memory has taken a pleasure trip dur
ing lis term Of office III such q perfectly
simple, 'in,ie.cntious and delightful way
as Mr.. C,eveland's Adirondack visit this
year. lie came back TO find The Office seelx-
ers lnore scarce even than when he went
away. Ii this wero an old administration
instead III q new one there would hardly be
d smaller personal pressure upon tho Presi-
dent aEt. ho;tas OF departments than there
is at this time.
The President Las been out driving sev-
eral afternoons during the week and he has
accomplished d good deal of work. Yester.
day he remained in his Office during Re "a
ternoon while the band played upon the
lawn. lie saw several persons during the
day, including Senator Mcmillan of Min
nesota. Mr.. J. Ambrose Butler, young
Journalist Of Buffalo, connected with the
Nc,fs of that city, was with hin Ier con-
siderable part Of the dag.
Miss Cleveland has been visiting her sis
ter, Mrs. Yeomaps, at Walmoutl, n. Y,
October. It is reported that Size is writing
novel. The report is very likely true, for
if she can make $25,O ,OcC out of a volume of
sketches she can certainly make as much
more cut or novel. even though it be not
a very great literary production. She has
already received nearly $4,000 on her first
book, which will furnish her pin money for
a good while.
Q. ". Powers Of Kalamazoo, Mich, who
was appointed few months ago to judge
ship in Utah by President Cleveland, has
been III the city this week, and Oh Wedaes-
day afternoon was closeted with Mr.. Cleve-
land for more than two hours. The way
in which .,1r. Powers secured his appoint
nclst Shows how little attention President
Cleveland pays to personal matters in pol
itics. Powers was delegate to the Ciica-
go Convention last summer, and at a critical
point in the proceedings secured the floor
several times and made ar energetic at
tempt to swing the Michigan delegation
for Hendricks. It was said at the time
that he nearly succeeded. It has since been
said, OF course, that he did not at any
rate he was obliged to sitsdown. Very soon
after Cleveland was i,augarated the young
and new Democratic boss liz Michigan
ear Of the President presented the case Of
Mr.. o. W. Powers, who was strongly en-
dorsed by the best men in his State for a
judicial position He is a good lawyer,
with considerable practice in the United
States Supreme Court, and is a Democrat
of good standing in his State. When salts
fed Of this Mr.. Cleveland appointed him,
Notwithstanding the fact, which was brought
to his attention, that Powers was the same
man who endeavored to nominate Hen
bricks.
The ups and downs of political life are
something remarkably curious. few days
or months make all the, difference in the
world. Capt. c. E. Henry,swho was Mar
shal of the District under Garfield, and
was looked upon as next to the President,
il, now running his Ohio farm just where
he was twenty years ago, when Garfield
first found him and made him a postal
clerk. In talking with Henry recently he
told me how he politicians treated him here