New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-10-18
CAPITAL GOSSIP.
WHAT Is SAID AND THOUGHT AND DONE
HIST NOW IN u ASHINETnNaD

WHAT is SAID AND THOUGHT AND DONE
JUST NOW IN WASHINGTON&
lFRoa An OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT or THE rRrBUyEl
WAsHINGToN, d. c., Oct. 17.-This is what
thoy are saying in Washington this week That the Re-
pubesns, by training their big Virginia, show
they think Mr. Davenport can take Of New-YOrk;
that Governor Hoady Ia the Joseph Surface OF politics.
that Senator Sherman is droadfuly eyolheadcd old
fellow that everybody who NEEDLES with the old
ueman should heed that erinently wiso motto: Doant
munksy with the buzz -" that G-oycr Cleveland Is
obstinate; that secretary Manning treats Collector He'd
den 40 II he we're cid baby that AttorneyGe
ers Garland Is OF tho same opinion OF himself that
Lady Macbeth ABOUT herself. viz, that not
all the perfumes OF Araby. etc. that Joa-
qun Miller haI tho offer OF place
In tho Indian Bureau. but declined it-and great deal
else not worth recording.
It's however worth recording that tho first material
steps toward the great Catholic university here Will be
taken shortly. By tho erection Of $250O0O building. rs
anuceu. OF tho University buildings The fund in hand
about 100000 It Ia proposed that tho professors
chairs ~ endowed with salaries Of from O0Oto $4,000
for .ymou and 81 900 90 900 priests. The
Josuits OF Georgetown Uniyorsty fayoraoy dis
posed towRri tho project and II will not In any way
Interfere with the prosperity OF ter own Institutions
The racing aBd chasing the part OF the Senators and
Representative. after winter quarters haH begun II
has Lee the iAsIOI here for public men 10 keep
house. The boarding houses given up to Govern
employees. tho bachelor aud grass wldower ele-
mrnt In Congress goo. 20 the hoics-but majority OF
the members having families take houses.
especially when tho long session Is impending.
Il seems US II every house In Washington no matter
how handsome. how obViOusly built ioE home. must
20 into the hou.oaseuts hands within ave years from
lts building. Colonel Jerome BOuaparto characterized
Washington cIscty when ho called II the winter Now
port II Is indsrd pace To- birds Of passage Colo
nrl Bonaparto himself built a house here after the
Frrnchc syo OF french Architecture. II Is large but
tuT hat 40 Alb
with A nsoanco Ion CAmrrous great house In scott
circle. which looks Ike family hotel was bought by
Mr H. +. Morgan Last spunE II Ia now being over
hanlod and decorated after the nanor OF New Workers
vino with their notions Of spSr Tor. never can hnd any
thins enough Tor them; iesst that is what Wash
inston fo!k say.
The Boia IlcaI Gardens among tho most charming
resorts Washington Dut It py Congress does not
make s,ms provision FOR tho towers during tho
re- s>ss Perry belmont calls IL fhe law oniy
allows Senators aud Representatives and
aiew aish Official. get the lowers Ia winter when
Congress, there not ouough To 20 around,
but In the aud aatuun when tho flowers arc In
hush u1urauce. people VINO entitled TO them arc
mostly ava, from Washington ~ hcnstt OF the plants
REQUIRE, tho blossoms shall In pcscd. aud there
carloads OF thcu that lac supern'endcnt docs not
getting I'D o. Could not Congress spAte somo htuo
iuns from its everlasting tsikoe tdkee 10 CIV" %
some charity thc." thousands oi dollar. worth OF bios
sosns tuai a. presrut bsnctt nobody But no II
PLAIN. practical ard 'iuPir II would d. some good
tn, Caofol +. going through with ia aunua, cyclone
81 Lou-ecieanug Imagine -hst u Il TO clean build
iug almost crsitly tue size OF ~ Peters, cut up
iuto a number OF small cisboratciy far
ui.hri rooms! The carpets taken up and
b-a,u. tho uultltuIuon- window" srrunt 1d the far
NM r.r.trd .ni tho marks ,Ar ~ Senators aud
10 rriout4uycn rubWng their Sums n"d kl'slng their
thr Goths .nd Vrnd4s Co tsar 40 again Tho great fur.
pat IN "rl" for a" loG - C"hgrss Iciur's
library for the MI million books la the lew
rooms that serve fr library tue capitol /, literally
Grained WIZ TIC moot co'"pusthI' W1'olA, rom
crypt 10 dome or course whonrycr the Library Com
uitrc ms A b for the purrna,n a. $40 In hand. the
shark. nre ready TO sell Government. Ia more
ways uur. land ,nonEh 10 bud un; but Legislators
ought 10 be sens bic enough - Guy plot ot ground
without falling The clutches OF the spectators.
The charm " Warrington society Ia thdt IL j. not
founded on wealth. Rcar-A miral- ll up ordinary.
MACS. aud cOluucl, spa yin-d -wludcd aud
dcuncd unnt Tor service, amt here WITH lsi-r
families aud small Incomes and arc amazed .l delighted
TO that they socially consequence. They sup
py great OF American sUeictyihrn 81 Hshse
who re men OF leisure Then como senators. Repro
tlugcht, vino OF Importance whether they nav"
none, or not ILdcoI nv ltt,lr diplomatic sprIgs
handy mako their wug, pay for their clothes. and they
would never have anything To eat II at thrr own huu
ether legation. aud At private they not IN
vit"I dinner often. IAUs thr rich po"Io VINO CORE
her hud the doors OF good society opsn to some olhs
tall...in than mere money Bdt although broad |
Is tsc way aud wide il tho rat" that leads To !
good ety yet there Is Limit IL was one ofIhe worst
soircl.n, m sir. BurnrtTs novel Through Que Admin
i-tratun that little Government clerk had the on-
trance nto the best houses Tho Inc IL drawn SHARPLY
AT Government .sr.s II Is true tn state Department
orsks a,,utnc that they are ut different kud
clay tho-, In tho other Departments nut tho
Service ratified tirm up considerably
or course trrc arc clerks with social and FAMILY
connections enough TO gvr them social stAths Dut u
Is rather IN sptr Of than by OF their cmpl"ymcnL
Colonel John L. Follows 5 wHy uf runuing over 10
Whshiuso every saturday and spending SUNDAY mere
says numbercss good things Ia the sacred socIus on
OF ChanIberlu's private dining room; MI Nard NC |
S .o ' USsa ap %sS d:o " tho United states
Court ~ Alaska by President Arthur ANU "as
out By lrcsidonl Cleveland