Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-08
LOGAN AT THE CAPITAL.
The InvincibIe Club to Fire Their Salute
in Virginia.

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Logan mansion on Iowa circle tonight.
The General chewed his cigar meditative-
~ while the pretty girls congratulated
Mrs. Logan upon the Generals Senatorial
victory. The General looked tired and
his garments were travel stained. "We
didn't give him time to change his
clothes," SAID one of the young ladies.
I'VE were too anxious to run in and tell
MIN how glad we were to have him with
up again for SIX years"
The General said he had no plans for the
immediate future. 81 have work enough
to keep me busy for a couple of months at
least" he said. AT the end of that time
Mrs. Logan and will return to Chicago,
where we will probably remain until Con-
| greSs cOnVenes."
Nv by did you decline the reception ten
dered 10 you by your friends ~
MANY of them are in the government
service and was afraid their partIcipa-
ton in such an event might iniure them
with the administration. l appreciated
the compliment, but could not.afford to
accept 1t, feeling that it might cause some
sacrifice"
! Notwithstanding the Generals objec-
tions, the Invincible Club of this city will
ire salute OF 1913 guns in his honor
| tomorrow. The District authorities re-
fused them this permission. They
thereupon telegraphed to Gov. Cameron,
| of Virginia, who gave the desired consent.
| The salute will be fired on the Virginia
side Of the Potomac, almost directly
opposite the White House.
DEMOCRATS IN THE DEPARTMENTS.
The list of Democratic appointments In
the executive departments here form but
"A very small part of the Federal patron
age of the nation. There are 12,7l7
civilian employees of the general govern
! ment in Washington attached to the Vari-
! GUS executive departments. to the Gov
ernmeut Printing Office and to the several
commissions, etc, not directly responsi-
bic to any one department. OF this
number 5,4S0 are clerkships drawing
| salaries ranging from 5000 TO s 800. which
are included in the classified service, ap-
! pOintments to which can only be made
| from among thOse who pass IA civil service
| examination. The remainder includes
! officers appointed by the President, chief
! clerks and others, whose salaries exceed
| Sl,SOO per annum; persons receiving sal
! aries ranging from 5000 TO $500, but
| whose employment is Of a special charao-
| ter and is excepted from examination;
/ copylsts, messengers, labOrers and others
whose salaries are below $500, and EN-
! plOyes who do not receive annual salaries,
but are paid by the hour, day or month.
1t is this contingent who are the most
! nervous and who show the greatest ap-
| prehension that they are to lose their
official heads. Those who are in the
| classified service are, as a rule, confident
! that they viii not be removed, except Tor
cause, which, Of course, is fate as likely
| to come under Republican as a Demo-
/ cratic administration, Every member of
! the Cabinet has given assurance that
their actions toward the removal of office
holders coming under the classified ser
! vice will be solely FOR cause, and so far
there is no good reason to believe but that
they mean what they say.
A DEMOCRAT OF THE DEMOCRATS.
Third Auditor Williams prides HIM
| self on being "a Democrat of the Demo-
Gratis" The clerks in his bureau have
been in constant state of terror ever
| since his appointment. IL left to himself
there is not much doubt but that Will
liams would turn every Republican under
him out Of office, and fill their places
| with Democrats the next morning. He
is held in check, however, and is
not especially dangerous, although
he is making it lively for the Re
publican clerks in the bureau. A day or
two ago Mr.. Williams sat in his Office
wondering how he could "turn'the rascals
out" His eve rested on the portraits Of
Grant and Wilson, which have adorned
the walls for many years. Ringing his
bell theoretically he ordered the messen-
| ger TO take them down and store them
away. MIR. Williams is an Indiana pa
| triOt.
HOW THE PRESIDENT SPENT SUNDAY.
President Cleveland attended a meet
| ing Of the delegates 10 the Convention Of
/ Charities and Corrections at DR.. Sunder-
lands church this evening, and was an
attentive listener TO the speeches on
prison reform management delivered by
Secretary Rounds, OF the Prison AssOcia-
tiOn of New York; Capt. q. r. BrOckway.
Superintendent of the Elmira On. "
! RefOrmatOry: eX-GOV. Anderson, of Ken
lucky, and DR.. Byers, Of Ohio.
The President did not drive out to-day,
! but in the afternoon took walk down
the avenue as far as Ninth street, where
he got on Que Of the open street cars and
returned to the White House.
HE SAW wAsHINGToN's FACE.
1t hardly seems possible that there
should be man yet living, who would
even profess 10 remember having seen
/ W ashington's face. but there il, and what
is still more curious, he processes TO have
seen il only about fifty years ago. II is
| W. II. Burgess. of Alexandria. lie says
that he was employed in 1885 as "A labOrer
10 assist in building the tomb at Mount
Vernon, and in removing the bodies OF
George and Martha Washington from the
old TO the new tomb. 81 was but lad"
he said, "aud remember this was about
my first piece OF work. When the vault
was completed / assisted in removing
the bodies from the old tomb 10 their pres
ent resting place. IL was decided 10 open
| WashingtOn's coffin, aud when IT had been
conveyed 10 the new tomb the lad was
raised. A number OF people were present
and stood in breathless silence while the
workmen extracted rusty screws. When
/ the top OF the coffin had been lifted 1
/ looked in. The body was apparently per-
| fectly preserved. The features OF the face
were complete, and there was nothing 20
| indicate the length Of time Washington
/ had been dead. The exposure TO the air,
! however, had its immediate effect. Ia
/ minute or two the body suddenly col
1 lapsed and shrank into an almost unreo-
Ognzable form. Other than this my re-
collections are very iudistlnct. do not
remember how the body was dressed, or
anything further about IL. The features,
as / remember them, were Ike pictures
have seem" Mr.. Burgess is now white
haired man 10 years OF age.
Pension Agent az Knoxville.
WASHINGTON, June Thu Post says;
"HObart Taylor will tomorrow be ap-
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