The Washington critic., 1885-08-19

ClHllN IL III Is SUSpcclcu lNll the Member
or Senator has pretty low purse OF
course it is almost impossible, too, to
get accommodation of Il satisfactory
nature at private houses, and the result
is that people who want TO live in good
style or entertain are forced either to
keep house or live at hotels. So il hap
pens that most of the Senators, who are
assured of six years here when once
elected, find II cheaper and more salts
factory to keep house, while on the
other hand the Members who are never
sure of anything above two years find
the hotels their only refuge Members
from the extreme West especially affect
hotels. Take them as lot, especially
those affecting great wealth, and YOU
will find them almost invariably ut no
tells
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Apropos of the two men-of-war be
ing sent TO New Orleans to carry off
the silver at present on deposit
in the sub-treasury vaults in the Gus
tom-housc, an official in that
building in conversation with
suites reporter on the subject,
said; Congress about two years ago
made an appropriation of some $780,
eco for the purpose of building two
vaults for the safe keeping of Govern.
ment funds. One of these was located
at Washington and the other in this
city. The one built here is the largest
outside of Washington city, because
New Orleans is the largest distributing
point in the United States for the cir
g,t1ntinn Nf I,a atnpInp1 gtI Il
There are Sl7, 600 600 and upward on
deposit in the mint, and coinage is pro-
crossing at the rate of 81 900, 900 per
month. In the sub-trcasury there are
$4,000, 600 which occupies only about
onc-third of the large vault. Besides
this the daily vault is nearly empty and
there are two large vaults in the mar
bic hall, which have capacity of
fully $40 600, 900. Now, why the Gov
crnmcnt should send two vessels here
TO take the silver from the sub-trcasury,
and at time, too, when the silver dol
lar is most needed, | am ut loss to
conjecture. You see, there is plenty
of room for il, and the L. S. Mint car
ries larger sum to-day than the sub
treasury"
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The pretty four-room cottage of Sen
ator and Mrs. Vest at Sweet Springs,
Mo-, is closed for the summer. Mrs.
George p. b. Jackson-nce Molie
Ncst-and her children have gone to
Scdalia. The Senator and his wife are
travelling in Montana The cottage is
thus described by the st. Louis RepUJ-
HcdH: 1T has four rooms on one floor,
with n vcranda running clear around
the building. The rooms are a tri-cor-
ncrcd reception room and three square
rooms used for bedrooms and dining.
room. The reception room has Il fire
place over the marble mantcl of which
hangs fine steel engraving of Char
lotte Corday, looking with great, wist-
full eyes through her prison bars. Over
small case of books, on the south wall
of the room, is an elegantly engraved
portrait of w. W. Corcoran, hand
somely framed and marked with the
date of the presentation. The furniture
of the cottage is willow and cane The
floors are covered with mating, over
which are placed several pretty rugs
1t is plain and homelikc abode"
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''llow is it, was recently asked of u
gentleman who has means Of gaining
accurate information at the White
House, chat Government Printer
Rounds continues to retain his place, in
spite of the swarm of applicants and
their hackers who have tried to get him
OUT" There are several reasons" he
replied. "Thc first is, that the Prcsi-
dent considers that there is no hurry
about making Il change. The second
is, that Rounds has the warm support
of a majority of the House, regardless
of party, because he has done better
work than any public printer ever in the
office. Another reason is that the Presi-
dent, who keeps his eye pretty well
peeled lately, has found serious flaws in
the records of those who have been
mentioned for the place, and, one after
the other, they have been bowlcd down,
until of the twenty applicants there isnot
Il solitary one that can be considered
available. The most potential reason
however, for the retention of Mr.
Rounds, is that some of the best
printers and owners of the most in
iluential papers in the country, who
have visited Washington, have called at
the printing Office and have made a
careful examination of the manner of
conducting it. do not know that they
had any business in the Office other
than curiosity, but | know that in
several instances reports have been
made to the President which have, to
say the least, been highly commenia-
tory of Mr.. Rounds administration.
w.
A gentleman called upon chief of a
bureau the other day, says the Mime
Npolis Tribune correspondent, in which
a number of females are employed, in
reference to the appointment of Il lady,
whose application had been in for some
time and was strongly Endorsed by an
entire State delegation. The chief told
him he was sorry, but he had not been
able to do anything for the lady.
"Why," said he, "herc are four notes
from Cabinet Ministers asking for
places in this Office" "Wcll," re
piled his visitor, who was II Southcner