The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1885-09-11
wAsmuSeros LErTEa.
tFrOm our regular sorsspondsat.I
WAsalsoros. Auouar. 22ad, 1885.

VanHluktOd - very quiet now.
The President Ii In the woods, the
Cabinet Is scattered, and the clerks
arc running the welt regulated Gov
ernment Machine. The usual floeks
OF tourists and fair sprlnkllng Of
eLwky bridal couples all In the street
and department panoramas. Hun
dreds OF Washlngtonians arc off at
tho springs or sea shore. They will
begin TO return In week or two. and,
by tho middle Of September, II II ex-
pected that the President viii arrive
with . string 0f fish. Then the In
dustry Of Office seeking wlll begin 10
hum, aud, by the frat of December,
when Congress arrives, and the can
vass for the new speaker OF the House
begins, the Capital will have Its ar.
nusl shaking up, aud will attract the
attention IL deserves from the hack
counties. II II the general opinion
in political cltcles that th. coming
Winter will be exciting from con.
iliets In the Capitol aud In the White
House and from growing antagonism
between the two. Bu1, with the
present excess OF sweet harmony and
the comotose condition Of old Issues,
II Is not easy ~ see whore the un-
pleasantness Is 10 como from. /, Is
said that Speaker Carlisle viii be
elected without opposition and II l.
looked upon as almost certain that all
respectable Republican Senators Will
vote for the confirmation Of the Pres.
ident's excellent appolntees In office.
by respectable Republican Senators /
mean pretty much ell except the pair
from Virginia.
Since oil Americans have q certain
pride ia the Improvement and
Identification OF the seat of Govern
ment, IL win be Of interest 10 know
that there has been constant progress
10 this direction during the heated
term. The amount OF building Ia
the city seems 10 he unprecedented.
In q drive which I took te-day
through the .ur quarters of Wash
ington not Including Geofgetusn, /
counted over two hundred buildings
either In the course of erection or
finished durlng this season. Most.
OF them were tenement houses, and
the demand for this class OF dwellings
Is 30 great that they are frequently
rented before they are completed.
In one row OF twenty eight TWO story
bricks which rent for si5 per house,
there were eighteen rented and the
workmen are now finishing the other
ten. The increase in the number ot
houses on Capitol Hill Is very notice
able, while houses are going up In
the northeast quarter TO much
} greater extent than most persons sup
pose. II the present rate OF increase
Is continued for ten years the in
) provements which Washington will
: exhibit will be even moro marvelloul
than the changes which have occur
. red during the last decade.
) Life Is comparatively easy In WISH
Ington. People do not work so lat
+ at night, nor do they get up so earl,
: /. The morning as In other cilies
!. There are no all night cars on on
: street railways, and the day begin
y on the car lines at $40 Ia the rnorr
70 ing, an hour when New York seem
Y to be all alive 10 Summer. In citit
like New York, Philadelphia, Bosto
and Chicago the days work begins Il
TO the vast majority from one to thrt
l. hours earlier. People In Washini
g ton go to bed early too, aud thus CT
the day of at both ends.
- The public improvements In drail
IS age, sewerage, parks and reclaimlr
y swamps are telling in improved hesl'
D, statistics. In about two years u
e new waterworks win be complete
Of and the Capital City will have suf
" cient supply of pure water to ke'
20 her hundreds Of fountains fiowiI
OF and to daily wash her streets al
parks.
- It Is expected that the coming wi
81 ter will be marked by the usual nuI
Der of social events, but new fac
and names will be conspicuous
!, receptions and entertainments. So
retaries Whitney and Manning ha
:. wealth, and has also the p. M. Ge
era!, and If they have the inclinati
!. to do SO. they can easily sustain
traditions Of old time Democratic h
pitality.
M Hon. JOS. Pulitzer, who will be
di- member of the next House OF Rep
.ts sentatives, proposes to maintain
ose Washington residence during
,ro- winter season, and has cabled fr'
Europe directing his agent here
secure him suitable house for
OF tertaining.
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