The Osceola times., 1885-08-15
WASHINGTON LETTER
(From Our Regular Cores poadem.)


WASHINGTON, ID. c., Aug. 10, 1885.
There is very little going on in
in Washington, just now the hot
streets are deserted, and even the
office seekers who have fingered
about with a patience greater than
Mary's little lamb have gone. The
White House has been closed except
to those who call by appointment,
and at the Departments little besides
routin, business is transacted.
The President will not return to
Washington. but will go from New
York, where he attended the obse-
quies of Gen. Grant, to the Northen
part of the state where he will rus
ticate until September. Col. La
mont will accompany him, and "A
telegraph wire will keep him in
communicative with Washington.
The Prcsidei t however is not go-
ing to be idle during his absence.
For five months lac has been constan-
tly denied the opportunity he seeks
to ponder carefully many important
topics, aud to study the national
questions which are somewhat new
to him.
The Cabinet, at least ma iority
of it, will remain in Washington.
The Secretary of the Navy Mr..
Whitney is making himself pretty
"solid" here, he has bought home
for 100000 and will soon move to
it. 1t is pretty place outside of the
city limits commanding fine view
and is sltogether AS attractive a sum
mer residence rs one will see in "A
days journey.
Senator Logan too, unmindful of
the melancholy examples of Ex- Sen
ators Window, and pendletcn, and
Mr.. Robeson, who built grand resi-
denccs in Washington and failed oi
recollection, has bought s30,OOO
subcrban place. But Senator Loean
has been reelected for six years from
the 9th. of March, and he can say
with the Irish psalmist Let fate d'
lrer worst, there are relics of joy six
years in the Senate in spite Of the
old boy.
Gen. Logan has always heretofore
lived very plainly aud his wife has
never before had field or a back
ground, what shall | say, large
enough for the display of her brit
liant politico-social strategy. Thi'
house has four immense pallors on
the first floor aud it is probable that
it will he a rendezvous during the
next four years tor the unterrilicd-
by -civil-scrvice-reform Bourbon Re-
publicans. Gen. Logan and his wife
have the Presidential bug in then
bonnets. aud in their night-caps too;
it will be entertaining To turn the
lorgnct,e upon them in the coming
three and "A half years of Clevelands
Administration.
1T is said that Secretary Whitney
has also Presidential aspirations. He
is certainly laying "A broad fouuda-
ton for solid frame. The house
he has bought however, Is too far
from the centers of society for him
to work the poli'ico-social racket
1t is not the situation that would
strike an ambitious aggressive politi-
elan AS IA favorable base. Is more
| like the home of refined ascetic
who would get away from the world.
This however is not the time to
speculate about the Presidential as
pirations of any one. All eyes at
present are directed To Virginia,
New York, and Ohio, where the cleo
tions will 80 for to decide whether
we are to have reform Senate dur
ing the present Administration.
The Senate of the Forty-Ninth
Congress will contain forty two Re-
publi,ans and thirty four Democrats,
that is if a Republican is elected or
appointed from Oregon. This will
leave the Republicans a majority of
eight. To overcome this ma jority
the Democrats will have to hold
their present number and gain -four
additional Senators, this would
make a ne, but with the casting vote
of Vice President Hendricks party