Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-07-24
Washington Letter.
From our Regular Correspondent.
w T,,t,, 1907

1t Is rumored that the President i
preparing to leave Washington for a
summer vacation. His plans, it is
said, have been arranged and lie will
probably leave next week. His des-
tlnation is the woods of New York
State. There is place thirty miles
from the railroad where Mr.. Cleve-
land hopes to escape for season the
worry anl bother of office seekers
and politicians. His plans have
been made very quietly, and he will
probably leave when the time arrives
without more ado than if he were
private citizen. The President does
not propose to be followed in his re-
treat by either journalist or politi-
clan. He has been working very
hard for the last four months and no
doubt will ho benefited by rest as
we'll as edited by perspective and
retrospective view of lis work.
No otter President has in all our
history heca subjected 70 the ordeal
Of such Il terrible pressure for Office
en- the part of those who aided in
e.ectins hirl. The mistakes that are
purely his own are fewer than might
lave been expected from one little
acquainted with national politics
and the personnel of his party. His
position has been peculiarly difficult
for many reasons, not the least of
which is tue eternal menace of the
small but potent Republican major
ity in the Senate. Amid the soil.
tudes OF the Adirondacks, he will
have time to look back over the
eventful year that has passed since
he was last by himself, and to draw
inspiring strength from inflexible ma
ture for the stern duties that he must
meet and perform.
At this season of the year the Gov
ernment employees begin to think of
vacation joys, and, in consequence,
the files of the departments are
crowded with applications for leave.
This year, however, there is a re-
markable dearth of such applica-
tions. and it might be concluded that
Washington was becoming a favorite
summer resort. The conclusion
which is more generally drawn is
that the Government employees feel
more comfortable at home, and at
tending to their duties, than they
would be at the coolest resort in the
world with the daily expectation of
receiving word from home that thoy
had been bounced. There has heen
no new ruling on the question of
leaves, and few have been granted
for the accustomed term of thirty
days, but it is probable that very few
leaves will be taken this year until
late in the season when matters have
quieted down. In some of the de-
partr ents it is probable that thirty
days leave will be scaled down to
twenty days, and in some of the
bureaus no leaves will be granted at
all. There soems to be no DISPOSE
ton on the part of the clerks to make
complaint on this score, and so far
the question has not been forced
upon the attention of the heads of
departments.
A new policy with regard to the
Indians is proposed, which, if carried
cut, will put an eternal quietus to
Indian troubles. An order was is-
sued yesterday from the Office of the
Secretary Of War and sent to Gen.
Niles, who is to take the field in
command Of the troops now in the
indian Territory to suppress the
trouble with the Cheyennes. Army
officers about the War Department
are reticent, and but little can be
learned as to the precise terms of the
instructions of Gen. Miles. 1t is
said, however, that Gen. Miles has
been ordered to disarm the Indians.
The Cheycnnes are provided with
the latest improved rifles and are
we'll supplied with ammunition. For
some time they have expected that
they were to be disarmed and many
have sscreted their arms. 1t is
thought by officials here, we'll ac-
quainted with the Cheyennes, that
they will resist an effort to disarm
them. There are about 1,50O fight.
ing men among them. The Secre,
tary of War has ordered Gen. Sheri-
dan to concentrate all troops that
may be available in case of Indian
disturbances in the West. If the
disarmament of the Indians could
only be followed by the disarmament
of the cowboys and other outlaws Of
the West, an immense stride would
be made in the civilization of thai
savage section. The peaceful prog
ress of a community increases in the
proportion that pistols become scarce
in hip pockets, and accumulate il
the windows of pawn-shops.
Dem.
SHORT reckoninss make lonl
friends.