The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-02-26
WASHINGTON LETTER.
( From O"r Rcyular Correspondents
WAsHINGroN, Feb. Ii. 1856.

! ihpcnulnS Caoluet changes. Ike Treas
ury and attorney Generals offices arc par
tlcularly referred to, and in the latter til
stories so SO far as to GesignatI Mr.. Gar
lands successor. These rumors are peri
odlc, aud usually have no soli,, foundation
L took some trouble to ascertain if thcr
were really any cause for their currency a
this time 'Of course if tho Prcsidcn
gave the slightest iutimation /. Mr.. Gar
land that he desired to make a change il
the office of Attorney General his resigna
tion would instantly be rendered, sail ,
prominent member Of the Arkansas dele
cation, who is on the most iutiI.atc term.
with the subject of his remarks. but
don't believe such thing has ever been
thought OF: aud | know the Attorney Gen.
eral has had no intimation to that effect
He is proud man, and would not remain
one day in position wherein he had not
the Presidents fullest confidence. lie has
said as much to me in the past week. |
don't know how these stories get afloat
They usually emauatc from some one with
whom the wish is father to the thought.
There is no doubt Of one thing, however.
There has been more quiet pressure brought
to bear upon the Administration to effect
this change than the public knows Of.
One Of the Presidents Oldest and most in
fluensial friends was brought here week
ago for the purpose of working upon the
President to effect Garland's retirement.
lilo had two conversations with tie Prcsi-
dent, in which he intimatcd that thouph
nobody really believed that the Attorney
General had any personal interest in the
telephone suits, etc, yet it miyht be better
1t the Administration was relieved from
even the very appearance of evil BY the
retirement of its chief law officer. The
President heard the speaker to the end.
and then duly intimatcd that when he de-
sired advice upon matters touching his own
business he would ask for it. This ended
how didf Il get out tia '&fRdr HGa4%SaraS
inquired. The intimate friend has a wife,
and she has friends who arc very much in
terestcd in the telephone matter. lie
told his wife, and she communicated the
result of the talk to her anxious acquain>
tanccs, was the reply.
4 am pleased to know that one very diff
ficult social question has at last been set
tied remarked lady the other evening
who was speaking of the gradations in the
aggregate Of humanity called society.
Yes, We need no logger wonder who is
who. Washington has at last had long.
felt want filled. We have an Elite Direc-
tory, an invaluable volume. which we are
assured is a safe guide as regards the So
cial status Of people. The thing, however,
that puzzles me is, how this information
was obtained, and from whom What
rule has been followed in writing down
Smith in the Elite Directory and cxclud-
ing Jones? They hold precisely the same
station in the community, yet one is taken
and the other left. BY whom was their
relative position decided? It. is about as
difficult an undertaking as can be imagined.
How was it done?
| am unable to answer any Of thcse per-
tincrt questions. While the average
American Processes to care very little about
such matters, yet there could be no prompt
cr way to excite his wrath than to intimate
that he is not "as good as anybody" Es-
pccially is this true of the gentle creatures
who make up so important part of mod
ern society. 1t 'rond be Interesting tc
know how these matters we're determined
and upon whose say so. But that author.
ity would have an awfully unhappy time
The Housc voted last week to ALLOW
national banks to change their names anC
locations, and to increas, their capital
under certain conditions. On a rising vot
the bill was carried by large majority
but demand for the yeas and nays fright
encd some Of the members who have t
tread gently on national bank Legislation
so that the bill narrowly escaped defeat
Nor is it safe yet, as a motion to recon
slider is pending. The vote shows, now
ever, how much more popular the nation;
banking system is now than formerly.
few years ago bill Of this sort woul
have been overwhelmingly defeated in tn
House. But experience has demonstrate
the safety and convenience of the systcl
SO clearly that it is uphill work to antag
onizc it on political grounds.
IL is striking illustration Of the pot
business methods of Congress to find II
House setting aside a week in the bu,
part of session to 90 all over the ii