Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-10-05
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.

WARRINGTON, Dot. B, 1885 Tho
long truant Cabinet of this mot very OK
en- plary Democratic Administrator 10
|ocming In one by one. ~ TGo so-cAllsd
Cab. net meetings have been held, and
although questions of great rational and
inter national importance are pressing &
for consideration, not more than half
the Prt dents ooustitu ti0nal Hdvisers
were present. This, however, Is . MAJ
ter OF no great concern to the Buffalo
ph@uix, who with Daniel Lamont and
the Mugwump editors, thinks he knows
how to steer the craft.
Mr.. Manning will be here In few
days to resume charge of the Treasury
portfolio, Mr.. Garland has already re-
turned, and when Mr.. Bayard comes
back the Cabinet will be complete.
The month Of September was re-
markably prosperous one for the
Government finances. The reduction
of the public debt wa, over SIC, ,0t0 600,
and the entiro revenue aggregated $32, :
600 900. The Treasury gold fund, and
its accumulation of legal tender notes
we're increased, and about S6, 600. 600 oi
silver was sent out. The circulation oi
silver dollars has now incre ssed tC
nearly $50, 600, 000-sn amount greatly
Iexceeding that of any previous period
and there is still steady demand fol
the recently issued ten dollar certif
Icates.
Secretary LANAI has leased q modest.
looking house In quiet quarter of the
city, which he will occupy with his son
land daughter, and, II runner speaki
|aright, sooner or later with his wife
The house is near Thomas circle, and
about square from the fat which the
ISecretary has occupied ever since be
Ientered the Cabinet. This seems to bt
Ia favorite section of the city with Cabi
net fl ,ers, for two others besides Mr
Lamar-Secretary BAyard snd Post
master General Vilas-have houses neal
there.
Il Mr.. Manning has larger and NOR,
showy house than any other member o
the Cabinet. 1t is q big, hotel-lik
building, situated In the ultra fash
ionsble part Of the city. Mr.. Whitne!
lives in spacious. comfortable looking
old house that WAS famous for its ele
, CANT hospitalities under the las
, regime, when 1t was occupied by Secre
' Itary Frelinghuysen.
Il The Endicotts are the "blue blood" o
4 the Cabinet who, If they cannot trac
o their pedigree DAck TO prlmoruia
protoplasmic organism, can at leas
claim as their ancestor old John Endi
) colt, Governor OF Massachusetts In tn
; i17th century. This yer erable relativ
was an extremely strict Puritan, and
8 he should see the house In which hi
. descendant is living it would cerrainl
. disturb his rest. The building is In th
I.IQueen Anne style, and everythin
n ABOUT 1t is fiery red.
+ Advicss from the field where th
a Con gressional campaign is being waget
a indicate that the Democratic maiorit
will be much reduced, and the Dem'
4 lcrats will be still further weakened b
n the substitution of raw and untrie
~ men for ex experienced leaders and vete
ans. The Democratic majority in Ii
House has been deere asing steadily Il
the last two terme. In the 48tb Co
o. eress, they had q majority Of 20. In Il
~ 49th, their majority was only about 4
,ogi There is every prospect that this IN
ca jority will be greatly reduced, II n
. entirely extinguisbed. r.,