The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-06-19
Washin gton Letter.
From our regular Correspondent.)

oruer ana VIII soon De ready Tor nm.
The piazza is to be extended on three
sides of the house and the house is ODE
Thefurniture from the White
House which has been used in the cot
rage at the Soldiers Home has all been
brought back, and will not be used ou'-
side the Executive Mansion again.
The reception to he given by the
President aud Mrs. Cleveland this even
ing, although limited to official person
ages, will be IL very large one, us the
gentlemen and the ladies' of their Cami-
hes who have been invited must nun
Der altogether fifteen hundred. The in
vilatons, which are in form not used
before, read AS follows: "The Prcsi,len'
and Mrs. Cleveland request the honor
Of the company Of the Cabinet, the Di-
plomatic Corps, the judiciary, the Con
yress, the OihcerSof the Army and Navy
and the ladies of their families, on Tues
day evening, Juue fifteenth, from nine
to eleven o'clock 1886"
The President has received from the
Committees on Enrolled Bills of the
Senate and House one hundred and
thiIsy&,Hr hills that were passed by
Congress while he was away on hi
honeymoon, aud must examine then
all during the next ten DAYS. As tw
Sundays intervene, and it must be H.
sumed that the President of the Unite
States observes tie mman,llnents, h
i'll have breathing spells, but will hav
to do mp at least thilteen and fur
tenths bills per day in order to gel
through with til m. Nearly all are pen.
sion bills, but he is in the habit of ex
aiming these as closely rs any other,
and will probably veto several of thcn,,
rs they are open to the same objection
hat he has raised to others.
! A good story is told of II Senator lron
the Pacific slopr, who was asked cpn
ribate to the fund to present the bril-
Of Gen McU"ok. sa% Secretary of til
Senate, With a ". ldns preso it. Til
Senator WIS told that the Secretary wa
to marry Miss McCook. He responde,
to the request, bit 81 ,'tly aftcrwarl
turned to a brother Senator I'd asked
"What sort Of II r.,an is this Stcretar,
Of oult | understand ne is going t,
marry lis co k.
On Thursday, Mr.. Morrison has givel
notice, the tar II bill will he called up
The opponents of the measure will ex; /
all their powers to prevent its Consider
alton. If they succeed that ends tn
matter If they fail and the bill com
up there will he general debate upo
it for ten days or more. Then there vii
b. \ mrti,,a to strike out the enactin:
clause. 1t is believe that the opposi
ion to the bill is strong enough to Cal
~ this. Ii it is not the bill will prob;
lily occupy all the rest of the session
giving way for appropriation bills only
and will finally go over by adjournment
With the opp 'sition there is to the bill
three months can easily be consume
in it's consideration The fact that
will stand in the way of and render
impossible to pass other bills in whic
d the members are interested will likel
make the II use tire Of long sessio
: that can be occupied by but the one Til
and an adjournment will he had hefol
the bill il passed. Thus, it is likely
90 over us unfinished until next sessio
:, If the thing were allowed to take i
run, the session might last all SUI
mer.
First controller Durham has decid
) that the word "otiicc" in the first clau
of rule 10 of the civil service commissi
w applies to the head of the bureau
lie well as the head OF Il department: I'll
the head Of bureau is the "head of
Il Office also that when the head of q
inc department believes that the pul
,rt- service will be promoted thereby he
al appoint confidential clerk for the h
of a bureau in his department with
requiring him to undergo the civil
''' vice examination, and he can rec,
non the pay of any clerk in the CLASH
tot service, provided there is vacanc
either of these grades for which an
be preparation has been made. The q
of ton arose upon the application of tt
lies Auditor Williams for the appointn
of a confidential. ciyrk, and it was r.