Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-11-25

! y" 40 ''ii NC shoib, tHcfc are
indications that it will be an active
and busy one. Many Senators
and Representatives have arrived
during the week, and some of them
have gone to work in their commit
tee rooms, while others are getting
ready for business. Indeed there is
a sufficient number of Senators here
for a session of the Upper House,
and it is the intention of several
| Chairmen of Senate committees To
call special meetings before Con-
gress opens.
Senators Sherman, Morrill,, Ed
munds, and others may be seen at
The Capitol every day now, busy at
work, if one will take the trouble to
walk around and glance into their
committee rooms. Many of the
Capitol empl Dyes, too, have returned
from their vacations, and are grad
ually assuming their accustomed
duties. Both wings of the Capitol
are rapidly progressing in the work
of renovation, and the carpets, seats,
and desks are being laid and placed
IN position in the Senate Chamber
and Hall of the House.
The President is behind barred
doors preparing his annual message.
In order to find time for this duty,
he was compelled to slam the door
in the face of visitors and office
seekers, but now he is in even more
serious trouble, for his right hand
man has been called away to the
bedside of his aged father, and it is
possible that the Colonel may be de-
tanned some time. In that event
the President might be compelled,
| through lack of time and assistance,
to cut his message short, for which
Congress would be grateful. 1t
would also stand chance, unlike
his ponderous document last Decem-
Der, of being read through by some
people.
MIR. Cleveland has not been in Il
good humor for the past few days
Some prominent politicians from
New \ ork have been to see him,
and he heard some very plain talk
about his Civil Service policy. When
he last appeared in the East Room
to shake hands with his callers, the
expression on his face plainly indi-
Gated an annoyed state of mind.
He couldn't smile, and was not cor
dial, and the people went away
with a feeling that the ceremony
was decidedly farcical.
Although the President has or
dered that his country home be
called soak View instead of are d
Top, it is not certain that he has
more influence as a christener than
"a knight Of the quill. Cred Top"
because the roof of the house was
painted red, was the name started
by one of those disrespectful news
paper men whom Mr.. Cleveland
would like to obliterate, for "dese-
Grating his domestic privacy" Of
course no Administration people
will hereafter speak of this country
place as Red Top, but the name
is very popular, and if the President
does not stop designating the boys
in the newspaper row, it will be
cred Top" to the end of the chap
ter.
The apathy over the result of the
elections is such as has scarcely
been witnessed here since the wal
ended Democrats are Disguised
with the Administration, and al
though hundreds of Virginians and
Marylanders residing here are legal
voters in those States, very few
went home to vote, although free
passes were provided for those who
would accept them. When a Vir
ginia Democrat, speaking of the
Republican victory in his State
says q am glad Of it." he mast be
deeply demoralized. And yet many
of them say it. As to the Repub
lican officials and Government EN-
ployes here, they are very much