Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-01-06
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WAsETx0ros. Dec =, 1855
The President having dined las. week
with Secretary Bsyard in order to meet
Dr. Holmes, accepted the invitations of
Secretary Manning 10 the Csris.mas
dinner, and doubtless be will be enter
:sin4d BY other members % the Cabinet
hereafter; bat / fancy be vill net be
likely 70 accept invitations outside OF
the families Of his Cabinet. The Ssw
Years reception at the white House vii
beeiu At the usual hour, and doubtless
II viii De one Of tbs Ensst crowded re-
cep:ions TIA. has ever been held there.
The arrangements seem TO have been
very SUCCESSFULLY made, and II Colonel
Lamont only sueceeds IN disposlng of
the lady correspondents to their own
and his satisfaction. It gill be mem
orsole Ssv Years day AZ the White
House.
The Justices Of the S1preme Court
are very indignant over reports that
have been sent oQt from here about q
bar room they maintain behind the
scenes. Peopls Who read this article,
and IL has been widely published
throughout the country, will infer from
10 that the highest jodIsial tribunal OF
,he country, which We are Ii the habit
of considering the ablest, purest and
xisest 10 the world, Is composed of
lot of cid soakers engaged II a pro-
logged debauch. The story gees that
taey have a sideesara filed with the
finest liquors, a kettle of water always
81 the boiling point, and keep nsn az
the expense of the Government, whose
choicest qualification is TO eoncoct pal
atable poIIons. and xhose only duty -
20 do IL Everybody vhe knows any
thing sboat the Supreme Court is aware
that this story Is q pure Z ,tion, invented
TO give spice TO letter, and probably
written without malice or q fhsu9ht OF
the false and damaging impression 1t
would create.
Some of the real estate dealers In To
city are endsavoring TO persuade tie
President to recommend the erection OF
q new executive mansion, bat under
stand that be has given them no en-
90 fragment A bill will be introduced
IN both Houses for the purpose, and an
offer will be made by the syndicate who
control the property on Columbia Nights
to sell sufficient land Tor the site at very
lov figures, as they can afford to do;
bot do not think the scheme will meet
With much favor. President Arthur
had a plan which ought to have been
carried out before the erection OF the
nes houses which Mr.. Adams and Mr..
Hay have planned at the corner of ID
aud sixteenth streets. IL was to pur
chase the block bounded by II, /, Six
teenth streets and Connecticut Avenue,
on which Mr.. Coreofan's house stands,
and erect an executive mansion there.
Mr.. Arthur often discussed it with Mr..
Corcorau, and the latter was very favor
ably impressed with the idea, though 1t
took no definite shape.
The other day, am told, a couple Of
Coneressmen vent to the White House
TO ask the President TO assist them in
securing the confirmation of a man
against whom some objections had been
raised. The President told them that
the appointment bad been made upon
their recon- nsndation, and without any
personal knowledge on his part OF Its
fitness; and II the objections we're JUS
titled, he hoped the appointment would
not be confirmed.
hear that senator Evarts 10 going to
charge, in his speech on the silver qaes-
ton, that but for the attitude Of the
Arthur administration the silver COM
mission to Europe, of which he was a
| member, could have secured an inter
national agreement which would have
solved the silver question and given the
United States all the advantage such an
| arrangement can bring.
Justice Miller, of the Supreme Court,
has expressed the opinion, understand,
| that under the tenure of Office act as it
stands the President has no power to
remove an official without the consent
of the Senate, (section 1863 and that
in case the Senate refuses TO confirm
Nominations NJ ace TO succeed suspended
officials, the latter are restored to office
until their successors are confirmed.
Most of the Senators hold a different
opinion. tut Justice Miller says that a
suspended official whose successor is not
confirmed can be held responsible for
the conduct of bis office from the date
| on which the nomination of his sue
cessor is rejected. and that any court
will So decide. This opinion will crafty
some of the Senators whose friends
have been relieved of their official hon
ors and emoluments, and will furnish q
| prottv sa,,s. far A. ata