Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-07-02
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From "nr regular correspondent.)

The summary disposal of the tarif
bill during the present week is takel
by many to indicate that the con
gressionaf session will be OF shorte
duration than was supposed weel
ago. But it is not impossible tha
the tariff bill may come up again
1t would he strange indeed if th,
forty or fifty Congressional Bonner
gcs who have spent both time anC
money in the composition and pur
chase of speeches will be content tC
carry this pent up undehvered elo
quence; but, unless the pent uE
flood of tariff talk shall be let loose
in the halls of congress, the session
will probably be shortened by from
two to three weeks. The weather
has been exceedingly warm, and
members and senators are very anX-
ious to get away from The city.
The senate is not disposed to give
the president any rest but keeps
sending up to INN bills, by the
baskctful, for his examination and
approval. Saturday when he went
to bed he had on his table 54 bills.
the constitutional time for his exam
lnation of whlch expires on Monday;
and he has not looked at a one of
them. There is another lot embrac-
ing as many l:!ore that will become
laws on Tuesday unless he vetoes
them, and still more on Wednesday,
and it is scarcely possible for him to
read their text. Thursday and FRI
day the senate passed PIP bills,
about half of which have gone
through the house, and they will
be dampened OH his table tomorrow.
Some of these bills are saved by
their numbers. They would GER
tainly be vetoed if the president had
time to examine them.
There is still considerable talk in
political circles about changes in the
cabinet. There is rumor, l give
it for what it is worth, that Don NJ.
of Michigan, is to sue
ceed to the place of Attorney Cen
eral Garland. It is thought that
the recent visit to the country of
Hon. Robt. NJ. McLane, our minis
ter to France, is connected with the
secretaryship of the treasury depart
ment, and that if, when Secretary
Manning returns, he is compelled to
tender his final resignation, Mr..
McLane may be-hls successor. The
treasury department is very ably
at present by Assistant
Fairchild who is carrying
out many reforms that were commen-
ced by Secretary Manning. The
clerical force in the Sixth Auditors
Division of this department has been
much reduced and there wll be a
still larger reduction on the first of
July. 1t was at first intended to
allow the dismissed clerks the fifteen
days due them up to the first ultimo,
but then 1t was thought that this
time would be occupied in efforts
for reinstatement, so, in order to
prevent all annoyance and bother,
the dismissals and appointments of
successors will be or the same date.
The civil service commission has
furnished a list of names with which
to fill the vacancies that will exist in
the office on the first of July, so that
the auditor will be able to say to all
those seeking reinstatements, that
the vacancies have already been fill
ed. The number to be dismissed is
thought to be twenty-six at present
to which number more or less will
probably be added by the expiration
of the month.
Since Mr.. McConville mas been the
Sixth Auditor, there have been up
ward of eighty discharges in his
office and the twenty-six or more
yet to be made will bring the total
up to over one hundred and Ska
third of the entire force. This is by
far the best record of dismissals yet
made in the department.
Last week, Mr.. Hoar, of Mass,
submitted a resolution proposing a
constitutional amendment to provide
that the term of the presidents office
shall be prolonged until the last
Tuesday of April 1889 at midday +;
the senators whose present terms
wonld otherwise expire on March
4, 1889, shall continue in office until
noon of the last Tuesday in April
succeeding such expiration. The
last Tuesday of April shall therefore
be substituted for the 4th, of March
as the beginning and ending of the
official term of the president, vice
president, senators and representa-
tives in congress.
The most noteworthy social events
during the past week were the two
receptions given by the president
and his wife, the first being caro-
reception to the army. navy, diplo'
mates and other officials, the last tt
the general public on Friday even.
ing, which was probably the larges
reception ever neld at the White
House. No other announcement
was made than the one in the daily
papers and in these the hours nam