The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-05-28
Washington Eeifer.
.trom our regular correspondence

near this city. The alleged purchase was
made through another man, and the affair
is yelled in secrecy 10 the extent that no
one really kn6Ms much about it, The
country seat in question is known as
! 'Pretty Prospect. and it is reached by
one of the most pleasant drives in this
vicinity the road from Georgetown to Ton
! lcytown. through the beautiful scenery of
Rock Creek valley. 1t is a two-story stone
house with an Dld-f5tshi0ned hip roof, com
manding an extensive view of the sur
rounding country, including the Washing
ton nlonumcnt the Potomac river almost
as far down as Mount Vernon. aud is ncs-
tied among old forest trees, in paradise
of suburban homes If the President has
bought this place he will have Secretary
Whitney for a near ncighbor during por
ton of the year. The wealthy Cabinet
officer keeps up about half dozen estab-
lisliments and one Of his summer homes
is near this spot.
This is the only Capitol in the world,
believe, where the chief ruler lives III the
building assigned to executive business.
And. indeed, the White House is as much
public Office now as tine Treasury, or the
War. State and Navy buildings. There is
no privacy there, such as every man de
SireS for himself and family out Of bust
moss hours President Arthur once said
that no one, without personal experience,
could have any idea OF the distressing
effect Of living, day in and day out, in the
same house where you have been busy all
day with affairs of routine business. There
is a good deal of opposition to the Senate
plan for extending the Executive Mansion
Many think that it should he left just as it
Is. to be used for an office, and that the
President should have a separate house.
They hold that it is no more reasonable 10
compel the President To live At the White
House than it would be 10 require the Sec
rotary Of the Treasury to live i'll the Treas
ury building. They also urge that the
States recognize the necessity ola separate
residence for the Executive. inasmuch as
no Governor Of any State lives III or near
his office
Congress is discussing subjects that in
yolye the expenditure of money, such as
pensions subsidies and the regular APP
preparation bills which always provoke a
| great deal of debate Whether it will leg
/ islatc radically fer Utah this session or not.
is question no one can yet answer The
House Judiciary Committee has been lis
I
for and against the new Edmunds bill that
passed the Senate some months ago.
The Mormon church has had every
chance to be heard In it's behalf have ap-
peared jeff Chandler, lawyer from Mis-
souri,: George s. Boutwell,. Of AIasSaehu-
sets, cx- Sccrctary OF tie Treasury. and
ex-senator A. NJ Gibson, one of the
shrewdcst of lobbyists John T. Caine,
Utah's delegate to Congress, and others.
The Gentiles were represented by Mr.. Dos
kin alone, a prominent Democratic lawyer
from Salt Lake City, who has lived among
the saints for twenty years. During that
time he has spent so. 600 from his own
pocket in attempting to bring about such
Territory. He is here to-day, without
compensation, fighting single-handed the
battle against polygamous hierarchy. 1t
is felt now that he should have had sup
port; that had some clever apostate young
men been sent TO Washington several
months ago, they could have done much to
circumyent the powerful Mormon lobby that
is ceaSelessy at work here. The Gcntilcs
Of tah forget that men mdil1'erently in
the right are no match for men aggrcs-
sivtly in the wrong. Ii is the business of
the Mormon lobby 10 discover every main S
price and to pay for it il necessary. Nor
mon women have been here besieging Sen
ators and Congressman in behalf of their
prosecuted people, and journalists have
have been offered thousands of dollars to
keep quiet on the burning question.
WESTON.