The Portland daily press., 1886-09-16
FROM WASHINGTON.
The President and Members of the
Cabinet.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.-The thirty days
dispensation from official care which the
President granted himself in the middle of
been received at the White House indicating
his return this week, and it is thought he
will not be in Washington until about the
25th 1t is understood that the President
and Mrs. Cleveland intend stopping one or
two days in Albany and perhaps single day
in New York.
Secretary Bayard is the lone Cabinet officer
now in Washington. Shortly after the
Presidents return he expects to take a
months leave. During the summer he has
kept his health by taking long horseback
so much that he will be glad when the fatigue
Of being in the saddle can be avoided.
Secretary Endicott is absent so much that
his return at this season of the year would
entitle him to be classed as distinguished
visitor. He has never taken kindly to
Washington society. He still prefers the
domestic quiet of old Salem and his New
England associates to the gewgaws Of life
at the capital.
Attorney General Garland left Washington
for Hominy Hill about the 1st of August,
intending to be gone at least two months.
He said he needed to recuperate before en-
tering upon his duties this fall. Solicitor
General jerks, who is now in charge of the
Department of Justice, says he does not
know when Mr.. Garland will return. He
did not have five minutes conversation with
him before he left, and has not since heard
word about the date of his return. The
law makes the Solicitor General the head of
| the department and equal to the Attorney
| General during the latter's absence.
Secretary Lamar has been preparing at odd
| times some notes for his Grafton at the un-
yelling of the statue of Calhoun, which is to
take place in Charleston some time in No
out of its earthquake. He will return to
Washington this week
Postmaster General Villas has sent word
that he will be at the capital by the latter
part of this week. He has spent his .vaca-
tion at his home in Wisconsin, and has
back the President before Congress meets.
Secretary Manning is still at Watch Hill.
The paralysis which followed the apoplectic
attack is still evident, but it does not inter-
| fere with his mental powers at all.
Secretary Whitney is still at Lenox, Mass,
and his return to Washington is uncertain.
A Bond Call.
The Acting Secretary of the Treasury this
| afternoon issued the 142d call for the re-
demption of bonds. The call is for $15,000,-
600 of the per cent loan of 1882 All the {
| after until further notice upon presentation
| This is new feature, and applies also to
| the call of August 30 for $10,000,000 per
| cent bonds. Interest will be paid to date OF
IcucIlpIlUu.
An Ante-EIection Increase In Navy
Yard Employees.
| The Acting Secretary of the Navy has ad
| dressed letter to the commandants of the
various navy yards, calling attention to the
| law of 1876 forbidding an increase in the
number of employees in any of the yards
| immediate vicinity, without special authority
| from the Secretary. The circular states thai
| the law is to be strictly enforced by the pres
ent administration. 1t WILL of course, bt
necessary to increase the force at the Ports.
| mouth and Norfolk navy yards, where ex-
| vessels, but the additional workmen will be
| appointed on certificate of the Secretary.
Secretary Manning to Retire.
There are but few persons who expect
Secretary Manning to resume his seat at the
Cabinet table. His personal friends ant
| those who are in frequent communication
| with the members of the Manning family
assert positively that his decision to retire
from the Treasury Department is final, and
resignation to the President The latter was
and is averse to losing Mr.. Manning from
his official family, but he realizes the tru,
condition of Mr.. Manning's health, and
therefore cannot conscientiously insist upor
his remaining. Had Mr.. Manning's resig
nation been promptly accepted when first
rendered there are hundreds of anti-admin.
istration people, who, it is claimed, would
have seized upon the opportunity to charge
that there was political disagreement be
tween the President and his best friend ant
most valued political adviser. AS soon a.
Mr.. Manning's family physician diagnosed
the case, he announced that it would be al
most as much as the patients life was wortl
for him to attempt to tax his brain with tn
cares and responsibilities, to say nothing O.
| nhUcinol dyrtin Of Of
Treasury. AS much as the President re
gretted to make change in his Cabinet, HI
was obliged to bow to the inevitable. 1t wa
determined, however, that there was no ne
eessity for hasty action, as Acting Secretar.
Fairchild was fully competent to manage tn
financial branch of the government. In tn
meantime the extent of Secretary Manning
physical inirmities has become apparent t
all reasonable persons, and he will reluctant
| ly retire from public life.