Mohave County miner., 1886-12-12
WASHINGTON LETTER.
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WAssIkaTos. Nov 80. 1886.
In one week Copgrsss will u,eet
the President will send his message
aud the Cabinet reports be launches
on the public 40 usual. The messag'
10 nearly in shape sni while il II
pretty well known what the Presi
dent will say on certain importsn
subjects, everybody Is .wondefi nI
what now contribution he will MAKE
to English phrnseoiogy through biz
second annual document. II 10 pos
sible that hs exhausted bis origins!
ity on "ghoulish gles." bat il is moi
At all csrtain. for equally re marbabl
combinations bsve been svolves
siucs be was dsliversd Of ''inocror'
dasneiuden ".
There Is not hing JefIersonisa .
simple abont these phrsses or sbont
''perBicious aeti vity", offensive par
tisanship", structural weakaess",
etc. but this administration has orig
mated them. The oior OF boiled cab
bage has settled nronnd the Whits
House, mingled with the scent oi
prysapthemums. II canbot be churg-
"a that there is anything sristocrstis
9bout this combination. 1t was only
- indication OF true simplicity and
~ hoatsd into the corridors aud
srlors OF the mansion at one OF the
pnbllc receptions last week, SO offend
lQY the nostrlls OF some OF the Presi.
4ent's visitors that they quickly
otught the outdour air. Now q great
many people who 60 TO the White
House for business or pastims will
not liks this innovation, but the peo-
pie cannot have Democratic Admin
lstratiou without new fashions.
Tue Presidsnt has been allowed to
take very little comfort from the
Of a country home. The
real estate spectators have surround
ed his premises aud the atmosphere
is filed with all sorts OF schemes for
at the public expense.
Whether or not the President is con-
cerned in these plans, h,s purchase
has laid him opsn to the Suspicion OF
people who are not slow TO Question
the motives Of public men. aud if he
wants to be left in quiet beueath bis
own vine and fix tree he will have to
plant them at nuch greater DIS
tance from Washington. He Is sure
10 be target for malicious gossip as
long as he holds his present proper
~.
There have been some very large
sales during tho past week on the
line Of the proposed Massachusetts
avenue extension aud cable road
vi h.ch Is expected to get charter at
the next session Of Congress. Peo-
pie holding lttlu farms 10 that vein
ity imagine they have u bousnza, and
land which would have been eagerly
sid at 500 an acre u-~yedr ago. is
for held at q thousand or more.
The bablr may burst any day. bot
except in western mining towns,
there is no record of so sndlen Il
rise Of property in value as has late
|y occurred northwest OF this ci;y.
Ou. Of the Latest stories about
General Logan is that be has made
4 fortune in real estate here and
that Ls is making q fortune out Of
bis book. The rumor may have
risen from the fact that one Of the
Senator'S sons has gone into the real
estate business in Washington. which
any man can do who can raise money
eGonga to pay his Office rent. Scna-
Tor Logan If by no means rich man
ct. aE hongh bis book is doing well.
and whatever be his landed posses-
sioDs in ILLINOIS and Chicago he has
bought no real estate in Washington
With the exception Of Calumet
Place, the old stone mansion ON the
bill 10 the subarbs, which is his resi-
dence. and which IS not yet entirely
paid for.
The citizens Of Washington have
been considerably excited during the
past week over the decentralization
and disintegration OF the Police De-
partment sni it's attendant scsnd ais.
A good many syDpathize with the
Chief and believe him to
have been the victim OF the con
splracy he outlines. A good many
more, perhaps, sympathIze With Ar
mold and Kelly. On the other hand
little sympathy is expressed for Ede-
liu. the dIsse miDator Of the scandal.
who seems to glory IN the rnin bs
b as caused. "Well" said he exult-
antly, "if I did have to 20 took
him with me-. referring to the Chief.