San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1886-06-17
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, June Z, 1886,

! Prom our hrkulAI N"itVnlVhH'h'
WAsHISGroN, June Z, 1886,
That Secretary Manning will re
turn TO the Cabinet is earnestly hoped
by those who have enjoyed the cor
dial hospitality and answering
friendliness OF Mrs. Manning during
their residence here Although fond
Of society, and certainly we'll calcula'
ted to shine prominently IL 1t, Mrs
Manning quickly gave up her desire
10 go out TO any extont last winter,
when tho Secretary found his bust
ness cares had encroached even upon
tho hours he had to spend at home.
Since his illness, Mrs, Manning has
been devoted in her attention, and
was anxious until she secured the
Socretary's promise not TO think OF
returning to work until after the
summers rest. Secretary and Mrs.
Manning left here yesterday for the
Warm Springs, Va, but their sum
mer plans will depend entirely upon
the progress made by the former to-
ward recovery.
The sensation at tina Capitol dur
ing the week was n speech made by
Judge Fullerton, OF New York, in
favor Of the payment by the United
States of the rebel war debt, and it
will be q long time before we hear the
last of it. 1t was suggested that the
Republican Congressional Committee
may have employed this distinguish
ed attorney to appear before his COM
mittee on war claims, to advocate a
measure that is prohibited by the
Constitution but / know he came, as
any other lawyer would, to earn a
fee. The stupid bankers of Amster-
dam, Holland, who hold several car
loads Of Confederate bonds, employed
that celebrated philosopher, Rufus
Hatch, Esq, to see what could be
done about the redemption of these
securities, and Uncle Rufus probably
told them that it was only necessary
to have bill introduced by Mr.. Mer-
riman, who hadn't the slightest idea
that 1t meant what it is construed to
mean, and then Uncle Rufus paid
Judge Fullerton $1,000 to come over
and make speech in support OF it.
The committee was panic stricken
when they found what they had under
consideration, but they let Fullerton
finish his speech and earn his fee.
This incident will doubtless be dis
,ussed upon the stump by every Re
publican campaign speaker, as proof
hat the Rebels have captured the
,apital again.
There seems to be settled con-
'iction among government clerks that
after the adjournment of Congress
here will be a wholesale discharge.
They think that now the heads of de-
fear to make many changes
because they apprehend that such
.ctlon would retard the progress of
heir appropriation bills. The officials
say on the quiet that the clerks are
not far from right in their conjec-
lures. The only departments in
which any degree of safety can be
elt are the State and War. Even
he Navy department will undergo a
pruning progress, and many clerks
Who have outlived their usefulness
will have to give way to efficient
Democrats. The discharges in the
Treasury Department, will, of course,
De more numerous than in any of the
others, and it's clerks will count the
lays that intervene before the adj
ournment of Congress with nervous
anxiety. A prominent official of the
Treasury Department said o few
lays ago that in o few months the
'orce would be so changed that the
regular visitors will think themselves
n strange place when they come
within it's walls.