The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-11-11
QUA wAsHINGTON LETTER.
WAsHIxeroN. D. G.. Nov 3, 1856.

" ASAlA0IOls "a ~ CON d ACCO
Special Correspondence Of the NEWs.
Now that the elections are over, and
the properties Of the political drama are
furled away, public att ntion will once
more be attracted to Washington Many
well known correspondents may already
be seen, and their appearance about the
hotels and government Offices in quest OF
news gives the capital something OF its
Wonted business-like appearance. Many
members and senators have already ar
rived and established themselves for the
winter; the majority of them will be here
before the end OF the month. The diplo-
matte corps Ia represented by most of the
Legations. The supreme court Is in ses-
sion. The csbine6 Is full, and In one
short month, when the stars and stripes
will be run up over the senate and house
wing OF the eapitol, the rehabilitation OF
the capital will be complete.
The preparation OF the yearly reports is
al present the chief industry In all the
government Offices here. The president
Is busy with his message, the members of
the cabinet are busy with their reports, and
the subordinate officials a. buy with the
data from which they are made up. These
reports will be interesting and refreshing
reading. They will show wonderful pro-
gPess in national business, an encourRg-
| ing state of national finances, g great re-
duction of the public debt, and increased
economy In governmental expenditures
We are Fundamentally prosperous nation
and We ought to be theifLy happy peo-
| pie.
Some idea of the immense resources of
this country may be gained from the fact
that since 1865 the government has paid
in pensions, IN round numbers, $500
| 900, and of this enormous sum all except
| $25, 000, 600 was paid since the civil war
| In 1867 the interest on the national debt
was IA 600. 900, and In those tWenty-one
years 81 1915 600 GOO have been paid TO the
| holdeis of government bonds. The public
| debt statement issued the other day shows
/ the reduction of the public debt during
October to be $13. 201 ,619, and the tots
amount of cash IN the treasury at presen
is $45l 1858, 0S3.
Fewer OF the department clerks wen
home to vote this year than ever before
and very lew of the higher officials were
i absent fiUm their desks IN Washington
when their felloW-citizens all over thu
country were casting their ballots at the
| polls. The president went to Buffalo las
November to vote for Governor Hill, bu
| there was no governor to be voted for thil
year In New York state, and the presiden
stayed Ia Washington. His private secTe
tsry, Col. Lamont, also remained at home
| The only cabinet ministers absent iron
| Washington were Secretaries Whitney
| Bayard and Endlcott, and Postmaste
General Villas. Hardly any OF the chIetI
of bureau we're were absent. They were
nearly all at their desks on election day
| Those who were absent without having q
vacation due them Will lose pay. A few
/ went on these terms, but very few. Tit
bulk of those who were away from Wash
ington were employees. who were taking
their thirty days annusl leave of absence
| Altogether there were not over two hun
| dred clerks absent from the treasury de-
| partment out Of force of more than foul
thousand, and of the two hundred, fai
1 proportion of ladies who did not vote.
| During the week we have had visf
from q scion of the Bonaparte family
Prince Louis Napoleon, as he is-called
Some papers have spoken of him as de
scendsnt Of the great Napoleon, forgetfu
OF the fact that Napoleon the First has AZ
Legitimate living descendant. The rathe
common looking young Frenchman tool
great precautions to preserve privacy. HI
took his .mesls in a private room, an(
lodged the public gaze as much as posi-
bic. None of the French legations calleC
on him. The republic of France having
banished bis father and elder brother, Il
representatives here could not, of course
give him any official secegnitiOn. Thu
prince, however, Is a nephew of the kim
of Italy (his mother is the sister of KIM
Humberi). and the italian minister cAllet
on him and introduced him to Secretar,
Bayard who, in turn. escorted him 70 tn
White House and introduced him to tn
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