The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1886-06-05
Washington News and Gossip.
From our Special Correspondent.

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WASHINGTON, d. e., May so, 'S6.
Mr.. EDITOR: The President has sew
eral times during the past week driven
out to his recently purchased summer
residence upon the Tenallytown road,
and on Wednesday lie sat upon the
broad front yeranda for more than an
hour and enjoyed the magnificent view
which is obtained from this point. 1t
is generally conceded that, in nothing
that Mr.. Cleveland has done since he
became President, has he shown greater
good sense than in the purchase of this
estate. The place has long been known
as Pretty Prospect" and 1t was right
ly named. The locality is quite an
aristocratic one. Near by is "Wood-
ley," which was formerly the home of
Philip Barton Key, and is now occupied
by Chief Engineer Henderson, of the
U. S. Navy, while short distance to
the westward is Grassland" the coun-
try seat of Secretary Whitney, and upon
the opposite side of the road is the es
tate Of the Georgetown College. Not
only has the President secured a de-
lightul summer residence, at a suffic'-
ent distance from the city to enable him
to pass the summer months in compara-
tive freedom from the cares and worries
incident to life in the White House.
and at the same time near enough to
insure his presence upon short notice If
occasion demanded, but at the same
time his investment is likely to prove
very profitable one. Massachusetts av-
enue, which is soon to be extended. will
reach very near the estate. and a delight
full drive of one and half miles will
then separate it from the White House.
Every indication about the White
House for some time past, has been
such as to point to social crisis of
some kind, and the fact that the Presi-
dents wedding was to take place in
June has been generally accepted.
Newspaper correspondents have faith
omed every possible source of informa-
ton, in hopes of ascertaining the exact
date of the occurrence, and having
failed, they had resolved themselves in
to sort of self-constituted committee
of arrangements, and virtually settled
the question in their own minds. BY
unanimous decision of the aforesaid
committee, the date was set upon June
10Th, and the ceremony was to take
place in New York City. Everything
having thus been settled, excepting per-
haps some OF the minor details, the
official announcement which was made
on Saturday morning, to the effect that
the wedding would take place in the
Blue Room of the White House, on
wednesday evening, June I'd, created a
sensation not only among newspaper
men but the general public, such as has
been seldom equaled. The arrange
ments will be of the simplest order.
The President will go to New York to-
day and will participate in tie Decora-
tion Day observances, and will return
ON Tuesday in company with Miss Fol-
som and members of her family. The
ceremony will take place at 7 o'clock in
the evening, and will be followed by a
wedding supper in the State dining
room.
Probably no bill that has been dis
cussed during the present session of
Congress has excited a more general
and hearty interest, both among the
members themselves and the general
public, than has the bill which IMPOSES
II tax of ten cents per pound upon oleo-
margarine and other substitutes for but
ter, and making the Internal Revenue
Bureau responsible for the collection of
the tax. The bill won place upon the
calendar on Monday, and the debate
was opened by Messrs. w. L. Scott. of
Pennsylvania, and Mr.. Hokens, of Illi-
nois, both of whom spoke in favor of
the bill. They maintained that so great
had the industry grown that the dairy
men of the country who are engaged in
the manufacture of butter from milk
alone, cannot long survive the compe-
tition of the oleomargerine makers. and
that the tax is proposed as a method of
restricting the manufacture of an un-
wholesome product. The opponents of
the bill insist that the bill is uncOnsti-
tutional upon the ground that It is an
attempt to regulate manufactures, by
protecting one class at the expense OF
Others. The sentiment IN the House is