The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-05-07
sKa.hineton I.etser.


4 Tic President, prospective marriage,
and the probable retirement Of Secretary
| Manning, have been popular topics Of
comment during tic week Mr. Cleveland
is quite uau-eom,nittal Is to the former
subject Very few persons have vcniured
10 breach The fateful question ye him and
those who nave been So courageous, have
not extracted any satisfactory information.
am authorized to say, however, that
Mr.. Manning VIII be greatly disappointed
/ if he is not able finally to resume his work
at the Treasury Department Since he has
been able to set mp he has sent GRAND con-
verscd with his principal officers, and is
kept informed as to the progress Of affairs
| The only apprehension that his friends now
have is that lie viii not take the rest shat
is absolutely necessary to him.
Frederick Douglass, who lccturcd here
during the week on his recollections of
slavery. said, among other things, that he
did not approve Of emigration for bis race.
The negro could never 90 any place where
lie could not find white people. He thinks.
by the way, that President Cleveland is
very brave man. said he recently in 4 let
ter to a friend. ..Yhile in office. tile Presi-
dent treated me As he treated other office
holders in the District. He was brave
enough to invite Mrs. Douglass and my
self To lis reception. thus rebuking the
timidity-I Will not say cowardiee orprcju
dice. Of his predecessor Whatever else
Mr.. Cleveland may be. he is not a snob and
he Is NOT a coward Mr. Douglass fur
tber said tb,.t I,e was Republican and
wonld do all lie coRld Ia elect a Republican
President in 1855. but he hanored manli-
ness whenever he ronnd it. and he had
found il in the present occupant Of the
White IIouse
tn, President, afternoon baDd,l,akinas
are attended by hundreds ON the DAYS an
pointed and every dav the White House is
fun If ,jgltt scrrs. The rooms are still in
winter dress. the annular houSe-cleaaine
meyer ccmmencips. uutu Tine season is far
advanced The pnr,ber of bridal couples
amonq the crowds Who admire tile furni-
ture and drapprjcs of the historic apart-
ment is very large and are mainly wcll-to-
IL, yotn.e reo,le. who ara cpiaviga the
sisIts here without the tell-fale red book
carried bQ the AVERAGE sialt-secr.
The Senate's 1laH for patching up the
White IJonsn At an EXPENSE of $500 000
meets vj,b objections from different direc-
lions The Senate PROPOSES that south of
tin, nreseut structure there shall he built 4
dunIicatc bousc. connected with If by
corridor and thar the new edifiee shall be
appropriatcd exclusively by the family of
the Pres;,irnt The first serious objection
To this novel scheme is that if practically
DESTROYS forever tie symmetry and midi
viduality Of fine ancient mansion. which
after life Of more than half A century
has become a well known. probably as
any nnblic building in tlic world With
The pronosed alteration, The present betuti-
ful southern front djsanpears forever
3oain the now b,il1fpo world ron,D|etelv
ont eff from tl,o ,,resent lrI,eu the official
residence, ,be lovely view 10 tbe sontl, Of
tho bc,rt;rni e,,,n,nds Of th,. river and tbc
hills beyond If. Arlington. the monument
and an the other strfkilla object, If inter
est now 80 EAGERLY uazed at bv the visitors
from the southern windows Of the east
room and the adjacent apartments. Their
prospect to fine south from those apart-
ments will henccforth be limited 10 the en-
trauciu,, view of 4 white wan some thirty
or more feet distant. which would equally
o,.pase ii cnmple,e barrier "a the grateful
southern breeze.
Durino The week. for the first timr This
season the Senator's have discussed tariff
and lj.,cprd 10 q srcccb an nro],ibitiou
ALTHOUGH there was neither a temperancc
nor a tarir measure bcr,ro thcm The
,ar;ff. debate wa. .n,1,,g If, oo,,ucc,i,,, with
.li,,.s,tbei,lioc Ga,,,+o, Pol ,.,,,t.I
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