Fergus County argus., 1886-10-21
WASHINGTON LETTER.


r..m ON Regular torr'sfrh"h'I
VA. .Ixgrox. Oc.. 9th. 1856.
The preparation of annual reports
is f..,,. n,. encro~sing subject oi atteh-
-ianii ..nthe.oyernment departments
...r.. The object of his annual INDUS
-r, r. 20 inform Congress what eaeii
l.t.., tment has been doing during the
.,a. and what i, i>hopei will he done
r... year. The evolution or an annl-
If port from an executive depart
fl,.at i,s an interesting process Most
,f ne material for the reports l. iur-
70 .,.l 10y the Suboriinaies. The en-
i.lye- supply the facts and statistics
,,... .hjef- OF of,iivi-ion~ AMI bureaus add
.onnent~ and deductions. AMI IA syn
op-. of the whole j. presented 10 the
t.,a of the department. In matters
pi NATIONAL importance, ~ tor instiice
~ EN- the Secretary of the Treasury
ln~mulate- his policy in regard To the
coinage OF silver, he must consult wi'h
'he President.
The Presidents nies>age gives an
..litome of the depart ment report =
wiich is sometimes furnished 10y ths
D., IDS of the departments and Hra
-'enally the PreSiden, prepares It hun
If from the data he has cullel. Ih'
,essaces of President Hayes had llttl'
originality. They were largely mad'
M of abstract : Of department report :
with u discussion of n few special sub
iects. President Arthur wrote III,
greater part of his messages himself
and Mr. Cleveland does he same. In
President = message is no longer. 1t .
claimed of much consequence IN direct
ing legislation, except asst may be tax
IN as the announcement of the polic,
of the political party ofwhich ie Is TIN
repre~ NATIVE.
NJ. ,irveland's last reception wa
ON of he largest ever held IN the fas
Room in Summer. over five hundre'
people shook bands with the President
Among them was large excursion
from North Carolina One old gentle
man apnronched the President am
smiiingly aid: Tar Heel, sab: glad t
~e.ay YOU. ~ah." \ number of childre
w,rr with the excursiOniSts. and MI
Cleveland seemed to exert himself t
pay them special attention.
II seems that the good example 81
by Mr.. Benedict the new public printer
will he followed by other department
here. II is reported that there is 500
to be thorough reorganization {
the treasury department under the II
rtction of assistant secretary Thoml
son; and it is believed that when Ssr
retary Whitney returns, he intends I
make n number Of changes in his IL
partment.
II may not he generally known. tina
of all the foreign legations residil
here. the British is the only one tia
owns its legation building. The oth'
ministers with their suites rent hO,,s'
or flats, or board. The building wlel
the British minister resides * n hosp
able looking, old fashioned mansion
situated on Connecticut Avenue, II
most fashionable street in the cit
The building with the ground upo
which il stands. is in n certain SEN
British territory, and untaxable !
the United States.
Minister Romeo now intends to blli
:, house to he used exclusively by leg
tions from Mexico. The house will
located on ] street. about four squar
from the executive mansion.
The japanese legation rentsa brig
red brick building just across 4
street from the house Secretary lAam
has recently leased. The Chinese lee
tiOn occupies one the most conspic,io
houses in the city. 1t is a rather ia
dry and tumble down failure, kno,
as Castle Stewart. II was built for
private residenceby the erich CalifOrIl
ex-senator, but it was never iinisht
and had remained unOccupied
years. Lately the Chinese minist
rented it. Cinnamon are very fond
parks, and when there Is one nei
they are always to he found the
looking in open-eyed surprise ut
unusual sights of this strange cOuntl
The Chinese of the legation here are
the gentry and nobility of the Flowt
Kingdom, and both in dress, mann
and appearance they are very super
to the laundry Cinnamon SO frequent
seen.
Mrs. Cleveland. always accompan
by her mother, has returned to
White House from Buffalo, where
has been spending a week. II is ~
that the coming society season will
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