Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-09-25
WASHINGTON I
From Our Regular Gorre&pondent.
WASHINGTON, Sept. II, 's6.

Dizziness has been reigning in Washing
ton since the adjournment of congress and
the departure of the President. The exc
dus of people to the mountains II sea
shore has this year been greater than usual.
Those who leave..W ashington i'll the begin
ming OF the warm season and donot return
until after frost, fail to see the Capital city
in her l~oveliest aspect. The temperature
here during the summer monthsl is quite as
cool as in far higher attitudes. The streets
with their smooth surfaces shaded by the
overlapping branches Of trees, form beau
tiful vistas, at the ends of which may be
seen a cool fountain or majestic statue. All
unsightly objects are hidden BY 0 iuxuri-
ance of verlure unparalleled in any other
city of this size. The parks, for whose
beauty Washington is famous. are q de-
light to the eye with their many cc.ored
flowers and shrubs; and altogether one
wonders where a p~leasanter place could be
found to spend the summer.
Already a few familiar faces on the
streets denote the return OF some OF the
old habitues. The President is expected
to be at his post again i'll about "A week. 1t
is still a debated question whether secre-
tary Manning will be able and willing 70
resume his duties.
The crank has not felt it to be his fash
ionable duty to leave Washington during
the summer months. The other day a
good looking, welidresSed gentleman
walked with an imposing air into the
White House. On being asked his name
and business, he answered haughtily, II
am the Emperor OF America, and | desire
that thirty millions Of money shall be i'm
mediately brought me from yonder build
ing''-pointing to the treasury. The door
keeper, with mock obeisance, and profess
sing his allegiance, persuaded his majesty
To enter 1 carria@e, and he WAS quietly
driven to the Insane Asylum. There he
should be placed in company with another
crank, who has been there for several
wears, and whose claims are even more ex-
tensive than those of the would-be Emper-
or. He believes that he is the monarch Of
the world. and unlike the respondent
Alexander the Great, he does not weep for
other worlds to conquer.
The employees at the White House are
very busily engaged just now, getting the
mansion ready for occupancy. Every sum
mer during the Presidents vacation it IN
dergoes a thorough cleaning. All the car
pets are rolled up, the window curtains
and draperies taken down, and chaos and
the chambermaid reign. The woodwork
in the house is being painted and regilded
both N the private and public apartments.
Then there are to be some changes in fur
nitrre. the wear and tear Of which in the
rooms open to the public necessities fire.
quent renewal. Everything will be com
pleted and the entire house in order by the
time Mr.. and Mrs. Cleveland return,
though it is not probable they Will occupy
it At present, as their country home is also
rapidly approaching completion, and it
was the Presidents original intention to
spend the rest Of the hot season there.
Mr.. Bayard is the only cabinet officer
in the city at present. Mr.. Lamar is in
Vermont, writing a speech, it is said, to be
delivered at the unwilling Of a statue of
John C. Calhoun in Charleston. The statue
will be unveiled providing any solid gound
can be found for ii. What a spectacle and
what a theme for the poet, the historian,
and the moralist. A bronze Calhoun look
ing on the skeleton ruins and the pulseless
heart of secession, amid %suIphurous fumes
and internal perturbation.
The secretary Of war has not been III the
city for weeks. Adiutant General Drum
has been acting secretary. There is great
rejoicing At the war department over the
capture Of Geronimo and his band Of red
anarchists. It is said at the war DEPART
ment that they will hang. Indeed they
to hang. This refined and civilized
means OF exit has terrers for the untutored
savage that mere familiar shooting cannot
equal. 70 die like a Christian malefactor.
with benefit of clergy, fills the mind Of
poor Lo with unhowlable horror, and
turns the sweet memory of Drained babies
and tortured d~isemboWled women to ashes
in his mouth. By all means let them hang.
and let congress honor General Miles and
LaWton with a vote of thanks.
A Bells 500 Years
The city Of Breslau celebrated the five
lundredth anniversary of an occurrence