The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-08-07
Washington Letter.
<From our regular Correspondence
WASHINGTON. AUG

OF Congress in sight, the President and
his cabinet are making plans r. their
annual vacations. The President will
go to the Adrondacks this year, taking
very much the same route he did last.
Mrs Cleveland will go with him. and
take the trip much as her husband does,
excepting, perhaps, the rougher parts.
Mr. Bayard will remain here several
weeks after the adjournment of Con-
gress, and then will take his family to
quiet place on the coast of Delaware
not far from Wilmington. Mr.. Manning
has gone to Watch Hill, X. l., to stay
all summer. The family of Secretary
Endcott is away, and the Secretary
will join them at his summer cottage,
on the Massachusetts sea-shore, in
abouta fortnight. Mr.. Whitney has
made no positive plans as yet. The
Postmaster General will go home to
Madison to repair some political Fences,
and perhaps huildinew Ones He would
like to succeed old Philetus Sawyer as
United States Senator from Wisconsin.
Mr.. Lamar will put in some hard work
in what is supposed to 90 his vacation.
He intends making tour along the
Southern border of Indian reservations,
and thence will 90 to the Northwest.
He wants to see some things for him
self and is taking this trip to do 80. Mr..
Garland says the deer are getting ripe
out i'll Arkansas, and he proposes to
investigate the fact from his comntry
seat, llnminy Hill, twenty miles from
Little Rock. Col. Lamont has mattred
no decisive move, but will visit his for
mer hume in New York. He mag pat
in week or two at some quiet water
ing place. He has an invitation to
White Sulphur he would like to accept,
and may 90 there for weeks visit.
Immediately after the departure of
the President and Mrs. Cleveland for
their trip, the Executive Mansion will
DE- ovcrhauled and much-needed
series of rel airs made. The exterior will
receive Il fresh coat of white paint, the
Necessity for which has long been ap-
parent to the most casual observer.
There is some talk of restoring the
Ceiling Of the main entrance corridor
but this has not yet been definitely de
cided upun owing to the small appro-
priation granted by Congress foe such
purposes. In the East Room the wood
work will lie re.painted white and the
gid ing, which now presents quite a
dingy appearance will be retouched.
An additna!sl coat of paint is to he
given the Blue and Green Rooms, 8
we'll rs the state dining room. In the
private dining Hooms new carpet will
| oe laid, as the one now in use is in q
state Of actual dilapidation The old
curtains on the lower feor have been
removed and an entire new set Of lace
ones ordered from abroad, it having
been found less expensive to order
| them from Europe than to patronize
home manufacture
The question of adjournment hangs
now upon the sundry civil bill. There
is at present dead lock on this bill
out in conference. With this and the
deficiency bill out ofthe way, there IS
no other measure either house would
stay for. The river aud harbor bill,
which is up today, the Interstate COM
merce bill and the ratification bill,
4 which are now in conference, and the
| Morrison surplus resolution are expec-
| ted to be adjourned on. Thefe.:is a wide
| difference of opinion rs to the day Of
adjournment. Some expect to get away
on TUESDAY; others are prepared to sit
until the middle of next week. Mr.
Holman SAID that he did not think it
possible that Congress would be il,
session later than Tuesday. Gov. Long,
also member of the appropriation,
committee, said he expected an ad
; journment would he reached by Wed
nesday, but said they could get away
to-day if they really wanted to. Mr.
Randall said it depended upon tn,
Senate; he could not tell what the,
would do.
After the adoption of the surplus res