The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-07-07
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE
WASHINGTON,
June %, 1886.
EDITOR DEMOCRAT

WASHINGTON, J
June %, 1886. !
EDITOR DEMOCRAT
The latest feature of Washington
life is the adoption of the tricycle. by
ladies. The broad smooth pavement
of the city render travelling by bicycle
or tricycle. both a convenience and 6
luxury. The use of these machines
has long been popular for news gath
ering purposes, and a number Of
"wheels" may be seen, at any hour Of
the day or night, about the doors Of
the various newspaper Offices. The
telegraph companies were early in re-
cognizing the advantage of the system
from a business standpoint, and fur
nished their messengers. with bicycles.
The fact that the appearance of lady
upon tricycle. would be likely to at
tract notice, and cause more Or less
comment, has until recently prevented
their general adoption by the ladies.
A number of tricycle. clubs have, how
ever, boon formed among the ladies
during the past few months, and dur
ing the course of a walk through the
streets upon moonlight evening, one
constantly meets these tricycle. riders.
The popularity Of the tricycle. is in fact
increasing daily, and if one may judge
from the enthusiasm evinced by the la
dies who are members of the clubs, it
is safe to predict that the machine"
will very soon achieve an even great
or popularity among the ladies than it
has heretofore with the gentlemen.
1t is rumored that large number OF
dismissals are to he made in the va
rious Executive Departments upon
July LIST, the commencement of the fis-
cal year. The Sixth Auditor has an
nounced the dismissal of twenty-six
clerks from his Office, it being stated
that the dismissals were made necessa-
ry by an expectation that the appro-
priations were to be reduced. An ex-
animation of the provisions of the leg
islative bill as it passed the House,
shows that the Sixth Auditor is given
all the force asked force asked for, and
that the total reduction necessary in
all grades does not exceed six or eight.
The President has been so busily
engaged during the week, considering
the great number of bills which await
his signature, that he has been obliged
to deny himself to callers, and the reg
ular meeting of the Cabinet upon last
Thursday was postponed upon that &C
count. On Wednesday he sent fifteen
veto messages to Congress, and on
Thursday batch of thirty-two bills
were returned to the House with his
reasons for disapproval. The effects
of overwork began to show themselves
before the close of the week, and after
continued urging by his friends the
President finally decided to accept an
invitation, which had been rendered to
him by Representative Scott, of Penn
sylvania, to join in pleasant cruise
down the river. The party, consisting
of the President, Postmaster General
Villas, Representative Scott, Mr.. w.
S. Bissel and Lamont, left Washing
ton on Friday afternoon upon Mr..
SCOTS steam yacht for short cruise
down the bay.
1t having been learned at the Post
Office Department that certain CLERKS
in the railway mail service had formed
a conspiracy to prevent removals, an
order was issued on Thursday by the
Post Office Department summarily dis
missing twenty-six from the service
The order states that the clerks have
been removed "for characterization, in
conspiring to obstrnct the regulation of
the service by the Department. They
have secretly attempted to form an as.
ISOLATION with view to dictate action
to the Department The
object of the society was to resist re-
movals by threatening strike, or the
combined designations of many clerks
at one time, so as to menace the De-
partment with great embarrassment
There are nearly forty members of
the Chinese Legation in Washington,
and their summer robes Of light blue
silk, present an attractive appearance
upon the streets. Although there are
but two or three members of the Lega-
ton who understand word of Eng
lish, they all evince remarkable de-
votion to our American entertainments,
and the theater seems to be particular
|y attractive to them. The summer
opera season has opened, and the Chi
namen are to be found at the opera
every night. They never tire of the
same performance, and no matter how
often the opera is given they are al
ways present, and their faces are al
ways radiant with an expression indi-
eating thorough enjoyment. II.
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