Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-12-04
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 80, 1886.


WASHINGTON. Nov. 80, 1886.
In one week Congress will meet,
the President will send his message,
and the Cabinet reports be launched
on the public as usual. The mes
sage is nearly in shape and while it
is pretty well known what the Pres
ident will say on certain important
subjects, everybody is wondering
what new contributions he will
make to English phraseology
through his second animal docu.
ment. 1t is possible that he
exhausted bis originality on
ghoulish glee; but it is not at all
certain, for equally remarkable
combinations have been evolved
since he was delivered of "inocuous
desuetude."
There is nothing Jeffersonian Oh
simple about these phrases or about
pernicious activity" offensive par
tlsanship," structural Weakness y
ETC., but this Administrator has
originated other things than phrases
The odor of boiled cabbage has set
tied around the White House, min
gled with the scent of chrysanthe.
NUNS. 1t cannot be charged that
there is anything aristocratic about
this combination. 1t was only an
indication of true simplicity and it
floated into the corridors and par
lors of the mansion at one of the
public receptions last week, so Of
4 Tending the nostrils of some OF the
Presidents visitors that they quickly
sought the outdoor air. Now a
great many people who 60 to the
White House for business or pastime
will not like this innovation, but the
people can not have Democratic Ad
ministratiOn without new fashions
The President has been allowed
to take very little comfort from the
possession of a country home. The
real estate spectators have surround
ed his premises and the atmosphere
is filled with all sorts of schemes fol
improvements at the public expense
Whether or not the President is
concerned in these plans, his pur
chase has laid him open to the sus
picion OF people who are not slow to
lquestion the motives of public men
and if he wants to be left in quiet
under his own vine and figtree he
will have to plant them at much
greater distance from Washington
He is sure to be the target fol
malicious gossip as long as he holds
his present property.
There have been some very large
sales of property during the past
week on the line of the proposed
Massachusetts avenue extension anG
cable road which is expected to gel
a charter at the next session Of
Congress. People holding little
farms In that vicinity imagine they
have a bonanza, and land which
would have been eagerly sold al
800 an acre year ago, Is now
held at a thousand or more. The
bubble may burst any day, but ex
cept in Western mining towns
there is no record of so sudden &
rise of property in value as has late
ly occurred northwest of this city.
| One of the latest stories about
General Logan is that he has made
a fortune in real estate here arc
that he is makinga fortune out o
his book. The rumor may have
risen, from the facts that one of the
Senator's sons has gone into thu
real estate business in Washington
which any man can do who can raist
money enough TO pay his Office rent
Senator Logan is by no means {
rich man yet, although his book i.
doing well, and whatever be his
landed possessions in Illinois ant
Chicago he has bought no rea
estate in Washington with the ex
ceptioD of Calumet Place, the ole
stone mansion on the hill in the
suburbs, which is his residence, anC
which is not yet entirely paid for.
The citizens of Washington have
been considerably excited during
the past week over the demoraliza
ton and disintegration of the Police
Department and its attendant
scandals. A good many sympathizt
with the overthrown Chief and be
lieve him to have been the victim Of
the conspiracy he outlines. A goot
many more, perhaps, sympathizt
with Arnold and Kelly. On the
other land little sympathy is ex
pressed for Edelin,, the disseminated
of the scandal, who seems to glory
in the ruin he has caused. "Well,'
said he exultantly, off | did have to
go, 1 took him with me-" referring tc
the Chief Major Walker).
The President will now have tc
make another trial to secure CHIEF
of Police possessing the proper
qualifications for the head of the
force of the Capital OF the Nation
Members of Congress can enjoy the
unmolested freedom of the city
without restrictions as to localities
and those who can impose them
selves on the police as Congressman
or Members elect of the next House
will also be allowed the free run Of
the city this session.
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