Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-07-15

lRaoM OuR REGULAR coEEEsPoSDEST.
WAszIHa11s, JAY 5. 1850.
President ClsVelaad has kept very
closely st vosk Il his desk duriae TIE
past vssk. and has spsnt sl@oss No sime
- ell - his oouatry place. He has
bssn eut bat iittls in his carriage and
bsgond going = the opera Friday sysA-
ing has had hardly any Essssatson.
Both be and Mrs.. Uevsland enjoyed the
performances. TIE President is really
very fond Of music and viii probably
Be- sea oftEn - tie tbeatre hereafter
vita his yeanR wife. HIS eompiste nb
stiBenes from going las year vas no
d01bt The result Of hrs consciousness
that be WOald hags 9 better exense later
On.
Mrs. Cleveland paid her arst visit 70
the dooss RalleEy en- Saturday morning.
sue oeeupisd . seat IN TIE Exsoutlse
RasleFy. add vas accompanies BY MEa
Villas. Mrs. Lamont and Captain kada
Ihe party EonAined AbO9H tge0ty min
atsa and absorbed the attention Of the
houaa 70 the neRiest Of tha duh discus
4 kA0.LALNMAAlA
Wisconsin claims amendmenf. Many
Republican members whose seats being
immediaseiy nndor the gallery prsVoL-
ted them from having q good view Of
Mrs. CleEaland, tnKned Democrats for
the onne, and took Vaeans seats apon
Z the dem0oFatio aide, where the view vas
na0batgaoted. When she arose 70 70
tue few spectators in the galleries wenf
49,
several members o. Congress. 1he
party also paid q brief visit 10 the
SENATE, wheFe they oocnpied she seats
the private gallery. II their presence
OF the galleries, tbs fact did nos make
ITSELF oOuap .oaoasiy manifest.
IL 10 reported tnas ne are 10 have
nee sensation In society next WinteF,
and that professional beaatiea" viii
b ell the rage. There has never beeR
such thing IL tnlg country, aitn0uah
toe Unitod states has furnished mater
/ ial 30 Stimulate TIE crazs IN England,
and do nOt sse Why We should nos 20
frantic ever our pretty RiFls as we'll as
the Enallshmen. when Mrs.. L1nQtry
same over with her reputation there
Il
not produce Q dozen OF more women
| that thFog neR onai ma into eclipse, and
some Of them are o0ming 20 Washing
tOn next winter. Il u sac Presldent's
wife WHO n unooneoionaly the cause Of
TIE proposed innovation, aud her beauty
has inspired . spiris Of rivalry among
the people who think they know women
~ pFetty as she.
| a ..-s...-s----. "a A -. az.s.,.. "a A. =.
fFeasary nov and last year at this time
shows that the debt proper vas de-
creased daring the hsosl year by t44.-
6l2, 80. Tue oaan IN the Treasury as
increased IN the same period t5l ,4s5, 479.
TIE gold and gold bullion in the treas
DRY have been Increased daring the year
SO. 494 s53. rbe silver Illars, of which
under the law over Z, SOC, 900 have been
0oined monthly during the year, and the
silver bullion on hand, have increased
daring the year 81. 3Oe, 4s8. The silver
dollars IN actual olr0aiaIIOn are l3 ,000, :
900 mote nOR than at this time last
year. IL may be added that these 49,
$4,000 Of silver dsllars have by that
much increased she total amount Of cir
eulstInR medium, because the one and
two dollar Rresnbacks Withdrawn have
been almost exactly replaced by the
issue Of IS notes.
The bill 10 authorize the assignment
OF officers Of the army aud navy as a.
taahes 10 our legations in foreign coun
tries has gone Win q favorable report
10 the House calendar, where IL will
probably stick like 3 well preserved a
10 sabteEFanean amber. There is no
possible obieotion TO this measure. Why
then entonO it in the House oalendar2
That g the way We have of doing
business" said . member Of the House
70 ne. "Unless q bill is peFsistentlv
pressed By personal interests 10 is diff
oait, IN tue uFst instance, 10 Get q COM
mfttoe 70 consider it &C all, and when
TIE COMMITTEES does consider it, they
teink they have done their full legisla.
tive duty Wien they repSEt Il favOrably
snd have it put on the HOUSE calendar.
| shall endeaYOr 10 Ret this bill before
the House IN some Way, il possible."
Tue Department clerks who feared A
general dismissal all along the line have
bad q respite. Although there will IN
doabtedly be number Of discharges II
the annual appropriation bills pass the
senate ~ they come from the House,
the reductions made Ia the Departments
n this district will not, in any event, be
very numerous. RumoFs that the Civil
Service rules we're 70 be disreRarded,
and general discharge OF clerks 20
make room for neW appOIntess, are IN
founded. LENox.