San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1886-07-01
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, June II, 1886,

I
bill may come up again. 1t woul
BIO strange indeed If the forty or fit
Congressional Boanorges who hay
spent both time ana money in til
composition and parchaso OF speeche
will DO content to carry this pent ur
undeliyered eloquence; but unles
the pent.up food talk shall be le
loose in the halls of Congress, tin
session will probably be shortene,
by from two to three weeks. The
weather has been exceedingly warm
aud members and senators are very
anxious to get away from the CITY.
The Senate is not disposed to give
the President any rest but keeps
sending up to him bills by the bask
ct full for his examination and APP
proval. Saturday when he went tc
bed he had on his table 81 bills, the
constitutional time for his examina
ton of which expires on Monday,
and he has not looked at one of them
There is another lot embracing as
many more that will become laws on
Tuesday unless he vetoes them, and
still more on Wednesday, and it is
scarcely possible for him to read
their texts. Thursday and Friday
the Senate passed 2l2 bills, about
half of which have gone through the
House, and they will be dumped on
his table tomorrow. Some of these
bills are saved by their numbers.
They would certainly be vetoed if the
President had time to examine them.
There is still considerable talk in
political circles about changes in the
Cabinet. There is Il rumor, give it
for what it is worth, that Don. NJ.
Dickinson, OF Mich, is to succeed to
the place of Attorney-Goneral Gar
land II is thought that the recent
visit to this country OF Hon. Roht. NJ.
McLane, our Minister to France, is
connected with the Secretaryship OF
the Treasury Department, and that
if, when Secretary Manning returns,
he is compelled to tender his final
resignation, Mr.. McLane may be his
successor. The Treasury Depart
ment is very ably managed at present
by Assistant Secretary FNirchild, who
is carrying out many reforms that
were commenced by Secretary Han
ming. The clerical force in the Sixth
Auditors Division OF this department
has been much reduced and there
Will be IL still larger reduction on the
first of July, It was at first intended
to allow the dismissed clerks the iii
teen days due them up to tho first
uiiimo, but then it Was thought that
this time would be occupiodin efforts
for reinstatement, so, in order to pre-
vent all annoyance and bother, the
dismissals and appointments OF sue
cessors will be made on the same
date. The Civil Service Commission
has furnished list Of names with
which to ill the vacancies that will
exist in the Office on the first Of July,
so that the Auditor will be able to
say to all those seeking reipstate-
m2nt that the vacancies have already
been flied. The number to be dis
missed is thought to be twenty-six
at present to which number more or
less will probably be added by the
expiration of the month.
Since Mr.. McConville has been the
Sixth Auditor there have been upward
of eighty discharges in his. office and
the twenty-siX or more yet to be made
will bring the total up to over one
hundred and Ska third of tho en-
tire force This is by far the best
record of dismissals yet made i'll the
Last week Mr.. Hoar, of Mass,
submitted II resolution proposing a
amendment to provide
that the term OF the Presidents Office
and of the next Congress shall be
prolonged until the last Tuesday of
April, 1889, at midday; the Senators
whose present terms would other
wise expire on March 4, 1889, shall
continue in Office until noon of the
last Tuesday in Apri! succeeding
such expiration The last Tuesday
Of April shall therefore be substituted
for the 4oh of March rs the begin |
ming and ending of the official term
Of the President, Vice-President, |
Senators and Representatives in Con-
gress.
The most noteworthy social events
during the past week were the two
given by the President
md his wife, the first being a card
reception to the Army, Navy, diplo-
mats and other officials; the last to
the general public ON Friday even
ng. which was probably the largest
reception ever held at the White
House. No other announcement
was made than the one in the daily
papers. and in these thehours named
we're from nine till eleven, but at that
lour there was such i line OF eager
'accs anxious to shake hands with
he President and his bride, that Mr..
Cleveland sent word that he would
see them all if it took until daybreak.
Tins was the last reception Mrs.
Cleveland will hold until the opening
Il the next season, and until then
,he will b. at home only 20 her per
.0nsl friends