Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-03-27
CAPITAL NOTES.
Especial Correspondence

This rather ele1eriy concerted newspsper
Article Oh decoilete dressing attributed to
Miss Cleveland is denied at the White Honse,
that lady disclaiming over having written
any letter of the kind to Mrs. Cady Statof,
or anybody else Miss Cleveland has opins
fohs on dress as wsll as other topics, bit she
has net redhced them to writing. How far
fashionable women may 6, in the effort to
cutstrip each other is therefore, still an open
question. Washington society is discussing
it good deal. Miss Cleveland has been
rallied at on all sides for her supposed latter
which she laughingly said yesterday she had
not yet saen.
The foundation for the story rests Upon a
conversation with the lady Of the White
House, in which she gave her views on the
very much agitated subj ct. This conversa-
ton was sketched into formal newspaper
article, attached to Cady Stanton's letter,
and Miss Cleveland's name signed to 1t
Some Washington society women believing
1t to be hers, and in the nature of rebuse
administered from the White House, have
resented it in pretty emphatic terms. They
dare not assail Miss Cleveland In the btiblic
prints, but do not hesitate in social circles to
use the customary 'woman's way of giving
her piece OF mind
These indignant ladies declare that Miss
Cleveland is too much disp sed to lee. ure so,
clety superior to any in which she ever moved
before coming here, ami which will reign as
lsut after she has departed, The apparent
desire to regulate their dresses and dressing,
they assert, is copying the dictatoral GUS
tom OF the English Queen and will not be toll
Grated. There are two factions. Toe part
ridge style of fem lie loneliness denource the
hue and cry raised against the decolet, and
the Shanghai style of beauty loudly applaud
Miss Cleveland.
With the advent of warmer weather Con-
gressmen are beginning to discuss the pros.
pect If an early adjournment Ordinarily
about this Tina ID the long session the lead
ers fix the esrly part OF June as the time for
the final leavesaking, but it seldom happens
that Congress is abe to get away by this
time, and in he ma jority of cases the session
runs into July. The first session of the
Forty fourth Congress did not adjourn till
the 18Th of Au gust, and the first session of
the Folty>seventh was here on the first of
the same month,
1t is simply question. Of how much usi>
ness is 10 be done, AMI how long it will take
to do it. The Democrats of the II use are
especially ankle us to have an early adjourn
ment OF the pre- seat session. Mr.. r ,ndall Is
represented as saying that Congress ought to
adj onrn by the Is h of June, and that il it
does not the result may be d sa ;trous to the
Democrats at the fall elections, when a new
House will be elected. Other Democrats,
among them Speaker Carlisle, d. not attach
so nurh impe rtance to all early 'journrnent
The INSIST the elements are in favor of a
Democratic House next Congress, no nj alter
how late the adjournment may he.
1t IS said here that Senator Jones, of Flo
rtia, is at last to return to Washington He
has learned that the object of his undying af,
lection has left Detroit and has noa been the
for some time. It is said the father of Miss
rain some time ag,, Departing of escaping
the unpleasant Dotoritey c,nnectel with the
senator's persistent sidewalk courtship Of his
daughter, quietly sent her out of town. Trio
secret OF her departure was kept for some
time. It is said by me of the friends of the
family that she is in Florida, Senator Jon $
own own s ate. Oh ers say she has
gone to Europe. Evidently, if she had come to
Washington, she would have be Ell fer from
pursuit than anywhere e'ss, as jones has a
perfect horror of returning to the Senate on
account OF the merci'ess ridicule which ho
knows awaits him there. Some of florida
peop'e here think Jones' persistent and will
full absence from the Senate constiiu es a
vacancy end that the Governor of Florida
woull be entitled to app ONT successor.
may lie the Governor will appoint successor
to Jones merely for the purpose OF making a
test of the case. The Senate would not re-,
ceive such a Senator. but the fact of such
man being appointed might bring j n,s to
reason, for in the past he has gloated over
nothing so much as Tie fact OF his seat in the
Sera.e.