News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-10-14
FROM WASHINGTON.

ence, congregational.
FROM WASHINGTON.
IFrom our Regular Correspondent
} WASHINGTON, D. c.,
Oct. 8, 1886.
Washington is only now recovering
from summer of tropical heat, which
continued until the last week of Sep
TENDER. The revival of that social
and political life which, is peculiar to
the Capital, is seen and felt on the
avenues, about the hotels and in the
government departments. The fami-
lies of Senators who own homes here
have returned. The Presidential an
gler has been back for two weeks.
The first Cabinet meeting Of the sea-
son has been held, though not with a
full Cabinet, and the usual prepare
ton for the congressional session is
going on in homes and in boarding
houses.
Secretary Manning again takes hold
of the financial helm, though it is
given out that he will touch it gently,
and not unnecessarily waste his linz
tied strength.
Acting Secretary Fairchild has is
sued another bond call-the 143d.
He wants $15,OOO,OOO of the three
per cent. loan of 1882, to be deliv-
cred up on the 1st day of November
next, and he emphasizes the fact that
the interest of the numbers designat-
ed will cease on that day. This is
not voluntary call. 1t is specific.
1t means business. The bonds will
be forthcoming.
According to statement issued
by the department, the amount of the
three per cent. loan uncalled is but
SIS, 1928, 200, the total loan having
originally been $3O5, 581 ,25O. Some
discussion, not too well informed, has
taken place as to the effect of these
bond calls upon the volume of the
the general effect would be unfavora-
BILE to the extent that the called bonds
were held by the banks but the best
financiers consider this to be an ex-
IRENE view. The effect upon the ul-
innate volume of bank circulation is,
of course, much wider question, and
one as to which the policy of the
banks has not been clearly determined.
One hears very little nowadays of
the reform with it's brass band and
calcium light accompaniment which
ushered in the early days of the Pres
ident's administration. Unfortunate
ly there are not few Democrats ap-
pointed to the office who have no
special fitness for business. They are
enthusiastic, and they believe all they
have heard about the gross corrup-
tons engendered by Republican rule.
They rather expect to find the testers
all in plain sight; to catch somebody |
every day in the act Of tampering
with "the books" or tapping safe.
When they get here they are apt to
blow the horn to announce what |
they will do. Once gin their Of
flee where everything appears to go |
like clock-work, and their unframed |
minds are unequal to the task of re-
forming stale and useless practices,
they comfortably drop into the old
ruts, to forget all about reform, and
wonder why the Republicans were
ever so abused. What the Democrats
need sadly is body of men in office
who will do something and let the
work speak for itself.
Since the Presidents return from
''the happy hunting grounds" he has
been reading up on different kind of
game. 1t is now semi-of1iciallv stat
ed that he intends soon to start out
cunning for the federal office holders
who have been taking conventions by
the throat while his back was turned.
He has ordered detailed reports of
these violations from all the depart
ments, and is said to have a good load
of buck-shot ready for the New Or
leans ring that tried to secure a Con-
gressional nomination for Floyd King.
In the way of showing the progress
of the colored race during the last 20
years, the Industrial and Mechanical
exhibitions recently opened in this
city, is simply wonderful. Originat-
ed, developed and completed by ne
groes, without any assistance, fnan-
cially or otherwise, from their white
brethren, and composed exclusively of
the inventions and skill of negroes, {
this, the first exhibition of its kind,
not only in this city, but in the coun- |
try, reflects great credit upon all con- |
nected with it. Every article in the {
exhibition bespeaks intelligence of !
thought and skill in execution. S. c
The argus-eyed correspondent of a
Portland paper who has been up in e
Canada, says the officials there are I
very saucy concerning the fisheries a
dispute. They don't care for the t
United States, having the home gov =
eminent at their bank, and mean to t
push their hostility to Yankee fisher t
men to greater extent than hereto I
ore. Uncle Sam may wake up one of e
,hese days.