Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-05-29
WASHINGTON.
THE PRESIDENTS MARRIAGE, PENSION
ExTRAvAcANcE AND GENERAL
NEWS.
To the Chronicle
A. r. HALL & SON.

AZ S2AOAASAS-
A new phase is put on President
Cleveland's matrimonial projects bv
one Of Washington's society BELLS Said
she, "We girls have no objection TO the
President marrying Miss Folsom, but
we hope there is no truth in the rumor
that it is Mrs. Folsom and not her
daughter who is to be the bride. II
Miss Folsom came here as the Presl-
dents daughter" continued she FALL
the men would rave about her, and
what would become OF the rest of us
As the. Presidents wife, we would have
nothing TO fear from her undisputed
charms. 2 q n II
The President has been wanting to
buy country home near the city for
some time, and, it is said, he has de-
cided upon "Pretty Prospect" which
is on the Georgetown road to Tenley-
town. 1t is an antiquated stone man
sion, hidden under old forrest trees,
and an ideal retreat for spending his
honeymoon. 50
A sensation was raised in the Govern
ment Depart nents here during the
week. The Executive Appropriation
bill, as just reported to the House OF
Representatives, has not provided for
225 Government clerks, and conse-
quently the force must be cut down to
that extent. Republicans are panic
stricken again, Of course, and every
Republican Office holder feels that his
time for dismissal has come. - y
Besides these changes, others are con-
templated, which involve reduction Of
salaries among Government employees
In the Department OF the Interior the
changes, go both ways. The force Of
the Patent Office is increased; that o.
the Pension Bureau decreased. Thirty.
nine more examiners and eight assist
ants are added in the former, while in
the latter the clerical force will be re
dnced $50.
Speaking Of his request for increased
force, the Commissioner OF Patents sale
that the work of examining applica
tions for patents, is very much behind
and inventors have been compelled L
wait in some cases a good many months
before their applications could b.
reached, for the first examination
There are twenty-five examination di
visions in the Patent office, some O
which are nine months in arrears, ant
The, result is that many inventors suffe
in consequence of delays in gettin,
their patents. Commissioner Motgom
cry claims that with this additional
force he can, in short time, bring tn
work up practically to date, and ther
keep it up. The U. s., Patent Office
not only self supporting, but now turn
into the Treasury, through fees, a yearl
surplus OF $4,000.
Since it passed the notable promiscu
Gus and universal pension bill, it is Eel
that the U. s. Senate has completed
lost its head in the matter of public eS
penditures. The bill gives pensions t
all soldiers OF the Union Army, VIII
enlisted for three months, If they ar
from any cause, now dependent upo
their own exertions for support.
While discussing this subject, Sens
tor VOORHEES, thoughtit might be we
to consider how much the enactment {
such legislation would take out OF tn
treasury. He was not opposed to an
reasonable pension measure, but ey
pressed desire to know where he wa
gong before he went Senator IngalI
was no' at all bothered on this score
lie ala not care how much measur
cost the Government, he said. provide
ne was convinced that it was lust on,
And in that rasping sarcastic stvl
which he effects, he criticised the ii,
tinguished Senator from Indiana r.
stopping to count the cost The r,
publican Senator'S plan may have bee
apretiy one in the abstract but Sen,
soE VOORHEES, idea was more in SYN