The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-07-02
JASPER, INDIANA. FRIDAY, JULY 2. 1886.


iFron our Regular Cousspond<al.
nj WASHINGTON LETTER.
e WAsHISGroS, d. e., June "a. 1886.
N The summary disposal OF the tariff bi
!. during the past week IL taken By man
|. Ito indicate that the Congressional sessio
will be Of . shorter duration than Va
supposed . week ago. But it Il not im
-Ipossible that the tariff bill may come III
! again. 1t would be strange indeed
the forty or fifty Congressional Bosn
sIerges who have spent both time an,
s.Imoney in the composition and purchas
siof speeches will be content 70 carry thi
! sslpent up undelivered eloQuence; bui
unless the pent up flood OF tariff tall
1jshall be let loose in the halls Of Congress
|, the session will probably be shortened
'jby from two 70 three weeks. Th,
weather has been exceedingly warm. ani
,lmembers aud Senators are very anxiouI
ito get away from the city.
The Senate is not disposed to give thl
President any rest but keeps sending Or
TO him bills BY the basketful, Tor his ex.
ANIMATION and approval. Saturday
when be went TO bed be had on biz
table 81 bills, the constitutional time for
Ibis examination Of which expired on
Monday, and be had not looked at one
'|of them. There IL another lot embrac-
ing as many more ths: became laws on
Tuesday unless he vetoed them, and still
more on Wednesday, and it is scarcely
possible for him TO read their text.
Thursday and Friday the Senate passed
zlz bills, about half Of which have gone
through the House. and they will be
dumped on bis table. Some Of these bills
are ssved by their numbers. They
would certainly be vetoed IL the Presi-
dent had time to examine them.
There Il still considerable talk in DO
litical circles about changes in the Csbi-
met. There 10 rnmor. l give il for
what IL is worth. that Hon. N. Dick.
insoD, Of Mich, il to succeed to the place
|of Attorney General Garland. II Il
thought that the recent visit to the coun-
try Of Hon. Robt. N. McL.ne. our min
ister to France, 10 connected with the
Secretaryship OF the Treasury Depart
ment and that II, when Secretary Nan.
ming returns. be Il compelled to tender
bic dpal resignation, Mr.. NcLane NAV
Be bis successor. The Treasury Depsrf.
ment is very ably managed at present
by Assistant Secretary Fairchild Who III
carrying ont many reforms that were
commenced By Secretary Manning. The
clerical force IN the Sixth Auditor'a|
division Of this department has been
much reduced and there will be I atm
larger reduction on the frat OF July. III
va q frst Intended to allow the dis.
missed clerks the fifteen days due them,
up % the first nltimo. but when Il va
thought that this time would Be occu.
pied IN efforts for reinstatement. 60. inl
order 70 prevent alI annoyance and
bother, the dismissals and appointmentsl
Of successors will Be made on the same:
date. The Civil Service Commission
has furnisned list OF names with vhichl
g All the vacancies that will exist IN the
once on the frst Of July, 90 that the Au-
nitor Will 0e able to say TO al those|l
seeking reinstatement, that the vscanciesI
have already been filed. The numberIi
Q oe dismissed u thought to be twenty 4
TX at present, to which number more or|.
ess will probably be added BY the expi-l 1
alton Of the month.
Since Mr.. McConvilIe has been thu
sixth Auditor, there have been upvardll
u eighty discharges 10 his Office, aud the {
wenty-stx or more yet to be made will
ring the total up to over one hund red K
ND Ska third Of the entire force. This
oy far the best record Of dismissals yetlf
nade In the department ID
Last week Mr.. H0ar, OF Massachusetts, ID
ubmitted . resolution proposing ! con. d
titutional amendment to provide tbatIQ
be term OF the Presidents ofkice and oflp
be next Congress shall be prolonged 10
ntil the last Tuesday or April. 1883. II
{ midday; the Senators whose present. '
srms would otherwise expire on March. |p
, 1889, shall continue in Office until noon
the last Tuesday in April succeeding II
nch expiration. The last Tuesday of|
lprii shall thereafter be ending Of tbeli,
dicisl term Of the President. Vice.lt,
resident, Senators aud Represen tativesIt d
} Congress. II,
The most noteworthy social eventss 81
nring the past week were the two re- N
options given by the President and his lo
ife, the fret being card reception TO IL
e Army and Navy dipiomates and other
hcisls. the last to the general public or n
riday evening, which was probably the I2t
rgest reception ever held at the WhiteIiu
oueo. No other announcement vaslla
ade than the one In the daily papers |al
ID In these the hours named were from lvi
ne till eleven, but, ct that hour, there
o. snch line Of eager faces anxious -
shake hsnds with the President and N,
3 bride, that Mr.. Cleveland sent wordlhs,
at be would see them al IL Il tooklhs
It'll daybreak. This was the last re-
ption Mrs. Cleveland will hold untilI..
opening Of the next season and un- III
then she will be at home only to|;sv,
: personal friends. ~
c. A. s.
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