Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-12-03
WASHIN GTON LETTER.
SPECIAL CoRRFsPoNDENCEo or THE NONITOR.
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Washington, Noe. p.
Mrs. Cleveland is not permitting
the worm i the bud to prey upon her
damask cheek. Her round of social
duties is still observed. On Tuesday
she called upon Mrs. Lamont to see
the eight pound girl baby that arriv-
ed on Saturday. On Wednesday and
Friday evenings she occupied Secre-
tary Whitney's box at the perform
ance of the French comedians. The
president was not present, having an
nounced his intention to take no re-
taxation until he shall have finished
his letter to congress.
Mr.. Levi p. Morton was in town
this week to look after his nearly
completed apartment building. No
man ever looked happier. He chat
ted with old friends and was delight
ed to find any associates of his former
Washington life. His handsome wife
accompanied him. The Mortons have
not yet decided as to their residence
in Washington. Mr.. Morton will only
be here few days in March, and
will not bring his family before the
opening of the Fifty-frst congress.
E. w. Halford, of the indianapolis
Journal, who will probably succeed
Daniel Lamont as the private secre-
tary of the president, seems wise
selection. He is a man of wider eX-
perience than most private secreta-
ries, and yields no slight personal in
fuence in politics. SO far as the sal
ary is concerned, the position is I'M
grateful. The private secretary re-
ceives only 1920 per year. Presi-
dent Cleveland, it is said, pays La
mont an additional $4,000 out of his
own salary. OF course the position
is coveted mainly on account of the
patronage. With departmental and
bureau officers, the private secretary
is often as powerful as the president,
and the personal friends of Editor
Halford will be tenderly cared for in
the political nursery.
Senator Quay seems very little con-
cerned about the sensation created at
his announcement that the republic
ans would hold with ga mailed hand
the results of the November slection.
He says that his party is entitled to
working majority in the next house,
and no one appearing to earnestly
contradict him his decision will prob
ably be sustained. Matt. Quay is a
very heavy man, weighed in the scales
of the present.
Don Piatt, author, savant, journal
list, gentleman,i is at Chamberlin' land
appears in a card in the Post as to
his opinion of the Tucker-B Blackburn
duel. He hold that while Tucker is
probably mistaken with reference to
what the president told him, the con-
dition of all the participants when
they visited Mr.. Cleveland was such
that Judge Tucker would be unable
to recall the episode, with certainty
as to its details. Don revengefully
concludes by attacking Barnum for
his inadequate conduct of the New
York campaign, though what connec-
ton there is between the two subjects
doth not appear.
The Inaugural committee held a
secret session on Saturday, and the
chairman of finance reported subscrip-
tions received to the amount of $780,
900. The number of persons who
expect to make a fortune by supply
ing the thousands who will be pres
ent on March 4th, with food and
drink, is on the increase They seem
to spring fro m the ground.
Hon. Joseph Chamberlin and his
bride, nee Endicott, and Lord Sack
vile, and his two daughters. started
for home on the Bourgogne on Sat-