Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1889-01-16
CAPITAL GOSSIP.


President Cievelands Happiness-ln-
augurasIon Acc0mm Oda tions-Ari-
zona's Condition.
Washington correspondence Omaha
Bee: President Cleveland is becoming q
philosopher. He is learning TO take de-
feat gracefully. In some respects he
reminds one of the old darkey who,
upon catching a rabbit one day, stroked
the far of the animal gracefully down its
back and sides, then smoothed the fur
along Its neck and down the legs, con-
soling himself with the thought that the
rabbit would be good bro,led, fried
stewed, souped or made into game pie.
Finally the rabbit slipped the old fell
lows grasp and disappeared like magic
from view. When the darkey realize
that he had lost his game, he scratched
his woolly pate and calculated: Go it,
you burned thing, you are no good any
Way" A few days ago MIR. Oleyeisnd
was talking with an intimate friend
about his. defeat in November, and wha,
the future held in store for him, when
he said:
~ have never been as happy in my
life as l have been during the last
month. The idea that am to be re.
ileved of all this harrasement, to have no
more OF these officeseekers and those
hammesings at the hands OF congress,
affords me inexpressible relief. For the
first time in four years can breathe
easy. Ii is real source Of satisfaction
to look out upon the future, when
shall have none OF the cares of office,
none of the complaints Of friends and
cuff of enemies. After all. the cares OF
| the Office outweigh all of the benefits
and pleasures it brings. The presidency
! is position which Offers grea. entice-
ment and arouses the highest ambition
| OF en- American citizen, no matter what
his position in any place in life may be
but when he gets it he finds that it is ali
glamour, and it does not compensate for
| one-half the sacrifices be must make IN
obtaining and holding it. l shall EN-.
brace private life with greater pleasure
than ever anticipated
IL is useless for persons who expect tt
| attend the presidential Inauguration OF
the 4th OF March to attempt to engags
rooms at the hotels as Washington. It
is safe to say that the four first class
| American hotels in the national capita,
have refused eight thousand application
for rooms. and nine-tenths of the appli
cations come from we'll known and res
ponsible people. How many persons hav,
applied to the twenty or thirty second
and third elias. hotels, and the hundreds
of landlords who have fats, boardipr
houses and private residences to let cai
not be imagined, bat it is safe to SO,
that the number will run somewhere be
tween thirty aud forty thousand. All o
the rooms engaged at the four leading
hotels viii not aggregate two hundred
and those engaged at the eight or tel
second class hotels will probably not ex
oeed one Thousand rooms. The cspacit,
of these twelve or fifteen hotels is some
thing like five or six thoussnd rooms. I
will be seen that the landlords are, To-
reason suhiciens TO themselves, unwilIiD!
to engage their rooms at this early date
The manager OF the Ebbits house. wbicl
is one OF the principal hostelries OF tbs
city. tells me that be has refused ovel
two thousand applications, and has gel
aside iess than dozen rooms. In yer.
many instances he has received offers O