Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-08-02
Washington Letter.

J From our regular correspondent.
President Harrison returned from
Deer Park Wednesday and will prob
ably 90 back to the hill top Satur day
/ for long vacation. Even the few
days visit from which he has return ed
seems to have immensely benefit ed
him, bringing a bronze tinge to his
generally paIlid face. During Il le
two or three weeks vacation which Ile
Will take, any necessary business WI II
be transacted at Deer Park. 1t h; IS
not been decided whether or not Of
fetal announcements of matters de-
cided upon by the President will be.
made from Washington or Deer Park.
The probabilities are that the ap-
pOintments at least will be announced
from the White House. This visit.
together with the promised stay at
Bar Harbor as the guest of Secretary
Blaine, will likely constitute the
Presidents entire vacation, although
he may thereafter take short trips
from the city until the heated term is
over, which in Washington does not
end before the middle of October.
Such of the candidates for the
speaker-ship of the next House as
come here from time to time to talk
with the President, express themselves
as confident Of an early extra session.
Judge Perkins, who is Just at present
the only candidate i'll town, says that
from conversation with General Har-
rison he believes that the session Will.
be called for the early part Of October.
He believes that very little time viii
be consumed in organizing the House.
He differs from nearly all congress-
men who have been interviewed on
the subject in anticipating only a
short fight over the rules. He be-
heyes that the extra session will have
some time to devote to the tariff, as
well as to discuss a national election
law. The contested election over
will not in his opinion, receive i'm
mediate attention.
The naming of children after con-
tempOraneous great men is a weak
ness that many parents have c aTlse to
regret. Charles Sumner, replying to
a Boston constituent who thoug bt of
naming his boy after him, said that
while Charles was always a suE ,stan-
tlaI and respectable name, Su inner
might yet become a very bad one
Besides, IS there not something su-
premely ludicrous in finding some
dunder-head butcher named VIRGIL 2
People who ought to know, say that
ex-senator Bruce, who is abJu t as
close political trimmer as one, cares
to meet, has never ceased to XII ck him
self for naming his boy Rosco g @ onk-
ling, being always afraid That the
naming might make him III lDoprllar
with some republican oppos, ID to the
great New Workers.. wing of the par
ty. 1 accidentally met an I'D friend
with his wife and son of bout four.
the other evening. The father has
been in the departments 20 long that
the people Of his own Till lois home
have quite forgotten him. He has
not even been home to vol e for ten
years. His wife is the nj zee of q
prominent republican senate u. and he.
depends upon that relations hip to re-
tain him in Office, and Just t present
to obtain him a substantial . romotiOn.
He is a great republican ] now, hut
four years ago was ? howIn lg demo
crat though before Mr. q eveIand's
election he had been a re publican.
Pretty child; what's the boy s name? -
ask the father, careI .essly. Gro
YER, he replies. Ist CIR over; no
middle name'', I inr n1ired s.No mid
ole name" puts ID the moth or "Only
Grover, 1t IS an = DID family Il anne, my
grandfather 81 Iker's name" I knew
aer grandfatF Ter Baker and hi name
was Cyrus, enough ne was not great.
and L rem ember, also, when thts child
was oap9 zed during the openn lg Of
me is.st administration, and the lame
"a the church register is SCR, 7ver
CleveIa nd S--s' The bl ble
teaches that no man can serve f 70
master s, but in humble way, many
govern .ment clerks may be said t, .
come very close to stricking success in
that c ERECTION.