Omaha daily bee., 1889-02-18
OMAHA'S POSTOFFICE SITE.
The Time For Proposals Extended
to March /.
LloNlzINo THE cLEvELANDs.
Their Last Days OF Power Being
Made Particularly PIcasant-The
Latest Cabinet Talk
Useless CRnnons.
WASHINGTON BUREAU THE OMIH, BEE,
5l3 FOURTEENTH STREET
WASHINGTON, ID. c.. Feb. H.

WASHINGTON BUREAU THE OMAHA BEE, l
5l3 FOURTEENTH STREET.
WASHINGTON, d. c.. Feb II. J
The secretary of the treasury has extended
the time from February % to March |, for
proposals for the site for the Omaha post
Office building.
THE CIEvELANDs.
Every person in Washington who claims
to have any hold on society and to have con-
tributed TO any extent to the social success
of the administration which has but two
weeks more of power, is trying to
out do the other, just at this
time in social matters. The Clevelunds are
determined that their last days will.be the
brightest, socially speaking. Mrs. Cleve.
land has twice rs many invitations to teas,
receptions, balls and various kinds of parties
including the theatre, as she can accept
The ladies who have been receiving once a
week and have been giving teas or parties
fortnightly, announce that they will do some
thing extraordinary three or four times this
week. Some who have made it custom to
glue three or four entertainments during the
social season will have as many as two be-
fore next Sunday. 1t will be difficult for
the society men and women in the
Washington to accept half the invitations
they will receive during the next ten days,
and if most people would accept all extended
to them they could not attend to their social
INVITATIONS ii IIlcV uDNOLtu every minute OF
their time. People in Washington thought
the last administration was an eXtravagant
one, socially. but the present one seems to be
running mad. The Whtneys have set n
standard so high that ordinary society people
are nearly breaking their neckS to keep
within sight of them. Mrs. Cleveland's
friends say she will not drop out of society
life when she leaves the white house. aud it
begins TO look as if she was trying TO multi
ply her friends just now,
The political wiseacrcs in Washington who
claim to have IA dead straight tip" fix up
President Harison's cabinet tonight in
about this order: Blaine secretary of state {;
Window, secretary of the treasury; RuslI,
secretary of war; Platt secretary of the
navy; Foster, of Ohio, secretary of the in
terror; John Baxter of Tennessee, son of
Judge Baxter, of the supreme court attorney
general; Palmer of Michigan, secretary of
agriculture; Wannamaker, postmaster gen.
eral.
CARLISLE STOPS THE FIIIBuSTERING.
AS anticipated, Chairman Mills and his
followers tilbustcred in the house against
MIR. Randall, who wanted to report the
Cowles free tobacco bill After they had
proceeded for some time Speaker Carlisle
"sat down" upon the proceedings and ad-
vised the Mills men to let Randall report his
bill and to defeat its consideration by other
tactics There were then four revenue bills
reported from the committee on ways and
means, after which Randall was per-
mitted to present the free tobacco
bill. lnasmuch as all Of these revenue
bills would have TO be reached before the
Cowles bill could be taken hold of there is
not the least probability that action ban be
taken upon the Cowles bill. There are TO be
q few speeches delivered on the tariff and
the house, just before this session of congress
expires, is to pass Mills resolution declaring
the senate substitute to the house tariff bill
unconstitutional. There all talk about the
revision of the tariff law ends, as far as this
congress is concerned.
THEY WORKED FOR STATEHOOD.
Great credit is due Messrs. Symes Colo
rado, Struble, of Iowa, and Dorsey, of Ne
braska, republican members of the house
committee on territories. for the very
energetic and effective manner in
which they have labored for the
omnibus territorial statehood bill. They
have done much to put this bill in the condi-
tion it is now in, and when it is finally
adopted there will be much credit due them
for its success.
USELESS CANNoNs.
An ordinance officer of the army says that
the government does not own single good
cannon. He states that all of the efforts
made to procure some superior cannon
of large size during the past four or
five years have been failures, and that
of the stock of small and old cannon now on
hand none are fit for effective use.
ARMY ORDERS.
The following named enlisted men Of the
Seventeenth infantry, having performed the
duties assigned them on February 10, Fort
ID. A. Russell, Wyo. T., will return to that
station. Sergeant Edward Hills. Company
c. with permission to delay twenty days en-
route; Private Joseph j. Lyons, Company
A, with permission to dolay twenty Gays en-
route; Private Philip l.. Sommer, Company
X. The superintendent of the recruiting
fervice will cause thirty recruits to be as
signed to the Sixth infantry and forwarded
under proper charge to such poiut or points
in the department of the Missouri as the
commanding general Of the department may
designate PERRY S. HEATH.