Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-03-04
scENE IN A HOTEL coRR1poR.

i oN4-NE IN "A AaOAE4< NO<NaAADVA@
have. come in chartered trains of sleeping
and dining cars. The restaurant orders
come in homeopathic proportions, but the
lack of quantity is amply made up in the
bills. Notwithstanding all these miseries
the proverbial good nature prevails. and
Jokes are freely cracked among strangers
thrown together in open spaces filed with
,ots
The day was spent by tie early sight seers
IN visiting the monument the public build
ings and other places of interest.
The cabinet gossips have been busy over
Sunday making good use of the last opportu-
mites for formulating the ready made cabi-
nets for President Harrison They say it is
practically settled except as to the secretary
ship of agriculture. Gen. Palmer is admitted
| by his friends to be out of the race. The set
made against him by Senator Stockbridge
and Gen. Alger did the work.
Governor Rusk, the other candidate who
i aas been most talked of, stands fair chance,
It is thought. He is Grand Army man, and
Sen. Harrison besides has a personal liking
! for him. Other possible candidates are ex-
Governor Ftlrness, of Nebraska, and Editor
! -larkson.
1 1HTbt OI lOOI WceAS tigSO Oldl WAS Ol-
| 'ered the place, but he refused it, as he
thought he ought to have something better.
Now that it is the only place left he does not
i look down ON it as much as he did
Assuming that Rusk win get the plum, the
cabinet win be as follows:
Secretary of Stats-James G. Blaine, of
Maine
Secretary of War-EseIfield Proctor, of
Vermont
Secretary of the Navy Benjamin F. Tracy,
OF New York
Postmaster Gencral-John Wanamaker, of
Pennsylvania.
Secretary of the Interior-John w. Noble,
of Missouri
Attorney General-W II. H. Miller, of In
diana.
Secretary of Agriculture-Jer Rusk, of
Wisconsin, or Ex-Governor Funess, of Wis
i consin
Pennsylvania avenue from the Capitol TO
the White House presents the appearance of
two huge bands of cOlorcd ribbon, with bows
and friDges fluttering. What little of the
naval monument, at the foot of Capitol Hill,
projects above the tier of seats surrounding
/ it and facing the avenue, is further covered by
log babin of the days of 40, built about it
as a ticket Office for the seat specuIator, and
folds of red, white and blue
/ From every cornice between this point and
the projecting corner of the treasury build
ing, fifteen blocks away, nearly every facade
is covered with bunting or made gay with
| streamers
From the great hotels and dry goods
palaces to the beer saloons and tobacco shops,
there is the same display. The smaller the
house the more the flags and gayer the
| straame1S
The pictures of Harrison and Morton are to
be seen everywhere and in every form, but
their portraits, carved in blood and fallow
on the backs of two butchered sheep hanging
at restaurant near the treasury department,
attract more attention than the most finished
productions Of less original artists
The great pillars of the treasury building.
south and east, are fastily draped with the
Stars and Stripes Those on the north are
| likewise ornamented, but are concealed behind
the inevitable tier Of seats
The war. stats and navy building presents
very beautiful sight. The largest flags OBJ
tainalle have been usel ins the decorations.
HalyaIsls stretched from the shoulder, whence
the tins balls drops bear bunting conveying
IN the iAsiguage OF signals. such as ssfheP Presi
dent viii arrive at u o'clock, Salute the
President s.Cheer, etc.
Gen. Harrison refused to talk cabinet OF
receive delegations, ard Mrs. Harrison had
given cut beforehand that she would not be
'at hoine, 50 the family spent the Sabbath
quiet q. srec operating from the faffgues Of
the week for the greater strain Of the coming
week. Gea Harrison took his usual ICON
stituiiouai Waik.