Nevada County picayune., 1889-02-13
WASHINCTONTOPIC
Weekly Budget of News From the
 National Capital.
From our Special Correspondent.

[From our Special Correspondent.J
 WASHINGTON, Feb. s, 1883.
 Governor David B. Hill, of New York, was the lion of Washington, politically speaking, this week. He came over to attend a grand dinner given by Secretary Whitney in honor of MT. and Mrs. Cleveland, and remained two days as guest of Secretary Whitney. On Wednesday a special reception was given by him to Democratic members of Congress, and it was attended by nearly every man of prominence in the party. Ar rewards Gov. Hill called on Secre- tary Fairchild, Representative Sam uel J, Randall, who he calls "the greatest living Democrat, and other personal friends. Gov. Hill did not meet Mr. Cleveland except at the dinner at Secretary Whitney's, and great deal of gossip was started by the fact that the day of the Whitney dinner Mir. and Mrs. Cleveland took late train for New York. Proba- bly, Mir. Cleyeland's arrangements had been made to go to New York before he even knew that Gov. Hill was coming here, but that does not prevent people from saying that he went away to keep from meeting that gentleman. 1 do no not pretend to say that the relations between these two prominent gentlemen are not per fectly cordial, but if such is the case, then public opinion here, as eX- pressed on every hand, is dead wrong.
 Mir. Cleveland has announced that after the 4th of March he will be- come member of famous law firm in New York City, and will reside there. He and Mrs. Cleveland went over to New York thls week to per feet arrangements for their residence in that city. Society here deeply re- grets losing Mrs. Cleveland. who has been the most popular woman ever in the White House.
 The "small fry of the Blaine crowd in this city received a shock day or two ago that set them to running with wild eyes and blanched faces. The shock was caused by a telegram from Indianapolis saying that Blaine had declined to go into the cabinet. It was really amusing to see the conSternation for several hours in the gang, but It was not long before official news from the head-center was passed around among the faithful which caused them to resume the we-own-the-earth manner which they have worn since it was known that Blaine was to be Secretary of State.
 MT. Blaine is evidently not super. stitious, as he has just leased the residence in which the attempt was made to assassinate Lincoln's Secre. tary of State, w. II. Seward.
 Marrying an English wife seems to have somewhat confused Senator Hawley's mind as to the kind of gov. ernment under which he is living He has offered an amendment tC the Sundry Civil appropriation bill providing for gift to the widow oi Gen. Sheridan of $50, ,000, "in recog. milton of his eminent and extraordi nary services to his country" Thi. is truly a remarkable proposition and should it be adopted would es tablish a precedent which would b, decidedly dangerous. It has beer referred to the Senate Committee or Military Affairs. and if the member, of that committee have the gooC sense with which they are generally credited, that will be the last of it Gen Sheridan was great soldier that everybody will admit, and thai his widow should have a liberal pen. sion for the remainder of her life is no more than right; but that in ad- dition $50, ,000 of the peoples money should be given to her, smacks lit tie too much of royalty for this coun- try. Gen. Sheridan's services to the United State were great, and l would be the last one to deprive his mem- ory of one iota of the credit due him but on the other hand, were not the services of the United States equally great to Sheridan! What could the poor Irish boy, Phil Sheridan, ever have amounted te had he not been appointed to West Point and edu- cated at the expense of the people of the United States? The line must be drawn somewhere in disposing of lnfE Il I