Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-10-16
WASHINGTON LETTER.
SPICY TOPICS OF INTEREST AT
THE CAPITAL.
The Count or Paris finds Great Changes
i'm the City-The Secretary of Agriculture
Finds Iowa All Right why Reed Was
Not Thanked--Personal, Etc.

FINDS Iowa All Right-Why Reed was
Not Thanked-Personai, Etc.
WASHINGTON, Oct. Especial Core
spondence:] The count of Paris is with
us. His party arrived in Washington
yesterday, but will remain but short
time. The count and party are doing
the battle-fields, and visiting such other
places In which the count is interested.
THE Washington now see," said the
count this afternoon, sis not the Wash
ington / once knew. There can be no
possible comparison between the city In
its present beauty and prosperity and the
city as 1t was thirty years ago. Then it
was common occurrence for light field
guns to be mired ON the principal streets
even on Pennsylvania avenue-but
now you have streets that are more
smooth than those in any other city with
which am acquainted. The people are
the same hospitable Americans they
have always been. / have met very
many of my old comrades whom / had
feared had been dead many years. These
reunions are most pleasing to me, and
am sure that my visit to America will be
one of the brightest periods in my life."
; The count and party after o visit to
Richmond, will return to the capitol on
Monday next and propose remaining here
several days.
Uncle Jerry Back Again.
Secretary Rusk is back at his desk
once more, after having completed a fly
ing trip through the middle west. In an
interview to-day the secretary of agri-
culture had this to say:
wisconsin is just as safely republican
as am. 1t wouldn't surprise me very
much il our majority increased con-
siderably. All the side issues are pretty
well eliminated and both parties have
settled down to an old-fashioned political
campaign. We are sure winners, and
there can be no doubt about the result.
Ohiol Yes, stopped over there a little
while. Mckinley has q good show for
success, and I may add he ought to be
elected. I see that G. L. Converse, one
of the biggest democrats in the Buckeye
state, has come out in favor of Mckinley.
The chances are that the major will be
on top when we get the returns. Iowa!
[ have good news from there. Every
thing is all right in that state. They
will elect the usual number of congress
men and the state ticket by splendid
majorities. By the way, we did get
there out in Idaho; that was good news.
Oh, we're doing we'll all round, but we
are more than surprising our friends, the
enemy, in the new states. There's big
fight out in Montana, but it's coming
out all right"
No Violation of Precedent.
Since the adjournment of congress
more or less attention has been called to
the fact that the house failed to pass
resolutions of thanks to Speaker Reed
before winding up the session. Various
papers, according to the political light
which illuminated their pages, have crit
icised either the house or Mr.. Reed for
this inaction, but nearly all have taken
1t for granted that it has been the uni
form practice for the house to thank it's
speaker at this time. But such Is not
the case. It has been the uniform prac-
tice for the house to express it's admira-
ton and thanks to the speaker at the
end OF the term, and not at the close of
the first session. In the senate the prac-
tice is different. In the Forty-sixth con-
gress there were three sessions, but no
resolution of thanks was passed for the
speaker, Mr.. Randall, until the very end
of the congress. The same is true of the
Forty-Seventh congress. Mr.. Carlisle
was not thanked for his work I'm the
Forty-eighth house until the end of the
last session, and the same thing oc-
Cured in the Forty-ninth, Mr.. Carlisle
again being speaker. In the Fiftieth
congress occurs the first instance of the
speaker being thanked at the end of the
first session, and this was done, it is I'M
derstood, through a misunderstanding
on the part of the member offering the
resolution.
Changes In the White House.
During the absence of President Har-
rison in the west there will be number
of changes made in the official portion of |
the white house. The library, hereto |
fore used by the president as his Office,
will be fitted up as setting-room for the |
use OF the family, and the president will |
hereafter conduct his business in the |
room next the cabinet-room, now occu-
pied by Private Secretary Halford. |
President Lincoln used this room as his |
private office. 1t was there he signed |
the emancipation proclamation. The |
large oak desk. made from the timbers of |
the British ship Resolute, and presented |
to the president of the United States
during President Hayes administration,
and which has been used by every presi- |
dent since, will be removed to Gen. Har- |
rison's new office. The private secre-
tary's Office will be removed into the |
small room in the southeast corner, now |
occupied by Assistant Secretary Pruden |
and the executive clerks, who will in turn |
be transferred to the large room on the |
north front, heretofore occupied by Dis |
in o. so,
the changes are necessitated by the |
condition of the dwelling Dor
ton of the white house.
Counting the People.
The work in the census Office of the |
count Of the population of the country is
being pushed forward as rapidly as pos l
sible. A large force of clerks is yeri-
Tying the results of the machine count
and making the additions that were re-
ported after the enumeration was COM
pleted. Thus far the population of |
eighteen states and territories has been
In addition to the general
result, the population has also been given |
by counties, and the number of inhabi-
ANTS of all the principal cities has been
published. When the grand result of |
,he enumeration has been ascertained it
8 the intention to begin the work of |
which will show the sex, ma
,ivity, and other facts about the indi-
1idual citizens of the country which
'tatisti1ians consider important to be
known. This latter is regarded as
quite important part of the work of the
census, and involves mass OF details.
Il will be necessary to again handle the
'chedules of the enumerators, and then
here are 65,000,0o0 cards to be intro