The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-08-26
WASHINGTON LETTER.

political excitement was injected into
the August dullness by the unexpected
arrival of Mr.. Thomas III. Carter, chair
man of the Republican National com
mittee, in Washington early this week.
What did he come for? was the question
that every newspaper man on duty tried
to find the answer to, and IL Is by no
means certain that any Of them succeed.
ed, although he was followed everywhere
he went. lie called at the residence Of
EIkins, but that gentleman
was out Of town; he called at the White
House, but nobody was there but the
doorkeeper and his servants; he spent an
hour or more in the office of Col. w W.
Dudley, who has thus far declined to
take any part in the campaign, and, in
accordance with a hoary. headed custom
that ought to be broken up, he called ut
the General Land Office, Of which he
was the official head for few months,
and was the recipient Of gold watch
and chain, purchased with money con-
tributed by the employees of that Office.
Those who are trying to keep up with
the political procession have placed Ten
nessee in the doubtful column, which
appears to be unusually dark and contin.
ually growing, since the announcement
of the independent candidacy of Cover.
nor Buchanan was received. The claims
of the Peoples party men are on the in.
crease; they now say that they expect
to carry at least ten States and to elect
not less than one hundred members of
the next House.
1t is already apparent that Washing.
ton is to be more lavishly decorated for
the G. A. r. National encampment than
il has ever been for a Presidential inau-
guration. In addition to the decoration
of private buildings along the route of
the PARADE which will be general and
profuse, the committee on decoration
has adopted a plan for the erection Of
forty.four arches at the intersections Of
the twenty-five streets which cross Penn
sylvania avenue between the Capitol and
Washington Circle, one for each State,
and colossal memorial arch, ninety FIVE
feet high, across Pennsylvania avenue
in front of the Department of Justice.
Preparations are also under way which
promise to make the electrical street IL
Elimination the most brilliant ever seen.
Ii seems probable also that the encamp-
ment will give name To the beautiful
and extensive lot just south of the White
House that will be IA decided improve
ment on that of the White Lot, by which
il has always been known. II is TO be
used during the encampment for holding
reunions, and on the 10th of September
il will be dedicated with imposing cere-
monies as "Grand Army Place" and it
is expected that the new name will sup
plant the old. Washington is on its
mettle aud proposes to show the rest of
the country how well and how easily it
can entertain the half million people
who will attend the encampment for a
week. The leading business men of the
city are on the various committees which
will see that every visitor has a comfort
able place to sleep and plenty TO eat,
and that no extortionate prices are
charged for anything.
Representative McCreary,of Kentucky,
stopped in Washington while on his
way home from the Fast long enough
to notify the State department that he
accepted his appointment as one of the
United States Commissioners 10 the In
ternational Monetary conference. Speak
ing of the conference he said: "Natu
rally people where have been have
talked of the conference, aud, regardless
of their political opinions, have spoken
of il as matter of great importance
IL is quite evident that there is n very
general expectation among the business
men of the country, They appear 4
feel that il an absolute settlement of the
gold and silver standards of currency i
not reached by this conference that pro
gress will ut least he made towards sucl
a settlement at some time in the nea
future" The date for the meeting o
the conference will not be determined