The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-12-19
OUR CAPITAL LETTER.
Sports Enjoyed by the President Elect,
Beats the Average.
PREFERS BLUE FISH TROLLING.
And Would Rather Hunt Deer BY
Night Light Than Day Stalk.
NO WHITE HOUSE RECEPTION.
The straddlsr Activ. ---Congress Very
a.ist---Harrity Succeeded In
His Mission.
Special 10 The cHRoSIcLE.I

WASHINGTON, Dec. I6.-President-
elect Cleveland is probably the most
thorough-going sportsman who has ever
Occupied the presidential office. At the
shme time the methods of hunting and
fishing which he prefers are not such as
Are regarded with the highest approba-
tion by experts in the use of rod and
gun. He does not care to cast the fly
for trout, but prefers to troll for blue-,
fish. Quail, which afford the finest
sport in the neighborhood of Washing
ton, have never served as game for him,
success with them requiring patient
walking and great quickness. He has
found it more amusing to shoot ducks
from behind blind in the Chesapeake,
or to kill deer with night light in the
Adirondacks rather than to stalk them
by day.
Regret at the announcement that
President Harrison has decided not to
hold New YEARS. reception is general
at the capital, as the custom has for
years been an event of peculiarly local
interest to people of all classes of society
here. To large contingent of foreign
erss the diplomatic corps, it is also re-
garded as especially cordial fitting
opening of the new year, when they as
semble in a body III the red parlor for a
general interchange of greetings before
entering the blue room to extend the :
compliments of the season to the chief
magistrate. The president, cognizant of
this, debated the question very seriously /,
before finally dec,ding in the matter.
Undoubtedly if the usual order of events
was observed at the White House, even
though Mrs. Mckee and Mrs. Russell
Harrison, his daughter and daughter-in-
law, took no part in the reception, it
would prove too great strain upon the
presidents feelings.
The term straddler is quite commonly
heard in the government departments
at present, and every appointments clerk
Knows what it means. The straddlers
are now worried about the papers that.
are on file with their applications for ap-
pointments. During the past four years
they have derived great deal of satis-
faction from the fact that many recon-
Oi
their applications, but now an effort is
being made by many to withdraw these
aud substitute letters from democrats.
Quite number, it is said, have already
Hone this, though, as a rule, people
holding places secured by republican in,
'fuence are content with getting their
papers out of the files, hoping after
March 4th to secure democratic en-
dorsemenss sufficient to guarantee their
positions.
Congress is keeping SO quiet that it
would scarcely be noticed that the body
is in session. The holidays are now so
near at hand that scarcely start
toward work can be made before an ad-,
journment over Christmas and New
Year will be taken. When congress re-
assemblies only six or seven weeks will
remain before the term OF the body will
expire, and all of this time will proba-
bly, be required in which to get in shape
and pass the appropriation bills. 1t is
now generally conceded that all legisla-
ton on the tariff, the currency and the
government revenues will be left for the
new congress to formulate. BATES.