The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-03-15
WASHINGTON LErTER.

WAShANdTON. ID u, MGT. III, 1885,
President Cleveland has not changed his
habits since he was in the.Whtte House before
Every morni ing this week he has been at his
desk at work by z O'Clock. and midnight as
found him still at that desk nearly every night
It is we'll he has such industrious habits. as up
10 the present time he has been given but little
time to work between the hours of 10 a. m and
6 p. m owing to his numerous callers
The semi official statement that President
Cleveland would not remove until the end of
their terms, except for causes other than poit
ieal, any of what are known as four year Off
eials- that is. officials commissioned for term
of four years, resulted in lessening in a small
degree the pressure for office. but there is still
enough and to spare, as may be seen and heard
on all sides.
Speaking of office seekers, the number OF
them now in w ashington has been greatly ex-
aggerated by the newspapers. have no means
of knowing-it is more than doubtful whether
anyone has-whether the statement repeatedly
made that there are more.applications for office
than ever before is true or not. but do know,
as do the Washington hotel keepers to their sor-
row, that the number of men seeking offices in
person today is much smaller than it was
months after the inauguration of Harrison. 1t
| is probably true that many of the thousands of
democrats who came to the Inauguration and
remained unit il the first of this week were of1ce
seekers but if so they filed their papers and
went back home after paying their respects to
| the resident and his cabinet. and our hotels
are not much more crowded at this time than
| is usual at this season. And at none OF them
| can be found the seethin loud-talklng crowds
which were their most prominent features un-
| I'll midsummer following Harrison's inaugura
4 kaIl fEo frr14h hon
these things. There are democrats here after
the ofices which they believe their work in the
campaign entities them to-unfortunately more
of them than there are Offices to be flled-but
| there is no such crowding and wild scrambling
i as has been represented.
Senators German. Blackburn. Ransom. Cock
re1, Harris. Brice, ard White of Louisiana
| were appointed committee by the democratic
| caucus held on Tuesday to arrange the--eorgan
ization of the Senate on democratic basis
Owing to the difficulty attending the allottlpg
of the various chairmanships of committees the
committee has not yet completed Its WORKS.
which will have to be ratified by ano ther caucus
before being brought up in open session.
There as been lots of tom-fool talk because
| the populist Senators. PETER. Kyle and Allen;
were not invited 10 attend the democratic eau
Gus. while Martin. of Kansas. was There was
| nothing strange or unusual about it. Martin
/ is democrat. although he affliates to certain
extent with the popnlists. while neither OF the
other three make any claim to being democrats.
Itis more than probable that President Cleve-
land and his cabinet are giving more attention
to the critical financial condition of the country
than they are to making appointments to office
/ The offices can wait, but the continued demand
/ anon the Treasury for gold must be met or the
conntry will be plunged into panic. the result
and end of which no man can predict. Secre-
tary Carlisle is confident of being able to meet
4 ALI demands upon the Treasury for gold. but Is
not yetprepared to make his plans pubic Inc
1 nrevalent opinion seems to be that an issue OF
bonds will have to be made.
The report of the House Ways and Means
| committee on the probable condition OF the
Treasury at the close of the fiscal year begin
ming the first of next July. was not completed
| until this week. The democrats on the commlr-
| tee reject the figures in ex- Secretary rosters
report. which estimate a very small surplus a.
that time, and state their bellet tnat there VIII
be deficiency amounting to from $50 Ooouoo &c
sac 19O GOO. giving in detail their reasons there
for, The republicans on the committee o.
rather who were on the committee. for the com
miteee expired with the Fifty second congress
| I'm minority report, stand by Mr.. Fosters ng
ures, l..
/ Mrs. Cleveland is more popular thin ever De'
| fore. aid about the first question the stranger
| asks is how he or she can see the Presidents
| wife She has held no public receptions yet
but there is no troub lie in seeing her.
Rum ors are plenty. but there are no facts
about Pr esident Cleveland's intentions con
cerning the treaty for the annexation or Ia
| waii. Princess Hauilani. heiress to thron
that does not exist. turned up in Washing ton
this week, but why or wherefor Is not appar enS
The batch of nominations sent to the senate
Yesterday by President Cleveland containe ed
the names of several democratic wheel Tho rses.
1 and. Judging by talk around the capitol an q
hotels the appointments give general satlsfa G :
lion and will all be promptly confirmed by the
| Senate.
| President Cleveland and Vice President
Stevenson have accepted invitations to attend
the opening of the Worlds Fair