Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-05-18
FROM WASHINGTON.
The Social Season Is Slowly But
Brilliantly Ending.
Arkansas Editors Jauht.-Cuttinq Down
Forces in Inc Departments.


the improvements In progress at Buzzard' s
Bay nrc completed. OF the Aplomatic cir
Gle Lady Paunccfote and daughters were
the first to go abroad, where they win re-
main till autumn. Sir Julian Pauncefote
will join them in midsummer. Several of
the foreign ministers and their families
have engaged passage at various times
during the carly summer. In the mean
time the usual gayetics of q purely social
nature are about ended, but entertain
rncnts for charitable purposes are still fire.
qucnt and we'll patronized. Sympathy for
the Greeks, who have suffered terribly in
recent earthquakes is to bc shown in tho
most practical and effective way Mrs.
$. Barton French, who resided in Athens
while her father was United States minis
ter there, has given n lecture on the coun-
try and will repeat 1t for the benefit Of the
sufferers. There is no falling of. however,
in the attendance at places of public enter
tainment, and the four principal thcatcrs
have this week presented all grades Of
opera from grand to burlcsquc.
The wanc Of the Coxey Movement.
OHoGccs bat little evidence hero Of the al
legged distress which moved the heart Of tho
late MIR. Coxcy. The march of his forces
into tho country last Saturday was grand
free show to several thousand people, and
those who have taken most careful note of
them allcgo that of tho $50 men-by &c
tual count--who went away with him less
than 100 were mon who came with him
1t was also noted that, whereas only three
colorcd men were in his first procession
there were about 80 on the retiring march,
while Mt least 100 of tho whites wcro lads
too young to show beard, dozens OF them
seemingly about lG years old. Tho only
tony looking fellow in tho procession Yves
Coxcy's son. o lad apparently about 1S
ycarj old, handsomely dressed in army
blue, with yellow CATERS and cadets
military cap riding n fine chestnut sorrel
horse and acting a5 marshal Of the outfit.
An interesting event of the week has
been the jaunt Of the Arkansas editors,
many Of them accompanied by wives and
daughters. Speaker Crisp held lcveo III
their honor, and on Monday evening Sen
ator Jones had u reception for them ut his
residence On Tuesday they made the trip
to Mount Vernon by steamer and had %
piankcd shad dinner after which they took
in "Paniandrum" ut the National thcater
Thereafter they visited the art gallery,
museums, navy yards, etc, and then scat
tered to the nrighboring cities on the go
as you please order. They came as invited
guests OF the Arkansas association of the
District, which appointed as a committee
to take care of them while here Mcssrs f.
l.. Gibcns, assistant secretary of the sen
ate; W. II. Mcdaniel, messenger of the
house; w H. Hart secretary of the sen
atc committee on pubic lands; J. X
Jones, Jr., secretary of the senate commit
tee on Indian affairs; Il. L. Berry, assist
IisbiIrsinp llaplr of h,. Il
some Others. And rs n majority of these
are sons of congressman or other high of
flcials their facilities for making the cd
itors happy were abundant. 1t was noted
with some amusement that all the editors
seized every occasion to say that the gen
eral outlook in Arkansas IL excellent, that
there are no strikes and no Coxcyism and
that the peace Is profound and prosperity
only awaiting the settlement of the tariff
question. Consequently now Is the time
to settle In Arkansas and likewise tho
timo To subscribe
Cutting Down the Forces.
There Is, however, good deal of uncas-
mess In the Arkansas association as we'll
as in many other state associations whcro
department employees abound, for now is
the time of cutting down forces Public
Printer Benedict says that 800 or moro
must 60 from his office, and Secretary La
mont Ia making up list of 300 to be dis
missed from the war department on or be-
fore tho lst of July. Tho record and pen
sion office will furnish the majority of
these. including several chiefs of divisions,
~ the work of the record division is well
toward completion, and the timc has como
Tor pensions to decrease steadily If not rap
idly. In the state department also several
changes have been made, especially of re
dections in grade among the old clerks.
The opponents of the Chinese treaty
have succeeded in getting 1t shelvei for
the present the main prctcnse being that
the tariff bill is to bc pressed to the exclu-
sion of everything else 1t is admitted
that n majority of the senate is in favor of
the treaty. but the opposition assert with
great confidence that the needed two thirds
for confirmation cannot be obtained. In
the meantime the president. with Sccrcta-
rics Gresham and Carlisle, is off for n 10
days vacation in the waters about Norfolk
and all along that shore,
New Members.
Members of the house say that the va
cancies on various committees will not ba
filled at this session and some of them pos
sihly not during this congress. The death
of Mr.. Brattan leaves vacancies on the
committees on pilitia and merchant ma
rinc and fisheries, and tho retirement ot
Mr.. Compton vacancies on the committees
ON appropriations and on election OF prcsi-
dent and vice president. Hon. Harry W.
Ogden, who has just taken his scat as sue
ccssor TO Mr. Blanchard in representing
tho Fourth Louisiana district is one OF tho
largest cotton planters in the Red river
district, and SO far as can he judged by a
few days observation y very pleasant and
cultured gentleman. He was bora in Nir-
ginia and reared in Missouri and Senator
Cockrcli was Eis Sunday school teacher
there for some time. He states with some
pride that his first vote was cast Tor S.na-
Tor Vest, hut it did not amount to much
rs it WAS TO send the latter to the Confetl-
lratc congress at Richmond. While serving
in the Confederate army Mr.. Ogdca took