The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-24
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITOL
GETTING READY FOR THE GREAT NATIONAL CONVENTION N. OF F.
The Capitol Is Rapidly Being psssrtsd- New Haven Politics as Discussed at Washington"

The Capitol is Rapidly Being peserted-
 New Haven Politics as Discussed al
 Washington.
 Washingtons.D D. C.. Aug. s3.-The cap
 itai is rapidly. being deserted by repre-
 sentatives and senators, and by satur'
 day hardly one will be found unless
 wanted by the German -Briee eombina'
 ton to carry out some new scheme
 The tariff Is dead and buried as far as
 congress Is concerned this session. as
 the demand for new fence rails neces'
 sary for a reelection Is so great that IL
 must be attended to. and this august
 body will no doubt adjourn by the end
 of the week. Next week, however. the
 Knights will begin 10 arrive. and the end of the week will sec the city full or
 them. At the headquarters Of the va rious Pythian committees. No. l2l6 F street. preparations for the coming en- campmcnt were in active progress to- day. As the time approaches for that event the work of the committees in- creases. but details are so well In hand that by Monday next everything VIII
 be In perfect readiness for the recep- ton of the thousands of visitors who are then expected. People with rooms and houses for rent still ille into the headquarters, but the books closed to- day, and many disappointed women were turned away with the response to their inquiries that they were. too late" The cards bearing the names. addresses and price of rooms of the sev- en thousand people who have left their names are being printed and will be finished by Thursday. They will then be put into the hands of the public comfort committee and their agents at the various railroad stations and steamboat wharves. and as fast as the Sir Knights and their families and friends arrive they will be assigned quarters and handed over to the young cadet guides, who will conduct them to their temporary homes. Everything is being done to save the visitors trouble and worry. and the arrangements now made if carried out, will make things run smoothly.
 Chairman Mitchell of the executive committee, has sent out postal-cards calling meeting of the fifty cadets who are to serve as messengers for Tuesday evening at 7:3O at headquar- ters, 1916 F street, northwest. At this meeting final instructions will be given them, and they will be divided into two details, each to serve six hours.
 Secretary McNabb, of the committee on camp and camp grounds, stated this morning that the headquarters tents were being erected and would be fin ished tomorrow The entire camp will be finished by the end of this week and ready for inspection before it is occu- pied. General Carnahan arrives to- morrow from Indfanapolis. and will CO., operate. with Ethe local committee to advance" the stlecess of the encamp- ment He willSbe quartered at the Eb bitt House. and will probably attend the meetings of the executive commit tee ,t--v .F'
 Why. said a prominent Connecticut democrat at Chamberlin's last evening" don't the democrats in the Second dis trict get together and have good dem ocrat appointed to- fill the position of collector of customs now held by J. Rice Winchell. who from present ap- pearances is likely to serve out his full term, if not longer. While McGann has hn endorsement nf tho from your district, I understand upon good authority that neither he nor MT. Plunkett can land the plum, although the latter is highly endorsed by many of the leading democrats of the dis trict, and would no doubt make good collector. If your congressman holds out for McGann, as I understand he will, the chances of the appointment of any of the various candidates is very slim, as the endorsement of the con- gressman is almost a necessity. That the successor to MT. Winchell, if any one will be without doubt New Ha- ven man is conceded, and that would leave Fred Brown out of the race. Brown is a good man, however, and hard working democrat. but he can be of more service as secretary of the state committee, and do not think he can be considered really in the race.
 I hear a good deal about the chances of Isaac Wolf, of your city, getting the office, and, think there may be more in this than one would imagine. Wolf is liable to stand in the way of Judge Callahan for state senator. and the Tomlinson, Carney. McGann, &c., crowd might see their way clear to get him out of the way by having him ap- pointed collector, with McGann as I doubt if the latter gentleman would take second place on the office list. In such case it is prob able that Wolf would have the endorse ment of the congressman, Wolf is a popular young man and would no doubt make a good collector. .2 :"
 As for the chances of Harry Babcoek, who was deputy collector under, the last democratic administra ton, he. may slip in while the other. candidates are allowing the grass to grow under. their feet understand Babcock, although never heard of himr in the political field as an active worker, was prom ised the office of deputy under MeGann if the latter received the appointment
 How true this is I do not know, but the fact that Babcock is now in the race for himself makes me think more and more that McGann cannot get there. There are also several other candidates, but they have never really. been in the race, although a dark horse may win yet, as