The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1894-09-28
Washington Letter.
From Our Regular CORRESPONDENT.

| From Our Regular Correspondent.
| WASHINGTON, September 24-President
Cleveland and Secretary Carlisle, both of whom
| know how to appreciate a humorous situation
must enjoy the wild guesses of the newspaper
men who are trying to build political sensa.
| tions upon the very slender foundation of the
| President and Mrs. Cleveland having invited
| Secretary and Mrs. Carlisle to spend week al
| Gray Gables Surely it is difficult for man
possessed of ordinary common sense to discov-
| er anything sensational in the visit. Mr.. Cleve-
| land probably thought that Secretary Carlisle
needed u weeks rest after the harassing work
| he has done in connection with getting the new
| tariff into running order, and that he and Mrs
| Cleveland would enjoy the company of Mr.. and
Mrs. Carlisle; hence the invitation. That the
| two gentlemen will discuss political matters is
| perfectly natural, as Congressional cam aign
| is on and every body else is discussing the same
thing but it is arrant nonsense to say that the
visit has been made because of any impending
political crisis. 1t was also perfectly natural
| that Senator Faulkner, chairman of the Demo-
cratic Congressional Campaign Committee,
should call upon Secretary Carlisle before he
| left Washington, to give him all the informal
| ton i'll possession OF the committee concerning
| the present status of the campaign and the
outlook for Democratic success. No man can
be more deeply interested in the campaign
| than is Mr.. Cleveland. Only II man who draws
| a salary for doing would pretend to find any
| thing sensational in all this and no one else is
| doing so.
| Represensativc Tarsney, of Missouri, who has
| been renominated and who is now in Washing
ton, reports his State as being all right and his
| own reelection he regards as certain. Speak
| ing of the campaign in Missouri, he said {: II
| attended a Democratic meeting last Tuesday
| at Lexington, and never saw more enthus-
| iastic gathering in any campaign. Reports
| from all over the State indicate the same feel
| ing everywhere. | do not think there is pos
sibiity of losing more than one Democratic
| Congressman, and even that is not certainty.
refer to the st. Louis district now represent
| ed by O'Neill. TIE situation there is very
| much involved at present No nomination has
been made yet by the Democrats, and it is diff
cult to make Il prophecy of the outcome"
Before leaving Washington Secretary Car
| Isle accepted the resignation OF Supervising
Architect O'Rourke which was requested ear
| ly last week. There are already a number of
| applicants for the vacancy, butt is understood
that no appointment viii be made until the
architect office has been completely reorganiz-
| ed. Under the reorganization all of the bust
| ness relating to the letting of contracts and
| kindred matters will lie looked after by the
| Secretary of the Treasury. leaving the archi-
| tect in charge of that portion of the business
only for which he is by his profession especial
| ly fitted. This will doubtless be RELIEF to the
| new architect, whoever he may be. Wrang-
ling with contractors has hitherto occupied Il
good portion of his time.
Secretary Herbert has gained warm spot in
| the hearts of the scientists by his reorganiza-
| ton of the Naval observatory, placing it under
| the direction of a civilian, instead of Naval
officer. Secretary Herbert's long service on
| the Naval committee of the House had famil-
| iarized him with the subject, which has been
agltated for years. His action has given gen.
eral satisfaction and there is little doub that it
will add largely to the usefulness of the obser-
Vat0ry.
The party of distinguished Democrats who
went from Washington to attend the State Con-
vention of Democratic clubs at Raleigh, N. c.,
brought back nothing but good words for the
condition and hospitality of the North Carolina
Democracy: They also brought the assurance
of those who know that there not the
slightest danger from the alleged combine be-
| tween the Republicans and Populists to con-
troll the legislature and elect a Republican and
Populst Senator. The Democratic mana
gers in the State certain that the next legis-
lature will be Democratic, regardless of any
combination that can possibly be made to pre-
vent it, and that North Carolina will continue
to be represented in the U. S. Senate by two
good Democrats.
Comptroller of the currency Eckels, who has
| just returned from an extended western "trip,
says he found everywhere unmstakable evi-
dences of Il general revival of business, and he
believes that this improvement in business is
| going to be an important factorin the Congress
sional election. His idea is that the men who
| were quick to blame the Democratic party for
the bad times will be equally us quick to credit
the party with the return of good times and to
| vote to keep it in power as a reward therefor.
G. A. s.
JEFFERSON DALLAM,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BEL AIR, Md. 25dec