The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-19
ALL GOING AWAY. T
The Social Leaders at the Capt.
tai Hasting Away.
Mrs. Cleveland and Little Cleve-
lands Went First.
BUT CONGRESS STAYS.
Arkansas Editors Given a Royal
Time by Officials.
BUT CONGRESS STAYS.

Mrs. Cleveland and the little CleVeianus
went to Buffalo on a visit to her mother,
Mrs. Perrine, and will remain there until
the improvements in progress at Buzzard's
Bay are completed. OF the diplomatic cir
Gle Lady Pauncefote and daughters were
the first to 60 abroad, where they will 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 early summer. In the mean
time the usual eayeties Of a purely social
nature are about ended, but entertain
ments for charitable purposes are still fire.
quent and well patronized- Sympathy foT
the Greeks, who have suffered terribly IN
recent earthquakes, is to be shown in the
most practical and effective way. Mrs.
s. Barton French, who resided in Athens
while her father was United States minis
ter there, has given a lecture on the coun-
try and will repeat it for the benefit of the
sufferers There is no falling off, however,
in the attendance at places OF public enter
tainment, and the four principal theaters
have this week presented all grades of
opera from grand to burlesque-
The Wane of the CO1ey Movement
One sees but little evidence here of the al
legged distress which moved the heart of the
late Mr. Coxey. The march of his forces
into the country last Saturday grand
free show to several thousand people, and
those who have taken most careful note of
them allcge that of the $50 men-by &C
tual count-who went away with him less
than 100 were men who came with him.
1t was also noted that, whereas only three
colored men were in his first procession,
there We're about so on the retiring march,
while at least 100 of the whites were lads
too young to show beard, dozens of them
seemingly about 10 years old The only
tony looking fellow in the procession was
Coxey's son, lad apparently about IS
years old, handsomely dressed in army
blue, with yellow CATERS and a cadets
military cap, riding a fine chestnut sorrel
horse and acting as 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 a levee in
their honor, and on Monday evening Sena-
tor Jones had a reception for them at his
residence. On Tuesday they made the
trip to Mount Vernon by steamer and
had a planked shad dinner, after which
they took in PanjGndrum'' at the Ma
tional theater. Thereafter they visited the
art gallery, museums, navy yards, etc,
and then scattered to the neighboring cit
les on the go as you please order. They
came as invited guests of the Arkansas
association of the District which appoint
ed as a committee to take care of them
while here Messrs K. l.. Gibens, assistant
secretary of the senate; W. H. Mcdaniel
messenger of the house; ". H. Hart, sec
rotary OF the senate committee public
lands; J. X Jones, Jr., secretary of the
senate committee on Indian affairs; E. l.
Berry, assistant discussing clerk of the
house, and some others And as a major
ity of these are sons of con 5ressInen or 9TH
er high officials their facilities for making
the editors happy were abundant. 1t was
noted with some amusement that all the
editors seized every occasion to say that
the general outlook in Arkansas is excel
H. l.
eyism, 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 like
wise the time to subscribe.
Cutting Down the Forces.
There is, however, a good deal of uneas-
mess in the Arkansas association as well
as in many other state associations where
department employees abound, for now is
the time of cutting down forces. Public
Printer Benedict says that 500 or more
must go from his Office, and Secretary La
mont is making up list of 800 to be dis
missed nom the war department. on or be-
fore the 1st of July. The record and pen
sion Office will furnish the majority of
these, including several chiefs of divisions,
as the work of the record division is well
toward completion, and the time has come
for pensions to decrease steadily if not rap
idly. In the state department also sew
eral changes have been made, especially of
reductions in grade among the old clerks.
The opponents of the Chinese treaty
have succeeded in getting it shclved for
the present. the main pretense being that
the tariff bill is TO be pressed to the exclu-
sion of everything else 1t is admitted
that a 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 Secreta-
ries Gresham and Carlisle, is off for 10
days vacation in the waters about Norfolk
and all along that shore
New Members.
Members of the house say that the va
GAMES on various committees will not be
filed at this session and some of them pos
sibly not during this congress. The death
of Mr. Brattan leaves vacancies on the
committees on militia and merchant ma
rlne and fisheries, and the retirement of
MT Compton vacancies on the committees
on appropriations and ON election of presi-
dent and vice president. Hon Harry w.
Ogden, who has just taken his seat as sue
cessor TO Mr. Blanchard in representing
the Fourth Louisiana district, is one of the
largest cotton planters in the Red river
district, and so far as can be Judged by a
few days observation very pleasant and
cultured gentleman. He was born in Vir-
ginia and reared in Missouri and Senator
Cockren was his Sunday school teacher
there for some time. He states with some
pride that his first vote was cast for Sena-
tor Vest, but it did not amount to much.
as it was to send the latter to the Confed-
crate congress at Richmond While serv-
ing in the Confederate army Mr.. Ogden
took liking to the Red river valley, where
he was stationed for some time and accord
ingly located there after the war He is
affable, philosophical and inclined to be