The Press., 1902-02-06
WASHINGTON LETTER.
washington, February 8, 1909.

Washington, February 8, 1909.
The last and the most brilliant OF the
card receptions of the season took place
at the White House on Thursday evening
when the officers of the army and Of, the
navy paid their respects to their president
as commander In chief, his wife and his
official family. The decorations were
artistic and appropriate. The flag was
seen everywhere. The east room was
particularly martial In its appearance
windows being curtained with immense
banners, the pillars wrapped with them
and mass of bunting arranged about
the great chandelier. producing pretty.
canopy effect. The ample folds of the
flags were caught with ropes of smilaxi
and the mantels and freplaces we're bank
ed with red and white azaleas. The long
corridor was hung with flags of the prest-
dent, the admiral of the navy, the secre-
taries of the army and navy, etc.
The leading social event Of the coming
week will be the marriage of Miss Helen
Hay and Mr.. Payne Whitney, which will
take place at high noon on Thursday
next. Later will come the collation. for
the young people at the White House on
the evening OF the 18th instant, and then
society will turn Its attention to the
coming Of Prince Henry. The itinerary
Of the latter has been completed and offi-
cially announced. 1t will include stops,
some of them very brief, at Anuapolis,
Columbus, Cincinnati, Nashville, Louis
willie, st. Louis, Chicago, Millwaukee,
Buffalo and Niagara Falls, Rochester,
Syracuse, Boston, Albany and Philadel-
phia in addition to Washington and New
York.
The committee of fifty representative
citizens, to which has been entrusted the
arrangements for the g. al. r.. enca1np-
ment to occur In Washington next Octo-
ber, reports the most satisfactory pro-
gress. Subscriptions for the entire sum
of $4,000, which the committee will
raise as an entertainment fund, have been
received and $25, 900 has already been
paid into the treasurer's hands. The for
NAL Invitation to the veterans has not yet
ho., ax,onded b,,t will he 81 ~ aarIv
date.
Most Of the work Of conoress dnris,r tho
mast weak has been done in committae.
The house of representatives has passed
q hill nrovid,no for narmanant oa,s,,a
bnrean and the aenata has enactad q
measure nrovidino for the extahlisI, mani
Of 4 ..denartment az com marca anfi III horS,,
The wavs and means comm,ttaa has a.
term,ned to ranort a hin aboliahfno tba
anacia1 war revanua ia VOC, occaaiorad ~
the Spanish war. Nothing definite has
been done in regard to the Philippine
tariff measure which still lies Oh The sen-
ate desk as tsunfinished business The
question on reciprocal relations with Cuba
remains In stotu gao, the republicans
having framed no measure and the demo-
Gratis awaiting republican action.
AT fridays capinet meeting the presi-
cent assured MS ADVISORS tnat ne was un-
snaken IN MS contention for 20 per cent.
reouc1lon ol the sarin ON Cuoan sugar ana
'oo1oco no aiso issueu q sweeping ofuer
ieearoine Inc use oi iniiuence 70 secure
l1creases u salalies oy eovelnment en-
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non Jonn w. hoss' one OF the com
lnissioners OF tne District OF Columbia
mas maoe an appear ior civil service re-
lorIn III the administration OF Inc aHalrs OF
1ne olstfict. he. states tnat under the
present system at least one third OF the
tlme OF tne commissioners is taken up III
which Mr.. Ross declares Ia most embar