Show I 1 ax leitell fraai our ouro own lU I 1 washington feb fab 20 26 1887 tills is an era crit of resignation in official life ifa in it washington the iho secretary of the he treasury is about to resia resign the tha U 3 9 treasurer will follow the vica c frea ident dent pro tern km ol of the senate resigned if ting I 1 weak chec tho commissioner om missioner of patents v hill ill resign during the tha coi coining ning mont mr bit matthews uie tile colored ol of deeds af pf 0 tha ilia district of columbia col bui bin must resi gnand with regard to some ol of these it at least the ilia country la Is resigned to their resignation lost last but not least if clr for orly y ninth congress will resign at noon on alie ath of march much work ro dahis to la be lone done several important all tt oon bills li have ve not only been lasber rp sed but aro are only halt half diges digested led I 1 in il a I 1 but during dunns ilia iho nex next five w of 1 I 1 lt lite lilo congress will do in a turned ald and imperfect wanner manner tin tile work which have been done doliber abely and carefully in fit the earlier days ol of tile session in audition addition ui to the appropriation pria tion bills there are a number of irn im Port lorrant ailt public abile arid and private measures W rakh fell IT will I 1 fa bo be hurried through gli it if possible hut but willi the vast at number of bill bila occue occupying aing prominent places upon the calan at thoro there Is ia hardly time enough to lo pass ilia app appropriation r 0 af a tion bills and 1511 it is ia rou ablo that angress will b hold s averal vei ill light wv and also alao 0 sunday be set sion in the republican senatorial caucus held thursday it was stated with tome some tint that a special session of the cenate would be called immediately al af tho the adjourn adjournment men of congress Con resa jt it was wai said that tile tha president a defit had intimated to deadly leading republican senators that ho 10 would call cal s thecial especial session to act upon conle treaties anil and confirm some bamo I 1 0 r tent nominations I 1 af cherb re Is ia muc much 11 speculation as to whal the ilia president Ire aident will do with the bill which p paired 2 ed tho the house some days da a mines and aidi I 1 tho senate benato thursday creating a new cabinet ollice tha ilia department of agriculture the iho bill has been pending pe for sonio years eara and once passed both iff housea but as aa vetoed c toed by 1 Ire r col eident dent arthur mt aft flatch chirman chairman oi of tile A agricultural ic committee and other otlia friends K of u th the 0 measure who have talked will tile on the ilia subject sy say he will sign tile tha bill in case lie ho does it seeing to be bobal well established that mr hatch will de desire site to bo 0 into the cabinet and it Is ia not improbable that the ilia president will recognize him commissioner of agriculture coleman will also alio expect to be promoted the agriculturists have hao very gener all lly petitioned tor for tho the passage of the ba bill anti and upon this it la is tit that at the ares klent cannot from a polita political I 1 int of view afford to disapprove the alie abilio bill the weather service of tho the united unite J states service bureau burean in i to be transferred after july 1 1887 to the new p department of agriculture 2 the h Ti question estion of lofv who ho will mill be secretary of thu 11 treasury rem ur is IA as unsettled its as eyer accor according 1 lug to t tho I 1 1 to knows knowing ng onese 11 nister 1 eton slid nd ex mayor orace grace have about abou t equal chances ol of being teil while others are mentioned with etli nearl nearly 31 oqual ire renu ency it is ia positively asserted that eliat alio I 1 to men his lug been offered to it scott and to speaker C carlisle arli ale a and nd that both declined it tile tha latter bitter on only y last last sunday thoss who think that a nn ni outsider aider will be hold that mr fairchild sunda stands so no ch clif fince because it if the president delit lied had any ida of taking him into the cabinet ho would probable probably have been nominal ed before this an adf it t A any rate 11 1 0 tile the prom president would not livo li 11 vo yo 1 it 1 nece ostry iry to consider any other names in connet tion with the matter mr Fair fairchilds chills I 1 a friends on oil the tha other hand are linn ia in the belief that lie he will be mr successor sori and think that the president Pren dent has not done as a auch considering and consulting in tile mattor as lifts has bem been represented and that lie he will n ill nominate his hi nian man becom Cor congress gress adjourns senator ingalls Ingal lg of kanam Kan v nm as on saturday L elected president pro tent km of the he serf senate t in place of 0 mr She sheriban resigned ilis iii election will in it in fit cre nain ills his salary from to 9 gl year in allowing all film an additional secretary and lu in affording air him a great many little personal conven fences of 0 that kind lie can and will ramin rot inn his bis chairmanship of the district committee and his committee member ship |