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Show have in a number of notable instances prevented others Interfering with mail trains and hare assisted in gutting them through on time. WASHINGTON LETTER An Interesting Budget of News FROM THE CAPITAL. Preparation for the G. A. R. n-.canapment n-.canapment Tennesse Considered Con-sidered Doubtful.- A little political excitemont was injected in-jected into the August dullness by the unexpected arrival of Mr. Thomas H. Carter, chairman of the republican national committee, in Washington early this week. What did he come for? was the qestlon that every newspaper man on duty tried to find the answer to, and it is by no means certain that any of them succeeded, although he was followed fol-lowed everywhere he went. He called at the residence of Secretary Elkins, but " that gentleman was out of town; he 1 ealled at the White House, but nobody was there but the doorkeeper and the servants; he spent an hour or more in 13 the office of Col. W.W. Dudly, who has so far declined to take any part in the campaign, and, in accordance with a hoary-headed custom that ought to be broken up, he called at the General Land office, of which he was the official head for a few months, and was the recipient of a gold-watch and chain, purchased with money contributed by lhe employes of that office. Those who are trying to keep up with the political procession, have placed Tennessee in the doubtful column, which appears to be unussally large and continually growing, since the an nouncement of the independent candidacy can-didacy of Gov. Buchanan was received--The claims of the people's party are on She increase; they now say that they ex pect to carry at least ten states and to elect not less than 100 members of the next.house. It is apparant that Washington is to be more lavishly decorated for the G. A. Si. National encampment than it has ever been for a Presidential inauguration. inaugura-tion. In addition to the decoration of .private buildings along the route of the parade, which will be general and pro. fuse, the committee on decoration has adopted the plan for the erection of forty-four arches at the intersections of the twenty-twe streets which cross Pennsylvania Penn-sylvania avenue between the capitol and Washington circle, one for each state, " and a colossal memorial arch, ninty-five feet high across Pennsylvania avenue, In front of the Department of Justice. Preparations are also nnder way which promise to make the electrical street II' lumlnatlon the most brilliant ever seen-Jt seen-Jt seems probable also that the encamp' onent will give a name to the beautiful and extensive lawn just south of the 'ft bite house that will be a deeidsd im-" im-" provement on that of the "White Lot," - jty which It has always been known. It t' . Is to be need during the encampment for holding reunions, and on the 19th of September It will be dedicated with Imposing Im-posing cerimonl63 as "Grand Army Place," and it is expected that lhe new name will supplant the old. Washing, ton Is on Its metal, and proposes to show t " the rest of the country how well, and how easily It can entertain the half million of people who Will attend the encampment, for a week. The leading business men of the city are on the various committees which will see that every visitor has a comfortable place to sleep and plenty to eat, and that no extortionate ex-tortionate prices are charged for any-ihing. any-ihing. Representative McCreary.of Kentucky, stopped in Washlnttou while on his ' way home from the east long enough to notify the State department that he accepted ac-cepted his appointment as one of the United States commissioners to the international in-ternational monetary confeaance. Speaking of the conference he laid 'Naturally people where I have been have talked of the conferance, and, re- Sardless of their political opinions, haye spoken of it as a matter of great importance. impor-tance. It is qnite evident that there is a very general expectation among ?the tinslnees men of the country that it will prove of value to the country. They ap. pear to feel that If an absolute settlement settle-ment of the gold and silver standards of currency Is net reached by this confer-ansa confer-ansa that progress will at least be made towards such a settlement at some time In the near future." The date for the conferance will not be determined upon nntil the new British government shall .express Its pleasure in the matter.which it is expected to do at once. Post office officials anticipate no -trouble in forwarding the mails on ao count of the railroad strikes, as the strikers have never interfered anywhere with the mails; on the contrary they |