| Show HOLIDAY HINTS ajit of att volt corr to tha not only christmas day and yew years day are celebrated at abi capital of the nation but government employees are permitted a balf bholi dy from the day before christma Chri itma to the tecona of january As our population w largely made up of officials lhote son is here one of greater leisure than almot anywhere eha but little public business i transacted between the of do comber and the ard 3rd of january the two political mot talked of here since are the feehly reported tender of the state department to senator blame by elect garfield and a rumar ax to the policy 01 the latter ag to this matter of policy the baltimore Balti moro correspondent in city telegraphed as follows lol lows under date of the octh but thero arc as te general garfield intentions both in re gird to policy and patronage which would seem to indicate a possibility that all hi administration may not be in more favor with tho stalwart or largo position of tho stalwart than has been tho uon of mr so far aa tho now general ate or senator blaino boing nto the stute department ii concerned it i impossible to tay any thing except that all bli frienda in this city are rios tive that choice of cabinet alc plc hasben offered him they alo their beff o positively ii in forced to glory has the of the senator own word A to tho new reports concerning the course the elect will pursue atia probable they are merely repetitions of what wt whirl irl while gon garfield was heroin november A ball of snow acquires boody by being rolled from point to point BO made here month become almont a statement no well informed be publican in elih city believe the nest edmin Kt ration will be other than a republican administration the benl bent here by the aklo boma Colon will remain he now until re of congress and a long thereafter as prospect of accomplish anything be get no aurance from the president or the secretary of the interior secretary ranay is one of the men of long experience here who have made amny friends and no ene mica the reported probability his coming again as senator gives lively attraction in this city re cent reports from maine also are to the effect senator barann friends will not permit him to retire in favor of airle frye or anyone else ake senator o talk on he subject further than to eay that ie has dose nothing and will do nothing to escure ra election lu hi cae too a very large number of would be sorry braim a familiar figure on their and in public A great number of prominent democrat insist taht the tote of georgia cannot be counted while it ia true that the stale law pro that the elc clora dball meet on wednesday in december the provides that may determine the lime of choosing the elector and the day on ahia they give lhoir votes which b the some throughout the united state lei held under this clause that it is clearly to count ekr vote of georgia the ial i al can afford to yield gracefully to abe law inasmuch aa georgia cn not affect the result D C dec |
