| Show washington LETTER tl tle executive autive mansion under unlit extra session of the home house of BUI lion alres social simmering simpering Sim yew new york viru ohio from froni our regular gular re correspondent orres llon enta The president returned to the capital but not to tho white bito house today the executive mansion is is now at the other end pennsylvania avenue a house in in europe it enigi bec bo called alleda ft li palace alace built buil and tand own owned I by gen B F butler but leased at present by senator jones of nevada who is the bost of the president of the united states it that senator jones will bo be appointed S secretary ere a of the treasury and that mackey f ck billionaire onalee will como come to tho the senate g enat in his place this is not probable jones silver bias would make liim him very objectionable to the party in itaw york and other strongholds strong holds of tho root of all al evil fro from M which the present administration must draw its support mr mackey though would uke like to have a scat seat in th house of millionaires with jones fair davis daviso HilI Brown lBrown pendleton and others of inestimable riches at no previous time has the senate of the united states had one half tho the wealth now represented Mp resented in its personal and it may be doubted if its aristocratic prototype the house of lords can equal equal its pecuniary sare aggregation gatlon the increase of enormous fortunes is having a marked effect on social life and manners in washington society is less democratic than it was during durin gand nd immediately after the war those who who hoard board booty arc are as of old suspicious and retiring it is the survival of the instinct that makes mak estha the lion drag the carcass to the darkness of the jungle where he be and his beautiful whelps can devour it in peace A apropos propos of social life during tho the coming season gossips are ar just as much in the dark on this important matter as they are with reference to cabinets and policies the social character character of the coming season will depend much on the cabinet that will be appointed the president is a widower and unless he lie shall get a wife or a near female relative to undertake the onerous social duties of the white house it may bo be set down that the gatherings in the historic E east ast room will partake more of the nature of club ta than of the entertainments rf of w which pl lc mra mrs I hayes was alio patroness the fashionable as well as the and catering pub public ic ever disposed to look on the right side say that the coming season is to be one of un unusual usual brilliancy and gaiety they say a host of new yorkers will come to washington while a host of ohio ana ans will stay at home that inasmuch as one new yorker spends moro more money than a host of ohioans Ohio ans why of course leolden visions haunt their dreams ext extensive preparations preparation a are making to give the european visitors to yorktown a fitting reception in washington ashington V tho the extra session will convene in five days and probably continue until the regular session session seven weeks later there casy my be a long contest in the senate over the office of vice president there will certainly be for the of the house and these with the cabinet and ani official changes make the outlook from a journalistic point of view very p promising roin alln W V C oct ath 1881 |
