Show NEWS OF THE DAY I Gov Clevelands letter on the silver question and the congressional votes on the same issue occupy a large portion of the dispatches of Sunday and Monday nights No action is expected from the present Congress which will determine the question of the continuance of the coinage of silver but the question will again be carefully treated in the inaugural tomorrow and during the discussions which will follow we may expect a reasonable compromise to be agreed upon and formulated into law either at a special session this summer or at the regular session next winter It is proposed in California to remove General Grant to that State in the hope that its superb climate will prove beneficial bene-ficial to the great soldier Unfortunately climatic influence is powerless tof cure cancer If it were any ordinary disease the only real rational course would be to bring General Grant to Salt Lake a The municipal council of Dublin bc cal ne very much excited Monday night over a discussion as to whether a formal welcome should be extended to the Prince of f Wales on the occasion of his anticipated visit to Ireland At this distance dis-tance it deeR not seem to us that the matter mat-ter is of sufficient importance to justify even a warmblooded Irishman in losing his temper We were treated yesterday to a report of the topics of Beechers and Talniages prayer last Sunday in Brooklyn and New York But there oie doubrleta prayers offered in wicked ft ah at Sunday Sun-day that lauded just aa near the Throne I und obtained as good a hearing I All sorts and conditions of men are I crowding Washington see or participate i in the inaugural ceremonies tomorrow I We believe the new President is going fb I I deserve the honors thus accorded him in ndvance still we have not lost Our faith I jn that Jeffersonian simplicity and hatred of ostentation which the Democratic Demo-cratic fathers taught and practiced There was a fire in the Pension building = g build-ing at Washington Saturday The people i peo-ple at the capital always make the most ofsuch incidents hoping they will lead to I more appropriations and public buildings I I of still greater magnificence than those which now adorn the city The use of morphine has gone so far in Paris that the power and influence of the church is to be invoked against it But we trust the church will leave the ballot boxes alone f The appearance of the Revised Oll Testament promised today is still delayed de-layed The Female Athletic Association at Philadelphia is not pronounced a success Young ladies who fail at sweeping are not eminent with the oars The exEmpress Eugenie was hurt in a carriage accident a few days ago This will prevent the world from forgetting her a little longer A general courtmartial has been ordered or-dered for the trial of Medical DirectorS Philip Director-S Wales on charges preferred by Secretary Chandler of neglect of duty in the administration of the office of sur geongeneral the navy and chief of the bureau of medicine and surgery formerly held by him by which neglect it is alleged al-leged the frauds in that bureau were made possible An apparent decrease in the public debt is announced as a result of the February Feb-ruary financial transactions of the Government Gov-ernment amounting to 3200000 The Government has 484000000 cash on hand more tlian half of which might be used to still further reduce the public debt if it were not that bankers beg off from being paid in silver = or at least > that is the excuse give VicePresidentelect Ilendricks had a quiet little boom all to himself on the occasion of his visit to the House of Representatives yesterday He maybe President Hendricks yet The Crow Indian Reservation in Dakota Da-kota has been opened to settlerswhich means a few more million bushels of wheat next season It is said that Vanderbilt has just bought a controlling interest in the West Shore Buffalo Railroad for Y 9000000 Under Democratic Administrations private pri-vate wealth never grew to such enormous proportions and never ought to In the English House of Commons the debate on What To Do With Egypt continues and English statesmen make the same kind of headway with it that marks their discussion of that other interesting inter-esting issue What To Do With Ireland Time National Democratic Committee met Monday with a full attendance and AV H Barrium presiding The meeting was mainly devoted to the exchange of congratulations upon the success attending attend-ing the work of the committee and discussion dis-cussion of the part they should take in the inauguration ceremonies It was fully agreed that tlie members of the committee should witness the rQceedin Bat B-at the Capitol and then take carriages and ride to the grand stand in front of the executive mansion and view the procession pro-cession Secretary Prince humorously remarked to the gentlemen present that it had been twentyfive years since tho committee had met for the pleasant object ob-ject which called them together today The meeting adjourned subject to the call of the chairman The executive com mittee held a preliminary meeting and approved bills for expenditures during the campaign II OIIk |