Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-04-08
EVENING STAR.
CONVERSATIONAL.
Cs.clu.ss. Yesterday. Proceedings.
sENATE.-After our report closed


SENATE.-After our report closed
The fOllO~ing bills were pssset.-
SENATE bin 90 withhold nom sale portion Of
The Fort Smith military reservation IN the stste
vt Oh the remain Of said reservation shall be
SOLO and q Z otbs Z purposes.
Ser ate bin for the relief Of certain ole OF
nav nav who we're dropped, farlOughsd or retired
under act OF February {, ISIS
senate bull, authorizing and directing the See
retsIy OF Nsr 10 give 20 George A. Armes, late
captain Tenth United States cavalry an honor
abe discharge, 20 date June Z, 1850
The act providing for the assignment OF jadges
IN me territories was discussed 1T sOme length,
but, without action. the Senate went into execa.
tive session and then adjourned.
HOUSE--After our report ciosed-
Ihere va debate on the currency bill by
Mestrs. Plstt, Monroe, Cor, N. Y.,i Dawes,
PERSONAL hxPLANArtos
Mt. Eldredke WIS., roe % = personal ex-
PLANTATION, and had read the debate between
HOsr, I'm " hich the latter stated that the nOmi
nation OF Judges Strong and Bradley was male
prior TO the decision OF the Supreme Court In
the legal tender cases. lie had been 60 the
Senate, and found that the nomination vas
made on the sth OF February, one day after the
decision WAS announced. He said that he hal
looked over the tiles Of the New York nribsae
and found that the nature OF the opinion vas
given In the TIIbHns of the 18th OF January,
stating that II would be delivered one week
nom that day. The country, he said, under
the decision.
Mr.. Hosr replied that he had shown the gen
tleman to-day q copy of the Washington
Chronicle OF February s, iSs0, containing the
decision Of the court on this question. aud tbs
announcement OF the nomination OF judges
strong and Bradley, with biographical sketches.
snd an editorial regret that the court had not
deferred the announcement Of it, decision tau
the new judges could be consulted. He did not
know what information the gentleman had GOT
from the Senate, but he was miSta ken. lie
said, further, that the appointment OF Judges
Strong and bradley Was agreed upon q long
time before the decision was rendered The
paragraph IN the TrtbuHc was, doubtless a cor
respondents guess, aud 40 was probable tue IT.
tgnc had IL one way, the World another aud ths
Herald snothSr.
The House then, at $40 p. m. adjourned.
A HEBREW VIEW OF rHR CRUsADERs.-RAb-
bi Prudential, OF Williamsport. Pa, having
received a letter from the WOman's Temper
ance Organization OF that place urging him 60
appoint comrcittee OF six Hebrew ladies' 20 CO.
operate with Il In a crusade, the Rabbi replies
very sharply that IL Is impossible TO fanaticiye
an lsraelite. He says the latter cannot appre-
ciate these crusades because he drinks ana Is
no drunksrd, plays and is no gambler, and lives
well and is no glutton. The second point made
by the Rabbi is that the Jew is no hypocrite
eli he drinks wine or strong drink, or plays 8
game Of cards, his wife and his children are not
excluded from the same pleasure. Whatever
Is not prohibited loses much Of Its charm.
or beer at their parents table become no drunk
ards and no temperance fanatics" Third, the
Rabbi decides that "sny Jewish lady wOald
consider IL sacrilege and blasphemy 20 abuse
prayer and benedictiOn FOR purposes Of public
demonstrations, In which the wires were aid
and drawn by politicians on one hand, aud BY
other" and that there were "no whiskey Ana
IONS in the tents of Israel" IL il needless q
add that the answer of the Rabbi was not com
forting TO the crusaders.