St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-12-01
Washington Letter.


tFIom our Regular tOrrespondentD
EXCITING SCENE, FoRSHADowED IN THE
NEXT CONGRESS, SOME CHANGES IN ITS
PERSONAL BLAINE AND BEN. HILL
WILL PROBABLY MEET IN A NEW ARENA
BECK. LAMAR, CONKLING AND NOR
TON THE NEXT SPEAKER WHAT
WILL CONGRE>S Do THE SOCIAL
SEASON RENELRY AND ARTILLERY
WILL THE SIN OF 1916 Go DOWN IN
BLOOD,
WA>HINGToN, Nov. - 1876.
We begin To feel here in Washington
that The eyes of America, if not of
Europe. are upon us. In two short
weeks Congress will assemble. and the
anxious attention of the country will he
turned toward the national capital
Never before, it may be safely said, will
Congress have assembled under more
trying or exciting circumstances, and
the words, votes, and acts, of each
member will he watched with keenest
scrutiny in every city, village, and
hamlet. of the land.
The newspaper correspondents, who
have been away during the summer, are
now back i'll their old hauntS: their ia
most every where. and their ranks have
been considerably reinforced. some
papers. that have not been represented
here before, having employed CORES
pondcntS under the impression that,
whatever may he the result of the
Presidential contest, the next few
months will he as lively in Il political
way aS any we have ever known. 1t
will he II time for making and malIing
regulations. for making history, and,
the lobbyists say. not much of Il time
for making money. The numerical bal
ancc of both the House and Senate after
the 18th of March will he more nearly
even than it has been since the war, and
either Mr.. Hayes or Mr.. Tilden will
have their hands full. Then there will
he changes ot political and personal
interest.
MIR. BLAINE
will appear for the first time in the
Senate, where his great parliamentary
experience, and versatile ability, us well
make him one of the most conspicuous
men in that body, and, it is not i'm
probable that fortune will favor him
with an excellent and familiar foil in
the person of
SENATOR BEN. HILL
of Georgia, for he, it is said, will sue
coed Norwood in the Senate Mr. Beck
of Kentucky, will appear again in the
national political arena, and he and
Mr.. Lamar of Mississippi, will divide
the burden of debate on the Democratic
side. which has been borne heretofore
almost exclusively by Messrs. Thurman,
Bayard, and Gordon. The Democrats
will he met by such skilled logical and
oratoIical giants lis Conkling, Morton,
EdmundS, Logan, Sherman, Freling
hul sen, Howe, and Boutwell,. In the
Senate the Republicans will maintain
their majority, and, on all political
questions. they will have the support
of the So called independents Booth,
Cameron of Wisconsin, Chrstiancy, and
Paddock.
IN TIE HOUSE
the Republicans will not he left without
Il leader. Mr.. Frye of Maine, Mr. Hoar,
Gen. Banks and others will he able in
the absence of Mr. Blaine to maintain
the fight until reinforced, after the short
session, 10y Gen. Butler then the Dem
"cratic majority will be small if any
thing, but they will he strengthened
10y the alert and able Clarkson n. Pot
ter of New York, who will. in all proha-
| hility. he made Speaker of the Forty
fifth Congress. When Congress- assemblies
the election of Speaker, in the place
of Mr.. Kerr, will he the first excitement
The prominent candidates are Messrs
Cox, Randall. and Sayler, with chances
III favor of the latter. After IA Speake
! is elected Congress will be in IA dynamite