Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-11-30
WASHINGTON. Nov. 81. 1876

1t will be time tor making ana
marring regulations, for making his
tory, and, as the lobbyists say, not
much of time for making money.
The numerical balance of both the
House and Senate after the 4th of
March will be more nearly even than
it has been since the war, and either
Mr. Hayes OF Mr.. Tilden will have
his hands full Then there viii be
changes OF political and personal in
terests. Mr.. Blaine will appear for
the first time in the Senate, where
his great parliamentary experience,
and versatile ability, as we'll es his
wide national reputation will make
him one of the most conspicuous men
ia that body, and, it is not improba
BILE that fortune will favor him with
an excellent and familiar foil in the
person OF Senator Ben Hill of Georgia
for be, it is said, will succeed Nor
wood in the Senate. Mr.. Beck, Of
KY, will appear again in the nation
al political arena, and le and Mr. La
mar of Miss. will divide the burden
of debate on the Democratic side,
which has been borne heretofore al.
most exclusively by Messrs Thur
man, Bsyard aud Gordon. The Dem
ocrats will be met by such skilled,
logical and orstOrical giants as Conk-
ling, Morton, Edmonds, Logan, Sher-
man, Frolinghuysen, Howe and
Boutwell,. 10 the Senate the Repub-
Leans will maintain their majority,
and, on all political questions, they
will have the support of The so Called
independents-BOoth, Cameron OF
Wisconsin, Christiancy, and Pad
dock In the House the Republic
cans will not be left without leader,
Mr.. Frye Of Milne, Mr.. Hoar, Gen.
Banks aud others will be able 10 the
absence of Mr.. Blaine to maintain
the fight until reinforced, after the
short session, by Ben Butler; then
the Democratic majority will be
small if anything, but they will be
strengthened by the alert and able
Clarkson N. Potter of New York,
who will, in all probability, be made
Speaker of the forty fifth Congress.
When Congress assemblies the cleo
ton of Speaker, in the place OF Mr..
Kerr, will be the first excitement.
The prominent candidates are Messrs
Cox, Randall, and Sayler, with
chances 10 favor of the latter. After
a Speaker is elected Congress will be
in dynamite explosive state,
until after thu second Wednes-
day in February, over the electoral
vote. After the Presidential ques-
ton is finally settled there will be a
fight over the silver question, a con-
test of great moment, involving vast
interests, while, on the other hand
there will be supplementary legisls-
ton for carrying the Resumption
law into effect. Again there will
doubtless be introduced bill to elect
the President by the popular vote,
the present condition of the question
having prepared the country and
Congress for an emphatic adieu to
the old system. Our local, social,
personal, aud political affairs, pos
sess per Sc very little that is, or
should be, of interest to the country
at large, but, since the war, Wash
ington has become a fashionable and
social centre, the winter Mecca of
the shoddy and refined. Miss Mary
Emml in the rem0test village of the
State cares littlo which is elected, or
who compose the cabinet, or whether
we resume or not, but she reads
with never firing interest Of the re-
ceptions and ktttl, drums at which
perhaps, the vito or daughter of
sour member" figured, and the dress
and flowers worn by Miss Flora Nc.
Flimsey are known and talk ed about |
lis trae Ills pity" 10 Oregon and |
Maine. Miss Mary Emma came to |
the centennial last summer and "did"
Washington in thre days, and now
with whetted curiosity, CHAT is what |
the proiane call W mans intelligent |
interest in her couh;rv's affairs) she |
will be more anXiOul than before to |
know who was titre aud just how |
she looked The so al season has not |
opened with its usual briliancy. |
There is TOO much Anxiety from po-
litical causes for e, : abandonment
to revelry. There sill be changes,
no matter who will 30 President, is
written on every wall. Changes
have taken place already. The young
naval officers who ere so essential to
gay life in Washington have been