Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-02-19
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
[FROM THE %sENTINEL's REGULAR COR
RESPONDENT.

WASHINGTON, FeU. Il.
Legislation in either House does not
progress with the rapidity OF a mill
tail, There are so many statesmen
who want to get themselves ION the
record" that when a bill of the least
national importance is Introduced, the
remainder of the day is generally lost
in discussion. And probably this is for
the best, for we then know that the
Treasury is safe-for the time being.
The past week, the Senate has been en-
gagged in Centennial buncombe, and the
passage of the District of Columbia
Boss Shepherd steal OF $40, 600, 600.
The Pinchback Case
Also served as a bone of contention.
He will probably be seated by four or
five majority. He will make the sec.
ond colored memter Of that body. The
other II are plain. The House seems
to be principally engaged III exposing
corruption, and Introducing bills for re-
duclion of~expenSes for everything from
the Presidents salary, and the Depart
ments, down to committee clerks. 1t
has already earned the name Of the
blouse Of Reform"
Investigations.
Bristow, Secretary Of the Treasury,
is climbing up on his left ear. He was
cited to appear yesterday before the
House Committee On Appropriations
to explain how that little deficiency of
33l6, 900 occurred in the Bureau of En-
craving and Printing. He stated to
the committee that the estimates Of last
year were too low; that Congress
further reduced the estimates, and then
ordered additional work, which ncees-
STATED this expenditure. He then got
upon his hind legs and told the c0In-
mittee if the deficiency was not made
good, he would close up the Bureau
and stop the engraving and printing Of
bank notes, and discharge all the en-
| ployes, even unto the so-called pretty
Treasury girls" Bristow will learn
that the bluff game" will not 'wash"
with a Democratic House. They have
started in to investigate him, and before
they get through lightning will strike
the Treasury building.
The House Committee on Foreign
Affairs has requested of the Secretary
of State all correspondence of Minister
Schenck relative to the Emma mine
swindle.
The House Committee on Public
Buildings will investigate Mullett, late
supervising architect of the Treasury,
who spent several millions in laying
the foundation walls of the Chicago
Custom House.
The Secretary of War will be asked
to explain away the proofs of his hay
ing sold trading posts and Indian agen-
cies.
1t will probably require two sessions
of Congress to thoroughly investigate
all Of the rascality in the Navy Depart
ment.
The various committees have been
busily engaged in securing proof, sta
~tistics, and other necessary documents,
and before the end of the session there
will be enough Republican corruption
unearthed to forever bury the party.
Treasury Girls nj n Premium.
Last Tuesday morning a Treasury
girl was converted into a " Mrs. Sem
ator;" and now the shoddy aristocra.
cy who elevated their pug-noses at
her as she walked down Pennsylvania
avenue fiom the Treasury Department,
arc seeking her acquaintance and in
viting her to their " receptions" 1t is
n of those cases of love at first sight.
A few weeks ago the Senator took
OOms in the same house where she
was living. They both saw and be-
came "mashed." He is 81; she, 49,
only As years difference. 1t is is only
a case of pure, unadulterated love.
She is a blonde: he is a gray. He had
been,a widOwer scare ten months, and
leaves six grown up children to mourn
his miraculous capture. This has
naturally created a t1utter among the
pull backs in the, Treasury Depart
ment; and now those who only as
pired to catch members of the House
just vow that they will accept nothing
less than q bald headed Senator.
Shoddy AristOcrncy.
Some close observer of events has
written, SIN passing over Washington
the man in the moor holds his nose"
Probably this is because Of the rank
ness of its Goldfish a~ristocracy. So
ciety is regulated by title; as for sew.
oIdi IQSCdnC0S: Mrs. senator smith,"
Mrs. Secretary Of State Goldfish"
Mrs. Secretary of War, Mrs. President,
Mrs. Minister Extraordinary Blomi-
noseoff, etc. "Society ladies devote
the afternoons to " going the rounds"
or AS they term it, making calls. In
the evening they attend receptions
and parties. Every afternoon car
rlages, driven by big buck negroes,
dressed in spangled livery, ara seer
whirling up and down Pennsylvania
avenue, and all over town, containing
the painted and furbelowed followers
Of fashions f~railties and society's
shams. They 90 in a rush, like a tip
sy young man making new years
calls, and make from fifty to one hun
dred twists" in an afternoon, between
the regulation hours of two and five.
Such visits are either in person or
proxy. You car 20 ia the house and
show your new things, and see what
she has got on; or you can remain IN
the carriage and send In your card by
the buck negro. 1t seems to me the