Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-02-19
LETTER FROM WARRINGTON.

LETTER FROM WARRINGTON.
[FRoM II s~ENrINEL's REGULAR COR
REsPoNDENT.l
WASHINGTON, Feb. II.
Legislation in either House does no
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, 900 600.
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 member of that body. The
other ~ are plain. The House seems
W OC PiiICtpaAty CbSaEcu III CABo~1bS
corruption, and introducing bills for re-
duclion of expenses for everything from
the Presidents salary, and h Depart
ments, down to committee clerks. 1t
has already earned the name of the
House 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
1916 900 occurred in the Bureau of Ei,-
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 ON
mttee 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-calied - pretty
Treasury girls" Bristow will learn
that the "bluff game" will not "wash'
with a Democratic House. They have
started i'm tt 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,
/ ia sSar xt. vaslltona II, la yl,
the foundation wallis 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 aI n Premium.
Last Tuesday morning a Treasury
girl" was converted into a " Mrs. SEM
ator;" and now the shoddy aristocra.
cy who elevated their p~ug-noses at
her as she walked down Pennsylvania
avenue Fl ON the Treasury Department,
are seeking her acquaintance and in
viting her to their" RECEPTIONS" 1t is
one uf those cases of love at first sight.
A few Weeks ago the Senator took
rooms in The same house where she
was living. They both saw and be-
came mashed" He is 81; she, 19-
only 45 years difference. 1t is is only
a case of pure, unadulterated love.
She is a blonde: he is q gray. He had
been4a widower scare ten months, and
leaves six grown up children to our
his miraculous capture. This has
naturally created a hutter among the
pull backs in the Urea sury Depar TT
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 vents has
written, "In passing yer Washington
the man in the 400 holds his nose"
Probably this is because Of the rank
ness of its Goldfish aristocrscy. So
ciety is regulated by title; as for sew.
eral instances: 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 rs they term it, making calls. In
the evening they attend receptions
and parties. Every afternoon car
l riatroa Hriunn hu hsw h.,ulr rtanrnAs
dressed in spangled livery, ar, seen
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 10 in a rush, like a tip
sy young man making new years
calls, and make from fifty to one hun
dred "visits" in an afternoon, between
the regulation hours Of two and five.
Such visits arc either in person or
proxy. You can 70 ia the house and
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