Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-01-15
WASHINGTON LETTER i.
SPECIAL CbnREsPoNDENCE.

| SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS.
WASHINGTON, d. c. Dec. ~ 1870
Democrats ard Republicans alike are
sure that the laie political developments
The inform zion received through oe"a'c
| ard HOu.t commits, es in the S0n'h--w''I
aid uhetn IN convincing the people that
their respective candidates ought 10 ne
lnattpurnt. d. TIE situstioh is TOO serious
Il, be MD. a subject of sport. b"t the
sendrlg of these committees {" the SCUM
s lis luIcrors aspects. Evtry one
knows that the House Committee VIII
present majority and minority rporf,
aud the Senate Committee VIII 40 the
same. They were sent down there I" d"
So. But there is a grain OF hope III me
committees sipcc appointed to sngS's'
means Of settlement If the wEoie ga s''on.
Thu Sc committees will sit in this city,
within easy reach IF the best legal talent
of the country, and will rot he SUBJECT I"
the Ioca! excitement and disputes when
surround The committees in South Caro-
hra. Florida and Louisiana On the
whoe. he committees are fairly made up
aud will make as suitable suggestions as
any men selected 10 represent parties
could be exp cted to do. 1t the names "f
sevcpt, six mrn, in good standii g.-i"o
from each Sta,e, one being IL isFpuhlican
and one Il ID, mocrat-could be put III ii
box. and cniffnttec of five or eleven be
drawn lherefrorn. by any fair 'nrans, and
the settlement Of ali questions ween
Yi,drn and Hayes be left to them, The
country would he rid Of Il great danger.
But didn't intend to write, even this
much. about politics. Eseo Congress
re-pe, Is the Christmas season, and Is
,ran>uctng no business. TIL DEPART
mems respect If. aud no work is dor G ~
them after t. o',lock each day. Tn TT
is low much sss general observance OF
Christmas and New Year. days, ard the
intervening time. tl,an has b. en- usual
here. ana comparatively few, who do re
ceiye, pr. sent their friends the wines and
liquors which were. a few years ago, on
e,ety table WHEN he season came round.
Whether this reform Is the consequence OF
hard times or Of improved public scnli
ment, leave others 10 discuss. The lie.
suit is a gra flying one, whatever may
have been the cans:.
Another bate reform is the sinlult neOus
closing OF about thirty Of the pubic gam
b.: z HOUSES in the city. FMS occarrcd
only f days since. and brouy bit about
ny the Efforts of one newspaper. The
places closed wire of every kind, from
those which took IN thu ir thousands to
those thai lived on The few dollars Of col
ored laborers. They We're ali absolutely
open t" ary person who chose to enter.
and were all situated on prominent Streets
Most Of the churches of the city on last
Sabbath took appropriate hot,ce Of the
local excitement which hes kecl caused
by the discussion of the subject in The
newspapers.
For this week we have here the repro
sentatin of THE Two Orphans.' the
play on the boards in Brooklyn when the
awful fire occurred Which ..es,roytd |
nearly four hundred lives. 1t is a fact |
that nearly all the seats SO far sold here to !
witness the play haye been orchestra seats.
and that those on the tiers ahOv--from |
which. in Brooklyn. comparatively few
escaped-wlIl probably g" begging.
1t is au,lori'atlvely announced thst |
sometime in March General and Mrs.
Grant will visit Cuba. and thas later III !
the season they will visit Europe. |