The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-07-06


/ sympathetic world may not duly ar
! preciate the lieroisn of Congress
] man WHO, quietly attends to his Of
fetal ,daties, knowing the while tina:
Ills rival at home is setting up the
primaries and manipulating the party
machinery to secure the succession.
Yet Write is it's own reward. 1t is
TO be hoped that every truly valuah'e
and successful member may he re-
elected, but there are men in tie
present House in both parties wkpse
TetG5n would be disgrace. 1t ls1not
my place to call names. The constitu-
ents of every member have his record
and if they are not satisfied that. it is
good one, that he has been,a credit
to them aud of service to the. natdon,
he should be allowed TO enjoy the So
.ciety of his friends at home hereafter.
1t has been said that the prepon-
derance of lawyers in Congress is the
primary cause of the representation
which results in the disgraceful scenes
at the end of session. Lawyers are
proverbial proerastinatdrs. Every
adjournment is gain. They are al
most without exception bad business
men, because their training units
them for prompt DECISION. In the
present House tleae.afe 1876 lawyers,
and OF alb other professions and call
ings only I07. On the appropriations
committee, which has been SO tardy
the last session, there are only two
business men, Mr.. Hewitt of New
York, and Mr.. Foster of Ohio. The
chairman and tAe other eight menu
beers are all lawyers. The same pro-
crastination which makes lawsuits
last life time, and exhausts tlleE pa
tience and resources of litigants, gives
us, session after session, the spectacle
of q Congress wasting months Of
precious time at it's beginning, and
crowding the business into its closing
hours.
The Senate paid Mrs. Winnie Ream
Hoxie tire compliment of voting To
give her husband chance to hold his
District Office. By the provisions of
the bill for the Government of the
District, no commission of rank lower
than that of Captain can be selected,
so Lieut.. lIoxie was shut off. The |
Senator who offered the amendment |
in bis favor was charged on the floor
with having made the motion at the
instance of Mrs. Hoxie, and he did
hot deny the soft impeachment.
The White House wedding of last
week was a pretty affair. 1t occurred /
IN the blue parlor, the most delicate
aud handsome room in the mansion,
being finished and furnished wholly |
in light blue, white, gold and neutral
gray. On the night of the we'd
ding this room was most beautifully
decorated with vines and flowers, an
immense marriage bell of white bios
SONS being hung between the win
lows, while on either side were the
nonogralns of the bride and groom,
also III white flowers. Under the bell
stood the happy pair and the Bishop
here were no bridesmaids OF grooms
men. Miss Platt was in creamy white
trimmed extensively with
orange blossoms. The bridal vail of
,ulle fell over her face in front and
rallied on the floor at the back, being
confined to the head by a wreath of
,raage bsosspms. She Is a pretty girl,
inely educated, has travelled abroad,
md with all that, is 4nspQilea. Her
husband, Gen. Russell Hastings, was
n the same regiment with Stanley
Matthews, Gen. Rosecrans then Col
,neD and President Hayes (then Ma
orr. He was wounded in the knee at
)pecqnan and is still lame, but has Il
inc, commanding figure, nevertheless.
The wedding guests numbered about
fifty. SENTINEL.