Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-12-10


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Correspondence OF the Gold Hill Daily Sews.l
WASHINGTON. Dec. 2. 1878.
Everybody in Washington got up
this morning with the recollection that
il was the day for Congress to meet, and
sverybody's wife aud daughter looked at
the lsadsn sky. threatening protoIyd Of
hydrogen in some shape or other, with a
regret that IL would DO perilous to wear
her best hat. Still she wore 1t, trusting
to luck and her umbrella. There are
certain days on which feminine Wash
ington literally mandates the Capitol.
They are the first day OF Congress, the
last day. and the intermediate days, on
which great lions are billed to roar. l
have seen ii crowded for Andrew John
son. Sumner. Morton. Conkling, Thur
man, VOORHEES,. Hill. Blaine, Butler.
aud, sometimes, when grave charges or
crises give very little men fictitious
prominence. a. when Patterson OF South
Carolina defended his vote for the ad-
mission OF II. G. Butler. But, usually.
when the ladiss and the Third Estate
are In the gallery. you may know that
somebody will say something that will
find its way into at least
rouR THOUSAND AMERicAS JOURNALS,
And maybe will he csbled. after reduce
ton to three sentences, across the At
laptic. Pity that the cable tariff cannot
be placed on all oratory. There would DO
fewer OF what Hamlet calls "words,
words. words" by IL o'clock the gal.
leries Of the House were dcnsely
crowded. and the adjoining Hobbies and
stairways were filled with a disappointed
throng who had come too late. or with
out sufficient influence TO get q seat. /
imagine they manage things better in the
Capital Of the Utopian Republic. There
the galleries OF the Capitol are res
publieas. and the lady from Oregon has
equal rights with the lady from the Dis
trict OF Columbia to q seat from which
she may look down upon the grsat(D
men, but courtesy gives the preference
to the lady from q distance, and a judi.
cious distribution Of tickets prevents the
crowding out Of those who have come
from afar. with q patriotic desire to see
the architects OF history at work, by
residents who can 90 to the Capital any
day. aud selec; this day simply for its
attraction OF crowd.
THE ARCHITECTS AT WORK.
BY hali.past IL. nearly all the mem.
bers we're in the hall. aud this is how
they appeared to your correspondent,
who. like any other Christian. sees
men and manners through the distort-
ing lenses Of his ~prejudiees: Whit
thorne, OF the Naval Committee. sat
alone thinking seriously. l imagine. OF
the not distant day when his bcte noir,
Ell. secretary Geo. NJ. Robson, will &C.
cupy a seat on the Republican side OF
the House. Hon. Sam Cox has shaved
his chin, but he still resembles, IN one
respect. those old Norwegians whose
ideal OF happiness was to fight all day
and drink all night. Milton Saylor, Of
Ohio. I thought, had u defeated air; be
came in for a large share Of hand shak-
ing. congratulations, (p) suppose. and
assurances that he should have n
cabiust position, q foreign mission, or
a port collvctorship after 1850. when
Thurman shall be made President.
Alex. Stevens wheeled himself into the
arena just before prayer. but he was not
received with the usual warmth by
Democratic members. His independent
sourss since the adjournment has not
endsared him to those who held that
political success can be obtained only
through party discipline.
The
Has gained two pounds since his last
appearance, aud now weighs 81. He
appeared to-day in a new chair with a
high back. Gen. Butler was not seen
until after prayers. Garfield has not
changed a hair. Waddell, o! North
Carolina. and Foster. OF Ohio. wear
their recent defeat with the grace OF
men who expect another chance, or that
they will be remembered when their