The daily gazette., 1878-12-04
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

storms and Political Vicissitudes of
Recent Cdmpaigns-- Honorables Sayier.
Coz, Garfield, Butler, Foster. HW'
Lamar, Cameron, ETC., etc.
From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, Dec, 2, 1S7s.-Eyerv-
BODY In Washington got up this morning
with the recollection that it was the dav
for Congress to meet, and eyerybodv;s
wiie and daughter looked at the leaden
SKY, threatening protoxyd of hydrogen in
some shape or other, with regret that it
would be perllolis to wear her best hat,
Stlll she wore it, trusting to luck and her
umbrella. There are certain days nm
which feminine Washington literally
mandates the Capitol. They are the
iirst day of Congress, the last day, and
Lhe Intermediate days on which great
hons are billed to roar. have seen il
crowded for Andrew johnson, Sumner.
Morton, Conkling, Thurman, Voorhees,.
Hill, Blaine, Butler, and, sometimes,
when grave charges or crises give very
little men fictitious prominence, as when
Patterson of South Carolina defended his
vote for the admission of M. G. Butler.
But, usually, when the ladies and the
Third Estste are in the gallery, you NAV
know that somebody will say something
that will find its way into at least four
thousand American journals, and maybe
will be cabled, after reduction 10 three
sentences, across the Atlantic. Pity that
the cable tariff cannot be placed on all
oratory, there would be fewer of what
Hamlet calls "words, words, words"
BY ii o'clock the galleries of the
House were densely crowded, and the
lobbies and stairways were filled with a
disappointed throng who had come too
late, or without sufficient influence to
get a seat. | imagine they manage
things better in the Capitol of the
Utopian Republic. There the galleries
of the Capitol are Res publicae, and
the lady from Oregon has equal
rights with the lady from the Dis
trict to seat flom which she may look
down upon the great (?) men; but cour-
tesy gives the preference to the lady
from a distance, and judicious distri-
button OF tickets prevents the crowding
out of those who have come from afar,
with patriotic desire to see the archi-
tects of history at work, by residents
who can go to the capitol any day, and
select this day simply for its attraction OF
a crowd.
BY half past eleven nearly all the
members were in the hall, and this is how
they appeared to your correspondent,
who, like any other christian, sees men
aud manners through the distorting
lenses of his Drejudices: Whitthorne,
of the Naval Committee, sat alone,
thinking seriously, Imagine. of the not
distant day when his bette noir Ex-Secre.
tary Geo. NJ. Robson, will occupy seal
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, thought, had q
defeated air he came in for a large share
of Misunderstanding, congratulations, (?)
suppose, and assurances that he should
have a cabinet position, a foreign mis-
sion, or port collectorsbip, after 1880
when Thurman shall be made President
Alex. Stephens wheeled himself into
the arena Just before prayers, but he was
not received with the usual warmth by
Democt attic members. His Independent
course since the ad journment has not en-
deared him to those who hold that politi
cal success can be attained only through
party discipline. The venerable Gror
gian has gaineh two pounds since his las
appearance and now weighs 81. He ap
peared to-day in a new chair with hig
back. Gen. Butler was not seen uni
after prayers. Garfield has not changed
hair. Waddell, of n. g., and Fostel
of Ohio, wear their recent defeat will
the grace of men who expect another
chance, or that they will be remembered
when their respective parties come intt
power. Many members had their desk
decorated with boquets, and the Speak
er's stand was adorned with apyranid o
rare flowers.
When the large clock in the hall indi
Gated, to the second, II o'clock M, th'
Speakers gavel fell, and most Of thu
mem bers rising to their feet, the sonor
Gus voice of the chaplain was heard IL
PRAYER. After this began the calling o.
the roll, and your correspondent hastenet
TO the Senate end of the Capitol. Thi'
smaller and more wieldy mass OF PIesi
dental aspirants had passed the prelimi
naries aud were already at work. Sena
tor Blaine. who looks fresh and in bettel
training than at any time since the Gin
cinnati convention, had just taken thu
initiative by proposing bill directed
against the alleged recent ele cton frauds
and intimidation IN the South. 1t W
edifsing to see Secretary Sherman, who
was in the chamber, come round to Thur
mans seat and shake hands with him II
| the friendllest manner, and "bloody" M
q. Butler, with rose in his button hole
90 over to Don Cameron and exchange
greetings. What must those poltica
| antipodes think of one another! Th'
| two Southern sons Of thunder, LANAI
and Hill, appear to be in fine health ant
the former will probably break his loni
silence puring this session. when MI
| Blaine's bill comes up for debate. Sena
tor Davis, of ILL.,, has not decreased II
Tonnage, and looks as guileless and cher
ubic as when he wore silk gown AM
rested his enormous chin on the desk il
the Supreme Court Senator Davis, o
West Va, actually begins to look some
what clerical and statesmanlike. he wa
in Paris last summer. Among the nota
bles on the Senate floor We're Sec
retary Evarts and Gen. Sherman. In tn
ldipIomatic gallery the attraction was "a
venerable and imposing presence Of tn
Chinese am bassador, dressed in the flow
linz robes of his country and reinlnuin
on. of pictures of Confucius. G. A. 3.