The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-12-11
Washington Letter.
From our Regular Correspondent.


WASHINGTON, ID. e. Dec. 2.
To a man up tree it would seem
rather earl y to be demonstrating snent
the Speakership of the next House and
the Presidential candidates for 1880
yet that is what many of the correspOn-
dents are Juggling away at just now.
Ii is almost certain, without the in
terpo>ition of some unforeseen event,
trat there will be no extra session i'm
March, and that the newly elected
Congress will not, therefore, organize
until year hence. At present il,
seems probable that either Randall or
Blackburn. will handle the gavel,
though there is fair chance for dark
horse. As for naming Presidential
candidates for the next race, it is a
waste of time. There is no telling
what a day, much less two years, may
bring forth, and many of us are liable
to see our favortes struck by lightning
or sunstroke. or something else before
the nominating conventions assemble.
However, your correspondent knows
all about il, and if the rest of these
scribblers don't stop fooling with the
subject | shall have to fall to shortly
ana settle the matter.
Official society circles are threatened
with CONFUSION that may shake their
foundations. Senator Bruce, the
wealthy and sensible colored Mississip-
plan, who divides the Senatorial honors
of his State with the silver-tongued
Lamar, went to Cleveland last sum-
n er and married a handsome and ac-
complished lady of his own race, whom
he is TO bring here next week. The
story of the brides wonderful beauty
and numerous accomplishments has
been widely told, and as they are to
"keep house" in fine style on Capitol
Hill this winter, the question sought
We to visit her" is agitating court
circle to an alarming extent. 1t is a
requirement of official etiquette here
that all the Cabinet ladies and the
wives of Congressman shall make the
first call upon Senator'S wife, and the
wives of the older Senators always
make the approach to an acquaintance
with the wives of the new Senators.
When Pinchback came knocking at
the massive doors of the Senate Cham
Der it is well known that one of the in
fiuences that kept him out was the
fear that Mrs. Pinchback might assert
her WISHING prerogatives." and it is
asserted that had Bruce been a mar
ried man at the time his credentials
were presented he couldn't have got
in. But he is in now and has wife
into the bargain. She is lady Of fine
personal appearance, an octoroon,
and is, perhaps. better educated than
most of the women who intend to snub
her if she presumes to enter society.
She was a school teacher in Cleveland,
but her husband has sufficient wealth
to crafty any taste she may have in
the way of personal adornment OF
equipage. 1t is whispered that a
wardrobe purchased by her in Europe
would be priced by any of our bellies.
A Sunday paper, supposed to be very
/ near to The present detacto administra
ton, announces that Mrs. Hayes and
Mrs. Evarts will take the lead in cal
ling ut the Bruce mansion. Mrs,
Hayes is great iconoclast. She i:
particularly proud of the success of hel
temperance crusade among the dip
lomatic corps, whose members she
compelled to astonish their stomachs
with cold water for the first time in
their lives. Now if she can compel
Postmaster-General Key to take Mrs,
Bruce in to dinner on State occasion,