The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-02-09
Our Washington Letter.
A Senatorial SPat-The Silver
BiIl-Neyy EEuiIding of the
State Departm en- TN s .
Gaines Law Claim, Etc.

State Departm e N TN r. 4
Gaines Law Claim, Etc.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 3, 1878.
EDIToR CHIEF:
The current of Congressional al
fairs was slightly disturbed by th
little disagreement between Senator
Blaine and Hoar. The dispute wa
ostensibly over the parts played re
Bpectively by Maine and Massachus
etts in the war of 1912, but the rea
casus belle was the vote eff the Massa
chusetts delegation iu the Cincinnati
convention.
1t is conceded that the Bland Sill
yer bill will pass the Senate by a two
thirds vote. That the President viii
veto the bill is feared by its friends
but many say he will sign it with the
understanding that the government
shall continue to pay the interest on
the public debt in gold.
The female suffragists are Still be-
sieging Congressman, as the women
of Massachusetts alone pay taxes on
Sl3l 900, 900 of property, who can say
with justice that they should not
have voice in legislationf
Among the contributors to art in
the Capital, Mrs. Fassett stands in the
front rank-she is an American lady
who struggled in the thorny and un-
certain paths of ant, until she has
touched the topmost round in the
golden ladder of fame. Before the
fire this lady and her husband pos
sessed one of the most extensive art
studios on the continent, in the great
and then wealthy city of Chicago.
Now that the trees are stripped of
leaves the new State Department
building is beginning to show some-
thing of its vast extent and beauty.
The work on the building is not pro-
crossing in the railroad style of Null
let, but as fast as is consistent with
description and the amount of the
appropriation available for the pur-
pose. The south front is entirely
and is imposing in its vast
proportions and commanding eleva-
ton. When complete this building
Tili throw the Treasury building
near it, entirely in the shade, not by
reason of its greater beauty, but from
;he fact that portion of the latter is
sunk some feet below the grade of the
street and in order to enter the really
beautiful northern front yon are
obliged first to desceud an area, after
passing through which mount another
light of steps before reaching the en-
rance.
Mrs. Myra CLARK Gaines visited the
General Land Office to consult with
Williamson in relation
o claim which she presents for up
Yards of 10000 arpents of land
granted and confirmed to her father
Daniel Clark in 1901 and 1904 by the
Board of Land Commissioners. The
,rants are in Missouri, within seven
y-three miles of st. Louis. Ths
racts aggregate about 1900 acres.
drs. Gaines wishes to ascertain to
Shom patents for these lands have
,een issaed.
Francis Murphy, the great temper
nee Reformer, opened the campaign
It Lincoln Hall OH the Sabbath and
hree thousand persons filed the street
gho could not gain sdmittance. The
,reatest enthusiasm prevailed. Hon.
:, A. Hatcher, NJ. c., of Missouri pre-
ided. A choir of $50 singers made
he great hall ring with gospel tenn
'erance songs. A great work in the
interest of temperance is now sweep
ng over this city.
Howard University under its new
President, w. w. Patton, L. L. D.,
ounder of the Chicago Adpance, has
! hopeful future. Since the panic in
873, the trustees have paid off $780,
100 of Indebtedness and are now ar
angling for the payment of the last
lollar Of obligations resting upon the
Its buildings, campus
md ontside improved property and
7acant lands will, with the revival of
BUSINESS, become immensely valua-
lie. 1t has large class in both the
and Medical Depart
nents. This is one of the few institu-
ions whose doors are open alike to |
male and female, white aud colored.