Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-01-29
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
The City OF Grand Condradic-
ti0ns--In the Senate Chamber
In the House-The Cipher
DiaUatches. Etc. Etc. .Ht

| NonkTcbsineh, Couiu MI NoiuHie ~
big as Cornelius A. lapide's "Commen'
taries, all about Washington, the city
of grand contradictions. To a world oi
people, Washington is the poor man i
Paradise ard the business mans Mecca
| II IL u cold place. Its life
IL spasmodic Every man, woman
and child h. il has an "interest." Each
one lives in his own individuality
There Ii no real sociability except among
the lobbyists, aud that Is hypocritical-
gaid pro gi1, The hotels gorge and
drag out every farthing during the ses-
sion of Congress, to make up for the
"dead season" In the summer. Such Is
Washington In brief.
Tng SENATE.
The other day ! dropped into the
Senate chamber. Edlnunds, the pro-
found, and Thurman, the wise. were up
holding the correctness OF a par lament
airy point" against Blaine, Conkling
and Ferry, What an able man
Edmunds is Said Gen. Morgan, Of Ala
bama, 10 me, "Edmunds, sir, was born
with great talent A mind wonderfully
clear, an application constant and severe,
and love for law, have made him u
great man.
Blaine the magnetic man, rises 10 al
dress the Senate. He tears off the cor
ner Of newspaper never saw him
rise 10 speak without doing this, but
tons his coat and plunges boldly into
sea of words strong, fearless and aggres-
sive. Randolph Tucker, Of Virginia,
sits close 10 butler, Of South Carolina,
and eyes Blaine keenly. Ben Hill
passes and winks at Tucker, as much M
10 say, There's the man that went 10
school to me-" Lamar looks on lazily
and with an air of nonchalance, Thur
man comes out Of the clerks room,
takes a pinch OF snuff and says: "Mr,
President, no man hates more than Ia
tackle with parliamentary questions. !
have something else to do. | have
never devoted much time Ia the study
of points Of order, rules, etc, and, God
helping me, never will" Then came
his argument full Of wisdom and com.
mon sense.
TilE HOUSE,,
Among the able men on the Demo
cratic side Of the House, who are not Ia
hc in the next Congress, are Potter, of
New York, aud Walsh, Of Maryland.
Both declined denomination, 10th
have lucrative law practice. No man In
the House has the steady fixed practice
oi Walsh. Ills salary IN u Congress
man Is about One-thlrd the amount
realized from law. Aud yet he is
the most unassuming man On
the lloor. lie, Mr.. Potter aud Mr.. liar
fridge, ol Georgia, and believe Mr..
Jones, Of New Hampshire, were the
only Democratic members who declined
denominations. | notice that some 0i
the most talkativc members are those
who have nothing To do at home. Con-
grcss in to them what tho arena was Ia
the ula,gNISVv,"' iiuguuu nae, lof IN
stance, the most loquaclous nonehtity
that ever sat Ia u hall oi public leglsla.
tion, il like jaCk.in-a-boN, constantly
ready tn pop up, and, am told, hc nov
cr got higher than n clcrkship before his
entrance to Congress, which was u grand
mistake. Garfield, the great Republican
war horse, and very able man, says
little, hut that littln he says remarkably
we'll lie always commands universal
respect, aud attention, too, when speak
ing. His level In very high. iIale's Is
wonderfully low. What idiocy ~ dis
PLAYED hy lew "blathcTskiten" such as
Hale, White, Eden aud Durham who
think they, and they alone, should
shape legislation for the people oi the
United states. Argument IN bodies that
are not Judicial IL Oi little account lit
were, the Geneva award bill would not
have been passed by the House IA u
was. A greater piece of iniamy could
not have been worked The question
oi the distribution II the award should
have been sent Ia the Court OF Claims
for adjudication.
The insurance companies have every
claim to the money, At later day !
shall take up this question and ~ into
il more extensively. But ! may say
here that there was u mighty pressure
| behind the votes ui many Of the mem.
bcrs who voted Tor the bin ~ u passed
the House. Sume had "sp1ils' la view,
some had constituents tO "help along
others were governed by spite, and MOI
| a few were led by the nose. The West
| Niruinia members voted rightly, ~ they
do on all questions, ~ lar as am a
judge.
TmE CIrnER DlsrAr,HEs.
The cipher dispatches will prove to be
what the Potter Committee always was
a grand farce, | should say, rather
the investigation of the cipher dts
patches. The New York Tribune, NJ the
bnhcmians say, got the dispatches from
William T.. Chandler, who took them oh
| General Buffers table while the Gen
eral was out. stuff! What arrant non
sense. No man under heaven knows
how General Butler got the dispatches.
Ii Mr.. Chandler did take them stealthlly
from Buffers table, IL is not probable
that lac would openly say -. Hut there,
is phalanx OF "whipper snappers,
scandal mongers aud penny A.cOlumn"
correspondents here who grasp at any
thing and rush with Il to the wires,
never stopping 10 think that the sober
minded man 81 sense believes that the
most 0i lhe correspondence sent out
from Washington is guess work. The
Democratic side Ol the House could not,
however. well afford t0 vote against Mr.
Fosters resolution. The Republicans
Sgrce 10 this.
Inve.tigntton of HeU York Bull Dosers.