The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-03-01
From Our Special Cor respondeEt J
LETTER FROM WARRINGTON.

From Our Special Cor respoHdeEk
LETTER FROM WARRINGTON.
WASHINGTON, ID. C., February -, 1879
EmroR WHIG:-Ihe reorganization of
the Senate will take place, according To
custom, immediately after the dissolution
OF the present Congress the prac
tice which has prevailed for the last sixteen
years Of converting the Senate in executive
session on the 9TH of March should be
waived 10y President Hayes and candidates
for the different offices are busying them
selves accordingly. Among those who hope
10 read their title clear to the clerkship Of
the body are, retiring Senator &. Y. Dennis
of Mary land. retiring members of the
House. \. NJ. Waddell aud v c. Shober,
of y. C.; retiring member ". T. Stenger
OF Pa. aud retiring member, Ben. Frank
lin, OF No. Probably there are other can
dIdates; probably. indeed. every Demo
cratic Congressman whom the untim~lv
fI"st of popular OF party Heelect has over.
taken would be willing To accept the office
rather than return TO the bosom of hIs
nrgecifal CONSTITUENCY. OF those named
Above. however, II may be said Franklin
holds the whip hand. Dennis has no show,
the North Carolina fellows handicap each
other in the race. and Sreuger comes from
the wrong side of Mason and Dixon line,
for the South will probably claim tn. honor
~ the position. The newspaper fraternity
is represented among the aspIrants III the
person of Waitcrson, of the Louisville
Courier JourAGl, and Birch. of the Nash.
gesnt at Arms do not seem tn Ice so mum
erous. and among them ar. Glover, OF Mo
A. {. Dodge, of Iowa, and Gen. Steadmau,
Of Ohio
The Forty fifth Congress will soon have
run II. course. and when its constitutional
limits shall have been reached. u will pass
INTO history As 4 Congress of more oppur
tunItles and less results thercfTum for the
public interests than any that ever convened
excepting tie passage Of the regular ap
preparation bills, the entire term has been
dsvaied to partisan purposes. Not a single
measure OF any practical good has brcu
passed. but everything made subordinate
10 the one idea of how Ia keep the D-mo
cratic party in power. This fact stands
out as the only one OF real prominence III
its history, and could Its proceedings be
reduced To a comprehensive idea, it would
under stood.
Disguise the TACT AS you may, there IS a
stroHg desire among many members Of the
present Congress To necessitate an extra
session OF the next Congress. The Repub
licans are opposed To IL, and the Democrats
are unwilling To take the responsibility
and this is the rub that will probably re-
move the necessity for an extra session
Logan, Carpenter, and Chandler were all
received with grand uvatrons on their 10
turn here. The return OF such a R"pua
lIcan triumvliate To the ). Senate may
we'll Cause uueaslness among the Demn
Gratis, AS they are sure to break up great
many of their calculations, aud none more
certain than their dream uf holding pos
session of that body for many years To
come. IL is predicted that these three
new Senators will 80 stimulate aud yItalize
the Republican party all over the country
As to insure, without doubt. a recovery OF
ITS majority in that body by lss2 4 change
IN few States will do II. and they can Toe
found in the North without asking any
help from the South IL Is just a. Ineyira
bic an that the party will eiscE the next
President, whether the can't ldate be Grant,
Blaine, or any other good Republican.
Considerable of the time of the present
Congress has been occupied with funeral
services aud III delivering memorial ad
dresses ON the life and character Of de
ceased members. There is Il system of
compensatlons III the lives aud deaths oil
public men which woald be complete IT, III
the order of Providence. things were SO
managed As To permit them the perus;,l OF
the Congressional Record IN the region of
the past mortuary. or the average member
Of Congress 1t might bc remarked. that We
net Val tst.l lAf h.. IL mai.
have lost him. He may be a great aud
good man ia the eyes of ms fellow rnt Inbrrs.
aud indeed III fact; but to the general pub
lie lie is simply Oh. of body which AS a
whole, IL not, II may be, quite as highly
apprec iated as II deserves. Seldom during
his career, is be heard Of except in the
way of condemnation of his course or com
plants of his iuriliciency. But let him de
part this lie, and there il a total change
of scenery. All the wrong that has been
done him Ii more than ,uned for. lie ap-
pears to be the sole person whose conduct
and department, who's. wisdom and steadI
ness have given dignity and weight To the
Ioiy To which he belonged Unless the ie.
tIm"ny of the Rerord be At fault. death has
been taking away from the national casket. /
during The present session, nearly all its
choicest Jewels. aud the remainder are
InconsOlable. They express their SORROW
IN the choicest words aud phrases. line
learns with aston Ishmeni that a member of
congress, immersed III care. Of State. Gan
on OCCASION. 10 sympathetic, poeIical and
even sentimental. 1t is well IL is =, thes.
moments that the common kluship of I'M
manity Is exempliiieG. and we grow wiser
and better IN witnessing the manifestations
The tulted States appear to have an
elephant on lts hands IN the Congressional +
Library. 1t Contains An immense amount
OF learning, has outgIown enormously the
stall appointed Tor ito entertainment anal
where to put II for It's future accummsd.
ton is a problem that H. severely irving the
souls OF Senators and Rsprcsenrarives. -
Whether the Capitol should be rcmodsl.d
to afford II room, or a spe cal edIilcc be con.
structsd, is the conuudtum While fh,.
houses are Debating, squares and lots are
~rang ling with each uthrr: their owners
full OF arguments TO prove each that his
own 10 the only place. that. by auy pcssi.
bility, can be regarded AZ having ia. prnu.r
natural advantages and that the prospect
of an advance III that vicinity is such that
considerations Of sG0nnmy .mperaiively
demand that no time shouid lie lost m
closing The bargain. II Is wonderful how
precious piece of earth becomes the mos
ment state or The United States casts IT.
eyes over It with view 10 become its bro.
prietor. In the meantime the library ia In
the condition Of donkey which srarves
while several proprIeiors dispute as Ia
which shall have the honor Of entertaining
him in his paddock
Washington is sort 0i . political COL
gotha. Like the adamantine islands IN the
Arabian Nights, 1t is place Of wrecks, To
which men are drawn Ia become stranded
and break up, grow seedy, lose their grip,
and hoping under hopeless circumstances,