Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1879-12-02

- sisV tfiC leuSoldu, duu Dptii HAVE
been held open Q remarkably long
time. Some people who don't know
much about politics wonder why this
Is. e is no secret to those who UNI
derstand the value Of such things to
trade on, especially with trading
Administration like this. But if we
can get along without any representa-
tives in these two foreign courts five
or six months at a time. why not abol-
ish them altogether? 1t would save
at least SOC, 1000 year.
There is much speculation and talk
about what Congress will or will
not do at the coming SEES
sion. Unusual interest always
attaches to the session just preceding
a presidential election because the
Blaines, the Conklings and all the po-
litical shysters, great and small, are
constantly engaged ID maneuvers for
political effect. Nobody can predict
what lot of congressman will do
when they get together, yet | am GER
tain THAT wise connsels will prevail 90
far as the Democratic majority is cor
cerned The House Committee on
Ralss is now here putting the finish
ing touches on their work done at
Long Branch last summer. No com
plete information touching the new
rules can yet be obtained bat it is
safe to assume that they will be great
" simplifed The old rules had been
added to and amended until If would
puzzle q Liverpool lawyer TO tell what
they really provided. Not one mem
Der in ten pretends to understand
them fully, and the Oldest parliamenta-
rians were often at sea because Of
conflicting sections. One of the
changes effected relates to the roll
call, shutting off the practice of COM
ing in from cloak rooms after the
names have all been called two OF.
three times and recording votes. This
Improvement will save hours of time.
as under the present system a full
hour is consumed in taking yea and
nay vote. 1t is estimated that the
change viii save al least twenty min
utes on each roll call The Appropri-
alton Committee meets in a few days
Speaker Randall is ex. ected daily.
Mrs Marg re, Eaton, connecting
link between the present AMI past Of
the polit;co,socisl history of Washing
ton was buried here on Tuesday. She
was the widow Of Gen. John II. Ea-
ton, President Jackson's Secretary Of
War, and her lie would read like a
romance. rs girl anu young We
man she possessed rare beauty and
fascination Of manner which attracted
the opposite sex Her father, whose
name was O'Neil kept hotel or "tav-
ern" frequented by the politicians Of
those days, and she had many admir-
ers among them. Gen jackson was
an ardent friend and persisted in ex-
tending to her social recognition
which, under the laws of chasts as
they existed fifty years ago, was less
tolerable TO the sisters, and their
cousins aud their aunts" than it would
be to-day. His cabinet was divided
and disrupted as the result General
Eaton was her second husband, she
aaving previously married paymas
ter named Undertake, who fell in love
at first sight, us she was leauing out
Of a window one day looking up tie
street. After General Eaton's death
she married an Italian dancing mas
ter, who shortly after eloped with her
grand daughter. taking mos. of her
money aud going to Italy, where he