Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-12-17
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

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some other cause known or unknown, has
! giyenus a taste, thus early, Of the biting
frosts Of winter. The city is already full
Of strangers, visitors or winter residents
Of course the boarding house keepers are
happy.
The hour Of ~ o'clock on she day for
Congress TO assemble is always an interest
ing occasion, and the late meeting Of The
46th Congress was peculiar because there
we're among the members large numbers
who were to look upon these pleasant
scenes for the last time. They failed 10
read through Bourbon spectacles the hand.
writing on the wall, and henceforth theft
country will be spared the inhiction Of
their longer service. The congratulations,
hand-shakings and words OF coincidence
were witnessed by crowded galleries both
in the Senate and House. The Speaker
gavel fell at II m, prayer was offered, the
usual committees appointed, and the
threshold Of the last session Of the 18th
Congress was crossed How short the
time since the fall Of the gavel tolled of
the dying moments Of the previous ses-
| sion repeating the story told DER and DER
through the years Of the buried past.
The Spring is past, the Summer gone.
! The year Is growing old ; F
| Its garnered fruits. is harvest home.
How OFT o man the tale IS told.
The appearance here o. Gen. o. o. How
ard at this time has set the newsmongers
at work and they haYe assigned him to
West Point, to the Department Of the At
lantic and to the Department Of the Pacific
and to this writing is not known where
this noble Christian hero is to be sent.
| Wherever he goes he will bear with HIM the
confidence aud respect Of both soldiers and
civilians.
Burnum's methods were tolerated before
the election but for the bourbons in to at
tempt to prolong the supremacy OF the eff
tete Democracy by higgling over the Presi
dental count must be exasperating TO tbe
good sense OF the people Of this country.
Everybody knows that Garfield was elected
President, and the people are bound to
see that he is inaugurated if his life is
spared, What utter folly to waste time
and the peoples money in fighting over a
bill to regulate the electoral count. The
people Will be satisfied 10 have both parties
commit themselves to the proper business
OF the session. 1t Is now but two weeks
to the Holiday season, and it need not be
expected that these hard worked Congress-
men will forego the usual adjournment for
rest and recdperation over these festive
days, and then will come about two months
of frOth, foam and folly, and the session
will be numbered with thoseof years gone.
The establishment Of a regular military
post at the nations capital is one of the
wisest of measures. 1t is hardly consist
ant with the dignity of great nation to.
bAve its capital with its records, its yaults
and treasure wholly unprotected and at
the mercy of mobs and desperadoes, vet
such were the condition of affairs in 1876
and nothing but the boldness OF General
Grant in ordering troops to this point, gave
any assurance of security against violence
by the thousands who had gathered here
swearing that Tilden should be inaugur-
ated. In time OF peace prepare for war,
and hereafter the drum beat will be a token
of security and safety to denizens of this
fair city. 90,
There is a big boom In the retiring bnsi.
ness, and the military heroes, Judges of
Supreme Court, and the dead Statesmen
left out in the cold at election are being
labeled and packed away like mummies, to
be preserved as antique specimens Of a
past age. The young sspirants for office.
who see in these chances Of a possible pro-
motion, are not mourning over the oeca-
sion.
The progress Of our country in the Arts
and Sciences, is faithfully photographed
by knowledge of the claims made here
for patents. AT no period in our history
has the subject df Inventions awakened
such attention. Silk manufacturing is in
its infancy, yet over $4,000, 900 worth of
raw silk is used yearly This sum can be
increased thousand fold The profitable
production OF cOcoons in this country is no
longer problem. The silk worms will
thrive every where and women and chill 4
dren can utalize unoccupied time in the
production of coco0ns A call has been
made for simple form Of hand reel for
use in unwiRding the cocoons. There is
fortune to some genius who will patent
such a reel. The value Of inventions is
shown by an offer of So, 600 made by
railroad company for the best mode of
feeding and watering stock in car, the
inventor to assign the U. S. and Canada
patents TO the company.
The Cabinet makers are still at work.
and a decided boom has been made in fa-
yor Of Grant as Secretary of State. His
knowledge of other countries in the world
would be of untold advantage to our
manufacturing and commercial interests.
No better appointment could be made.
Judge Shellabargef, OF Ohio, is not an i'm
probable candidate for Secretary of the
Interior and his selection would command
the confidence Of the whole country.
1t is generally conceded that Iowa. as
the banner Republican State, will haye.a
representative in the Cabinet. Public
opinion here points 70 the Hon. James r. \
Wilson, who, for ten years represented the
first District OF that State la Congress. as
the ittest man. That gentleman was
Chairman of the Judiciary Committee
when the House was rich in legal ability.
and took rank as lawyer with such men
as Butler, Shellabarger, Bingham and
Schenk- III the Attorney Generalship goes
to the West he is the man for it. -, H.
Congress has been in session lust long
enoughto disclose fact that the country
may as well at once prepare to meet, to-
wit: the determination on the part OF the |
leaders Of the Democratic party to throw
out the vote Of the State ot New York, |
and declare Hancock elected. This is |
the meaning, pure and simple, of the
discussion that is now forced daily upon
the Honse, and is likely to delay If not
prevent al necessary public business! 10
D Dec lS' 1880. aI PHAKs. i
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