The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-02-18
washington Letter

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FASHIONABLE TURMOIL-PRosPECIs "
rxcrrTSe DEBATE IN CoNGREss-THB
,sru,frrs cAEAI.-CENsUs SUPERVISORS I
v,szr,erox. D. c., February 9, 1880.
TO the Editor Of the Morristown Gazette; z
Take il all in all this has been rath- t
49, dull winter in Washington. The
Dnmber of strangers in the city is small
- than usual. It may be that the small
nox scare has kept them away, but Deth
in the capitol and in the salon, on inc
avenue, at receptions, and at hsps, there
snnears to be smaller number OF strang-
.rs and less political and social excite |
mani than there has been during any
: Drevious winter since the war. Ihere
: has been the usual number 81 Presloen-
tial and cabinet receptions the hotels
here give weekly hops; the theatres
e have blazed with the usual complement
u Of bL1se stars; there has been no lack OF
l. "brilliant weddings" and ne scarcity
=. of ,sreigning belles;" but still it seems
~ me that neither Vanity Fair nor the
nolitical cockpit have been as interest
10 inc as heretofore. 1t is q common re-
n. mark that President Hayes receptions
sc do not draw as we'll as those OF his pre-
ief decessor, and there has not been an oe
- casion during this session sufficiently
bio te oyercrowd the galleries OF TN
u" House or Senate. Bnt the remainlEi
1ts weeks of the Congressional session WI
co. he more exciting. There are sewers
oil. subjects almost ready TO be sabmitte
or. or reported back, which will enliven a.
"a bate and relieve the routine. La tn
-. Senate, contrary to ge@sral expectation
va decided opposition is manifested
cry any action looking to the assertion
Ion an American policy with regard to i
ope ter-oceanic Communication. The Go
sac. don resolution will come up early ne
week for consideration, and the indie
tions are that the very animated discu
~ sion which was begun in the Dem
Inns CRATIC eaHcYs will be continued II
title House Committee On Commerce
or nearly ready to submit their inter-sta
orv commerce bill, and this will enliv
matters in that end of the capitol. /
day or tomorrow the Senate Commit
IuaU on Census will Fepart back adversely
po- number or nominations for census {
for pervissrs, and this will lead to a part
WAS an dispute in executive session. L
Republican Senators will, as a rule, g.
tain the nominatioas Of tbs Preside
'S'' and endeavor to have them cenfrm'
ops There eesA several Of these nominate
It'd
the that will be bitterly co.t"Ateu'
ton fight oyer Simmons, OF Georgia, viii
zov was begun before the committee, M
be settled in executive session. Sci
tor Wallace is doing his best to def
5nce the confirmation of Sherwood, nomin
the ed for supervisor of the Philadelpl
flee district Speaker Randall is just
artv earnestly laboring in behalf of Sh
.o,o wood, though he Is Republican, W
lace and Randall are rival leaders OF
PENNSYLVANIA Democracy, and this CO
ee II test over Sherwood transfers their d
lent pute to Congress. There are other n
Grip. tiers, too, that will add to the interest
the congressional proceedings; such, for
:, stance, as the proposed investigation
Minister Seward.
Day after tomorrow the Lenten s
Gov. son, always strictly observed in Wa
with ington, will commence, and the fashi
-: able season will end in climax of tie
sichorean festivities and masqueri
i'e"' balls. Blessed be the benignant pit
ACTS antrephy that invented Lent. The n
cred turmoil of fashion has ravaged the f
We of beauty until the fair debutaate Of
.nes. autumn is already pale and passe.
-. no other country is youthful dissipat
carried to such an extent, and it is
We possible to avoid the conclusion that
9 TO older civilizations, across the Allan
We are wiser than ours, in keeping IL
daughters cut of society until they h
tory been married, and in preserving for L
tha bands that matinal freshness which
American young lady disslpates uT
be Tom, Dick and Harry.