The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-12-22
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

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BE WEEK AT.THE EAPITAn=acAsa='f
NET AND SUPREME COURT CHANGES
THE RIVAL bitches OF GENERAL .
GRANT AND NJ. DE LEssEPs-woMEN
AT THEIR ANNUAL AGITATION.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 10.
re- the Editor of The Morristown Gazette:
The week has been dull. and leg
islation dilatory. at the capitol. In
both houses of Congress the more
important subjects have been com
PEELED to Weld to questions that
arouse party antagOniSm andProyoke
endless debate.
Ga Monday. Senator Randolph
brought up the Fitz John Porter bill
in the Senate, and Senator Morgan's
concurrent resolution for counting
the electoral vote has been the
fruitful theme Of talk id the House.
Later in the week the education
and the pension bills were discuss
ed and ga adjournment from the
22d instant to the 4th proximo was
agreed upon.
But if it has been dull at the
capital in the legislative branches,
the Cabinet, the Supreme Court,
the lobby, and society, have furn-
ished an abundance OF the raw ma
terial frem WHICH negg 10 made,
Nor must omit to mention q score
of women whose names are more
or less familiar TO those who read
she papers, and who are here on
their annual agitation Of the sex in
suffrage question. / heard them
speak their pieces last night at Lin
coin Hall. and, for q change OF en-
tertainment, they furnish an excel
lent foil to Congress. For some
reason, Mrs. Atty, Belva A. Lock.
wood, Sarah j, Spencer, Dr.. Mary
Walker, and other local celebrities
have taken no part in the present
convention. Strife has fer some
yGaFe been brewing, and the enthu-
siasm of a great cause is nos ard
ent enough to weld fses and ehasms.
Guess they are mad about some
thing.
The resignation of Justice Strong
of the Supreme Court OF The United
States had been long expected, but
the appointment, as his successor,
Of Judge Woods was very uEexpec-
ted. The appointee IS a native Of
Ohio, who, few years ago emigra-
ted, with his bIolher-in-law Ex,Sena
tor William A. Warner, TO Alabama.
His appoin tmeut is resented in the
Senate by many who are jealous Of
the somewhat wholesale preferment
of Ohioans to places Of highest ma
tionaI honor and emolument. Moth
ing, however, of personal character
has been urged against Judge Woods,
and there is little doubt that he will
be confirmed by tho Senate.
Secretary Thompson's resignation,
in connection with General Grants
visit to Washington, has been the
subject of most gossip in political
and diplomatic circles. General
Grant has, without much effort on
his part, become identified with 8
rival water route between the oceans
a hundred or two miles northwest Of
the one that NJ. de Lesseps purposes
to cut; hut, while NJ. de Lesseps
poises his international pick in mid
air, resdy 10 break ground, backed
with almost limitless capital, and by
the prestige of a United States Cab
met Office, with salary of $4,000
per annum, as chairman of the
American branch of the Company,
General Grant and Admiral Ammen
have not yet organized company or
done anything but hold conferences.
Panama has certainly got The start
Of Nicaragua in this ditChiDg bust
neas, and the musty Monroe Doctrine
is no longer urged against a grand
enterprise in the cause Of commerce,
of civilization, and Of peace.