The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-06-12
FFrom our Regular Correspondents

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WAsHIS6ToN, d. c., May 20, 1880.
4 Here we are in the last days of May,
L with melting August weather, the Their
mometer up in the nineties, Members
Oh Congress deserving the Capital and
stealing off to Chicago, with no pros
pect of an adjournmen9 before the 18th
Of June, with an eminent prospect of a
political campaign to be waged ON the
heels of the Chicago Convention in the
halls of Congress while the Ohristiancy
divorce suit win rage in the City Hall.
How can it be said that these are dull
times2 In spite OF the high prices of
! pulp the people must be amused.
] What would Congress, and conventions.
and Christiancys amount TO if il were
not for Pnlpl
The bone of contention between the
aged Minister To Peru and his beauti-
full child wife appears now to be the
amount of the allowance that shall be
awarded her, pending the divorce suit
and the alimony after the suit has been
decided. Mr.. 'Christiancy's counsel is
willing to concede snm based on her
circumstances before marriage, but
counsel for defendant insists upon a
larger sum commensurate with the cir
cufnstances of she wife of foreign
minister with a salary of $4,000 per
year. 1t is expected that Mr.. Chris
tiancy's counsel viii I'LL a supplemental
bill covering other alleged infdeIities
not mentioned in the original bill, and
which were omitted at the time in or
der to create as little scandal as posi-
bic before the hearing of the case.
Should this supplemental bill be fled
some well known names will appear as
particeps c,.insinis.
The Morgan Resolution regulating
the manner of counting She vote at the
Presidential election, has been passed in
the Senate. The plan is substantially
that of the late Senator Morton. 1t was
by the republicans on various
grornds.-such as that such work as this |
ought to be done by Constitutional
or an act; that though it is
true that In the days OF republican con- |
trol of Congress the vote was counted |
under Joint rule, yet that rule was q
hastily adopted e4pedient to meet some |
objection of President Lincoln about
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lion; that if the two Honses are allowed
TO reject the vote Of a State il places the
result at the mercy of an interruptions
party majority when both houses are In
The hands Of the same party. Senator
Edmnnds made the hardest fight against
It in favor Of his own plan, which takes
away from Congress all power of reject
ing a State vote, and obliges each State
70 provide law for fire decision cf con
tests before ssnding She list to Wash
ngton.
Mr.. FaryoFi, Us. commercial arent
1t Gloucester, England, in dispatch !
70 the Department of Sfate, reports that
he cattle. sheep and swine diseases still
prevail in the west Of England. It is
iesired that the regulation which re-
Iuires cattle from she United States TO
,e slaughtered within 40 hours altar
heir arrival in England. should be ez-
ended to ten days. The advantages ,
# shipments direct to Gloucester are I
ct forth, Livery stable keepers desire !
lay from the United States. Co-opera- {
i've societies wish to purchase American
provisions direct from the exporters.
Emigration to America is constantly
'olng forward, and OF people Of the
,etter class