The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-02-01
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Special Correspondent
WASHINGTON, d. G., Jan. 90, 1880

From Special Correspondent
WASHINGTON, d. G., Jan. 90. 1880
Thine like river flows on forever
And the flow has brought us together again.
We are shaking hands, not across any bloody
chasm," but over frozen rivers and icy fields that
rivaled one of Kancs and Halls description
the Arctic regions. If this weather continues
much longer, propose to go out on the iccburgs
in the Potomac hunting for seals and walrusses.
| want seal skin or two.
The week has brought nothing important in
politics. The funding bill has gone 10 rhc Sen
ate, where il will be set upon by the grim and
reverend Senators who compose that body, and
they will " knock the stuffing" out of the House
bill and lick the unwieldy cub into shape
The post-office appropriation bill passed ard
Florida gets little of that. Yesterday the Elec-
toral Count Resolution came up and the Repub-
licans fllibustered all day, so that as for any
good done yesterday was dies non.
The Florida case has been settled, as | said it
would be in my last, and " the flowery Slate has
but one Representative now. 1t will possibly
only have one allowed it by the next apportion-
ment, but every paper in the State should protest
u5diuot Jill VI OOA WHICH COUlIulbS lHlS llJuS-
tice. His bill provides for 301 members, that of
the majority of the committee for 81, and that
of the minority for 49, Under both these last
named Florida gets two members, it is only Sun
set Cox who proposes 10 emasculate the State.
Preparations are being made for the grandest
inaugural ever seen. 1t is estimated that over
100000 strangers will be in the city, and various
committees are at work trying to provide quar-
tiers for them. If the FLoRIDIAN will come on
will have pole thrust out of the window of
my room on which it can roost, or provide for II
in some other way. Times and manners have
changed since jefferson rode to the capitol on
horseback by himself, and was sworn in and rode
to the White House. But that is all right, we
are 100000 of people now and wpre only
100000 then, and so we can put on more
"swells."
Malone, Virginia" as the new Senator from
the old State registers himself, will be an impor-
tant factor in the next Senate. since the election
of Jackson Democrat, in the place Of Bailey.
The Senate will be, Democrats thirty-seyen. Re-
publicans thirty seven, with David Davis and
Malone, Virginia" on the outside. The indie
pendens represent the two extremes Of size in
the Senate, as Davis weighs four hundred and
Malone ninety-fve pounds. They are both
brainy men. Davis was Republican,, but for
some years has been an Independent. He was
elected TO the Senate from Illinois by the Demo
Gratis, with the aid of few Republican, votes, TO
beat John Logan three years ago. He is more
likely 10 vote with the Republicans than with
the Democrats.
Who Malone is, everybody knows. How he
came into power is equally well known, but
what he intends to do, nobody knows, but we
cannot say nobody cares He is a shreyd,
active, ambitious man with inordinate vanity. lie
wants TO centralize Virginia politics and he may
vote with the Republicans 10 secure tie public
patronage of Virginia in the hope that he may,
by uniting his followers and the Republicans,
control the future Of that State But rs The
Spaniard says Quien SaIe?'
To-day the Electoral Count question comes up
again, and | suppose that the Republicans will
again waste the day. Iftley continue this course.
the result will be an extra session OF Congress
for which they will be responsible. FLORIDA