The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-11-04
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
From o1sr Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, d. G., Nov. j. 1881.

WASHINGTON, d. G., Nov. i. 1881.
After accomplishing little more than
q few combinations of minor import
ance, save that Of Secretary Folger i
a pilgrimage to the dust of historic
Yorktown, and the traditional dead
lock, the American House of Mil
lionaires" has adjourned sine de. and
senators have gone to their homes to
prepare for the long regular session,
which will commence on the fifth Of
December. Meanwhile, Washington
is in the midst of her annual fall
toilet, cleaning. carpeting, painting,
and gliding. It is no exaggeratiOn to
say that the national capital is more
beautiful now, and viii be arrayed
more superbly for the coming season
than she has ever been before. The
prosperity that has enriched the nation
has not been unfelt here, and in every
street and square, in every drawing
room and attic, the work Of building
palaces or furnishing boudoirs goes on.
Hotel and clearinghouse proprie-
tors are expecting large influx OF
New Workers. from the fact that the
President and the two cabinet minis
tiers having the largest amount OF pat
ronage to distribute are from New
York. Meanwhile. prices have adj
vanced, and living at the capital will,
I think, be fully 25 per cent. dearer
than it has been for the past four
years.
The last hours and death rattle of
the extra session of the senate were
devoid of interest. The Democrats,
with their characteristic NAL GpTopos
officiousness. presented a protest OF
some length against the arrest OF
iabsentees to make quorum, but the
resolution was laid upon the table.
The question Of the confirmation OF
Clifford Stratham, to be postmaster at
lLynchburg, was then taken up, and
the impending deadlock averted by the
nomination being laid aside, on motion
of Mr.. Perry. 1t is understood in poll
tical circles here, however, that the
president will promptly appoint Mr.
lStratham to the Office. In conclusion,
lSenator Bayard offered q resolution,
| after the style of Senator Edmunds
| thanking President Davis for the
+" courtesy. impartiality and ability
with which he had performed MS duty
which was carried unanimously. The
Iponderous senator acknowledged the
resolution, and declared the Senate
Iadiourned sine die, and, in a few mo.
Ements, the chamber was deserted.
| The annual convention of the Nation.
Ial Woman's Christian Temperance
Union has been in progress here the
lpast week, and has attracted good
deal Of attention. Senator III. w. Blair
of New Hampshire, known as the
/" standard bearer" Of the cause, was in
almost constant attendance. and at one
stage OF the proceedings was present
led with basket of flowers amid a
lgreat display of white cambria and
tears. At the close Of the convention
he conducted the two hundred dele
gates to President Arthur at the Grey
House that Butler built, where they
were received by the President. Mrs
/ Chaplin, Of South Carolina, one OF the
delegates, on being presented to the
President, said that in behalf OF the
stricken South, she prayed that her
Esection Of the country would find in
| the President a friend, to which Presi-
dent Arthur answered, that he was in
entire sympathy with the South in her
Incorporation, and was determined that
no section of the country should, during
his administration, be favored as far as
it was in his power to prevent over an
sother. Susan B. Anthony, and other
other ladies distinguished for their adj
vocacy of female suffrage, are here
Itrying to have the Woman's Temper
ance Union adopt q suffrage plank. She
know the Importance Of singleness OF
aim, and who do not wish to divide
their strength with two issues, no mat
ter how good the issues may be when
sought separately. Miss Susvn is like
ly to prove q fire brand. Pity she can't
see that these ladies will indirectly do
the cause of woman suffrage more good
as successful temperance reformers
than they could by committing them
selves to her hobby in fulsome resolu-
tons.