, 1881-03-29
Attorney~GeneraI MacVeagh Wig.
orousfy Fighting the Nom
ination Of Chandler.
F0rgers Should Not Attnck a Man
Nflo Is to BE Elected
President.
Mysterious Charges Against the War De-
partment-garfeld-" E1odns''
to New Mexico.


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WAs1liSGToS, u. T.. March Ex-senator
to-day, and wills listened to with marked at
tentlon for more t!'an three hours. The day
was beautiful, the speech Ind been annous.
ccd ior some ti'Iie, ut1d thore was great li-
forest to hear what tue new sc,ntor had to
say IN reply to the general attacks that Ind
beeh h'ade upon litsl1' and II! Auvocacy or do
tense ot the new pafty Ill virginia, Which,
somo thlnk, Is to prepare tho way :
!of now ordcr ot things In the
'oouttl. NO speech 1or years ilns al
trncted greater audience. Uefote 10 O'Clock
even the corridors were packed. md few
minutes after lo:3o, Wien the galiery-lonrs
were opehed' esefy available seat save Two
Ut lHtee "as Allea Will I'LL eaHer, cufloua
crowd.
EVERY INCH OF sTASD1SG-nooM
was occupied, and for MI hour before the.
tlina fixed for the assembling Ut tho Senate
!: O'clock tue outer edges ut the paokcd Ral-
lcrtcs were frlngou with q ulnss sof people
standing a1ld whiting for wlat promised to
be Erent event. The diplomatic gallery was
not filled us carly, rs none but the priv
ilegud few call galn admission to 1t, but
that, nls0, was crowded earlier tl,nn usual.
curiosity having pye.a extended to tho au,uc-
~
more conspicuous of the foreign liplomats
present were SlrEdwnrd Thornton, tho Dean
Of tho Corps, tho AustrInn and Danish otlnis-
ters the Japanese Minister, ,natly Iulltes Of
the Legations, and great M,lnberof nttacl,ts,
ordered, doubtless, to try their skilled or
nllnteur ha!ltls Mt uspntcl-wrfting. Mrs.
Secretary Dlaine, very properly, WIS also nc
corded 4 sent among the diplomats. III
the SenatUrs' talleries there yura two
long benches reserved. One Of these IL
generally snt nunrt for thn fo,uIlv ~
thu President. The p,,rpose for which tho
otbor was kent dill mt ut first uu,n,nr. hut
st,ou. through ,too1s tint w,,rc clnsrd tn
,tllers. Mrs. Katp SpraRun entrrrd with Il
cnusi,Iernhln fnmiIv rrttnue nn,f occuuietl II
,Drtlon of the seats reserved bv the cn,orpd
messenger In attendance. Sin yos xcarrely
lrss tho rcntr. of attraction hcloro tl,o ho,lr
Of n tI,an afterwards VIVA tia Iittlo riaut
from Virginia tI,usolt. Caro- does not sit
lightly upon
NILS. srlsA0ur,
ThH harnsslnE publicity given to her DO
1nestIc affairs Is beginning to luavo its marks
upon her. licr face Is thinner, and there nre
lines Ut pain and sadnuss UPON It, Her eyes
ouco wonderful for their brleltncss, hive
lost something Ut their 1ustrc, and there was
a subduc.l mi! quiet mir abuut I,er which WIS
not witnessed In her moro fortunate days.
Yet the face, anil the, form aud eArriage,
whtcl, Itayo marked hur a,no,,g the most
noted uf Washington suctuty lndles for years
make tier still ccntral figure, MI object OF
Ereat interest IN tho galleries, md person to
whom hunlsfls OF curious oycs turn, Noted
peop|e belonging tu all ranks; ;a1d grudes, nnu
Glasses OF WasltugtolI's peculiar, ,uult[for,n
society were present I,i tho gaIlerles and upol,
tito floor.
ON THE REPUBLICAN, sInE,
beforo tho hour OF 1apettng, supplementary
benches and chairs Ind bcell placed III the
vacant rnu1,t In tic rear Of tic Senator'S
scats to accommodate the vnst crowd uircaly
III attendance. Tn tho Democratic side, tic
desire to bu courteous to tho curious, all4 to
thOsu entitled to thu courtcsies ot tl.e Cham-
Der, seemed To bo restrained by I'LL unwilling
ness to 10 honor u thu political SaMduli
who. purliupS, IL about to bring down
Tho fOuf OF the teIhpte upon UoMt-