Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1881-10-07
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.

WASHINGTON. ID. c., October 4th, 1851
Preparations for the extra session OF
he Senate are going forward and so
as the chamber is concerned 1t Is now A.,
!. re-, 'incss. 4 litilc fixing and paint
~ aulra ju>i;ug has been douc. AMI
ftcr a.t,rad was finished the portraits
II Grurge Washington AID Jo'n Adan.s,
h. tir.i Pr .ilcn: and Vice President.
we're llaccd Oh either size 81 lhc chair
81 tie pt,.iiins officer. There has teen
lu atmosphere IT paint ant v"'mS'
about the Capioihti,dms tor anLie ;lnt' T.
mo-; at all confined To- t!e Senate wing
One regularity Mout the building Is
Ibat II H. yer vas iuished and Is never
likely to to. There is Il perpetual cu'-
ting away uui rem"dcimg winch would
make Cmgrc, sin, Il hnmc sick 1t they
had 20 see il donc. tut II is ordered one
session and all completed before the
-, a.. - titat only the simmer tourist
and the occasional l9okur-iu sees the
noble old bunting in the prOmlscuouS
condition of "a fashion bic woman before
breakfast. Ventilation lias always been
serious difficulty, or Couerc; sloual
bcen hobby and thousands ofdollars have
spent on Ihat alone About year ago
lie whole southern end Of tie building
vas Knocked out and fire places con
structcd, WHERE upon the subject of ven
tlllaton took rest; yet it is evidcnl
that Entirely satisfactory results have
not been reached. II were to express
my self irnthfully, touching the real dit-
6culty on this point, | fear some Of your
country readers might be shocked. Too
many whiskey saturated brcaths on the
floor and too many odorous niggcrs i'll
the gallery
This season the carpets have been
taken up and new ones laid down If
any clever housewife could have seen
that carpe; in the hail of the House when
the desks were removed | think She
would have been taken with sca-richncsS
1t had been down for single session
When it came up it looked luxe a carpet
that had been struck by lightning from
cloud that raincd tobacco juice. OF
course it was worthless. \ new carpet
went down not ouly IN the chamber but
4 in most of the committees rooms. In
the Senate also the same conditions are
| observable. while the desks have been
newly covered with blue cloth. The
carpets 10 Senate are Of more tasty de-
signs and apparently more costly Your
Senator is more particular what he OK
pectorates on. 10 complete the i'm
proycments a new elevator has been put
in the House wing. 1t is not the oII-
fashioned Kentucky elevator so much
used down in the restaurant, but Il pas
scnger elevator to take members up from
the basement To the floor aud gallery
This they say, was built expressly on
account Of Representative klotz. Of
Pennsylvania, who is a very big man
and threatened with arpoplcxy, and pro-
family, every time he climbs the stair
ways. 1t cost $1,000.
There is no longer any question aJou;
the organization Of tie Senate when it
meets, and from the temper and tenor Of
what has transtircd CONCERNING the mat
ter it is almost certain that there will BE-
no contest The Democrats have the
power and right under the law to elect a
presiding officer and secretary before Tie
new Senators are sworn IN, and they are
united in the purpose to use The oppor-
tunity. 1t is not quite SO certain who
they will nominate. Senator Bayard is
no doubt the first choice n0w as he was
last winter, but there are other consid-
crations. Senator Davis holds the bal
ance Of power. His vote would at any
time give the Republican, majority,
after the organization and it is thought by
many that his election to the Presidency
o the Senate By the Democrats would
render it improbable that he would vote
against them to upset any other part Of
tie organizations besides he is a fair
man not "A partisan, and it would be
graceful recognition on the part of the
Democrats If tie condition Of public .
feeling as well as the evenly balanced |
sltu7tion Of parti-s in the Senate
The star route ring are slid to be very
greatly Disappointed at the attitude of
President Arthur toward the prosccu-
lions. 1t was thought by some Of them
tat the influence of Dorsey and Brady
would be very .rcat with the new Ad
and that the cases would be
allowed to slip through Bat tins be-
ct was not very well founded TIE
President has expressed himself very
decidedly Oh the subject His wish is
hat tie prosecutions be vi.orously
pushed, and he feels entirely satisfied 10
ave the active proceedings in the hands
those already IA charge. His friend
90. Aai~s4. Of New York.. has been re-
aimed to assist The prosecution. anu be-
ides Attorney General McVcagh aud
3ol. Cook, BENZ. ii. Brewster, of Phila-
lelphia, Is now here to represent the
Government, The inlctmcns are be-
NJ drawn aud every preparation made
There is no lack of legal ability there
tore, IN support Of the Governments case
and there is said to be no lack Of evil
iencc, some Of which comes frum
'squcaling" contractors yet with all
this the fact must be recognized that
are difficult and the result
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The popular ina gination is something which .
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