Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1881-02-18
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER
The Greatest Flood that Ever wise
ltcd washington.
wAsiiNoroN, 8. C.. Feb. IA. ,si.

WARRINGTON. -. c., Feb. IA, 'si.
The National Capital, not to be outdone
by otLer cities and sections Of the country,
on Saturday hsd her share Of the prevail
ing floods. II was the most serious disaster
that has visited this city for years. A
large portion Of the city was inundated,
dnmagiug property TO the extent Of many
thousand dollars, the destruction OF bridges,
va permanent disfgurcncnt Of public and
vaie property, the suffering imposed
upon thousands OF pe,plc by the flooding
VI their homes, the sickness and death that
must inevitably rcsult from living in houses
that have been ,lrenched by filthy water,
urc but u few OF the items of, ca astrophe. 1t
wss strange sight to see boatmen ferrying
passengers nero. Pennsylvania Avenue,
and every available place was occupied for
hours by curious people watching The nov
el proceedings. A portion of the long
bridge, across the Potomac was washed
away, and il will be long time before il
can be repaired so MS 10 admit of the pas.
| NVHc VI tEbttF. t9UCH " lOOu htftE DclOEe
visited this city.
The House on Saturday virtually killed
the Eads Inter,oceanic railroad scheme, in
fact they gently An, down on 1t, by refusing
TO receive the report of the committee, but
instead, tabled the whole matter. Whetl.
err il was wise action OH the part OF the
House, remains an open question. Capt
Eads, by concessions granted by the Mexi
/, can government, can solicit the aid of ans
Nation he sees fiji, and from his well.knowi
perseverance, and energy, 1t So not ut all
likely that this slight rebuff will prevent
him from carrying out his project by solc
iting aid from some other Nation who ha,
not such Tears Of being subsidized as In,
our American Congress. Should lie sue
ceed in doing so, he will be nntngonizet b,
the sticklers after American supremacy, il
other words it will clash with the Monroe
Doctrine. That that doctrine is right !,
theory, every American will admit, bu
that it has been lived up to in praciic,
they can but deny. Even upon our soil
thousands upon thousands OF miles Of rail
roads are owned and controlled by Englisl
capitalists, their money built The roads ant
their influence still CONTROLS them, ant
hey ride rough shod over the few vestct
rights that we, MS a Nation, are supposed
TO possess in them.
The Senate judiciary Committee will to
dny take up the Matthews and Billing
cases, but il is almost foregone conclu
sion that no final action will he taken il
either case. The Democrats on the Com
mittee have, it Is reported. about reached
the conclusion that there should be re
enforcement OF the Democratic minorit,
OH the Supreme Bench, and hope by de
ferring action ON these until after the in
nuguratiUn ofanother administration tha
the new President may be moved to ap
point Senator Thurman or some othe
good Democrat TO fill the vacancy fo
which Matthews has been nominated.
The fate OF the River aud Harbor bill
WAS the subject OF much conversation yes
terday, and many interested in the I'M
provement Of their particular localitie
provided for by the bill, gave signs o
painful apprehensions of iis defeat. Tn
feeling created by Mr.. Cox's assault upoi
the Commerce committee has widened an,
dcepened to an extent that alarms tn
members of that committee, and othe
benefciares under the bill, and they ar
now not near so confident nor half so arro
giant as they were on the first day OF tn
fight.
In the Senate to-day, there is likely t
be quadrangular contest upon the qies
ton OF consideration. The Postoffice An
preparation bill, with it's 81 900, 900 oceu
mail "rider" is the unfinished business
but it is antagonizcd by Senator Bayard o
the Que hand, with the Funding bill, b
Senator Williams with the Mexican wa
pension bill, and by Senator Voorhees, o
the Library building. Tom.