Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-05-13
WASHINGTON LETTER.
THE CHIEF OF THE DISTRICT TRIUM-
VIRATE DEAD-GUITEAU' APP
PEAL TO-DAY-THE GARFIELD
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
From our regular Correspondent


PAIR.
From our regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, ID. c., May 8, 1882.
No death since that OF the late
President has caused more sorrow
in Washington than of Major Twin
ing, President of the Board of Com
missioners for the District of Column
bia. You know, perhaps, that the
District of Columbia and the Terri
tory of Alaska are the only desp0t-
isms over which the stars and
stripes wave, all the other States
and Territories. whether composed
of Railroads or ranches, have rep
resentative government. That Is,
the railroads and ranches vote.
The District of Columbia, though
partaking of both the nature OF Il
Railroad and ranch, cannot vote.
No citizen of Washington can eX
ercise this sovereign right or rite.
But Washington has been all the
happier and clearer for the depri-
walton of the ballot-box. If it had
been in her power to select Gov
ernor aristoerat, autocrat, Democrat,
she would not have selected one SO
wise, honest, and able as Major
Twining. He came to take charge
of the improvements of the Nation
al Capital at time when there was
great dissatisfaction ON account of
the dilatory and uncertain manner
in which great contracts for i'm
provements had been given out and
performed during the four years
that followed the removal Of the
Board of Public Works. He soon
showed that he was master of the
situation, and quietly impressed his
two associates with the force of his
ability. There are three District
Commissioners, but Napoleon the
first was not more the head of the
Government when ruled by the
triumvirate, Bonaparte, Seyes, and
Camberces, than was Major Twin
ing the autocrat in the matter of
District improvements. He had
none of the arrogant supercilliOus-
ness, that usually attaches to IA West
Pointer placed in an important
civil position. He was courteous
and kind to those under him, and
at the meeting of the District EN-
plOyees on Saturday. tears attested
the genuineness of their sorrow AT
the loss of the Commissioner. His
death is regarded by property own
ers as Il real calamity, and much
anxiety is felt in relation to the APP
pointment of his successor.
To-day, the appeal of Guiteau to
the Court ia bdnc will be heard.
The Chief Justice is DESTROYS that a
full bench, with the exception of
Judge CoX-whO is prohibited by
law from sitting on Il ease original
ly tried by him-shalI sit on this
appeal. But Judge Wylie's time
is SO completely taken up with the
Star Route c,tses that he will not be
able TO leave court. Four Judges,
Carter, James, Hagner and Near
thur, will, at all events, occupy the
bench. The Government will be
represented by Messrs. Corkhill and
Davidge, while Mr.. Chas. Reed, of
Chicago, will appear for Guiteau.
The National Ladies' Aid Society
of the Garfield Memorial Hospital
held a fair i'm the ROtunda of the
Capitol last saturday evening, the
object of which was 10 raise funds
for the proposed hospital. The fair
was attended by the President, and
by the elite of Washington official,
diplomatic and social circles. Ma
ny of the different States were rep
resented by distinctive booths or
paviliOns, from which chicken sal
AL, coffee, deviled crabs, etc, were
sold by the fair maids and matrOns
at fabulous prices. 1t is not yet
known how much was realized, but
it is suppo- cd that the fGn,i for the
hu-pilal was very considerably in
creased. ...