The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-07-15
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspor dent.l

81
D. c., July 10, 1882. {
/ The business of Congress, or that
part of it which will receive any fur
ther attention this session, is being
slowly whitfield down to fine point.
A very few days will suffice to bring
legislation to an end for the present.
Several measures which have passed
the House will linger in the Senate
and go over to next winter. The
bankruptcy bill is already postponed.
The new two percent bond bill is
likely to DE, and even the Kelley rev.
enue bill is not sure of passage. The
Naval appropriation bill " hich some
0fhe Democrats fought SO bitterly |
in SNe House is very likely to 60
..% sl9gh the Senate in about the
shape that Mr.. Robson desires.
1t transpires beyond doubt that the
burial of Guiteau's body in the cellar
of the Jail was only temporary, and l
learn from sources which appear cred
liable that the skeleton is finally to
go to a museum in New York. while
somebody is to get the benefit of the
large sum to be paid for 1t. Wheth-
.er John Guiteau has any hand in it
/ am unable to state but, it looks a
good deal that way. By the assas-
sins will parson Hicks is made the
custodian ofthe body, ''to be used for
no mercenary purpose whatever"
but in some mysterious way his
scruples have been overcome if my
Information is correct, 1t is posi-
lively asserted that the body has al
ready been removed from the grave
and taken TO the Medical Museum
here where the flesh is to be disposed
of and the skeleton then sent away.
One of our city papers says that if
anybody is willing to give $4,000
tor the body, it should be sold and
the money paid to Mr.. Scoyille who
has been the greatest sufferer Great
ed by the tragedy. But if there
is TO be a sale there is no change of
the money going for any such just
purpose. Mr.. Sccvllle's lot in the
Guiteau affair certainly does seem to
be hard one. When nobody else
would either speak or appear for
the wretch he for his wife's sake
came Harvard at great sacrifices to
himself, and his only reward is in
gratitude and abuse by the whole
( Guiteau crowd. John Guiteau,
whom Scoyille kept out of the peni
Tertiary some years ago-he was a
defaulter and Scoville paid the def
ciency-now turns upon him and
even endeavors to estrange his wife.
Such man might be expected to
walk about his brothers gallows
talking and laughing with bystand
ers. There is no sympathy here
with any of the lot.
The old controversy over GarfieId's
doctors has had an airing in the Sen
ate this week. In the debate on an
amendment to the deficiency bill, re.
ducing the SUN to be paid these
physicians, Senator Vest said that
the doctors had treated their patient
for pus cavity, while the wound
which hurried him to his death had
entirely escaped their notice. Sur
geOns who could make such mis-
take as this were quacks. He strong
ly intimated that the President had
been KILLED by malpractice. He fur
Their aid that DIR. Bliss entered the
case as volunteer, ere wded others
out, and took control against the
wishes of the dying President and
his family. Mr.. Garland said that,
in his judgment, the children of the
late President could pursue these
surgeons and bring an action for dam
ages against them OIL account of the
bungling manner in which they had
treated the case. Mr.Sherman thought
the amount allowed for physicians
fees IN the bill was entirely too large.
and he was willing to vote for an
amendment reducing it. The amend
ment was adopted, fixing the total at
SO, 800. which is about half of the
amount originally voled for by the
House. Before this DIR. Bliss alone
expected to get S25. 900. and had made
his arrangements for an extensive
European tour. This difficulty about
the doctors appears to be only equaled
by the disagreement over the Gui-
teau autopsy.
Speaking of Garfield ; at the laying
of the cornerstone of the Memorial
Church last Sunday. quite number
Of prominent mens who would natur-
alIy be expected to be present were
conspicuous by their absence, and the
fact was generally noticed and com
mented upon. Neither the President
nor any member of the Cabinet was
present, and not an Ohio member OF
Congress. Senator Sherman and Sen
at0r Pendleton both live within hve
minutes walk, but neither OF them
took the trouble to come. Speaker
Keller diove by when the ceremonies
were about half oyer, and gave on
lv a passing glance. The Memorial
| y - o,,;fn q handsome