The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-01-11

the city for good sieightng, and all day long,
and nil the next day, the lovers Of that
aausemen. seemed to DO improving the
opportunity to the utmost 1t is said that
n Nigh as fIye dollars per hour, IN some
cases, was offered for the use Of sleigh
without Nhe horse.
We have been trying little to take In
the sights OF the eity--have been 10 the
Capitol, was in the House OF Representa-
tiYes for q brief time taking u glance ut the
members, and watching for little while
the proceedings Of the representative and
embodied political wisdom Of the people.
We also spent gone time IN the Senate
Chamber observing the sloons there, and
learned 10 distinguish by sight some 0f the
noted statesmen VI that body. John Sher-
man and Hoar on the Republican side,
and Ben Hill and Beck on the Democratic
side, Tor instance. We were twice in the
Senate, the lust time on Friday last, at
which time Senator Edmunds, in brief
debate, maintained his reputation asa con
stitutional expounder and able logician.
Our Senator, Henry q. Davis, has offered
. resolution requesting information In re-
gard TO frauds upon the Pension Office
And, by.the-way, our Mr.. Davis seems 10
have keen scent for TINT article and
almost mania for the pursuit Of it. j
there Is one man in America who can find
fraud where 1t iIn't, in fact, 1t may be said
that he Is the man. ltseens that the res
olution was mandatory in character
Among other objections, Edmundso objected
to it on these grounds, conteuding that
there was no authority in the Constitution
giving to the Senate, or the House, or both
the authority TO demand OF any executive
department Information pertaining to mat
tiers within the control Of said department,
Senator Hill, Of Georgia, who II isknowr
cannot well restrain himself from opening
his mouth when there ism chance for de
bate in the Senate, and OF whom 1t Is sale
that when he does so he always puts hii
foot ia II, arose, and iHisapPreheHdihg Ed
munds, or seeming TO do so, argued at con
siderable length that Congress had powe
to request information ofany Department
Growing warm, he exclaimed" He says tina
We have no power He says that we havI
no power!" Here Edmunds added-"Nt
power to demand information" thus put
ting his idea in nutshell. Hill then saiC
that the Senator from Vermont was mOdi
fying his position. Edmunds denied this
= whereupOn there was collOQuial disputa
ton, which the Senator from Vernon
ended by smiingly remarking that h
would leave the matter to the imPartia
judgment OF posterity.
Last Saturday in the forenoon we triet
to get into the court to witness the trial G
/, Guiteau, but il was so crowded with spec
tat0rs that we could not succeed, so "
concluded 10 go TO the Baltimore & Potc
mac depot, which is not fur from the con-
g house where the trial Of the assassin is tah
ing place. When we got to the depot, W
inquired Of boy there, as to the plac
where the President was shot. He too
: us into the ladies' room and showed us tn
I scene OF this great tragedy. 1t is con
I Parativeiy small room with rather Ordipar
seats and nothing particularly noticeabl
T in any respect. We felt shade Of disal
: poiutment pass over It's. This was the tin
I intimation that we had been conceiving n
ideal picture in our minds OF this trNgi
scene. II hardly seems commensurate i
imDrcssiveness with the awful deed thu
caused u thrill OF horror to pervQde th
world.
At the spot where the President fell,
r tile has been lifted and brass star
! placed instead, to indicate it, aud abor
i six feet from there is placed against III
. wall, some four feet mp, q white marbl
. tablet, on which is engraved James Abral
, Garfield; aud above the name is sculptu
ed spread eagle. The tablet is somethin
over two feet square. w. II.