Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1882-02-16
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, y. c., Feb. Q, lS

WASHINGTON, -. T., FeD. =, loS-
Your readers must not take too bad view of
Washington and its people from the frequency
OF homicides of late. The regular population
OF the city Is orderly and hoSpitable, bat, rs at
other great capitals, trampS and cranks congre-
gate here from every section, and 1t is TO these
that Washington's und"scrved fame Is due.
The whole world knows that Guiteau was not
OF Washington pc pple, and the two men who on
Thursday evening attempted To murder the
editor Of the National Republican, were not on
ly not WaShingtonianS, but not Americans.
With almost twenty years knowledge OF the
city, can truthfully say that nearly every hon-
icidc committed during that time has been by
people strangers to our own citizens.
The bill introduced III the House by Mr..
Hewitt, OF New York, to provide for the count
OF the electoral vote, throws upon the State
courts the duty OF determining the title of any
clector In the time between the day Of the cleo
tiou and the day fixed for the final count of the
votes, which is.to be done by Joint meeting Of
the two houses of Congress, The vote Of every
State to which no objection Is made shall be
counted, but IL one member each from the Sen
ate and House shall object to the vote Of any
State In writing Il shall not be couated, except
upon the Affirmative vote OF both houses IN sep
nrate session II is further provided that the
two houses shall not separate until the count
Is completed and the result declared. The title
OF any person So declared elected may be tried
and determined in any circuit court OF the Un-
tied States, with the right Of appeal 10 the Su-
prenc Court.
The House Committee on the Judiciary, at
their meeting Friday, further considered Rep.
rescntative Shellenbarger's bin 10 prohibit po-
lygamists from holding Offices OF trust In the
United States. The general features OF the bill
were agreed to- and the matter was referred 10
4 sub committee with instructions TO prepare .
substitute bill and report II to the full commit
tee.
General sherman, before the House COmmit-
tee en- Military Affairs yesterday, favored the
compulsory retirement of all officers who were
SiXty-two years OF age.
To-day is the SEVENTEEN birthday anniversary
Of Hon. Alexander Ii. stephens, tho distin
Euishcd Georgian statesman and scholar. As
Is his custom on these occasions he dimes In his
rooms at the National Hotel to-day his collea-
CUES in the house OF Representatives from
Georgia.
The outcry against the act TO pay the arrears
OF pensions due 10 UniIn soldiers in tho great
civil war does not appear TO have disturbed the
Senate. That body will be found nearly unani-
nous in opposition to the repudlatiOn Of dol.
lar of these most sacred OF all the debts contract.
ed by the Nation.
A guano island has been discovered in the
Gulf of California, twenty-eIght miles south
west OF Port I.obos. Tue deposit Is very larg,
The island contains about sixteen square miles.
The painting OF Mrs. Il. II. Hayes, presented
10 the President by the temperance ladies OF
the United States, has been returned to the
White House from Paris, where il twas sent to
be engraved. An elegant oak frame, eiaborately
carved in cmbiamatic designs by the Cincinnati
School Of Designs, has also srrlveda the White
House, aud was unlocked Thur sday. The por,
trait Will bc hung in the Green Paror.
Though many dispatches arc sent from this
city to the effect that Secretary Sherman's
three per cent. bond bill Will not probably pass
the House, may say with certainty tnat nearly
every member Uf Congress expects 1t TO pass.
There will be amen lmentS, besides those placed
on the measure in the Senate, but the desire
fer 4 lrgGl recognition d three per cent, rs the
government rate in future is so strong that
amendments likely TO imperil the passage cf
the bill will not be insisted on. 1t Is fact up
Oh VIII chthe United States may well be con-
graduated, that, while our debt is twenty times
greater than 1900, our three per cent. bonds will
now be eagerly taken all over the world. Our
six per cents. were then below par in New York,
and not known abroad at Pll.
WILLIS.