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WASHINGTON, ID. c., March p, 1882.
There are many members of Congress
who think the present session viii not
continue longer than until the middle
of June, but how every member can
make his half dozen cut and dried set
speeches by that time, no one has at
tempted to explain.
To-day the question of retaining
the Potomac flats will come up in the
House. 1t is Il subject OF vital import
ance 10 every one who lives in Wash
ington, or, it might be said, who visits
this city, since these swamps are the
source OF the malaria which has given
Washington such bad name.
An effort will be made to dissociate
the Mississippi river improvement bill
from the river and harbor appropria-
ton bill, for the reason that The latter
bill is IL kind OF an omnibus into which
every member tries to get some appro-
priation for his district, the result
being that the great water way is, to
great extent crowded out OF the We
hicle.
There have been more cabinet ru-
mors and speculations during the past
week than at any time since the first
week of President Arthur's admins
tration. 1t is believed, / might say
known, that Senator Teller will be
named and confirmed Secretary OF the
Interior. Nearly everybody says that
Mr. Chandler will be called to take
charge of the naval portfolio. But
there are some who refuse to believe
their ears in this report. 1t is quite
probable that the President may nom
mate him for reasons known to him.
self, and guessed by others, but it is
difficult to understand how Mr. Chan
| dler can be confirmed by the Senate
when this body. a few months ago, re.
/ fused 10 confirm his nomination by
Garfield as Assistant Acknowledgement
As was to be expected, there is some
dissatisfaction at the removal of Secre
tary kirkwood from the Interior De.
partment, but it is known that Presi.
dent Arthur has from the first intended
| to have cabinet of his own selection
and that this removal would sooner Oh
later take place. The new Secretary
is expected to give play to the extreme
western idaes, as far as law will permit
him, in the administration of Indian
affairs. Extreme western ideas, it may
be remarked, are the exact antithisis
of Quaker or Fennimore Cooper's
views OF the noble savage We see q
great deal of these un3sthetic wards OF
the Nation here in Washington. They
are brought on by Indian agents pro.
fessedly to talk over some business
matters with the Secretary of the In
terror: but the real secret of their
presence here is in the fact that the
/ lazy agents become tired of the mo-
notony OF post life, and make any
excuse for picnic excursion, at the
governments expense, to Washington
I
They bring with them a number oil
hideous old chiefs, who lounge about
the hotel during the day and frequent
bawdy-houses at night. They have
one or two big talks with the Secre.
tary, in which, prompted by the agent
they ask him to give them wagons
farming utensils, and scfroois. Then
they go back to Uncle Sans free ration
dispensary on the plains, while the
religious press all over the country
rejoice at the evidences of their Chris
tianization in the fact that they have
asked fol- plows and schOol-houses. II
there is anything an Indian really
detests, ii is pillow or Il school house
and rs long as the government sup
ports him i'll idleness, he will have nc
use for either. GAS.