Daily Republican., 1883-11-27
wasiaanssea Letter.

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| WASHINGTON. Nov, N.-The NatiOna
Grange has been n session In this city dur
Ing the week, but after the mem pers ha,
come together and the IN setting was org glniz
cd, q motion 10 exclude press represe ntatiye'
was made and carried. Several reportet
thereupon gathered up their notes and van
ished. The papers have been ridiculing thil
mysterious action on tho part Of the agricul
turists but the curiosity Of your c0rrespon
dent being aroused, q delegate To the Con
ventiOn was hunted up and became an easy
prey to his pursusr. The substance OF the
| mysterious proceedings Of the Grange may
he briefly stated. 1t has been determined u
In order to influence Congress In way favor
able TO Agricultural legislation At the late
Convention for considering contagious dis.
eases among cattle. the sense Of the meeting
showed that Oongressmen must be made To
feel that the fai nsrs demand that all restric.
tons on our cattle exports sho uid be relnov,
ed, and that the only way to obtain that end
Is for the Government to give clear blll OF
health upon all cattle Tor export. The lobby
will represent the farmers In this and other
interests, and COngressmen will be made u
understand that II they want the farmers
votes hereafter they will have to favor their
Interests In COngrees.
The lobbles sre gathering in force. The
present occasion Is very useful for their pur.
poses, us they have more opportunity 10 see
and talk with members Of Congress than they
will have later, when the activities Of the
session demand attention. But their efforts
are particularly devoted lust now to making
A lobbyist 10 supposed to oontr i one OF more
votes Frequently they are r latives OF men,
bers, or have some other hold upon the rep.
resentative. And not unfre1uantly their
whole capital Ia cheek and sanguine pre-
tension 10 great influence. The aspiring
candidate cannot very we'll investigate this
assu med influence, and Is therefore an easy
victim t. their wiles. Many votes for this OF
that office, which are claimed by candidates
have no more basis than the assurances Oi
professional lobbyists who are raking In dol
lars for votes which they sell, but are not al'
ways able to deliver. The candidate, when
his eyes are opened, Is 80 selfcOnvcted that
he sets down his loss TO the credit Of expe-
rience and lets 1t 20.
Talking about Offices, the Southern eandi-
dates for the smaller places have had their
hopes rudely dispelled by the singular effect
the race issue has had upon the opinions OF
Southern members. II was reported last
the national capital with hungry eyes fixed
upon some fat Office Each Southern mem.
Der brought Ietinue In his train. But the
nat has gone forth that the House must not
be too Southern In Its character. 1t must be
made up with duo consideration for the
feellnXe OF tno NOrtn Wnlcn arc DeuoVou 10
be In an abnormally sensitive state as regards
Southern election methods. The conseq
Is that the applicants from the lower end Of
the Democracy are cOldly received, while
those from the upper section Of the great and
puro party are respondingly elateL Howls
and curses, and peans Of Joy and happiness
are curiously mi gled In consequence.
und ,rstand the Pension Agents at WasL.
ingtOn are going to m ko 1t very warm for
O0l. Dudley the Commissioner Their business
has been greatly injured by the reports which
have been sent out from here In consequence
Of some Of the trns that have been guilty
Of crook edness.
Tho masons stop work to-day on the Wash.
inyton monument leaving the shaft for the
winter at n height of4l0 feet. At this Gle
vatioa 1t is the loftieSt artificial structure on
the continent, and with very few exceptions
In the world. 1t Is now almos. the exact
height Of the cathedral at Antwerp 1t 10
higher than any specimen Of MOslem archi.
lecture, the highest minaret being that Of the
Mosque Of Sultan lIassan at Cairo, lifting its
high point only ?s2 feet above the pave
ment The CHEST belltower In the world,
the Campanile Of St. Marks at Veince, Ia
nearly one hundred feet lower than the pre-
sent shaft Of the monument. H.