The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1883-02-16

Irrom our IlsruI.r corespsodsnt.l
WAsIIisoTos, danuary "a, ZEE

| lFfOm our Regular CorfcspSnoenhI
WAsniSGToS, january 81, 1883.
This week has not bOsn remarkable
for great activity in Congress Indeed
there are Indications that tho National
Legislature has become discouraged by
the immensity Of The task before 1t, and
Ia in a state Of semi-dsspair. To wag,
tariff legislation In The face Of such Z
lobby rs is winisrisg ia the Capitol ID
seen 70 be too much for tais sfTete cid
Congress departing from the stage with
the Kisses Of November Ia its cars
Since these things are SO, there il re-
vival Of talk about an extra session,
Aad the prevailing opinion with polite
al wiao-acres il that an extra session
will be called 10 meet Immediately after
the fourth Of March. In case an extra
session 10 called the contest for The
sPeakershiP viii be precipitated much
earlier than has been anticipated.
There will be no trouble or delay in the
organization Of the Senate, as the Re.
publicans will have . majority Of tive
or four with the assistance Of the Read
justsr Senators lrem Virgins. The
course in the Senate It is thought will
be 10 elect Senator Anthony, Of Rhods
Island, President Of the senats, while
the Democrats will bestow the com.
plimsnt Of their vote apen senator Bay
ard, Of Delaware.
There may bs another rsasos why
Congress Is doing but little work. Il
is not within The power Of mortal man
'to capsr nimbly in ladies' chamber"
all night and then to give intslligsnt
consideration 70 legislative subjects
during the day. The social season 10 at
its height, and is raging in balls, reesp-
tions and diansrs. The season IL too
short for the social program, hence too
or three entertainments, each issuing
cards TO everybody Of nsts, are crowded
into an evening, and Mr.. Senator, Mrs.
Senator aud Miss Senator. a. veil as
Mr. Representative and lie beussbold,
may be seen at . reception at one of the
Justices Of the suPress Court fr0m ten
10 eleven o'cleck =. NJ, aud from eleven
to two in The morning at another crush
at Cns Of the foreign misIsters. These
"crushes," as they srs we'll called, are
about a. well caleaIatsd TO produce
headache aud physical wreck rs any
thing tha. disbolieal scisncs could in
vent. The erpshss are really the source
Of the far-famed Washington Ia4lsria.
The ovsr-hsated, gas liz, crowded rooms
producing malaria, In its genealogical
sense bad air), Of the worst type.
II is curious 10 see the enthusiasm
with which the old fellows and their
wives plung into this dissipation they
really enjoy il concsit still works in
their seasoned bodies, else why do they
not 90 to bed At ten o'clock instead Of
this martyrdom 10 vanity until two in
the morning. IL Is somewhat olsen
chanting 10 see aged senator's, justices
Of Supreme Court, and Cabinet minis
tsrs prancing around In sPik-tail coats.
No sculptor has Jet dared to give q
statue to this drapery it is not digni6-
cd, and "digni6ed" comes from . word
that means worthy. / have been led
to these reflections by seeing two very
prominent Presidential aspirants, and
half dozen less prominent but still
hopeful aspirants, at two different re-
csptions the other night. Mr.. Blain,
is growing old very rapidly, he looks Il
be nearer seventy than 6fty-two. Their,
il listleasness in his motions, an ali
Of weariness in his manner, and a bit
ternsss of disappointed ambitions in hi'
face that was net observable ten year.
ago, when he sat the incarnation o
health and energy in the speakers chai
Of the House of Representatives.
| Attorney General Brewster is
through terrible accident, the homo
lest man that eyer appeared at re
ception. He fell in the fire years ago
and his face is scarred, scanned, an,
dis6gured until it looks like raw bssi
He has been much ridiculed for wear
ing rufiied shirts, instead of the conven
tienal starched bosom, but Mr.. Brew
stsr doubtless wishes to detract atten
tion from the horrible Disagreement Q
his face by an exeentricity Of dress, an'
his ruffied shirts have certainly the sf
feet of neutralizing the ghastliness G
his countsnance. e3s sG
The Marquis Of Lorne has arrived
) and Is the recipient OF much attentisr
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