Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1883-01-26

WASHINGTON LETTER.
[From onr Regular corrcspopdcnt1

the Senate still deaervea the palm. Con.
siderable dissatisfaction was for a time ex-
pressed with the bill lately passed by that
body relative TO the line OF succession TO
the duties OF the Presidential Office in case
Of death, disability or removal. There
existed n prejudice in favor of the old law
which made the President Of the Senate
and next the Speaker Of the House follow
after the Vice President, but on further
consideration the new plan making the
Secretary of State follow tho Vice Presi-
dent, aud after him the other members OF
the Cabinet, is received with more favor.
1t takes the matter more out OF the general
scramble and uncertainty Of politics. Be-
sides there is always n possibility of there
being neither presiding officer Of tile
Senate nor Speaker # the House, aud
the chances are about even US TO such
Official being or not being in poll ical lar-
mony with the party that elected The
President; whereas the Secretary of State
and the other members of the Cabinet
would be most likely to be identified will,
and inclined TO carry out the policy of the
Administration which they thus succeeded
TO. In one respect, however, the new law
10 defective. 1t fails TO decide what shall
constitute "inabiliiy" 1t will he remcn,-
bered that this question pniniul ly and for
cibly presented itself during the illness of
President Garfield, when u large ele
ment in the Republican party held that
Vice President Arthur should 1T once Ms
sumo the reins Of government.
There Is said to be sci of men in Washing
ton-second'class newspaper correspondents,
women clerks in the departments, and SO on,
who make regular business of sip
plying members Of Congress with written
speeches. II that be true they certainly
turn out some uncommonly poor work
Two-thirds OF the set speeches in Congress
would be worth about 80 cents a column
in type. The short, sharp, snappy deba ies
are good enough, but when some of these
old long-wlnded and hair splitting indi.
viduals beginto argue the difference be-
tween tweedlcdum and iweedledee IL il
immensely trying. They ways become
SO interested in their own oraiory that
they thunder away as il they were trying
to wake the dead, so that even the acting
Vice-President can only get an occasiona
cat-nap. 1t seems to be the inyarirblt
rule in Congress that the less man has tc
say the louder lie says it and the more he
prarces around aud kicks up the dns,
generally. Uncle Rufus Hatch flies bnck
and forth between New York and Wash
ington with some occult idea in his brain
and several other gentlemen have likewise
vibrated like Mnhomets coffin between
Manhattan Island and the Potomac marsh
lands. There is much mysterious talk
going on nbont the Yellowstone Park, and
that lrighfnl bogie known as Giant Mo
nopsly ia said to be hovering-if giant
can hover-aronnd Uncle Rufus and the
gentlemen whom he buttonholes i'm the din,
corridors of the Capitol.
Congress has been MS Interesting Ms usua
during the past week, and many persons
have attended the sessions OF The Senate I,
waicl, Judge Ejmnnds poking holes il
the Presidential Succession bill. Fo,
once, too, the public felt almost sorry fo,
MIR. Hoar when lie made his unfortunat,
allnsion the other day to Senator Edmund'I
prolonged absences fron The Senate Cham
Der. Its grossness was acknow lodged. bu
Senator Edmund's emotion was partly du,
10 the implied accusation that he had neg
leced his duties. Senator Edmunds doe
not associate very much with his brothe
Senators from New England AS long NJ
Judge Thurman was IN the Senate he an,
the Vermont Senator were us insepnrabl
AZ Senators Burnside and Anthony. VIII,
thonghIlwain were one of flesh. Don Gamer
on and Senator Butler, of South Carolina
are another pair of chums. Some peopl
in Washington wish that old Simon Cam
eron were around" Washington now. Hi
plthy sayings and his amusing freed ON @
language IN regard to the big wigs wer
very entertaining. When lie was asked
at the Time OF the last census, his trad,
profession, calling. etc., the old centlema
boldly announced printer" Nothing di
ver'ed him more than The anxiety of som
OF his IL How Senators TO have their forn,e
occupation sunk in the title OF Senato
lie was pretty certain TO begin some var
about when l was setting type, somewhei
: or othel. whenever he had a chance, j
order to let them know that lie was NJ
ashamed OF having made his living at
printers case.
We have had snow foot deep for MOI
: than week, which is rare thin. {,
Washington. Perhaps some hair split,
> wlli rise up and say that it il only eleve
inches or kilomeiers, X but for the purpo
oil general assertion am near enoup
to the truth. Sleigh bells have been iinf
ing nbont our streets during all the
t days until we have become anite used
:, them. Ihe local supply of sleighs is yer
Il sma'i ana II !" Customary among the Ii
cry men TO send TO New York and Phil
ue'P'ia Tor temporary supply in Il
= case "i "A prolonged snow such as we ha
Il Two years ago, when good sIeighng W,
e hnd ior two weeks. The first day aft,
70 the snow stopped falling everybody wi
: could raise So for an hours fun was out 9
is The Avenue. Among those who were n,
y appalled, nt the prospect of paying 8 cen
4 ana mills a minute for high old Tin
WAS Chief Justice Waite, who went dow
II the Avenue ike streak of lightning b
i. hind pair of spanking bays That did NJ
: take the snow from anybody. The Chi
Justice looked like German Santa Clan
with his rosy old face peering over ii
iurs IN whit b lie WAS wrapt. Mr.. Geor,
'e NJ. Robeson drove double team and fle
8 up and down the Avenue with gre
" flourish. General Rufns Ingalls, was on
)" and Representative Archie Bliss gave
IT touch OF New York style in an elega,
y cutter that was the very latest fling
10 cutters. Bnl speed, not style, was Il
distinguishing feature of Wasbinett
. tnrnouls. A big yawl.boat filled with
il crowd oi sllrieking, merry makers sped
It anu down The Avenne, and all manner
IA gro'esqne conlrivances ON runners ma
:. the town lively until IL O'clock Mt night.
" Dom PEDRO.
!, The oldest stove probably in the Unit
=, States In the one that warns the hall
ne AirlIiI ii NJ Ill L