The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-12-08
Our Washington Letter.
GFRoM OUR SPECIAL CohREsPoNDEST.l

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WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. l, 1883.
A bright sun shone out Thursday
morning to inaugurate our Thanksgiving
day. The air was cold and crisp, and
those who first ventured out in the early
morning had their overcoats wrapped
closely about them. Bright faces and a
general air of jollity characterized the
people who thronged the streets before
10 o'clock. Nearly all were dressed in
their best. In spite of the cold, which
nipped their noses and gave glow to
their cheeks, the children, who went out
with their parents to look at the paradt
aud the people, seemed to enjoy ths holi-
day, as children always do, better than
the grown folks. Nearly all the business
houses were closed, but most of the mer-
chants. mindful of the coming Christmas
holidays, of which Thanksgiving is bu
the harbinger, the foretaste. or appetiser,
30 to speak, had heaped their show-wiu-
dows with their richest, most beautiful
and attractive goods. Before these win
dows crowds were const, ntly gathered
and the exclamations and expressions of
hope and of longing which caught tn,
ear when passing these groups of would
be purchasers were often amusing and
sometimes pathetic.
Iu the general scramble for places in
the next Congress people have overlooked
fierce contest that is going on for the
chaplaincy. Twenty-seven clergymen
are applicants.
Marshall Clayton McMichael. the es-
pecial pet of Brewster, Attorney.G .Generrl
!. and the District Commissioners have
locked horns The Marshal. who is the
embodiment of aestheticism, has depu.
ty of course, aud the Commissioners
seem to think the deputy does not earn
his wages, rs most OF his duties are per.
= formed by the policemen and constables
IN aud around the District courts. Mar
shall McMichael thinks that all the duties
J of the place are constructively performed
by the deputy, but the Commissioner,
apparently have the whip hand of The
Marshal, and decline absolutely to pay
. the deputy marshalls fees without al
t order from the Court This, it will be
, seen, is an interesting point for the At
toruey. General to decide and as the Com
: missioners care nothing for Brewster
Attorney General, entertaining develop
G ments may be expected.
The White House is still bereft of III,
Presidents presence, and some days tn
President does not come into town at all
: AS for New York politicians, the wOOd
are full OF them. They have come t.
! WI shiDgton in droves for the past tive
= weeks.
a 1t is proposed to make the guard t.
Gdrfeld's grave permanent one. Th
- friends of Col, Rockwell, who represent
. Mrs. Garfield, have asked that perma
i nent station be constructed at the GENE
y terry where Garfield is buried.
q The annual report of the Attorney
: General lately submitted contains som
> very excellent recommendations in tn
!, way OF improvement apon the presen
II modes of procedure in the courts of tn
u district. The Star-route trial, Whic
Q euded in smoke after seven months O
VI wranghpg among the lawyers, could hav
II been disposed OF in any other court il
n Cbristendom in as many weeks, and tn
trivial teehniealities which might b
ruled out or IN by the judge in further
1 ence of justice, in any State court, wer
IS elaborated upon at this trial for weeks q
d time. The Attorney -Generall properl
calls the attention of Congress 20 thes
defects in our criminal iuTisprudeuC
It and strongly urges the application of th
-, proper remedies. Coupled with thes
recommendations is another, suggestin
u a change in the mode of drawing juriei
ie the practice under which, here virtual
is allows a criminal defendant to select
,s jury panel, who though they may be h
" peers, are only so in the commission
T. crime, 1t is a little singular that Il
te courts here should be compelled to lag
A. century or more behind those of Il
. courts in every State in the Union, for
% is fact that they are governed by sta
a. utes that were among the first enactt
lg by Congress in Continental times.