The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1884-01-16
Dur Washington Letter.

., WAs,uNGroS d. C., Dec. sd, 1853.
lA 4otn Cdngfess assembled according TO Gus
demoSa,i o IN eli onday 81 ms month. Beng
weeks sefore with ! horde of new and familiar
iaces irvn the soutl and west anxious TO Get AT
the pHpllc -rib.-1he Nudge" the Colonel and
bers on every street Co. ~ Iof,o -,,a,t -
taurant On thSsd, the iay f The yrearinc, in. -
tney sWePs 0,,.,,n =, lue and settled on the
epaS i,Ae ry inosts-Joy and vhiskey
Arkansas slaped the IN me tr.s.oi iI1
s sEn mode s. Of %oar constituent from
have mad 4 thlir own weS come the yahkees
the "a south sir. Ne bound To- twenty years, but
Indemnity for did slaves anu IN M long run.
orally were openly f2hen y natural result
The session began rS1i, , ne ~ y S,Si
ferries began 70 an AZ eirbt and nv len We're
paekssS--<AF n ven the crowd In the halls, outside
the various 4trances- was solid, and for an hour
fainting was the order Of the day. Women and
children were carried out unconscious, and others
took their places only TO meet the same fate. A
French army officer who with his party were
hopelessly wedged into the jam of people before
the door Of the diplomatic gallery, sgd it remind
cd him of the Commune. Finally Vas the clock
struck twelve the members took theirk heats and the
gavel fell After they had been horn in they
proceeded to elect Mr.. Carlisle Of Hniuoky, as
Speaker. By. q kind OF refined crueli Nthe usage
Is for the defeated candidates TO eondu the sue
cessful one TO the chair. The title an many of
the functions Of our Speaker are borruS ~ from
the usages Of the English House Of CAnmons,
Their Speaker does not have SO much t,Fer as
ours but what he lacks in that respect heVfnakes
up IN excessive dignity-and the Difference .hovn
him. When be enters OF leaves the House The mace
Is borne before him by the Sergeant at Arms Dur
Speaker does not enter leave the House, NJ wer-
full he is in shaping legislation, and sec0nl in
rank IN the nation. IN the patronage at his (hs-
pOsal. and third in Official precedence State n
casions, in any such style but literally at the
Ill ns,a att oh
phone and connects with one al the House. When
an English Speaker retires from Office he Is usut
ally knighted and reoeives pension for life. RI
sDHfra, Speakers take with them only the puyGl
they have used as a reminder to their families and
future generations of desoendents of the honor
they have enjoyed. The next event Of importance
was the reading on the following day Of the Pres.
ldents message, which YOU will have seen before
this. Especially that part Of it which audes TO the
Reciprocity Treaty. The fact that the President is
friendly TO II however, does not have much real
Carter attaches to it. The Presidents liking or
disliking measure, has very little effect on the
votes Of either House. Mr.. Spreckels' name as
part of the combination which proposes 70 contro
Congress- will influence public opinion unfavor
abIy-the other part being the Moi1nons. the Mis-
sissipp river appropriation people and the whiskey
men, II is claimed by Spreckes' opponents that
the treaty exists for his benefit; that be raises
and owns all the sugar on the Hawaiian Islands;
that he has a monopoly of the trade and has made
in the saving Of duties alone, not less than
SS0Oo00 a year. II IS also stated that be
pays the Pacific railroads, a yearly subsidy Nd
on condition that they fix the freight rates on
yugar al such figures that they prohibitory up
81 imPoriations from the East. One of cur
l,I,- recently said The treaty under which
49, "a an Spys his monopoly exists now simply
In sferance MI can be abrogated by notice
from either of the eshd inments interested. An
effort was made oy A., sugar ii TenneIs aiS
LOU si.;s notice. All this and nore led up very
Nv n,, Iii M wednesday last No placing bill
,esors Congress for the abroeaiion,S2f the treaty
S,a.n .be United States and the hiwaiian Isl
pets'- Nr Carlisle has since assig ned repre-
anas. pslnont Of New York to the second
-. ,,r the Committee on torelgn rs,-Con-
- ,eantule having adjourned iot ane holidays.
II Is nov more than ever nA1s go ~ TO the
itss.n.as 10 succeed ar. Allen his quiet but tho
POM and wise manner Of working, ing espe-
rssi1y needed IN the coming confess, spite OF
tne p9i. .;,e /. 90 where Matthew AEpsIa lecture
foun11 .sa-asare and Science and also on Emerson
on, 1--we criticism OF Mr.. EmersoIi. Is very
onissssesg 70 Americans generally, and Nc. Am
disple 9aeration Of him TO lower plane has, Gre
olo God deal of feeling especially In Bostou
aieS not 10 believe in Emerson Is 10 put yourself
VIDE the pale. However, notwithstanding a
u many disparaging remarks he did say that
Emerson was the friend and alder OF those who
woulc live in the spirit than which. higher praise
cannot Be given Eis complaint that our Ameri-
can universities for instance, Cornell. gave
more attention 10 fitting its students for the ac-
tive professors -. engineering, than the "pur-
suit " Eweotness and light is very amusing
The wonderful sunsets which have been taking
place during this month over great part of the
world seem 20 have been more splendid nowhere
than in this vicinity-whioh has always been cele-
brated for its atmospheric effects On three sue
cessive nights the heavens were for an hour after
sunset Of clear blood rcd, as If the universe were
on tre; other sunsets were followed by an intense
luminous groou all over the the western SKY others
again. had wonderful pink rays like those Of the
aurora borealis shooting up into rlld-heaven |
against an opal SKY, full Ct light,-and lasting for
tFo hours after the sun had disappeared The /
bison given for these effects By astronomers is i
VI the earth is wrapped in the tail OF a comet /
Of ISL. which IS approaching. though with /
Niished splendor, the bead only being visible |
a III requiring % be seea through glass
CLOSE coufnehenf. want Of air. sedentary |
md brain and narvs tire, trust IN Eop Bit /
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