San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-07-17
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent
WAsnIyaToN July 7, 1884.

WAsnNGroS July 7, 1884.
II the American republic should
last for ten centuries it will probably
never witness q more tame, decorous,
respectable, unexciting close OF a
session of Congress than the close OF
the first session of the Forty-cighth
Congress. All Saturday evening n
cool breeze swept through the cor
ridors and halls and made the Capitol
a delightful place to sit in. The
pleasant zephyers ran through Ill
the great building, and there wasn't
an uncomfortable spot in it anywhere
above the engine and outside the
Senate Appropriations Committee
room. There it was not SO agreeable ;
there were too many disagrcelncnts
on appropriation bills lying around,
Good order and sobrioty prevailed IN
the House, and the Senate preserving
its usual decorum and dignity I'M
ruffled. The evidences of indulgence
in Congressional ''cold tea" usually
very manifest on this occasion, were
almost entirely wanting. The CALLER
les failed to show the customary
attendance at a closing session,
although the portions set apart for
the fair Sex containeda full represen-
tation. The most exclusive division,
of the gallery Were not by any means
full, and the oneknown us the African
desert did not show its ordinary good
attendance OF slespy citizens. The
President and five members of the
Cabinet reached the Senate chamber
at about midnight, and as soon as
Mr.. Arthur was in his apartment he
began to send in nominations for
the appointment of postmasters,
registers of land offices, etc, who had
got left in the general rush and
scramble of the last few days. Nearly
all the Senators and Members OF The
House of Representatives called upon
him in his room. He remained until
early in the morning, but every few
bills, less than dozen, were presen-
ted for his signature. Almost the
entire attention was devoted to the
appropriation measures, and among
the important bills which are forced
to go over are the bill to provide for
the erection of u building for the
congressional library, the bill to in
crease the annual appropriation for
the militia, the Mcpherson bill to
provide for the issue of circulating
notes to national banks, the bill to
provide for the construction OF adj
ditional vessels for the navy, the
Blaine bill to provide for the establish
ment and temporary support of com
mon school, and the Hoar anti-polyg
amy bill.
A prominent Avenue Photographer,
who takes" all our celebrities, tells
me that of the pictures made by his
firm that of President Arthur is in
greatest demand, and especially
among tho ladies'. Mrs. Logan is
next in point of sale, closely followed
by Secretary Lincoln and Postmaster
General Gresham. Among the
Senators, Wade Hampton, of South
Carolina, is most called for, and on
the House side fthe Capitol Speaker
Carlisle and ex-Speaker Randall are
close contestants.
The Senate has decided to let the
trade dollar bill go over till next
session, and holders of that coin will
be obliged to dispose of it at its
bullion value, keep it in their safes on
faith. or force it back INTERPRETATION.
Had the House contented itself with
simply retiring the obnoxious coin.
the Senate would have agreed 10 the
act, but the measure WAS amended 10
death.
Ii would seem that the familiar
inscription which Dante put over the
entrance TO the internal regions.
Abandon hope ala We who enter
here, might appropriately be Nri:;en
over the doors Of The iocumea' rooms
Of C-rgresS Gu; 81 1000 bills
winch entered here during the session
only ISp ha-e emerged "a the saaPe
q acts LEyc1-