Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-07-16
WARRINGTON LETTER
,,,ox ouK REGuLAR CORRESPONDENT. !

frn0N OUE REGULAR CoEkkSPusDEAJ.
WASHINGTON. ID. S. July z, 1884.
N The American Repubffc should last
a, tan centuries, it will probably never
.;,us,s more tame. decorous, respect
.bls. uneIciting close of a session Of
Congress than the close of the first
.ssion of the Forty eighth Congress.
an Saturday evening a cool breeze
svsps through the corridors and halls
and made the Capitol delightful place
10 sit in. The pleasant zephyrs ran
.h,ouQh all the great building, and
.hsrs wasn't an uncomfortable spot In
Il anywhere above the engine and out
ads the Senate Appropriations Com
miftee room. There 1t was not 30
agreeable there we're too many dis-
agreements on appropriation bills lying
arouud. Good order and sobriety pre-
vailed In the House, and the Senate
preserved its usual deoorum and dig
nity unruffed. The evidences of in
dslgenre in Congressional "cold tea,'
asuslIy very manifest on this occasion.
we're almost entirely wanting. The
eaIeSies failed to show the customary
sstebdance at the closing session, a.
though the portions set apart for the
fair sex contained full representation.
The most exclusive divisions of the gal
Isfy we're not by any means full, and the
one known ~ the African desert did
-. Ia "a.
Of sleepy citizens. The President and
I've members Of the Cabinet reached
The Senate chamber ut about midnight,
and a. soon as MIR. Arthur was in his
apartment he bsRan to send in nomina-
tons for the appointment OF postmast-
sfs, registers of land Offices. etc.. who
had got left in the general rush and
scramble of the last few days. Nearly
ali the Senators and members OF the
House of Representatives called upon
him In bis room. He remained until
early In the morning, but very few bills.
less than dozen, were presented for
bis signature. Almost the entire atten-
ton was devoted to tho appropriation
measures, and among the important
bills which are forced to 90 over are
the bill to provide for the erection of q
Congressional library. the bill 10 in
efease the annual appropriation for the
militia, the MoPherson bill to provide
foF the issue of circulating notes to ma
lional banks. the bill TO provide tor the
eunAt.uotion of additional vessels for
the navy, the Blair bill to- provide for
he establishment and temporary sup
port Of common schools, and the HoAr
snt-polyaamy bill.
A prominent avenue photographer,
vho +" takes" all our celebrities, tells me
that OF the pictures made by his hrm
that OF President Arthur is in greatest
demand, and especially among the la
dies Mrs. Logan IL next in point of
sale, closely followed by Secretary Lin
eoln and Postmaster General Gresham.
Among the Senators. Wade Hampton,
Of South Carolina, Ia most called for.
and on the House side of the Capitol
Speaker Carlisle and sx-Speaker Ran
dali are close contestants. Consi lera-
bic trouble is experienced in getting
Senators 10 sit for their pictures, hut by
dint cf persuasion only eight remain
unphoteeraphed, one of the number be-
ing Vice President Edmnnds. Senator
nherman was obdurate long time. but
anegatiye was received Of him the other
day, and already the supply is unequal
70 the demand. / asked him il there
vas any demand for the characters of
The Guiteau trial. Not in the least"
he replied. People come into the gal.
lsry, look at the bust taken by the late
Ulafk Mills of the assassin, and are Rp-
pAfently satisfied without buying a pic.
taFe either OF Guiteau or his family
4 bear IL stated as a settled fact that
Postmaster General Gresham goes out
o. the Cabinet during the coming
autumn. and will succeed ustieeDrum-
nond OF the United States Court. TIE
ffesident IL not decided concerning his
successor, but IL is possible that Mr..
nation msy be allowed TO run the De-
parsment during the closing months of
ee ADMINISTRATION, especially II Mr..
v'esnam's stay in IL should be prolong-
q until about the time OF the meeting
ol Congress in December. In order to
shov him to complete his annual re-
port.
The Senate has decided TO let the
uaos dollar bill 40 over till next ses-
moh, aud holders of that cein will be
ouliged TO dispose OF IL at It's bullion
'alae, keep IL IN their safes ON faith. or
,1fcs u back Into circulation. Had the
nosse eonteated itself with simply re-
anne the obnoxious coin, the senate
seuid hare agreed to the act, but the
nsasure was amended TO death.
AZ would seem that the familiar in
Nfiption which Dann put over the en-
saanee TO the Internal regions, "Aban-
aon hope all We who enter here" might
ypsoprissely be written over the doors
me aocument rooms of Congress.
~ at ll.Oo0 bills which have entered
80 - curing the session only l50 have
eusfRed In the shape OF acts.