Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1884-05-23
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our regular correspondent
MAY 15, 1884.

MAY 10, 1884.
Since the great event of last week,
the defeat of the horizontal tariff
bill in the House of Representatives,
Congress has taken action on a num-
ber of questions, which were not of
universal interest. The. Virginia
election case of O'Farrall against
Paul was taken up, and the former
seated. The bill loaning 81, 900, 900
to the New Orleans exposition was
passed, and private and pension bills
were disposed of. The Senate pass
ed the Frye shipping bill, and free
bridge for this city across the Poto-
mac.
The Democratic members. of the
Ways and Means Committee met at
the apartments of Hon. Abram S.
Hewitt on Saturday night, and dis
cussed the revenue situation. Mr..
Hewitt expects to present a new
tariff measure, which has not yet
been formulated, but which will con-
tain horizontal reductions similar to
the Morrison bill. The general
opinion of the revenue reformers is,
however, that neither this nor any
other tariff reduction bill will pass
this session, but it is thought meas
ure repeating tobacco and fruit spirit
taxes can be passed, if the high pro-
tectionists can secure most of the
Republican votes for it.
Looking to an early adjournment,
Mr.. Randall is In great hurry with
the appropriation bills, now that the
tariff bill is out of the way. These
will follow one another for the next
few weeks, to the exclusion of other
questions.
simultaneously with the announce
ment of General Grants financial
failure, Senator Edmunds intro
duced bill to place him on the re-
tired list, accompanied with the re-
quest that the committee on military
affairs take action on it without de-
lay. A Democratic statesman
thought if General Grant was to be
reimbursed for the failure Of his
Wall street firm, it would be in good
form to put the unfortunate deposi-
tors on the pension roll.
The President is in New York,
and so are several of his Cabinet Of
ficers. The Secretary of War ex-
poets to go on fishing excursion.
The Attorney General and Secretary
of State do not expect to do any
thing in particular and the Secreta-
ry of the Navy has gone down the
Potomac for recreation with a party
of Congressman.
On last Satusday both houses at
tended the unveiling of the statue of
Chief Justice John Marshall, which
stands in the Capitol grounds, In
front of the west entrance to the
Capitol. Chief Justice Waite pre-
sided, prayer was offered by DIR.
Armstrong, pastor of the Richmond
church, which Marshall attended
the marine band discoursed music
composed for the occasion, and Mr..
Rawle, of Philadelphia, delivered
the dedicatory grafton. Besides
many distinguished spectators who
had been invited, were the Justices
of the Supreme Court in their Off
.cial robes, and about thirty of the
descendants and relatives of the IL
lustrious fifth Chief Justice, whose
memory was being honored.
Doctors from all parts Of the Uni
ted States visited the city during the
week to the number of two thou
sand, and one of the notable fea-
lures of their convention was the
presence of a number of female
members of the ASSOCIATION. These
would have passed for the wives Of
delegates had it not been that now
and then a voice, with an unmIstaka-
BILE feminine tone, would be heard
rising above the deeper voices in a
viva voce vote. One Of their mum
ber told me that there were some
four hundred regular woman prac-
titioners in this country now, but
that they created quite lively row
when they applied for admission to
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