St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-02-23
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent.

direct way at least for it has voted near
Ly million of dollars for the improve
anent of the Capitol, and discussed the
oft discussed Congressional library bill.
Senator ingalls, had also something to
say about the marble group of statuary
representing Fame and Memory placed
by Admiral Porter in front Of the Capt.
tol to be perpetual reminder of the
achievement of that American Navy,
which, in the language Of President
Lincoln could sail anywhere when the
ground was little damp. Mr.. ingalls,
thought the marble pile, funereal in APP
pearance and out of place in setting
of beer shops and boarding houses. He
wishes to have it removed elsewhere,
and as his wishes seemed to have the
approval of other Senators, the proba~
bility is that Statuary will go. The
group may be out Of place, and its locus
offensive to strait laced sticklers for ar
tistic propriety, but if revolution of
artistic reform is to be sprung on Wash
ington city no man eau tell where it
will end. 1t will certainly sweep from
their pedestals half the bronze equine
monstrosities that have been mounted
an the last ten years, and raze the finn
sy architectural piles that have gone up
under Republican rule. All that is real
ly substantial and noble in architecture
an Washington was built before the war
stInder Democratic auspices. The Capt.
tot, the Treasury, the Patent Office, the
Post Office, of white marble and simple
solid architecture belong to that era
that closed with the spring of 1860.
Since then the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing, with its state prison air,
and many little generals on bronze
horses have been built by Republican
Congresses. Republican statesmen it |
is true have built elegant private resi-
dences out of their thrifty politics, but
these are public improvements only in
the sense that they have been built in
directly from the public treasury.
The House calendars show that 175
bills have been referred to the cata-
combs of the Capitol after due inquest
by committee. Nearly FIVE thousand |
bills most of them Of. private nature
have been introduced in the House dur
ing the present session. Of this mum
Der less than two hundred have received
Che action Of committees and been re-
ported to the House.
The committees of the House have a
number of important measures on their
.dockcts for consideration this week.
The Ways and Means committe will /
hear arguments of business men on va
rious phases. of the proposed tariff legis-
lation. 1t is believed by members of
the committee that Mr.. Morrison's bill
will not be reported to the House for
three or four weeks. The Public Lands
committee expects to take action this
week on the bills which provide for for
feiting the alleged unearned land grants
of the Northern Pacific and Atlantic
Pacific railroads. The Coinage, Weights
and Measures committee will probably
report bill providing for the with
drawal of the trade dollar from circula-
Ei0n. The Foreign Affairs committee
has resolved to insist that the House
should refer to it the correspondence /
received from the State department last !
week relative to the prohibition of
pork in foreign countries, on
the ground that the question is one of {
treaty obligation.
During the morning hour in the Sen 9
ate to-day. Mr.. Riddlebefger's concur
rent resolution calling for an investiga- tc
tion of the Civil Service of both houses
came up, and lead to an extended and
animated debate. The bill to provide I
FOR the erection of a Congressional Ii T
Drary building has been made special
order for Tuesday, and the McPheEson n
Banking bill--noW on the calendar, 5,
with favorable report from the Fill
nance committees set down for con- n
as special order, on ,
Wednesday. The discussion of the last \
named measure and of the various i'm st
,ortant amendments already proposed Z
10 substitutes for it will doubtless run 81
the remainder of the week. = =
In the House Friday the Speaker an
l0unced tile appointment of MessFs. III
Hopkins, Ward, Adams, Poland and Ii
wilson ais the committee to investigate Ii
he charges of corruption made by ex- =.
peaker Keller against Ell. ". Boynton, IA
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