Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-05-30
WASHINGTON. d. c., May IS, 1884.

III.
WASHINGTON, d. c., May IS, 1884.
The pace at which the appropriation
-..mres have gone through the Houses
: Congress the past week is in full
.;,,t with the cry now echoed abeut
Z, .apitol. "Pass the appropriation
,u,s and 90 home" But educational
I.o;sl.ture, as its name implies. is the
.y.making branch of government, and
=. usrsly board Of audit Of accounts.
ina salaries of Government servants,
s,om the President to the scrub woman,
=. s.penses of Federal courts, the
,.vments for mail service, the inter-
= on the public debt, the OBJ
6.ssions to tbs pensioners and other
.,rds of the nation-these must
"A hs met, as a matter of course. Il
"a never intended, however, that Con-
80 should devote itself to settling the
rnn,ber and compensation of clerks to
,be exclusion of sach questions as the
slectoral count, the protection Of the
sublic domain against incorporated
,ohbery, the postal telegraph, the relief
n the Supreme Court, tire civilization
Il tbs Indian, the creation of national
Militia system, the revival Of American
sbippine, the establishment of court
ior the adjudication of private claims,
snd q dozen other measures of equal
importance; and 1t Is to be hoped that
Ia inclination towards a "short
husipess session." will give way
hefore the necessity of important legis-
Istion. Adjournment talk In the House
pcw says that early In July will mark
The end of the session, bat in the SEN
ats the idea is that adjournment will
eome later. There are nov bat three
supropriation bills left in committee-
he fortifcations, sundry civil and gen
srsl deficiency, and Mr.. Randall ex.
pects TO report all these before the end
d the month. Ii is understood that
nothing has been done ON the post Of
nos aud naval bills In conference, but IL
& not thought thst the deadlock upon
sbess bills will be allowed TO prolono
the session very much.
Benjamin Franklin Butler was con-
spioueus on the floor of tho House the
Anti Monop0list's convention. Tilted
back In cane seat chair. and with a
red flower in the button hole Of his
closely buttsned coat, the Ex-Governor
chsttsd glibly of his prospects for the
Presidency. He seemed In excellent
spifits, and held quite q receptioa,
SPEAKER Carlisle and Representative
Turner, of Georgia, being among those
with whom he conversed. In response to
q qsery, he declared that IL he was not
neminated by the Democracy at Chi
eago be would rrn independently.
The Swain Court Of Inquiry ia one of
the most interesting places in town
nov. The number Of spectators and
listeners has increased every day. Gen.
Pope, in full uniform, sits at the head
Of the table, q perfect model of i'm
passive Judicial dignity. General Au-
CUR, who sits at his right, has a high
and handsome head, long white aide
whiskers and an aquiline nose. Gen.
Sackett 10 the third member of the
Court. Colonel Robert SCOTT, the
Judge Advocate, covers the bald spot
on his eapacious head with q black
oftice cap, and regrets each moment
he court is in session that smoking Is
The evidence is all In, and
on Wednesday next the arguments of
counsel will be heard. There ia in
sense interest among army officers TO
know what Is coming out of IL.
Every body thinks IL strange that Gen.
Swain should have gone 10 Law
sbout few hundred dollars with the
banker Batsman, who has been his
friend, and with whom he had been
mixed up in 80 many transactions.
Swain is said TO be worth over 300, 600.
He OWES several farms in Kansas, and
is close and successful business man.
The Swain inquiry has revived talk
This was rather remarkable institu- |
hon. There were only three army off,
eers In the club, the other members of |
Il being civilians. They hired a room |
By the month on New York avenue, and |
the business is said TO have been large.
The iauitor of the ciub-which, OF |
eourss. is now defunot--is at present the |
coachman of Senator Palmer Of Michi- |
San.
Washington is, par excellence, the 'cy-
olist's paradise. It's smooth asphalt
streets are unsurpassed for bicycling.
and tie suburban beaatiss. combined |
With the attractions Of the NationalC Gap
itai, make IL an objective point for all |
vheelmen. The eth annual meet of |
the league Of American wheelmen is |
nsw in progress here, and il has attract
ID visitors from nearly every section east |
Of the Mississippi. Il il q great |
bicycling event. The exercises include |
parade OF about 1900 bicycles, which |
vii 90 over ronte Of ten miles |
throuRh the city, and will be
reviewed by the President az
u passes under the balcony |
OF the executive mansion. There will |
also DO a procession at night upon Penn
slyivania avenue, under the reflection of |
tos revolving electric light upon the |
apsx of the dome Of the capitol.
LKNox.