The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-06-26
Our Washington Letter.
(From oar RegH2ar Cowe$pondentD
WASHINGTON, ID. c., June 20, "a.

(From Oar Regu2ar CoTeVoadent)
WASHINGTON, ID. c., June 20, "a.
II declare. there's about half a wa9-
on load of dust and old papers," said
one of the attendants of the House the
other evening. as he threw himself
back in one of the chairs and contem-
plated the row of empty seats. "Some
of the members are awfully disorderly.
Uunderncath their desks is piled up in
disorderly heaps huge masses of bills,
books, records, old papers and what
not. Some of the desks are fearful to
contemplate. But inside it's worse.
Lift up the lids and it is as if a pile of
promiscuous papers had been dumped
in for the rats to make nests of. And
then the floor! 1t is covered with
scraps of papers, old bills and cigar
stumps."
.'Some of the members, however,"
he added, his eye resting on two front
seats on the Republican side, "some
members are very neat and fastideous.
For instance, Mr.. Kcan, of New Jer-
sev, and Mr.. William Walter Phelps.
They are two of the neatest men in the
House. Kasson is very neat, too, and
so is Morrison. Randall never leaves
any papers in his desk at all. He leaves
it clear of everything, doing all his
writing and the like in his committee
room. About tie only other men who
arc remarkably orderly about thcil
desks are uarmer, iiiscock, Chase.
Spooner, Rockwell, and Jones and Mil
Ter Of Texas. Reed is probably the
worst, and Townshend and LeFevrc
are about even with him"
;'Rankin, Belmont and Muldrow
never sit in their own seats, while, on
the contrary, Il. 3. Taylor, Barr and
Mutchles are to be found ut theirs al.
most all The time. Kellogg and Bel
mont are not generally to be found
anywhere about the Capitol. Kelley il
generally at his desk or iii the ways
and means committee room, andis very
orderly, always fassing with the pages
for not being prompt and neat enough
Morrison divides his time equally be
tween his desk and the ways and means
committee room. Randall is at hi
desk only when there is something be
fore the House that requires his atten
ton, which happens very Frequently
but at other times is hard at work il
his committee room examining bills Oh
attending to his extensive correspond
once. Holman and Mcmillan are a
their desks nearly all the time" ''Yes
its kind of curious to watch the pecu
liariiies of all the members, but al
here. together with their papers ant
cigars, they make a terrible litter be
fore night"
The Joint commission to arrange fol
the ceremonies W Dc dutiioilLc upon
the completion of the Washington mon
ument met this morning and ORGANIZED
by electing Senator Sherman chairman
Mr.. f. j. Babcock, secretary, and Mr.
f. l.. Harvey assistant secretary.
committee of five was appointed TO tax
charge of the preliminary work of tin
commission and take such steps as ma,
be necessary during the summer am
autumn. The committee will report t.
t the commission next December. 1t j
: proposed to invite the governors of al
, fine states fyho are eX-oflicio vicc-prcs
dents of the monument association,
t military and civic organizations and th
5 public at large to take a part in the eel
D emonics.
| Organizations desiring to come a
D such. and making known their puipo:
: es. will be especially invited. The il
: vitations will be issued next Decembei
e The dedication of the monument is
t take place on the 22nd of next Febrr
n airy.
o AUGUsT.