The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-03-02
lICAPIrAL CHRONICLES.
Where the Washington Pleasure Seek
ers tind Their Fun.
Legislative Secrs's-DouslaS aGi
Whitesfaoed stride.
Capitol Gossip From Both Wings.


themselves - mo occasion ~ credllahle die
play and The vasf army VI department en-
ploytH turned lOusB Tor a bf,Gfhins SPOIL. ot
this nati0nal loiidly, gave tue city the APP
pearance Of grand, crowded metropolis
Thes. nav or six thousand d.parimeu'a
machines who toll on IN one dali, unotnkrn
routine ear AT cf year, sten 20 enjoy ne
no other people can the free air ann sun
shine OF a national holiday They scatter
in every direction and hip q support the
other hpm'drum tNstcuces OF
the keepers and V1ichmen at
che popular resorts around the
capital such - Mount Vernon, A ierandria,
Arlington, me Soldefs Home, etc. IL costs
but o lrih q axe these little runs out Of
town, hlu t1eg nre nnses in the desert 81
the depart rnt clerks lie.
Alexapdrlt gets the bulk ot these pleasure
seekers Tor several reasons. IL rs more
easily and cheaply reached aud 10 popu-
lar resort OF ore who icel disposed "a
"hstt The tiger tor awhile or liuger OBJ
securely aud securely tor period IN the
arms Of the universally wofsbiped GOD
Bsccbus. The Alexandra police and
municipal authorities are too shTewd ia
XII he goose ths l1ys the golden egg, aud
the W.shinglonian l. permitted 10 drop
his q Hos ss ms iitl nation directs ia
either he saloonist's ul or the faro deal
er's drawer. The whole matter is ttudi
ouilg made as mutually agreeable Us pos
sible.
lie fare on Friday for ride Of eight
miles down the Potomac to this old hist iriC
town, on any OF the Potomac steamers, wa,
but cents. and 1t is estimated that FULLY
lo,VOO people went over from Washing on
alone. AZ for the outward attractions o
Aiexan dria city that was u great CONNER.
ctel aud shippii poiit before Washington
was laid of and while Baltimore was but u
villsg.., the5 are very few. The chiei, and
In de- d only objects OF inierets to the stran
Ter, are le 90 ~hurch where Washipgt m
ufed % occupy ne pew, now pointed out
70 thc visitor ri ling up As he DID from
Mt. NeruJr every Sabbath morning, a dis
tHsce OF 'lins IN miles, and the aucie NJ
graveyard fiih cir crumbling tom ostoncs
and quaiut cp,tapns. There is no mistsk.
ing thr irul tHat alexandria is old, for the
melancholy rem lders OF its age are seen on
TOE rirs.iu, vi the national democrat
o-.-a..,t zee also ON Friday with the various
delegations aud friends In large mum osIs OF
the candidate cites pulling in every dirtc-
tlon. added to toe bustle OF th- day. The
selection OF Chicsge. II was pretty generally
conceded, means Payne and Dorsheimer'
and the result was NOT bailed wi that en-
thusi sm that might have been desired. 1t
was the "bufraL" aud wind work" OF. the
excessively mixed delegation, headed by
Garter Harrison. that did the work. II IL
means a "bsrT' and 'burrah" campaign
by the democracy il means just toe char.
ac'sr OF campaign iha, We do not want TINS
year.
THE MARCH OF EMPIRE
Demands ihaf The great territory lying be-
tween Texas and the Sesiefn states Of Kan
sas, Missouri and Nebraska should
no longer preeent barrier 20 the
treei aud easier communication and trafli'
between these great sections, and accord
ipgiy the house committee on Iudian affairs
have reVoIted iavorpbly three bills already
granting night at way To railways through
the lpdian Territory. The railways are
the Gull. Colorado & Santa Fe, the Fort
worth q Denver and tbs Southern Kansas.
This latter road IL ia reality the great
SAID tha' they propose pushiD down into
the Pan ,audie Of Texas or western Texas,
for the purpose OF building up q western
rival TO Dallas and Fort Worth, cspturi & |
the cattle trade for the east aud bringing
up the value Of the vast areas OF Lar d and
mineral deposits owned by The Chicago cap. |
itai and other wealthy syndicstes. IL this
be true II Ia worth the attention OF capital. |
lists and communi,i.s east OF the Trinity |
river. All three of these bills are
similar In their provisions and |
adop cd upon the same policy |
and reasoning, namely, that the territory |
should not re permitted TO operate az q bar |
r.er TO ireer Interstate commerce..
IN PERFECT HARMONY
The statement tnai the Texas delegation !
here ARE consumed with sntap@Disms and |
jealousies IL The wildss. freak OF the imagi-
nation. The delegation certainly know |
noticing about any ufferen's Of any kind
among themselves, but all seem to work IN |
the utnost mar n0l and 10 meet ooih po-
liticsl and soca ly upon The most cordial |
fooung. IL Is n str- ng aud popular cels-
Cation in congress and ever on the alert Tor |
Texas. The only complaint YER beord |
from them is the tact tnal 30 many OF them
al o practically buried under tBelr commit
tee work. In the present pressure OF bus' |
ness wn.se Tie GOO oil, that have been In !
troduced are mstnred and at least coDsld- |
cred onl, in the committees, u mem Der OF
one or two important committees can |
find No time Tor other labor |
than that OF investigating the thirty to fifty |
bills that are ever before him az sub-oom. !
mittee 1t Is the worst Of drudgery, but 1t
10 the frst work that must be disposed OF, |
and a member Is compelled often to let his |
c0rrt spcnaence go unanswered aud his con- |
stitu~nts' demands wait while he wsdts
through long files OF ancient testimony |
upon some ancient claim referred to him |
by the chairman of bis committee. The
committee is the great bug. bear OF the am |
bilious congressman.
sQUANpERIKo TIME AND MONEY.
One canuo, but be impressed with the |
reckless extrsvsgsnce by legislators OF the
pubic time and money In Watching from
day the TO two a'y sid. 's show. %ss =.
tached to congress-ths Danville in
vestigstion in the senate wing aud the |
Keller Boy nton committee In the house |
wing Of the capitol. Nothing on
esrtn OF any Us. conceivable to the !
public can be accomplished by
either committee whstever tneir
a. ,u.. -, 10 NJ nd vat daz of
ses ut enormous expense are dragged to
Wnsaingto on from rem, 10 districts aud day
after dav |, consumed In asking and an-
sweriog u tnousa silly and irrelevant
questions that never OF course. II ID their
way into he pubic print. In the senate
the great M. Sherman and
Senator Vance tAkS hold OF aud examine
and eros, ,xsmine the various dsrkies that
ara nut upon the stand as II they were
orimiunl lawyers in some Tombs court.
Sucn proceediog and sucn an absurd and
really aimIess course and cJndescension on
che psIt Of senator who sspires to ,be
presidepcy, not only robs him OF the dignhy |
ana respect he otherwise Commands, but |
lcoks wonderfully out Of place. The other
bra, on ri the show In New Orleans 10 no
ottee In any respect.
The prohibition convention or American |
uefty" that closed iis session here day beivfe
yestsfds, wss cn,eny noticsd oy reason OF
Pomeroy. Of Kansas. preceded. and Fred
Dan 80, spoke 81 the opening meeting. |
Pomeroy IL getting along IN years. but 10
hale and hearty. very hesby, trim and ne,t
n drrsS. With . red fsoe and round head,
very grey bsir and . little tuft Of side
~nS 4 al The opinion evidently that either
tbs Amsrcsn party 10 going 70 40 some
thin. or can b. worked 10 advantage, 9th
- viss ne would hardly b % enthusiastic |
Sss,nst ''corsuptiop, liquor sslIing and sscrtt
Sccsesies DSusisss and his new si's wers