The clarion., 1884-12-10
Washington Correspondence of The
Clarion.
WASHINGTON. Dec.

" ASHINGTON, Dec. b, lcof.
The first week in Congress has been
passed in comparative peacs. The House
and Senate assem- bled in the bright double
dawn of perfect Monday morning
and ar approaching Democratic admin
istration. The Presidents yaledictory
message was received and read with the
usual formalities. The tariff, which it
was said might not, could, would and
should not come up this winter, ''bobbed
up serenely" on tie first day of the ses-
sion, and it is more than PK9bable that
it will bob up again and again during
the present session. The most promi-
nent question in American politics TO-
day is how to deal with the surplus rev.
enues, and this question can2ot be
treated without stepping on the very
sensitive toes of tarI1, The revenues of
the government exceed the expenditures
by more than one hundred millions an
nually. This is simple enough. What
shall be done with tlis surplus, this dead
capital? Ahl there's the rub. Some
say, build navies, deepen harbors, dig
bitches. Others say, apply it to the
extinction of this aetional debt. A
school of homeopathic statesmen, land
they are not so bad either,) wish to
cheaper postage and patents, and i'm
prove mail facilities. A school of alIo-
pathie statesmen desire to reduce the
congested Treasury by heroic doses of
free blankets, free sugar, and free raw
material. A dangerous auack and char
latan proposed the unconstitutional
remedy. of distributing the root of all
evil among the State governments. Mr..
Hurd and Mr. Hewitt are anxious to do
this session. Mr.. Carlisle is
of opinion that nothing can be accom-
plished in the sixty-three working days
that remain to the present Congress.
Bnt sooner or later something must and
will be DONE The supreme question of
the time cannot be evaded by Congress
forever.
Mr.. Blaine arrived in the city yester-
day with his family and drove to the
elegant house he has rented from ex-
Senator Window 1t is said be will re-
sumo work on his alleged history. The |
sx-candidate looks quite as well as when |
be left the city last June, / mean his |
health appears to be as good as then
put the cyclonic agitation of his vault |
ng ambitious life have given him a
ruined, demoniacal sort of an expression. |
Gen. Logan looks that way too, but he
5 used to it, and is not as mnch down.
LAST as he appeared to be seven years /
sgo when in the great western Indepen- |
lent party, Judge David Davis beat him |
n the race for the Senate.
The Democratic members and Senator's |
ire brimful of happiness, but they carry |
heir joy more decorously than many |
few of them slop over.
1t is on the Washington government |
.lerk that the pail of defeat has settled
Ike wet blanket. 1t may be seen in
he detected havior of his visags,p in
lis heavy gait, in his voice from which |
he defiant note has departed. He
rould be an object of pity if be were
more of a man and patriot, and less q
oulless partizan and heaxtlesr mer-
enary. It is impossible to have COM
assion ON the thieves who stole the
'residency in 1876, or on their depen-
ents who have eaten the bread Of theft
. long. I.
Jhere 81 much talk about the inaueu-
ation and the dedication Of the Wash-
1Efpn monumenf. Admiral Dupont's
~ i1En1n< viii also - dedicotod this
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