Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1884-07-15
WASHINGTON LETTER.
/ From our Regular Correspondent

der was again tested in the House on
Tuesday when the Republicans with
~ small number OF Democrats at
tempted to substitute the minority for
the majority report on the appropria-
lions for Notifications and defences'
The report Of the minority was an
amendment providing for the expen-
diture of some $3,O00,OOO in a con-
tinnance Of miserable jobbery wei
have already had in the war vessels
turned out by John Roach--a work
that has cost us S5,OO0,000 or more,
and for which there was never more
worthless appropriation OF the peo-
pies money. Mr.. Randall boldly
took this bull by the horns, showing
MP the completely Of Chandler and
others in the gigantic scheme to rob
the Government, and demonstrating
the folly Of going on and repeating
the failures that had already cost us
so much. The House, by vote OF
LAT to 80, took Mr.. Randall's views OF
the business and rejected Mr.. Bill
Chambers overtures.
As / predicted some weeks ago.
the President did not dare to sign the
bill to restore Fitz John Porter to the
army. He waited until the last day
at which the bill would become law
without his signature, and then veto
ed it. While he had the Senate and
House and a good part of the Cabi-
net to sustain him in signing the bill,
there was the more potent political
influence of which the Republican
party stands in most dread, the Grand
Army cabal, thousands of whom had
sent in remonstrances Of the most ex-
asperating character against the Pres
ident's approval of the Porter bill
Therefore the end of the F'itz Johr
Porter business is not yet in sight
While the House may possibly pass
the bill over the Presidents veto, it il
not likely that the Senate can, the
vote standing in that body 81 to ~
with Logan the candidate of the par
ty as its presiding officer for the mex
Presidential term.
The American people seem to TAX
1T for granted that for the summe
months at least, the President is jus
tilted in abdicating his power an
leaving the Government to take car
of itself. OF all the line of president:
from Washington down to the nine
teenth, Grant was the first chief mag
istrate who had ever taken summe
junketing. Mr.. Lincoln in the las
summer of his life slept occasional
out at the Soldiers Home, but in h
four years administration, he neve
left Washington. Nor was it parti'
ularly because of the existence of W;
and the supervision of military affai
that detained him, because these Oh
ties could as we'll have been perform
ed from any other headquarters, b.
MIR. Lincoln would not establish Il
precedent of leaving the capital al
the duties of his high position, simp
because of the climate and it's NAL
rious accompaniment. Yet the Was
ington of to-day is infinitely mo
healthful than it was then, and t
neurology of the White House sho,
but two Presidential demises that
Harrison who was killed, not by m
laria but by the offioe-hunters, al
that of Taylor who ate too heartily
ice-cream that was favored with t
same villainous vanilla that afterwar
poisoned Mr.. Buchanan and others
the National hotel, and is now slaug
tering the youth and beauty of Q
land. PHoNo
VT