Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-12-23
A DULL SEASON
Foreshado~ed For the Capital
City
FoB TIE NEXT FORTNIGHT.
Not Very Heavy Congressional Exodus to
The Nes Orleans Expo
sition.
GOING HOME FOR CHRIS IhAS.
A DULL SEASON
GOING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS.


SIsrii! Z, ne Egi'f"r.
WASHINGTON, December 22.-Ehe indi'
cations favor about as dull a time in THIS
city for the next fourteen days US she Ma
tional Capital ever INDUCED in. Il is as
certain as need be, that no work Will be
done by either House, although neither has
adjourned for a period Longer than three
DAYS. Tomorrow the Senate will go
through the throes of an endea7or to get a
quorum, but they will not succeed if the
oldest and most experienced observers here
have read the signs ef the times Alright.
Even the fact that the holiday season is
uron US cannot give life to trade in Wagh'
ington with the weather which the city has
tried to enjoy for the last four days 1t has
been alternately cold, and snowy, and rainy,
and slippery, and sometimes several OF
these adjective6 applied at once with the
greatest propriety In the history Of the
District of Columbia it is only fair to say
that few such periods are remembered,
but only few, and none OF those within the
past three years. The snow is now three or
four inches deep but is beginning TO thaw.
The sun refused 10 shine even upon Sena-
tor Rayard at the uIyeiling ceremonies Of
the Dupont statue. The Senator never
theless made the greatest effort OF his life
and put the sun TO shame. He did not set
tie the question which has been troubling
his admirers for some time, whether or no
he intends to 90 into the Cabinet Of Gov
ernor Cleveland, but he did clear up the
history of the Dupont family in excellent
style. There is not member of either
house of Congress who could have done the
Job more effectively.
There will not be nearly so large an cN-
oGus from Washington to the New Orleans
EXPOSITION as was expected early in the
season. Most Of the Congressman will
quietly 90 homc TO the bOsoms OF their FAM
lies. The attraction OF such an affair ex-
lists largely in being teted and made the OBJ
jCct Of railroad cOmpanys assldUOus at
i,ntionS. The fact is that no arrangements
# this kind have been made to accOmmo-
date the Congressional lions, and they will
.rk sullcnIy in their deus during the Christ
L as HOLIDAYS, with the exception Of few
Southern members who are personally IN
teres,rd III the success Of the Exposition.
The discussion Of the NicaraugUa treaty
hY the Senate which followed the introdpc.
'.ou of Mr. Vests resolution declaring tn"
..ry,y "incxpcdienl' shows conclusiyely
iLat there is 10 probability of n two thirds
,otc in favor Ci the confirmation Of that
,rcaty and that it is an even question wheth
,r the resolution Of Mr.. Vest would not
ave passed the Upper House before the eX-
ICdition had started, but for the fact that the
Republican Senators who had made up their
minds to stand by Mr.. Secretary Chandler
and were not to be deviatcd from that pur-
rose.
Quite a number Of Southern Senators, in.
Guiding 3ayard Of Delaware, and Lamar,
of Mississippi. accepted canes made from
wood taken from the house where Stone
wall Jackson was born, and have beer car
wing them since they we're received on Fri
gay last from Mr.. Geo. Bas,ahle, the itEG
lsiaE'S ClarkSburg correspondent. The lat
ter expects 10 DO thriving business in the
line ofselling articles made from this wood,
at the New Orleans Exposition, to Southern
visitors who look upon Stoucwall S memory
with about as much revocation as the Hun.
ANA" -. :. that of Louis kOssuth, or
the Swiss to IT,, -, .. r u..n.-.., m
Nobody can tell what may strike the eye OF
The great American people, and George
may have made Il ten-Slrlke in his bright
and CuteTprisinE scheme.
So far as We have learned all the West
Virginia members of Congress will 60 home
for the HOLIDAYS. They are not fearful that
any public business will be transacted be,
tore the 9Th of January and are Of course
dcsirous of getting back to the bosoms Of
their families and Of feeling the pulse Of
their constituents. j. \.