Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-12-13
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From oar Regular Correspondent. ]

Congress has now been at work in a
quiet way for week. The session be-
gan without special incident or promise.
The visitors galleries were well. filled
with spectators; many desks Of Sem
ators and Representatives were covered
with floral gifts; pages darted hither
and thither at call. and there was the
familiar confusion incident to the first
ay of a session. Beyond this there
was little to distinguish the opening of
the new term from one of the sittings
of the session which closed before the
presidential campaign.
In the House Of representatives the
first roll-call showed quorum. To be
exact, 223 mem ers were present.
Those who had expected and predicted
that he Republican side of the chamber
would present An appearance Of dejec-
ton, were disappointed. Members
wore their usual cOuntenancss and
chatted cheerfullY with each other as
they met.
In the Senate there is one new face,
that of Mr.. Sheffield, who succeeds the
late Senator An hOny, of R. l. The
new Senator leans heavily on cane and
walks with a limp. He is sixty years
old, bald-headed, has q fine cOunte-
nance, and wears a Swallnw-taileC coat.
the cut of a generation or two hack
SenaIor Logan tits in his old place, be-
tween Senator'S FRYE and Hale, of
Maine, md looks, in every wav, himself
On opening day the Democratic Senat-
ers and Members. as we'll as his Repub-
lican friends, seemed anxious to take
him by the hand.
The Presidents valedictory annual
address wss read TO Congress as usual.
and although members of Congress are
! slow in forming and expressing their
/ opinions in regard TO the details of it,
( their ready comment was that as 8
whole, It was dignified and business
| like.
| The suggestions concerning the tariff
made by the new Secretary of the
! Treasury in his report to Congress will.
/ undoubtedly, attract wide attention.
! While giving o the protective tariff be
credit Of having fosIered and encour-
q red manufacturing enterprises, MIR
NJ .Caul' Oh deems it questionable whe-
her further continuance Of this tariff
| is advisable.
among democratic Representatives on
| the adviSabilitv of reporting a tariff bill
tins winter. When questioned on the
subject, Mr, Curtin, of Pa, said, of
course no tariff would como up 1his
winter. Had we not struck out the
enaCtiRg clause OF the Morrison bill last
] session." continued he, .'GOveruor
! Cleveland would not now be the Prssi.
dent-eiect." Still some prominent
members of the Ways and Means Com
mittee are restless for another tariff
] fight, and it may come.
/ mir. Mitchell. OF Conn, insists there
viii be no time this session for anything
/ bat the Appropriation bills and routine
work. Mr.. Cobb, however, is deter
mined to push the land grant forfeiture
bills and Mr.. Reagan IS trying TO get
/ his Interstate commerce measure thro'.
Representative Willis expects to urge
/ the educational bill TO passage. and
Others have their favOrits measures
/ ready to bring forward Gen. Grants
! pension will again be discussed, q bill
/ having been offered this week to allow
/ him $1,000 q year for life, beginning
with date of his retirement from the
! presidency.
1t seems that the October election At
\ Cincinnati is IL bs investigated next
! resolutions To that effect having been
adopted by the democrats of the House.
! Representative Foilett produced a sensa-
I ton at the Capitol the other dav. when
he arose aud presented q preamble and
/ resolution, beginning: 81 10 fmneaeh
/ Lot Wright, United Sta'ss Marshal for
the Southern district Of Ohio, Of high
I Grimes and RlisdemeanOrs. I charge
! him with usHrPstiOn Of power and vio-
iatiOn Of law" etc In 8 sharp dlscus-
sion the motion was strongly antago-
! niZrd By Congressman Reed, Hiscoc<.
( and eX-speaksr Keller.
In democratic circles, there Is q feel
I ing Of anxiety IS 20 the probable course
Of the Republican majority in the next
Senate Is the Republicans mite ia
! protect federal Otice-holders under the
tenure Office aof. The appointments Of
a Democratic PRECEDENT Wonld be- limited
e. the enmhe~ If commissioned nfiieials
-.-,-4--s Aaa ~ 80 n4-lag ~ vacancies