The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1884-07-17
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.

Washington, July 7, 1884.
lfthe American republic should
last for ten centuries it will probably
never witness more tame, decorous,
respectable, unexciting close of ses-
sion of Congress than the close of
the first session of the Forty-eighth
Congress. All Saturday evening a
cool breeze swept through the corri-
ders and halls and made the Capitol
a delightful place to sit in. The
pleasant zephers ran through all the
great buildings, and there wasn't an
uncomfortable spot in it anywhere
above the engine and outside the
Senate Appropriations Committee
room. There it was not SO agreed
BILE; there were too many disagree
ments on appropriation bills lying
around. Good order and sobriety
prevailed in the House, and the Sen
ate preserving its usual decorum and
dignity unruffied. The evidence of
Indulgence in Congressional s:cold
tea, usually very manifest on this
occasion, were almost entirely want
ing. The galleries failed to show
customary attendance at q closing
session, although the portions set
apart for the fair sex contained a full
representation The most exclusive
divisions of the gallery were not by
any means full, and the one known
as the African desert did not show
It's ordinary good attendance of slice
py citizens. The President and five
members of the Cabinet reached the
Senate chamber at about midnight,
and as soon as Mr. Arthur was in his
apartment he began to send in noni-
nations for the appointment of post
masters, registers of land offices, etc,
who had got left in the general rush
ard scramble of the last few days,
Nearly all the Senator'S and members
of the House of Representatives call
ed upon him in his room. He re-
NAMED until early in the morning,
but very few bills, less than dozen,
were presented for his signature.
Almost the entire attention was de-
voted to the appropriation measures,
and among the important bills which
are forced to go over are the bill to
provide for the erection of building
for the congressional library, the
bill to increase the annual appropria-
ton for the militia, the Mcpherson
bill to provide for the issue of circu-
lating notes to national banks, the
bill to provide for the construction Of
additional vessels for the navy, the
Blaine bill to provide for the estab-
lishment and temporary support of
common schools, and the Hoar anti
polygamy bill.
A prominent Avenue Photographer,
who "takes" all our celebrities, tells
me that of the pictures made by his
firm that of President Arthur is in
greatest demand, and especially
among the ladies. Mrs. Logan is
next in point of sale, closely followed
by Secretary Lincoln and Postmaster
General Gresham. Among the Sen
ators, Wade Hampton, of South
Carolina, is most called for, and on
the House side of the Capitol Speak
er Carlisle and ex-Speaker Randall
are close contestants. Considerable |
trouble is experienced in getting
Senators to sit for their pictures, but
by dint of persuasion only eight re-
main unphotographel, one of the
number being Vice President Ed
munds. Senator Sherman was obdu-
rate for long time, negative was
received OF him the other day, and
already the supply is unequal to
the demand. I asked him if there
was any demand for the characters
of the Guiteau trail. "Not in the
least he replied. people come in.
TO the gallery, look at the bust taken
by the late Clerk Mills of the assassin,
and are apparently satisfied without
buying a picture of either Guiteau or
his family
[ hear it is stated as settled fact
that postmaster General Gresham
goes out of the Cabinet during the
coming autumn. and will succeed
Justice Drummond Of the United
States Court. Pre>id mt Arthur is not
decided concerning his successor, but
it is possible that Mr.. Hatton may
be allowed to run the Department
during the closing months of the ad-
ministration, especially if Mr. Gresh-
ANS stav i'm II should ha ,,roIopo.o1