Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-05-26
WASHINGTON LETTER.
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WOshindton. Nm 2Oth.

Washington, Nay 2Oth.
Many residents of Washington will
be busily occupied during the present
week in entertaining the strangers
that are already within her gates, and
others who will come. Hundreds of
Lutherans will be here to attend the
unwilling of a colossal bronze statue
of Martin Luther, which stands in
the triangular space fronting the
memorial Lutheran church, at the in
tersection of Vermont avenue and
Fourteenth street. 1t faces the stat
ne of Gen. Thomas, which is scarcely
distant q stones throw. This, with
that of Chief Justice Marshall, is the
second monument that has been add
ed during the last ten days, to the
many memorial piles for which this
city is noted. The figure is of Ger
man workmanship, eleven and half
feet high, and an exact counterpart
of the central figure of the world re-
nowned group at Worms, Germany.
Then the bicyclers are here from
all parts of the United States to have
a grand meeting and display of wheel
feats. About fifteen hundred, among
them many noted wheelmen, are to-
day parading the beautiful asphalt
streets of the city, Oh their noiseless
machines. Wheel mounted bugiers
head the procession, the commander
wears white badge, the staff red,
division commanders blue, and the
reception committee orange. The
route of the parade embraces about
ten miles. They will be photographed
| by the instantaneous process while
moving, and another photograph will
be taken of wheelmen en- masse. At
ter the parade, races will be held at
Athletic Park, and tonight their
banquet takes place at Wizards no.
tel, to which number of prominent
guests are invited.
Other visitors are Good Templars
who are coming from all countries to
hold a session of the Grand Lodge of
the world in this city. The order in
this district is bending every energy
to provide for the suitable reception
and entertainment of these guests.
One thousand representatives are eX-
pected from foreign countries and no
event in the history of the temperance
movement here has caused so much
interest and enthusiasm.
During the past week congress
provided for the red man; for the
District of Columbia, for the cotton
exposition at New Orleans, for con-
suls and diplomatists for the army /;
for number of new pensioners and
for Gen. Grant all by the simple
process of voting money from the
never failing treasury. During the
present week it is likely to provide
for veterans of the Mexican war, and
for bureau of labor statistics.
The impression among members of
the house seems to be that congress
will adjourn early in July, but in the
senate the idea is that adjournment
will come later. Members refer tc
the rushing of three appropriation
bills through the house on Friday, as
evidence of disposition to push bus.
mess as fast as possible. The dem
ocrats, of course want to adjourn be
fore the meeting of their nationa
convention.
Gen. B. F. Butler made an argu
ment before the senate committee OF
labor IN behalf of the bill to pay gov
eminent laborers the difference be
tween the price of wages for eigh
, hours day and ten hours a day
since the passage of the original eigh
hour law. That law has since beer
ignored to large extent, and tn
: General asks that the governmen
pay the laborers for two hours NOR
for each day than they have been al
l lowed. The aggregate of the clair
is about one million and half dol
| lars.
. There was some fine racing las
e week at Ivy city, the Washingto
: race track. In the house of repre-
b sentatiyes MI. Belford was maxim
: one of his characteristic speeches all
t twitting the democracy. He sal
: with seventy majority of the hous,
/ he would go out to the race tract
e Representative King called on
e 'EWas not the gentleman himself +;
the races yesterday" Mr.. Belfor
replied that he had passed that branc
of the subject. This caused the hous
to roar, for it was known that he ha
been to the races and had backe
losing horses quite heavily.
= The North american ReUiel1 for Jun
opens with an article on ''Harboring Co
T. spiracy," by Prof. Henry Wade Roger
he who examines, in the light ofinternatio
al law, the diplomatic history of the Uni
y ed States and the national conStitutio
ee the question as to how far our Cover
Il ment may and must go in suppressil
I'll plots against governments with which V
is are at peace. Henry ID. Lloyd, in t
same number of the ReUie11 shows he
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