Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-02-16


from onr Regular Consequently / |
The Senate has discussed the fine |
arts and literature during the week |
In an Indirect way at least for it has
voted nearly million of dollars
for the Improvement of the Capitol,
and discussed the Oft discussed
Congressional library bill. Senator
Ingalls, had also something to say
about the marble group OF statuary
representing Fame and Memory
placed by Admiral Porter In front
of the Capitol to be perpetual
reminder of the achievement Of
that American Navy, which, in the
language OF President Lincoln
could sail anywhere that the ground
was little damp. Mr.. Ingalls,
thought the Marble pile funere.,l
in appearance and out of place ia "a
setting OF beer shops and boarding
houses. He wishes Ia have it
removed elsewhere, and as his
wishes seemed to have the approval
of other Senators, the probability
is that Statuary will go. The group
may be out of place, and its locus
offensive to strait laced sticklcrs for
artistic propriety, but ifa revolution
OF artistic reform Is to be Sprung on
Washington city no man can tell
where Ii will end. Ii will certainly
sweep from their pedestals half the
bronze equine inonstrosities tn 1t
have been mounted in the last ten
years, and raze the fliInsy architec-
turai piles that have gone up under
Republican rule. All that is really
substantial and noble in architec-
ture in Washington was built before
the war under Democratic auspices.
The Capitol, the Treasury, the
Patent Office, the Post Office, Of
white marble and simple solid
architecture belong to that era tina
closed with the spring of 1860.
Since then the Bureau Of Engrav-
ing and Printing, with its state
prison air, and many little gener,
ais on bronze horses have been built
by Republican Congress. Republl-
can statesmen, it is true, have built
elegant private residences opt of
their thrifty politics, but these are
public improvements only in the
sense that they have been built in
directly from the public treasu-
ry.
The House calendars show that
Ito bills have been referred to the
catacombs of the Capitol after ,lue
inquest by committee. Nearly five
Thousand bills, most of them of a
private nature, have been intro
duced in the House during the
present session. OF this number
less than two hundred have receiv-
ed the action of committees and
been reported to the House.
The committees of the House
have number of important meas
ures on their dOckets for considcra-
ton this week. The Ways AMI
Means committee will hear argu-
ments of business men on various
phases of the proposed tariff legis-
lation; it is believed by members
of the committee that Mr. MDrri-
sons bill will not be reported ia the
House for three or four weeks. The
Public Lands committee expects to
take action this week on the bills
which provide fur forfeiting the
alleged unearned land grants of the
Northern Pacific and Atlantic Pa
cific railroads. The Coinage,
Weights and Measures committee
will probably report a bill provid-
ing for the withdrawal of the trade
dollar from circulation. The For
eign Affairs committee has resolved
to insist that the House should refer
to it the correspondence received
from the State department last
week relative to the prohibition of |
American pork in foreign cuun-
tries, on the ground that the ques-
ton IS one of treaty obligation.
During the morning hour i'm the
Senate today Mr.. eiddieberger's
concurrent resolution calling for an
investigation of the Civil Service
of both houses came up, and lead
to an extended and animated de-
bate. The bill to provide for the
erection of a Congressional library
building has been made special
order for Tuesday, and the McPher-
son Banking bill-now on the cal
endar, with favorable report from
the Finance commlttee-is set down
for consideration, as special order,
on Wednesday. The. discussion of
the last named measure and of the
important amendments
proposed as substitutes for
1t will doubtless run throughout
the remainder of the week.
In the House Friday the Speaker
the appointment of
Messrs. Hopkins, Ward, Adams,
Poland, and Wilson as the commit
tee to Investigate the charges of
corruption made by ex-Speaker
Keifer against III. V. Boynton,
correspondent of the
Cincinnati Gazette. The commit
zee expect to begin Tuesday. Gen.
3oynton favors an inquiry with
,pen doors and it is said will man
Ige his own case, and cross-exam-
ne Gen Keller.