Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-10-02
.ss WASHINGTON LETTER.
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WASHINGTON. Sept. ~, 1885.
The President has accomplished a
..oa deal Of work during the past week
.,a has not been 80 oyerrun by visitors
.u be tired out by them. The ievees
!, The East Room have BEEN large and
,.em TO bs growing larger each week.
me President has been almost entirely
.ops several days, owing to the absence
a Csl. Lamont, who has nov returned.
nav continue their habit of sitting up
..s every night and working a. hard "a
ysible. should not be surprised il
acre VAS something Bev about the
District Offices before another week
somes around.
A very remarkable case has come 10
nv attention through a friend In the
Pension Office, which furnishes inei
dents for novel as powerful as any
Dumas or Eaeene sue ever used. In
pe4 a lieutenant from an Ohio village
vss killed in one of the battles in Viz
gnis, and bis body WAS sent home,
burisd with military honors, and q
handsome monument erected over it by
The citizens Of the place. Thousands
d people paid their tributes of honor
70 the young hero, and looked upea his
hcs az the body iaid In stale in the town
All. He left q widow to whom he had
bsen married only year, and for more
,aap twenty wears sbe has been trying
q get q pension; but although she keeps
,,sh flowers upsn her husbands grave,
aaaDnot prove hat be IL dead. The
uxrds In the Adjutant Generals Office
~ perfect. and affidavits can be fur
ssoed from thousands Of people who
- and recognized tho hfeIess body;
kot svery few months she receives Q
kster from him, written In a hand as
tmiIiaY as her own. Two letters never
eoue from the same place; nov they are
postmarked in Colorado, then in Texas,
iasn In New York. Once she got note
trom him dated at Washington. He
appears to know what Ia going on at
hsise, and always aiIudes to local occur
sspces with familiarity that 10 amaz
me. He sends messages TO old friends.
sni gives her advice about business
matters which il seems impossible for a
these ehostly missives, because he never
gives her any cline to his whereabouts,
and no detective has ever been able to
End him.
aWben the Senate meets, in Deoem-
bsr,r said Democratic Senator, who is
noted for bis foresight in grand politics,
there will be a fierce assault made
upon the Presidents nominations. The
stack will be headed by Edmunds, Lo
ran and Sherman on the war records OF
some Of the appointees, and by Hawley
and Hoar ON the non partisan line;
shiIe Tray, Blanche and Sweetbeart
vilI yelp al the heels of many Of the
nominees in loud outcry against their
psrsonal characters. Ii 10 known that
senator Edmupds believes that the
Fourteenth amendment to the Consii
tuition has been violated by the Prssi-
dent, and has prepared himself TO
demonstrate the unsoundness OF Attor-
rsy General Ga'land's opinion as TO the
eject Of q pardon upon the persons
coming under the prohibitory clause Of
the amendment. Mr.. Edmunds, under
sand me, will make no attack upon Mr..
GsrIand's sincerity, bat be will contend
that the Attorney General is 20 preju
diced by the peculiar circumstances
that have surrounded him on this ques-
tion Of the effect of pardon, as an act
Of oomplste oblivion, that bis legal
opinion on that subject IL not entitled
70 the consideration which Gsrland's
professioual ability and high character
vould naturally lead to 1t. Garland,
you know, was the petitioner in the cel.
shssted case wherein the Supreme Court
a yAe United States dsoided that an
act OF Congress could not disq dalify
person already on the rolls Of the Su-
prone Court from practising before the
Court because of his giving aid TO sbe
'pahlic enemy"
Ex Congressman Harry White, of
Pennsylvania, known TO fame as the
discovsrer Of she nsviRable possibilities
q the "Kiskiminitas," is disputins his
lats mothers will on the ground OF her
alleged insanity. Mr.. White is regarded
By some OF his fellow Congressnen as a |
.h,tle Of his nut" himself. to use a |
mild but expressive term. The story is
told that during debate ON the river |
and harbor bill, In the House OF Repre- |
ssuistives, Mr.. White, as asual, became |
very much excited, and, being ioked on |
he matter by Congressman Tom Turner |
Of Kentucky, q personal alteration |
ssened likely to ensue. Mo. Randall,
The then Speaker Of the House, seeing |
that the aecorum of that body was In |
danger Of distuI banoe, sent q page 20 |
Joe Blackburn and requested him 10 get |
Tom Turner out Of the way; adding to |
70 the message that White, his colleague,
vas crazy, and there was NO knowing
What he might do.
"is that so?" replied Mr.. Blackburn.
.well, please tell the Speaker that my
colleague hasn't any advantage sver MS
for Tom Turner 10 as crazy A. Harry
White, Judge Kelly, or any protection'
b that Pennsylvania ever produced.
LESox.