The Press., 1885-12-24
WASHINGTON LETTER,

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 Congress is itself again. There is no promise of the forty-ninth covering itself over with any thicker veneer of dignity and decorum than did it's predecessor. It is to be the same old circus with every prospect of a brilliant season. The second week of the session finds the house in g regular quarrel, in which personalities are the chief arguments interchanged.
 The struggle for change in the present organization of the house and its methods of doing business has been going on dur ing the entire week, with DO certainty as to when 1t will end. There is great deal of feeling among members on this subject, and as the debate is personal in character, lit is unusually interesting. Underneath the dry talk about the rules there is 8 sharp antagonism to MT. Randall, the chairman of the committee on appropria- tiobs. It is aimed as retaliatory blow from the author of the deceased horizontal tariff bill It is to punish MT. Randall for beating Mir. Morrison with his ob- structive appropriation bills III the last The adoption of the new code of rules would deprive Mir. Randall of much of h's power by distributing the appropriation bills among the other committees. It would increase the number of committees having the power to make appropriation from three to eight
 The Pennsylvania autocrat points out the danger which he thinks will result from this apportionment of money power, and says if it be done, the day of wastefui extravaganza and all its attendant cor ruptions is near at hand.
 Representative Holman, of Indiana, who, because of his parsimony in providing for public needs, has been called by his friends one of the watch dogs of the treas ury, assists MT. Randall in conducting the opposition to change of rules. They have on their side some such men as Mo- Milan of Tennessee, Hammond of Geor- gia, Herbert of Alabama, W. w. Phelps of New Jersey, Burnes of Missouri, Forney of Alabama. Long of Massachusetts, and Hepburn of Iowa. The prominent member from New York. MT. Hiscock, made long and able argu- said those who oppose a distribution of appropriation bills do so on the theory that the majority of the house cannot be trusted to get their hands into the public treasury. When he closed he was heartily applauded on both sides of the house, and was forced 10 hold an impl omptu reception ill order to receive thanks and congratula- tions.
 MT. Welborn, of Texas, who is said to look like Daniel Webster, made thrilling short oration about the mischievious domi- nation of the house by handful of men,
 Representative Gibson, of West Vir- ginia, said he did not believe that the fif- teen members on the appropriations con- mittee held all the wisdom and honesty in the house. Nine -tenths of the members were practically disfranchised under the present system. He had yet to discover that either Mr. Holman or Randall had objected to an appropriation for their own states.
 | Congressman Reed of Maine, the chosen leader of the republican minority, asked 1 why the house could not be trusted with Scattering out the bills. The appropria- 1 tions committee, he contended, had not done its duty, or the nation would not now be without navy, and our coasts without defenses. Increased appropriations, he said, were not evils if they conferred any benefit on the people,.
 1 MT. Randall has been under the necessi. ty of resenting many personal remarks during this debate and thus the important lively fight.
 In the senate end of the capitol prohibi tion has been discussed, and two bills have been passed, the last being the presi dential succession bill. The subject oi prohibiting the sale of liquor in the capitol restaurants led to sharp discussion. One senator charged that others, who had not the courage of their appetites, would have
 whiskey in their committee rooms, while
 they voted to exclude it from the restau- rants. There were several sharp thrrlsts, and Senator Ingalls, made some satirical remarks, during which he said the senate
 was straining at gnats and swallowing camels. He sent to the clerks desk and
 had read the wine list of the senate cafe.
 It contained about all of the choice brands of wines and malt liquors, although the
 keeper had been advertised as the only
 man who would run tempe rance restau
 rant.
 Scott's Emulsion of Pure Cod Liver Oil
 with Hypophosphites, in Consumption and
 Scrofula. J. R. Burton, of Valdosta
 Geo., says: s'I have for several years used Scott's Emulsion, and find it to act we'll il
 Consumption and Scrofula and other condi ions requiring 8 tonic of that class.''