The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1885-01-17

OUR WARRINGTON LETTER.

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OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Congressional Work-Impending Foreign
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Eads and his Ship
Hallway Seheme-- Society Notes.
WASHINGTON, D. G., Jan. II. 1885.
EDrroR Cn1Er:
The winters session Of Congress may bs
said to have now begun, for the December
term Vas as barren of legislation rs ever,
in spite Of brave promises. There are nov
about fifty working days left, and it is not
too much to say that, ignoring all private
aud special legislation, there are at least
nifty important matters of common con-
cern awaiting action. OF the time left,
half will be necessarily occupied over ap-
preparation bills, SO that Congress can moi
afford to waste an hour. But it will waste
a good many, and the fifty important mat
ters will have to wait for more convenient
season that never comes.
The administration is undergoing sharr
questioning in reference to some Of Na
dolngs in the development of new Amer
lean foreign policy. Last week two nota-
Bile resolutions Of inquiry were introduced
in the House Of Representatives, one by Mr.
Herbert Of alabama, the other by Nr. Bel
mont of New York. The inquiry in sub
stance was the Same in both. They fe-
! quested the President in inform Congress II
he accredited Mr.. Kasson, Minister to Ber-
lin, and Mr.. Sanford, who was once Minis
ter to Belgium, delegates to represent the
United States at Prince Bismarck's Congo
conference; what was his purpose in doing
50. II he did aoc1edit them; Whist the exact
nature Of their authority was, and in fact,
what business or interest the American
Republic had any way in q European con-
gress the avowed purpo0e Of which was to
createa new State under continental gov
ernment on the African Continent to be
ruled by king.
The inquiry in tho House is timely. The
American people want to know what they
are being let in 1or. What with the Me1i-
can, the Dominican, Spanish and the Nic-
aca9uan treaty We are in danger Of biting
Oh more than Ne can chew. We had better
see where We are likely to bring mp in all
this reaching forth for foreign complica-
tions. With . Navy that ii the laughing
stock of the world, - are inn nice dx TO
be stepping on pepls' coat-tails and hunt
ing up fight. France has plnnted 5000
men on the Isthmus, who Capt. Bedford
PIN Of Her Majesty's Navy, who ID now
in Washington, is reported to say could be
mobilized into two army corps in fort
nights time. Germany is growing onni-
nously at our friend and eliy, Spain. Eng
land is seriously thinking Of the feasibility
Of trying to cut the ground from under our
feet in the canal scheme by entering into
an agreement with Nicaragua which will bs
pecuniarily better for certain enterprising
aud ingenious gentlemen OF that Republic
than ours is. Some day q real emergency
will be upon us, and then the rural idiot
who believes that the American flag on a
pole hoisted above two logs tied together
and set afoat is enough to make the efete
monarchies tremble, will be calling on the
rocks and mountains to fall on him and
hide him from the wrath and scorn of the
people Of the great Republic.
Apropos Of the Nioaraguan question, the
Senate is giving Capt. Eads great deal Of
unnecessary trouble. They have compelled
him to shift hia quarters cad his $1,000
model Of the gigantic ship railway from the
room Of tho scommittss % naval affaits toths
Butler building, opposite thsC Capitol which
has been rentsd Tor MS = aeuats eouamle-
tee rooms. 81. II i true lint enate eln-
ploy6s wsre mads % % ~ gork d tskin1
down his model Of the TslIuantepsc sl.ip
railvay, conveying Il over y tho otllsr
building md putting it up asain. But stiIl
il vas putting the ssilant Captain 70 i
great daal 81 inconysnience. and was q
piecs Of mers thouehtlessness.
This eensrosity towards this particular
:. !, scheme opens up . perfectly dazzling
1''us = he gentlemen Of the vestibule
Of the genus lobbyist. ko- no1e eeonne =
heels with the common herd out ID the
corridors! No more rebuffs from busy
Congressman Who will not receive cards
during the session. No! Each and every
scheme for getting money out OF. the treas
ury will be provided by Congress with a
f1ns room, elegantly appointed and equipped
with : clerk or 90, and messenger or two,
with laborers galore to do the heavy work.
and all psid for ont Of the public treasury!
No one who is not an absolute porker
could aak anything better than that.
From now till Lent there will be no rest
for society. The President announces his
series Of official receptions, and fashion
able people are following in his footsteps
with every species Of social gatherings.
The President himself is accepting one or
two invitations ont to dinner each week,
and General Sheridan and Senator Hale
have already entertained him. In less than
two months great change impends, but
The administration means to die with its
pumpz on. 81
Yours truly, ALERT.
One of the recent electric batteries acts
oniy when exposed to light. The latest
form OF battery-devised by Mons. ia
the eminent French electrician
lis perhaps quite as novel and ingenious,
E haiuQ kapt in constant Qperatian hu the