Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1885-10-17
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10, 'S5.

NACHlOCIo VI OOhSlCoo anu iCtii Ou
statesmen who reside here are slowly
returning, as the time for the Con.
grcssional session approaches. 1t will
be six weeks before Congress assemblies,
but where will more interesting place
for spending the interim be found than
in Washington ? e a
There never was such a demand as
at present fer fashionable boarding
places, and furnished houses renting
at $3.50 to $3.50 month. Every one
of the apartment houses is full, and in
the Portland there has not been a room
to rent since the first of September.
At the Hamilton House, with its two
large annexes, temporary accommoda-
ton can be obtained, but every room
is already engaged from the first OF
December. AT the real estate agencies
the only furnished houses to be had
are the very expensive ones or those
which are held at exhorbitant rentals
In the agents advertisements still APP
pear houses that were leased long ago,
and their cards still hang in the win
dows of some that are already disposed
of,and people who are hunting quarters
find it very discouraging work.
The matter Of the reorganization o.
the House of Representatives is being
much talked of just now. The con
viction that unnecessary delay in legis-
lation must be prevented is finding ex-
preston i'll various plans for advanc-
ing business this coming session, so as
not to have a repetition of the last.
Most of the plans have in view the
curtailment of the powers of the APP
preparations committee. The PROPOSE
ton to divide the appropriations bills
among the various committees interes-
ted in them is not likely to be adopted
Beside the tendency towards extrava-
gance such a plan would be likely to
have. it is believed that it would tend
still further to retald business. 1t is
urged that as the reconstruction of the
American navy is to be one of the
most important works of this admins
tration, the naval affairs committee, of
which Mr.. Cox was the head, will be
one of the most important this session.
and that Mr.. Randall's friends would
have no cause to complain if he we're
put at the head of that committee
To make the position still more com
Portable for him, they would be willing
to give him the naval appropriations
bill also. so as to place the whole thing
in his hands. There is desire on
the part of some to get Mr.. Holman,
the great objector, off the appropria-
tions committee, too. The place selec-
ted for him is the craftsmanship of the
Indian affairs committee This was
last session one OF the most insignifi-
cant of all the committee of the House.
1t is said, however that during the
coming winter the Indian problem will
demand the serious attention of Con-
gress. and that Mr.. Holman, having
travelled through the reservations at
the head of the Indian investigation
committee, and being possessed of a
wonderful amount of information on
the subject, should be assigned the
task of solving the question. 1t is pro-
posed. too, to give him the Indian APP
propiation bill in connection with the
committee, Another plan is to allow
the appropriations committee to remain
as it was at the close OF the last session,
as near as may be, with Mr.. Randall at
its head, but to change the rule of the
House so as to provide that the appro-
priat.on bills be reported within GER
tain stated intervals, one bill, for in.
stance, to be reported within two weeks
after the meeting of Congress, the rest
to follow with certain regularity, SO
that the last bill will be disposed of at
least len days before adjournment.
This plan. if is thought, will meet with
the most favor, and is the one that
would be most approved of by Mr..
Carlisle. Some of the working and,
thinking members believe that much
more could be accomplished if the ma
iority of the members would be will
ing to give to their public duties at
least as much time as they devote to
vacation. The vacation period is al
ways much longer than the session,
and there are very few members who
devote any of this time to public bust
ness. Most of them go off in pursuit
of pleasure, and many of them with
hold their address from the House post
master, so as not to be bothered with
their correspondence. The majority of
the members have spent this summer
at Yellowstone Park, Long Branch,
Coney Island, Virginia Beach and in
mountains about White Sulphur
Springs. Only one or two have gone
to Europe. There were very few who
for any length of time at the
capital to attend to public business.