The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-12-26
NOTES ON EVENTS AT THE CAPITAL.
lettings Here and There In Washington
What the New Administration is
Doing-Gleanings from the Tel
egraph and the "Reliable"
Correspondent.

The Senate and House adjourned on Monday
night for the holidays.
Hon. John H. Mitchell, the newly elected
Senator from Oregon, has taken his seat in the
Senate.
The nomination of Morris A. Thomas, of Bal
timore to be an Indian Inspector, was sent to the
Senate on Monday.
Among the Maryland visitors at the capital
Monday were Hon. John S. Cuttings, State Treas
urer, and Hon. Stevenson Archer, of Hartford.
Representatives Findlay and McComas, of
Maryland, have secured houses in Washington
and will take their families there after January 1st
Col. Lamont says the President has deter
mined to appoint no one to Office who bears the
name of Cleveland, no matter whether he is a rel
alive of the Presidents or not
The House of Representatives has done very
little so far except squabble over the new rules
1t is likely the House will get down to business
soon after the Christmas holidays.
In one day recently Senator German received
III cards from the hour of the converting of the
Senate up to o'clock, and this was only an aver
age days accumulation. He receives more cards
than any other Senator.
1t is said that Senator Eustis, of Louisiana,
will strongly oppose some of the Presidents NOM
nations for that State and to gain the support of
the Republicans in the Senate he will act with
them in opposing others.
The social season in Washington will open on
New Year Day and the winter promises to be
brilliant in the way of dinners, receptions and
other entertainments. New Year at the White
House is always a memorable event.
Petitions in 535 cases of French spoliation
Chains have been filed in the Court of Claims, and
it is estimated that 500 petitions in all will be
filed. Several test cases of these claims will be
submitted by the first of next March.
"A great many prominent Maryland politicians
are now in Washington nearly every day, besides
many Democrats who are not so prominent. The
Senators and Representatives from this State have
their hands full looking out for places for their
constituents.
The Commissioner of Pensions has decided
that an applicant who enlisted, was wounded and
honorably discharged, but who subsequently re-
enlisted and deserted, is entitled to pension I'M
der the first contract which, he says, is not vita
ted by the failure to comply with q second.
The Hon. Lewis E. McComas, of Hagerstown,
the only Republican Representative in Congress
from Maryland, is very intelligent and industri-
Gus member and is deservedly popular with both
Democratic and Republican Congressman. He is
young man of fine address, good looking and
dresses well.
Gen. Hampton has introduced bill in the
Senate making it unlawful for Senators or Repre-
sentatives to recommend solicit appointments
to Office. The penalty is fine of not more than
1000 and not less than $500, one half to 60 to
the informer. Should this bill become law it
will work great change in the matter of secur.
ing appointments, but it is not likely to pass.
Mr.. Hoars Pre-. identiaI succession bill passed
the Senate on the 18th inst. If provides that in
case of removal, death, resignation or inability of
of the office of President shall devolve in the first
place upon the Secretary of State, and thereafter
in the order named, upon the Secretary of the
Treasury, the Secretary of War, the Attorney
General, &c.
An urgent request was presented in the House
of Representatives on Saturday for an immediate
appropriation of SIS. 600 for clerk hire and new
furniture for the Department of Justice. This
was strongly opposed by Republicans, one of
whom said the Attorney General, who sold the
Government cab of his department to save the
expense is the first to ask for an extra appropria
ton for his department.
IS. S. Brown, of Maine, who is in Washington
in the capacity of an ofice-broker, has managed
to secure the appointment of some seventy-fve
fourth-class postmasters in that State. But the
Senate has called for list of all these and it is
likely that Mr.. Browns business will be broken
up and that some of the appointees who paid him
money will have to 60. Brown signs the papers
as "Chairman of the Democratic State Committee
of Maine"
"A Kentucky crank has written letter to the
President in which he says: 81 own hennery,
but never could make it pay. For year I have
tried to make a living by it, but have utterly
failed At last 1 resolved to change its name and
call it the Cleveland Hennery, and I did so.-
Will you believe it? From that moment it has
been a success. The hens are laying eggs fast
and have quantities of young chickens" And
he attributes all this to the luck in the name of
Cleveland.
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