The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-01-24
Things At The Capital,


WASHINGTON, Jan. l2th 1880.
The weeks proceedings in Congress
embraced questions that were important
useless. interesting and dull. Exciting
discussions ON old war issues, dry debates
ON financial subject, and private measures
received attention, AZ well Us those OF far
reaching international possibilities. The
event of the week in the Senate was the
Davis-Sherman controversy, in which
jefferson Davis was attacked as Il traitor
and defended rs Il patriot, The sentiment
expressed in regard Ia this matter by |
number of Republican, congressman was
that if Il quarrel 50 calculated to arouse |
sectional feeling had come up during the |
recent cOmpign, ii would have been |
worth tU their party many thousand votes. |
The smoothness with which the new |
bill to retire Gen. Grant ON full pay went |
| through the Senate, was a surprise to Sem |
atOr Edmunds, the father of the measure.
| Tributes paid to the mlgnanimity OfGcn.
| Grant 1T AppOmattON by the Democratic
\ Senators NlaXcy and Voorhees,, during the
consideration, ofthe bill were souneXpe-
| ted The bill will not fare so well in the
1 lower House where il has some earnest
opponents. The general sentiment to that
| body has greatly changed however,
since the latest Development in Gen.
1 Grants misfortune Should the measure
get through the house, it would be subject
To the veto of the President on the same
technical grounds that the Fitz John
Porter relief bill was vetoed, namely
that the name Of the uppiuntcc is not
mentioned in the bill. it has been alleged
by Republican members that this congress
will not do anything for Grant, because
the Democrats prefer that President
Cleveland instead of Arthur shall sign
bill for his benefit thus giving Il Demo-
cratic Administration the credit of caring
for the veteran. The bill was killed.
\ measure, musty with age, has just
gotten through both branches of Con
grcss for the third time. This is the
French SpOliation Claims bill the most
remarkable bill, perhaps, in connection
with Congress, II was first reported in
1902, and has since been reported forty
. two times. 1t was vetoed by President
Polk and Pierce. but il is probable Presi-
dent Arthur will acknowledge the old
debt
From the failure of the Mcpherson
funding bill in the House, it is plain that
; this Congress will do nothing to help the
the national banks or to change in any
respect the financial policy Of the Gov
eminent. The banks must do the best
they can, and, the Treasury must do the
same respecting silver.
Mr. Randall says the time is too short
and besides, Congress is not in humor for
making laws. Wide differences of opin-
ion between the two. Houses, having
more or less Of partisan origin, may be
assigned as fine chief causes of delay in
the transaction of legislative business
Until political equilibrium is restored,
measures, To which much time has been
devoted, are destined to die in the end
, Of the Capitol opposite to that in which
they originated. In some cases the
f country will not suffer from their defeat.
Others will rcappear from time to time in
the future, until they finally become in
; cOrpOratpd in the statutes as cmbodying
necdful legislation.
, Congratulations have been prevalent
, i'm the Senate Chamber this week. Five
Senators have been hOnOrcd with renUm-
nations. These are Ingalls, of Kansas
Plat of Connecticut, Cameron of Penn
. sylvania, Vance Of North Carolina, and
/ Jones of nevada. senators on both sides
of the Chamber have taken Il special in
Il, tcrest in the election Of Mr.. Cameron.
% President Arthur, who has been fault
less heretofore in the discharge of social
! duties, is just the subject of some sarcas-
5 tie remarks in social circles. II is alleged
that he politely accepts half Il dozen in
p vitations for one evening, with the pro-
viso that he will attend if public bust
A ness will permit. OF course, no man
, can do more than he tan do. but it is the
4 GOODNESS with which the President
e accepts every form of invitation, when
!. there is no possibility of his filling half
of them, that occasions comment.
The visit of the noted evangelist, Mr..
Moody, to this city, il an event of great
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