New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-12
CONC RESSI0NIL EULOGIES.
PROPOSING SUNDAY As A DAY FOR MEMO
RIAL SERViCES-CAPirAL GOSSIP.

PROPOSING SUNDAY As A DAY FOR MEMO
RIAL SERViCES-CAPtrAL GOSSIP.
IYRou TIE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF TIE TEIBUvp
WAsHiNGToN, Dec. 1.-THE suggestion
made IN tue House the other day TO set apart sunday
for the holding of memorial services is eminenily
proper one Under the present system the death o.
member IS announced on certain day. and the House
immediately after the announcement aJourns out OF re-
spect to the members memory. Then a day Is fixed
upon for tie delivery or those tresome euoges to Wea
10 one listens aud which certainly reads IN he
Record Thus 1t will be seen that two days arc wasted
upon the death OF each member. Shou id three mem
bcrs die in the of Congress,
as the case in the ALNIlih Coz
grcss u whole week is thrown away The new
proposition have the chaplain present AZ special
meeting IN tie Hall the House sunday previously
agreed UIOn that there and then II SHAH be iLe
privilege and pleasure of those who have obtu y 10.
tice. and euOgies deliver deliver them. Nobody
VIII object 10 this, sure, On the ground that is
violation OF the sabbath Members Will De free 10
attend not they choose public business Will net
Interrupted proper regard Will have bee paid
to pgopretes OF legislative intercourse. Some re-
tyicton, too ought be placed on orators OF these
occasions. The speeches rule are rather ioOh n IL
natural that you should wish to only what good
OF the desd Indeed nobody expects that IL eches
should be IN the criticisms. But II IL nmOn
sense to allow such stun to be printed at the pub
nc expense a. that which Congressman Will
ans OF Alabama. delivered himself Of when he
spoke of tho late MI Hcrndon. | quote only
at random from his extraordinary speech:
Prominent an1ns these -ems OF natures royalty wero
his lIrrnt0, oagl-b amtas eyes tao lustre whereof
was irresistible In the ti,ruItlOns Of their uAcNceel
charms his finely marked well defined extended
mouth. whose thln scanned comV'essGH lS ut I'n-H
bespoke volumes IN character and Will power; h> Wen
set thoroughly uehitcrted saxon nose. jaw and chi'
whose classic nJd significantly indicated their iEstp
arabic attendance upon rrc. luminous forces and Wen
corru-catns VITA The bruucy infused from his mental
ornament and abounansIy ntuioned for AL ile
,f will
promeiLian ire his mental furnace, etc.
Why go oui This Is a specimen OF Congressional e'o.
qucuco such occasions I Is not always 50 bad but
it is bad enough. ono exception to this rule the
late Senator Anthony. HIS speeches these occasions
were model, OF elegance and good taste. He himself
took great pride in them. and had them always carefully
bound distribution among his friends. His colleagues
considered him authority In these matters and he MAS
generally called upon to deliver speech Whenever
member OF tho Senate had died.
4 son of ex-senator Gordon was appointed not long
ago chief OF the Division Surveys IN the Land Com
m,,ioners Office. lie never was surveyor, ncverkne"
any thing about the duties OF tic place. and was aP
pointed chief OF division only because
subordinate place woull have to be ned through the
Cyil Service Commission. lie has been PERFORMING
since his appointment the duties of 5000 clerk Dn
draws his $1,000 salary, while $1,000 clerk IN 'he
Onco who Is acquainted with the work performs 'He
duties of Csief OF Division. Mr.. Gordan's name WAS
sent to the Senate for confirmation yesterday. INC
matter will probably receive some attention there
While on the subject OF combinations might mention
the case OF the pOstmIste at Chicago, Nr. Ja1d
That gentleman has been tho last twenty years en-
gagged the thaukess task OF cOny inens the Loyal por
ton Ot the country that he not member OF 1h'
Knights OF the Golden circle, the ,rSitOrOus OrGaulL
ton which Attempted the liberation OF the Camp Dug
las, prisoners Mr.. Judds name also was sent 10 no
senate yesterday General Logan. no doubt wi, ~
tend 10 ths case. Dir. Palmer, whom Judd dsp!aV's
Is stay ing General Logans house, and some h'ey
skiruishluS over this nomination Is anticipated.
5. s. Cox has been heard from. letter was receiver
hero today by or hls friends IN which the Mhie.
expresses the intention or returning home next 4o
time to secure the nomination FOR Congress IN ms os
district This Will ue sad news 10 Tim campbell Nhoso
wings Will he clipped by Mr.. COX's arrival beoie ne nA
had time To take higher higats as statesman M' 80
seems Disguised with LIE IN COustantnople- lis Jos
not appreciated by the Sultan ana his good huar
Is lost upon the phlegmatie Turk Good rye 700
ami scarcely to be hat. Altogether Constanuhop'e "
All undo srible place III the q OF Mr.. Cox.
ILLUSTRATED LECTURg on UTAH S0ENEhl'
The first Of IA series of illustrated lectures on
Utah was given last night by Professor sodg"ek, ..
Holiday Fulcrs private school for boys, No 20 "e''
Forty thr,rst The lecture confined chiefly
description nj the scenery along tho line OF the O"O
Pacific Railroad. east OF Salt lake City. The long
was darkened aud about seventyfve views OF Var'
parts OF Webber and Echo canon1 wero thrown y"
large from stcrcopticon To the great
the small b1ys In the audience Curlousy snaps" ,anI
procpitous canon walls mountains, bridges tunnels sr
Old-iUshOned ranches were shown. while Tue pesdo
told or his experiences Ia Utah when the Union ina
was being built Somo account was also gton draw
formation OF cahous by the did OF an iso,netrio' w.
ms VI one of the largest In Southern UIAn.