Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-01-24
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iFsoA ocA EESCLAR CORRESPONDENT.
WAsHasGToS, Jan. i2, 1885.
The winters session of Congress NAV
be sasd to have nos begun. for the De-
esaber term was a. barren Of legislation
~ 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 and special lesisla-
lion, there are al least fifty important
matters Of common csucern awaiting
action. OF the time left. half viIl be
necessarily occupied over appropriation
bills, 90 that Congress cannot afford 10
waste an hour. But II will waste q COED
many hours, and the fifty important
matters ~il have 20 wait for the more
convenient season that never comes.
The administration is undergoing a
sharp questioning in reference 70 some
of its dcings in the development Of a
new American foreign policy. Last
week tSo notable resolutions Of inquiry
we're introduced In the House of Repre-
sentatiyss. 0ne by Mr.. Herbert of Ala
hama, the other By Mr.. Belmont of New
York. The inquiry in substance was
the same IN botn. They requested the
President 10 inform Congress IL he 40
credited Mr.. kaRson, Minister 70 Berlin,
and Mr.. Sanford. who was ouce Minister
70 Belgium. delegates 70 represent the
United States at Prince Bismarck's Con.
90 Conferences; what wss bis purpose In
doing 80, il be did accredit them; what
the exact mature of their authority was;
and, In fact, what basiness or interest
the American Rspublio had any way 10
q European congress the avowed pur-
pose of which was 10 create nev State
under continental government on the
African continent 20 be governed by q
king.
The inquiry in the House is timely.
The American people want TO know
what they are being let in for. What
with the Mexican, the Dominican, the
Spanish and the NiearaRuan treaty, We
are in danger Of biting of more than
We can chew. We had better see where
We are lik ~ to bring up in all this
reaching forth for foreign complica-
tions. With navy that Is the laughing
stock Of the vsrld. We are In a nice fix
TO be stepping on peoples coat tails and
hunting mp fight France has planted
fifty thousand men on the Isthmus, who
Capt. Bedford Pim, of Her Maiesty's
navy, (who is now In Washington is
reported TO say could be mobilszed into
two army corps IN a fortnight's time.
Germany rs growing omiuously az our
friend and ally, Spain England il So
riously thinking Of she feasibility of
trying to cut the ground from under our
feet ia the canal scheme by entering
into an arrangement with Nicaragua
which will ba peenniarily better for GER
tain eaterpristnR and ingenious gentle
men of that republic than ours is. Some
day real emergency will be upon rs,
and then the rural idiot who believes
that the American hag ON pole heisted
above tvo logs tied together and set
afloat is enough 10 make the effete mon
arehies trenble will be calling on the
rocks and mountains TO fall on him aud
hide htn from the wrath and soorn of
the people Of the great republic.
Apropos Of the Nicaragnan question,
the senate Is giving Capt. Eads a great
deal OF unnecessary trouble. They have
compelled him 10 shift his quarters and
his $1,000 model of the gigantic ship
railway from the room Of be Commit
tea on Naval Affairs TO the Bntler build
ing, opposite the capitol, which has
been rented for use as senate committee
rooms, etc. IL is true that Senate en-
pleyees we're made 10 do the work Of
taking down his model OF the Tehuan-
teEec ship railway, conveying II over TO
tho other building and putting IL mp
again. Bnt still it Was putting the gal
liant captain TO great deal Of inconve-
nia1cc. and Sas piece of mere thought
Iessness.
This generosity toward this particular
Eads scheme opens up perfectly dag
zling prospect to the gentlemen Of the
vestibale Of the genus lobbyist. No
more cooling of heels with the common
herd out In the corridors. No more re
buifs from busy Congrsssmt who will
not receive cards during the session.
No. Each and every scheme for getting
uoney out of the Treasury will be pro-
vidsd by Congress With 9 fine room.
elegantly appointed and equipped with
a clerk or 20, and a messenger or two,
with laboreFs galore TO do ths heavy
work. and all paid for out of the public
treasury, No one who 10 not an abso-
lnte porker could ask anything better
than that.
Efum now untu Leht tn0fe Will De no
rest for society. The President an
nonnses bis series Of atficiai receptions.
and fashionable people are following in
bis footsteps With every species OF 50
aial gatherings. The President himself
IL accepting one or two invitations cut
10 dinner each week, and Gen. Sheridan
aud senator Hale have already enter
tained him. In less than two mouths q
great change innpends. bat the admins
irasion means 70 die With its punps on.
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