Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-05-13
From Our Regular correspondent.
Washington Letter.
WASHINGTON, May 3, 1886.

Inc events OF the week al the capital
city have been sufficiently varied in char
aeter TO give people of every taste and
tendency something to see or hear or think
about. OF meetings there has been no end
There were nass meetings to express
sympathy with Gladstone's Home rule bill
memorial services to celebrate General
Grants birthday, a meeting in behalf Of In
dian education. in which red and white
orators divided the time There sere meet
ings of the American Historical Association,
meetings of the American Surgical Assoc
iation, aud lastly the great charitable or
calico meeting for which society had been
cutting and fitting ali through Lent. Easter
week restored the social world TO gayety
Released from the restrictions Of the forty
days and forty nights Of the pentential
season, it first met again at the Chinese
Legation and danced for charity's sake in
calico frocks, wsistcoats and neckties
There is little inclination, however, to re-
turn 10 large entertainment. and late hours
Until the time for fight TO the mountains
and seaside, the afternoon and early even
ing receptions nill attract fashionable folks,
and the matinee will be the fayorite form of
frivol,y.
Ard then our law makers on Capitol Hill
have been versatile. irrelevant moral and
extravagan; The River and Harhor bill
has been before the House and members
have been voting away the peoples money
as reckIessly as If the Treasury surplus
were inexhaustible. There are some Re
presentati,es who will never vote money for
great harbor and streams unless they can
vote money to be spent in their own dis
tricts upon little streams or ln.ets for
the benefit Of two or three Of their con-
.tituent.
Civil Service Reform has been attacked
by Kentucky Congressman, Mr. lau.hee
Who SAID the Iaw was conceived in sin and
brought forth IN iniqaity lie con,enled
,ha; it. founder, Senator Fcnd.eton, had
been made cats paw, ana that Com
missioner Eaton had made money out Of the
system.
The senior senator from North Carolina.
Mr. Vance. disaifecitI Democrat called
upon the Senate 10 pass over THE President.
veto the bill that refuse, 10 promote auAto-
mical science through the robbery q graves.
Mr.. Vance was badly defeated, and
va. surprised Aad almost overwhelmed
a. the cloqucnce which was called for.h by
his proposition.
The Senators also discussed steamship
subsidies. From TIL, they drif,ed into a
tariff debate on the relative condition Of
labor in thi. country and Europe, and ttey
lislened TO a prohibition speech from Sen
a,or Bar sl'housh there was no temper
ance biIi before that body. Since the sen
ator from Nv Hampshire i AWAY, All
tatJng some moral question he j. called one
Of the puri-,. of the senate. b., 81. speech
was none he less good for il, being ,rre,,-
want. He sad IN conclusion that he had
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