News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-03-11
FROM WASHINGTON,
Correspondence of the News and Citizen.l
WASHINGTON, D. c.,
March 1S26

law.
The House of Representatives prom
ises silver and nothing but silver for
the next ten days. Sixty members
have signiied their intention to be
heard on this subject, and yet all
agree that the talk will change no
mans vote nor lead to any legislation.
When the last man has made his
speech the house will be likely to vote
against the suspension of silver coin
age by large majority, and that will
be the only positive financial act done
by Congress this winter.
The Blair Educational bill is still
under fire in the Senate. 1t is likely
to pass both Houses of Congress, al
though it is not honestly approved by
the majority in either body. Many
leading Representatives and Senators
think it will result in nothing more
than the mere spending of a large
amount of money, but they are not
willing to be placed on record as OPP
posing any educational proposition.
The investigation of Solicitor Gen
eral Goode, who is to conduct the Pan
Electric Telephone suit in place of
Attorney General Garland, is in prog
ress. The proceedings are in secret
and but one witness at time is al
lowed to come before the committee.
When it was made known that GER
tain charges had been made against
the Solicitor General, that would pre-
vent his confirmation by the Senate,
he went to Senator Edmunds and
asked to see the charges that had been
preferred before the Judiciary Com
mittee. Mr.. Edmunds, the chairman,
replied that Mr.. Goode would be given
due notice when the committee took
up the matter, and every opportunity
would be given him to defend himself.
Congress has had so much irrele-
want talk of late, that it was found
necessary to set apart one day of
each week (Saturday was agreed
upon) for general debate, thus giving
members an opportunity for clearing
up personal differences. Scarcely a
day passes that some member does
not give mortal offence to another, by
remarks of a personal nature, but at
the time both are prevented from say
ing all they wish to say, on account of
the rules. Hereafter Saturday will
be free day for all. Every Congress
man with a grievance will make it
known, and the House galleries will be
crowded with visitors, for there is
nothing that the latter enjoy so much
as partisan or personal quarrel.
Apropos of quarrels, there was
bitter one in the Senate few days
! since, between two members of the
happy Democratic family. 1t was &C
commodatingly omitted from the Sen
ate report of the Congressional Rec
ord. The episode was quite as per-
sonal as anything that has occurred
in Congress of late years, and has
made a breach between Senators
Morgan, of Albany, and George, of
Mississippi, that cannot easily be
healed. In the course of speech on
the Educational bill, which Mr.. George
advocates and Mr.. Morgan opposes,
the former Senator undertook to con-
vict the latter of inconsistency by
reading remarks of his delivered in
the last Congress. Mr.. Morgan said
the reading misrepresented him, and
the Senator from Mississippi knew it.
Mr.. George reported that this state
ment was untrue, and that Morgan
knew it. Other equally unparliamen-
tary exchanges were made, and the
Senators from Alabama and Missis-
sippi "no longer speak as they pass
by"
The social world of the Capital is
finishing the last days of the gay sea-
son which precede the Lenten severi-
ties at the reckless speed of five teas
in one afternoon, and as many recep-
tions in one evening. 1t is surprising,
too, that entertainers should crowd
these last days of the season with
''teas" which would be a perfectly
permissible form of amusement even
to the deeply penitent, austere world
few weeks hence. Even the most
rigidly censorious find nothing to call
dissipation in this mild form of enter
tainment.
There is a vast difference in Wash
ington society between "tea" and
''high tea" The ''tea" takes place
from three TO five in the afternoon,
and is usually attended by married
ladies and young maidens, with
sprinkling of society young men,
whose chief occupation is the encour-
agement of their first perceptible
moustache. The refreshments con-
sist of tea, coffee, ices, cake and an
abundance of gossip. A "high tea"
is much more elaborate entertain
ment, and takes place in the evening.
1t is attended by society people gen.
orally. There is always an extensive
spread of delicious refreshments, in
Guiding unlimited punch and gossip,
the latter delicately favored with the
aroma of scandals in high life.
Superintendent Dart has issued his
annual table of school statistics. From