The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-04-07
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE.
WASHINGTON, April 2, 1856.

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three remarkable exhibitions of legis-
latives amenities, one in the Senate,
one in the House, and another in q
committee room all on same day, ar
que something wrong in the atmos-
phere of the Capitol and Capitol.
In the Senate AIessrs. Logan and
Teller indulged in personalities as far
as the dignity Of that body would al
low them. Each said the other was
no statesman, and made several SINH
lar remarks equally caustic. In the
House two members from Tenn.
compared each other to the occupant
of prison cells and to criminals who
had suffered death on the gallows.
And down in the basement of the
Capitol, where the Telephone Inves-
tigation Committee assemblies daily, a
distinguished witness was informed
by venerable legislator that he was
impudent, and the witness (Col. Ca
sey Young} retorted by calling the
Mass Congressman Mr.. Ranney) a
petit Jogging lawyer
The sick administration is GONZALES
cent, with the exception of Secretary
Manning. His condition still caus-
es much apprehension. Hope for his
recovery is only based on the fact
that he becomes no worse. There
has been no recurrence Of the rupture
of the same blood vessel, and the par
alysis has partly disappeared, but the
patient does not gain strength, his
voice is husky, and be frequently doz-
es in the midst of a conversation. On
awaking, he resumes talk at the point
where he left it. He complains of his
beef tea and milk diet and wonders
why they do not give him something
solid to build up on.
The President has had great deal
of advice recently to the effect that he
must avoid Mr.. Manning's fate by
taking more recreation and exercise.
He has gained forty pounds since he
has been at the White House, and his
friends express considerable solicitude
in regard to his physical condition.
A prominent physician remarked that
the present Cabinet were working SIM
ply with their heads. They increase
in avoirdupois, and the trouble is that
the blood vessels will grow soft and
habby, swell up, and then any undue
excitement will cause them to burst.
The advice to the President and his
Cabinet was to get patent gymnas-
iums and use them morning and night
in their rooms if they would not take
outdoor exercise.
Even should Secretary Manning re-
cover it is fully conceded here that he
will never again dare to resume the on
erous duties of his Office. AS to his
successor, the latest rumor in the cor
riders of the Treasury Department, is
that Hon. W. L. Scott the Penn. Con-
gresham, will be rendered that port
folio. AIr. Scott has been prominent
in the financial discussions this ses-
sion, and he proposed some plan Of
his own for settling the silver prob
lem. He is said to be the richest
man in the lower house, and he lives
in pale stone house beside Senator
Stanford of Colifonia who is said to
be the wealthiest Senator.
The absence of string political
questions in this country may be per-
ceived in the nature of Congressional
proceedings. The chief topics dis
cussed are those which effect more or
less locally, the business affairs of the
different sections. What we hear
most about just now are the strikes.
Representative Reed of Kansas
summed up good deal of the COM
mon sense of the situation when he
said during the debate on the arbitra-
ton bill in the House" It may turn
out that this legislation may amount
to but little. It may turn out that
it will amount to much.
Suppose we try it, and when we learn
more, do more" The tenor OF the
debate throughout showed that, how
ever the partakers of it might differ
about details, they were unit in rec
ognizing arbitration as tie key to the
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