The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-06-17
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

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as quiet al the arrival of any other citi-
zen of the Republic. 1t doubtless would
have been otherwise had it not been
generally supposed that the same prepa'
rations had been made to elude the anx.
ious crowd as when the bridal party left
to spend their honeymoon in the ALE.
ghanies. But the morning after the
return a large number of callers were at
the White House, some on public busi.
ness, some to pay respects socially. The
bride SO far has kept very exclusive, see
ing no one except wives of the Cabinet
officers. She has been busy, however,
acknowledging presents and letters Of
congratulation from personal friends.
On Thursday afternoon she and the Pres
ident drove out to his country home, and
there met the architect who had with
hin the plans for the alterations to be
made in the mansion. Mrs. Cleveland
soon settled the difficulties that had
seemed unslrmountable to the President,
and so h,e was for the first time made to
feel the advantages of having a ahelpmate
In life. 1t was Mrs. Cleveland's first
visit home, and she expressed herself as
perfectly charmed with it.
The reception at the Mansion for Tues.
day evening is predicted to be most
brilliant affair. The Cabinet, the judici.
ary, the Diplomatic Corpes, Congress, and
certain Bureau officers, and the ladies of
their families, will all be brought togeth.
er the same evening, and become perso.
nally acquainted with the new mistress
|sof the White House. On the
The Friday evening following, q
public reception will be held, lasting
from 9to11. After that there will be no
more receptions, and tits announced that
until after the Friday reception no callers
will be received Dy Mrs. Cleveland.
The two exciting events at the Capitol
the past week were the argument made
by Judge Fullerton, of New York, before
tho committee on war claims to pay the
war debts Of the Confederate States, and
the attack on the War Secretary Stanton
BY Wheeler, Of Alabama, and the defense
ofthe Secretary by Kelley, Of Pennsyl-
yauia. The two subjects revived war
memories and scenes, and for time it
looked q. if second war would be fought,
buts.his time inside of the marble walls
of. the building on the hill. Both the
committee room and House galleries
we're crowded, but the Capitol police
managed to preserve peace and no blood
was shed although Lotto: bad blood was
stirred up:
Congress is completely swamped, and
sit is not seen how it is going to work its
way from beneath the mass Of business
visiting ae.ion. All efforts of the Speaker
stoi have the shairmen OF the several com.
mittees I'd hslnionizs their differences and
agree on d plin ofaction to dispose OF
the most important bills of public inter-
est haYe failed. The clamor for action
and pressur, brought to bear on the
:chairmen Of the committees for prece.
ldence is so strong that the cbairmen are
non plussed and. SO do nothing. One
committee alone--ths committee on
;clsims has had 5000 bills referred to'it
for consideration. Its members are all
worked down, and as a matter of personal
protection to them it is said that the
chairman has refused to call another
meeting Of the committee this session.
AS consequence the bills before it, not
already acted OH, will remain in statu quo
till next session. This will give the
members rest.
The Senate is loading down the oleo-
margarine billsith all sorts of irrelevant
subjects, such az tacking Morrison's tariff
bill on to'it by Senator Beck, and includ-
ling wool and worsted goods in the tariff
list by Dawes, and the like-with the
hope Of talking the bill to death when it
lis called up for debate and action. The
Senators are also caucusing as to what
|ibiiis shall be given consideration in the
remaining days OF the session. One OF
the BILLS agreed on Is the Mexican PEN
sion bill. This bill has already passed
the House, and will probably become o
law This session.
When the o. 9. Fish Commission was
established lew years ago, there were
not many people who believed it would
ever be anything more than an ornamen-
tai appendage to the Government. It's
work lis, however, beginning to show
results fully justifying the claims that
we're made for Its usefulness. The great
est actual results thus far attained have
been with carp, This is due to the very
rapid growth oil this species and the fact
that it thrives in all waters Of this coun.
try. It's estimated that the annual yield
will soon reach the value of 81 100000.
The Commission has also been surprising
I.ly successful with other popular fish,
such as the shad, trout, salmon, &C., and
the waters in various parts Of the coun.
try have been replenished with their
native fnny tribes. Prof. Baird, Chief
of the Commission, has just received
from the Department of Fish culture OF
the lower Seine, France, q gold medal for
valuable fish ova sent to the Department.
"a. II.
Effects Of no License.
a moat thonphtful and careful observer,