Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-04-09
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

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Naming was still lying at deaths
docr, the Acknowledgement aud
Secretary of the Interior were also
taken sick. 40 sooner had Messrs
Garland and LamarIeached a state
of convalesccnce than the Presi
dents private Secretary was strick
en- with neuralgia. Secretary Man
ning's friends are still apprehensivC
about his recovery. The paralysis
has partially disappeared but the
patient not gained strength. lie is
restricted to diet of beef tea and
milk for the purpose Of reducing
his weight
II is said the worry of the Tele
phone investigation has good
deal to do with Attorney-General
Gailand's indiSposition. He has
not said a great deal about the
Telephone troubles, but he has
been greatly annoyed over them,
and when he has discussed them,
it has been with evideAt disincllna-
ton.
\ prominent physician who was
speaking Of the irrational policy OF
close confinement and no exercise
pursued by the Cabinet officers, re-
marked that the President was
sure to Succumb in a similar way
one of these days unless he would
heed advice. He said, Cleveland
is taking no exercise, but is sitting
mp there in the White House all
day letting his blood vessels grow
soft and fat. lie has gained forty
pounds since he has been there
Before he knows it some excitement
will send a rush Of blood to his
head, one Of the blood vessels will
burst, and he will die OF cerebral
hemorrhage and apoplexy.
LabO. questions have been dis.
cussed in Congress this week, and
there is much diversity Of opinion
among Congressman in regard to
the practicability Of legislation
with regard to arbitration. A va
riety of measures have been intro
duced each proposing a plan fol
settling strikes. The gentlemen
who have presented these bills are
now fearful that the Labor commit
tee will refuse to report some OF
them. The majority on this com
mittee is opposed to any action by
Congress looking to the legislation
of arbitration between railroad
companies and their employees.
Said Gen. Weaver of Iowa, who
is strongly opposed to federal ar
bitrament, "The bills on this sub
ject are all claptrap. ! do not use
the word in an offensive sense,
continued he, "but we have laws
now-State laws and National laws
that cover everything there is tC
cover in this matter" lie wanted
to know how the judgment of an
arbitration board could be enforced
You cannot compel men to 90 back
to work if they will not do so o.
their own accord, and he held that
a tribunal could not be created tC
try the case with a thousand mel
on one side and railroad company
on the other.
Senator llOar, of Massachusetts
asks for longer sessions ofCongress
every year. Repres entative Beach
of New York asks for more hour,
for work every day in the House.
Between the two the people have a
chance Of getting more law.making
for their money. On the Other
hand, Representative Campbell Of
New York has introduced a meas
ure giving the government clerks
a Saturday halfholiday every week
This last is an immensely popular
proposition, throughout the Depart
ments, at least.
The failure of the House commit,
tee on Rivers and HarberS to rec
Ommend the appropriation asked
for continuing the improvement OF
the Potomac Flats, just in front OF
the city, is calling forth much in.
dignant criticism. The reason
given by the committee for not in.
Guiding this work in the bill this
year, is that the title to the Flats
is in dispute and that the Attorney
General, although he has been fire..
quently called on by Congress,
has never given an opinion on the
subject.
Nearly million dollars has al
ready been expended on this work,
and the engineer IN charge of it
says, if it stops, but short time
will be enough to undo all that has
been accomplished. Others urge
that it is a most inopportune time
for retarding this important i'm
pr0yement because there is every
prospect that in three years time
Washington will be the scene Of an
Exposition, national and continent
al IN character and extent and COM
menorative Of great events. Thous.
ands of people from all parts of
North and South America and from
all parts OF the world will come AZ
visitors.
It is deemed of the utmost i'm.
portsuce tina: the river front i'm.
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