The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-02-17
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON. Eel

! mast again. IheY drocp This tlme
for Gen. Hancock. Death has made
havoc with official receptions Of late.
Three times within the last month the
social programmes of TIE Administra
ton circle has been thwarted, invita-
tons recalled, and entertainments
postponed; in consequence of death.
The Secretary of war had issued cards
for reception to the officers of the
army, navy and marine corps for the
evening that Gen. Hancock's death
was announced. OF course the invit
tations were Immediately counter
,nanded
The House Of Representatives ad-
iourned when notified of the Gener-
ais death, while the Senate very COM
mendably proceeded as usual With
business It's Inconsistency must be con
cedea, there is no sense or appropriate
ness in shutting down on such business
under such circumstances. It is amean
ingless, pernicious custom for Con-
gress to adjourn in consequence Of
any death, and a change of rules III
this respect will be welcomed by tie
whole country. No real respect is
shown for the deceased in this way
Congressman enjoy each adjournment
of this kind as any other holiday,
while the time is wasted and public
affairs neglected.
The Senate has continued the silver
debate during the week and has dis
cassed pnblic Education besides.
Then there has been open debate on
The vital question Of the Presidential
prerogative. While Senator Edmunds
was detained at home with a sore
throat, president pro tenn. Sherman
walked down from the chair, and quite
unexpectedly opened an attack upon
the White House, pleading absolute
power OF the Senate over all informa-
ton as to the character of appointees.
There have also been, during the week,
some important secret sessions OF the
Senate in which certain confrmatious
were opposed by Republican Sena-
tors.
The Woman suG'ragists are marshal
ling their forces preparatory to swoop-
ing down on Washington again next
Wednesday for the eighteenth annual
time. Miss Susan B. Anthony has
been here for some weeks perfecting
arrangements for this convention,
which will be attended by distinguish
ed advocates of female suffrage from
all parts of the country. Miss Antb-
ony is as energetic as ever in her work,
and is as sanguine OF the final success
of the cause as when she first began
to struggle for It fifty years ago.
The principal object Of this associa-
ton from its organization has been to
secure to the women of the several
Estates and territories, national pro-
lection in the citizens right to vote,
through a sixteenth amendment to the
Constitution. They say they do not
expect to get the amendment this
Congress, but they will get the matter
discussed, and in a few years they ex-
pect to get what they want.
'What we are after now,' said Miss
Anthony, 'sis simply discussion Of
the subject. The more it's discussed,
the more popular it will become. We
know" continued she, "who our en-
emies in Congress are and how many.
We do not expect to convert them,
but as they drop out they will be re-
placed by men of more advanced
views on all the great issues of the
age, including woman suffrage"
She agrees with the opinion recent
ly expressed by Senator Edmunds
that the majority of women of the ..
S. do not want to vote. She accounts
for this on the ground that it is some
thing new, and that many women Of
conventional ideas are opposed to
anything new until they have studied
the question.
The advocates of woman suffrage
claim to have made great progress in
: Senatorial favor. They hold that
twenty-six Senators are IL favor OF
giving women the ballot. They cite
instances to prove that this number
have declared themselves openly as
their supporters, while they say they
cannot tell how many silent friends
| they may have in the upper House.
A Senator asked Hiss Anthony how
the women expected to do anything
with Congress until they had carried
school districts. She told him they
could not reach the school districts
except through the speeches made in
the Senate. What we want, smd
she, SIS to get a vote in the Senate,
and to send the speeches al over the
country" She thinks tie speech made
in favor of female enfranchisement
last Congress by senator Palme" did a
wonderful amount of good. Senator
Palmer Of Michigan is called the Phil
osophical lnilionare.
He utters epigrams on life. He
lives in one of the most elegant hous-
es in Washington, but he says his