Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-06-18
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, D. c., June II, 1886.


WASHINGTON, d. c., June II, 1886.
To THE South KENTUCKIAN;
The Presidents return to the city
was as quiet as the arrival of any
other citizen of the Republic. 1t
doubtless would have been otherwise
had it not been generally supposed
that the same preparations had been
made to elude tue anxious crowd as
when the bridal party left 10 spend
their honeymoon in the Alleghanies.
But the morning after the return a
large number Of callers were at the
White House, some on public bust
ness, some to pay respects socially.
The bride so far has kept very exclu-
sive, seeing no one except wives of
the Cabinet Officers. She has been
busy, however acknowledging pres
ents and letters of congratulation
from personal friends. On Thursday
afternoon she and the President drove
out to his country home, and there
met the architect who had with him
the plans for the alterations to be
made in the mansion. Mrs. Cleve-
land soon settled the difficulties that
had seemed unsurmountable to the
President, and so he was for the first
time made to feel the advantages of
having helpmate in life. 1t was
Mrs. Cleveland's first visit to the
home, and she expressed herself as
perfectly delighted with it.
The reception at the Mansion for
Tuesday evening is predicted TO be
most brilliant affair. The Cabinet,
the judiciary, the Diplomatic Corps,
Congress, and certain Bureau officers,
and the ladies of their families, will
all be brought together the same
evening, and become personally &C
quainted with the White House.
On the Friday evening following, a
public reception will be held, lasting
from 9 to IL. After that there will
be no more receptions, and it is an
nounced that until after the Friday
reception no callers will be received
by Mrs. Cleveland.
The two exciting events at the Cap
itol the past week were the argu-
ments made by Judge Fullerton, OF
New York, before the 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 de-
Tense of the Secretary by Kelly, of
Pennsylvania. The two subjects re-
UiunH w n Knnat,nn,.tna
for time it looked as if a second war
would be fought, but this time in
side the marble walls OF the building
on the hill. Both the committee
room and House galleries were
crowded, but the Capitol police man
aged to preserve peace and no blood
was shed, although a lot of bad blood
was stirred up.
Congress is completely swamped,
and it is not seen how it is going to
work its way from beneath the mass
of business waiting action. All eff
forts of the Speaker to have the chair
man of the several committees 10
harmonic their differences and agree
OH a plan of action TO dispose of the
most important bills of public inter-
est have failed. The clamor for &C.
ton and pressure brought to bear on
the chairman of the committees fol
precedence is so strong that the chair.
men are non plussed, and so do moth.
ing. One committee alone-the com
mittee on claims-has had 1000 bills
referred to it for consideration. Its
members are all worked down, and
as matter of personal protection to
them it is said that the chairman has
refused to call another meeting of the
committee this session. Asa conse.
quence the bills before it, not already
acted on, will remain in statu AUG
till next session. This will give the
members a rest.
The Senator is loading down the
eleomargarine bin with all sorts of ir.
relevant subjects, such as lacking Nor.
rison's tariff bill on to it by Senator
Beck, and including wool and worst.
ed goods in the tariff list by Dawes
and the like-with the hope of talk,
ing the bill to death when it is called
up for debate and action. The Sena
ators are also caucusing as to what
bills shall be gwen consideration il
the remaining days of the session
One of the bills agreed on is the Mex.
lean pension bill. This bill has al.
ready passed the House, and will
probably become law this session.
When the U. S. Fish Commission
was established a few years ago
there were not many people who be.
lieved it would ever be anything
more than an ornamental appendage
TO the Government. Its work is, how
ever, beginning to show results fully
Justifiying the claims that were made
for its usefulness. The greatest &C.
tual results thus far attained have
been with carp. This is due to the
very rapid growth of this species
and the fact that it thrives in all wa
tiers of this country. 1t is estimated
that the annual yield will soon reach
the value of 81 100000. The Commits
sion has also been surprisingly sue
cessful with other popular fish, such
as the shad, trout, salmon, &c, and
the waters in various parts of the
country have been replentished with
their native finny tribes. Prof
Baird, Chief of the Commission, hal
just received from the Department o.
Fishcnlture. of the lower Seine
France, gold medal for valuable
fish ova sent to the department.
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