Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-04-10
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.

Alo
who was stricken with vertigo while
ascending the stairs of the treasury
department, is considered quite crltl-
cal. The affair has cast a gloon over
his department, and the people look
for bulletins in regard to his condi-
ton every hour. Mr.. Manning is &
very hard worker, aud his present
prostrauon IL ascribad to intense ap=
plication 70 his official duties. such
close confinement and hard work a.
the secretary has imposed upon him
self" remarked a treasury official,
"oftcn working until morning, was
enough to PROSTATE any man"
Owing to Manning's size and
weight, it was a difficult matter to re-
move him from the treasury to his
home. He was placed in a chair and
| carried to the elevator. In lifting the
| chair from the elevator to carry him
to the carriage, one Of the chair legs
| broke under the heavy weight, and q
fall was narrowly prevented In their
efforts to support him the men who
| we're carving him had their clothing
| almost torn off of them, giving those
| who saw him taken from the building
the impression that he was in a dying
| condition. His friends are very APP
| prehensiye about his recovery, since
his flushed face and laboTed breath
ing indicate that his accident was OF
apoplectic origin.
The house of representatives IS now
trying to act upon some OF the prac-
teal question OF the day, while the
Senate is still discussing the political
question, "What are public and pri-
vate papers, and, ''how to get Them
The labor troubles throughout the
country are occupying the attention
| Of meny members Of congress. Rep
resentatiye Weaver Of Iowa, thinks
our present republican form of gov
eminent can not stand much longer
if the present state Of affairs continue.
He says the labor question must be
settled by legislation. There are
three great m%onopolies that Cypress
labor-the railroads, the land and the
brokerage monopolies. Congress can
control the railroad and public land
matters, and can correct the other by
giving a sound currency.
Representative O'Neil of st. Louis.
who has just returned from the scene
Of the strikers thinks the question Is
such q serious one that he has not
| been able to settle upon any plan yet
to propose to congress for the adjust
mont Of differences between employ
ers and employees. He is formulating
some plans, however, which he viii
lay before the president asking for his
.opinion of them and suggestions fol-
some measures equal to the emergen.
cy. When both parties refuse volun,
tary arbitration it is hard to tell what
can be done.
4 few mornings since the blinc
chaplain Of the house made an open.
ing prayer that was attentively listen:
ed to and cansed quite a sensation
among the members. On notion o
}nr. ButteraostA of Ohio. seconded
by AIn Weaver, Of Iowa, 1T was OF
dered to be printed in the congress
sional record. He asked God to teacl
the people of this country that money
gained otherwise than by the swea'
Of the face, as the fair and homes
wage Of honorable, manly work o
brain OF hand, is gained by theft, M
matter how we name the stealing
that money is never converted int
wealth unless it ceases to be the pan
der of our lusts, and lifts us above
the level of the animal, lighting us tt
the gracas of life, making us klndl,
with our kind, and patient to Cod
laws. He prayed that the lane
might be rid Of all gamesters, wheth
er they gamble with dice or cards o
chips, wheat or stocks, corn OF cotton
and that we might be delivered iron
robbers, who enticed their victims t.
boards Of trade, stock exchanges, an
bucket shops, and who name thel
practices Of plumber "shearing tn
lambs"
When the chaplain prays, the mos
devotional man on the floor of til
house apparently, is Mr.. Henderson,
of North Carolina. He stands wit
closed eyes aud upturned face, hi
hands raised in front of him, palm t
palm. He parts his fingers an
brings them together again as tn
prayer progresses, keeping time, as
we're, to the periods. Mr.. Aenderso
is a ritualist, and with his smot
shaven face has a clerical appearance
, himself. He comes from q histories