Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-01-13
.Us WASHINGTON LETTER.
..os our REGULAR oozHnsPosDkHf.
wasHroTos. Jan. 8, 1885.

wasHrx0Tos. Jan. 8, 1886.
Jadsina FRI m the views expressed BY
.,ss number OF Representatives, the
..,,rsssisn seems TO be that a large
a,mber OF the members Of both parties
"A representing inland as well as coast
,;.,;sts. favor liberal appropriations
., ,esss defenses, for the pavy and for
n. N construction of ordnance. There
iii be quite a number Of general tariff
III. Introduced, and very many more
,.ls,ise to specific duties
There vas quite SENSATION IN ths
,;,,omstio corps, last week. over 60
al pbenomenon which none OF tee
.nhers had ever observed before, and
.hicb will furnish them food for dis
..~.,on for many a day. Ihe unnar-
- ministers and attaches OF legations
..ss,ysd calls from lady, the wife Of q
s,ch os,cial who is nov in Washington.
Tss, had all called apon her, and j
.annose she considered it her duty to
,ssnyn the visits, and did up the whole
~. ,eoardiess of whether they were
hs,helors or benedicts. She bad no
- Of the inpropriety OF the act, for
shs n A lady of modesty and refine
aent. bat unfortunately Is not familiar
.,sh the social code. Feg Of the diplo-
nstists we're ever 80 severely startled a.
,hru her card was sent up TO them with
~ information that she Was waiting.
Unattended. In the parlor below. Some
aaksd to be excused, as their sense OF
propriety led them TO avoid tets a-tete
visn q lady Of such distinction; bat
others, supposiBg 10 WAS one OF the cas-
ans Of the land Of the free and equal
foy vomen Of social position TO call
upon gentlemen at their lodgings, cor
dislly received and exchanged compli
mspss With her a. they would with any
visitof, A few Of them are unable TO
spsak any English AZ all, and, AZ the
Isdy il familiar with no language bat
hsf own, the situation must h0ve been
eomicsl enough.
There will be q rather remarkable
soeus In the Senate a. soon as Congress
rseouvenes. Senator Beck will at once
renew bis attack upon the financial poi
iey Of the administration, which Will
Be- defended by Senators Morrill,, Sner-
man, Einunds. Hawley and other he
psblioaps. Il will be the first time in
the history of the country, i tsiieve,
vhsn Q Democratic President has de
pended apon Republican Senators 10
isnd him against attacks from his own
psrty. Unfortunately for him, the
tslklns men on ths Democratic side Of
tbs senate do not agree With The Presi
dent upon the mcst important features
Of his policy; and while neither the
siiser question nor civil service reform
can be regarded a. political issues, 1t 30
happsns that Beck. Voorhees,, Vest and
other Democrats oppose the position the
President has taken.
Ths President said yesterday that his
recent ls.ter to Joseph Ksppler, the ed
itof Of Puck, had been misoonstruea.
II applied 10 dishonest newspapers and
newspaper men, and in so far AZ they
we're concerned be would not wish 80
shanRe . word OF it. They had done
ncaIculable harm by their lying, and
the severest condemnation OF
very honest man. But he had not in
ended that what he had said about bad
lsvspapcfs and bad newspaper men OF
be country should bs applied to the
onest newspapers and newspaper men.
10 did not suppose that anv one would
. apply 1t. He Supposed that every
ody disorlminated, as he did, between
onest and dishonest newspapers and
evspsper men. His words we're in
,nded for those whom they woald At
10 said he had known a eoad deal about
10 work OF the newspaper correspond.
ats both at Albany and at Washington,
nd recognized at once It's difiicult oon
ltions aud the faithful and conscien
Ious way ia which, In tse great majority
eases, it was performed.
LxSox,