The Press., 1886-03-11
WASHINGTON LETTER,

Washington D. O., March 5, 1886.
 The latest from Senator Jones, the re- calcitrant, love crazed senator from Flor ida, is that he can manage hia own afairs. The democratic senators have been con- siderably annoyed by the conduct of their infatuated brother, and by their ineffect- ual attempts to bring him .back to his senses and to Washington. They need the assistance of Mir. Jones vote in these troublous times of resolutions and counter resolutions in the senate, messages, war like reports and demonstrations They have used every ordinary effort to induce him to return to his senatorial duties, but he is incorrigible and refuses to give mp the hopeless pursuit of the Detroit heir ess. As a derniere resort, his friends Ehave been concocting plan for getting Miss Palms to come to Washington in order to lure the sanguine senator to his post.
 The political discussion which was to have begun Ill the senate this week over the presidents refusal of information bearing on official changes, has been de- layed by the presidents message The senate was not prepared to discuss this document in an of hand way. The mes sage will be considered first by the judic iary committee, but 1t is not now thought
 
 I It will probably only be answered on the floor of the senate ill the general discus- sion upon the subject treated by the pres lCent.
 The majority in the senate regard the message as entirely uucllls for and as an almost foolish misrepresentation of their position. Senator Frye predic.s that the presidents acton is one that he will re- gret hereafter. Why, sad he, we have not asked MT. Cleveland for his reasons ID making removals. We have not aske him for anything. We asked the heads of our departments for certain papers, our departments which come to congress for money for thelr maintenance, and winch cannot get a sheet of paper without the consent of congress.
 Another republican senator said that the true policy for the senate to adopt was to reject as ruthlessly as the president has suspended. "He suspends our friends without giving cause, and we have the right to reject his fHends iu the sam- arbitrary manner. He denies that the senate Is a c'-ordlnate bower with tht executive Ill the matter of presidential appointments, aud restricts Us to the exer- else of legislative duties alone. This ls usurpatlon of glaring character"
 
 house of rrpre seutaiives has given the week mostly to the subject of pensions, the senate to the educational blll. Sena tor Ingalls, haa heard no democratic sena tor give any reasou for this bli except as belng necessary tO enab,e them to take Care of the colored nitera1 es in the south ern states. Yet when 1t was proposed tc insert 8 provision directing the money u be used for just that purpose, southern senators took 1t as all F'affront," an ''in suit, " and said 1t evinc. q settled distrusi of the states, It was dlsavOwed that the southern sstates were tsAnendicaats," ol wanted stalms." They were willlng to take the money only as ( ssgift, bat they wanted it absolutely without conditions. I The estimable and accomplished .wite oi Senator Hawlay ef Conn, has. just died lin this city Iha henUic conduct of. this lady in the lafe war illusErates some oi Iher prominent charact cteristics. For 3 slyear and g half after the firing on For, i Sumter, she was ilp bhe south instruc citing Hospitals. When General HawIsyss com. mand removed to Virginia, she came to Washington and took charge of ward in a hospital here Later, she reioined hel husband at Wilmington, N. G., and was fl there when he received 10, 900 union, pris- oners of whom 5000 required hospital treatment Afterwards she accompanied the general to Richmond where he acted as chief of staff of General Terry. for sey. eral months. During this time she made an active search for the grave of a cousin, Ia young cavalry officer, who was killed al l Five Forks. From the upsetting of an ambulance she suffered an accidane which necessitated her using erntches fhe re. mainder of her life. sa
 The much talked of permanent exhibi. l tion of the three Americas in Washina tnsi is interesting many of the leading citizens of the capital, who are trying hard to materialize the project. Encouraging signs are reported from every side. The railroads are anxious 10 aid Baltimore is ready to respond, aud the question now under discussion is how toenliRt congress. The proposed plan is to open the perma- nent exposition in 1889 in honor of the centennial anniversary of the adoption of the constitution of the United States, and 8 worlds exposition in 1892, in honor of the 4O0th anniversary of the discovery oi America. Two points are at least settled by public opinion. Some American city must prepare such celebration, and il must be the greatest exposition the world ever witnessed.
 Colonel Joseph SeIdsn of Norwich died at his home in that city on Tuesday morn. ing, after an illness of several weeks.