News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-12-16
FROM WASHINGTON.
from our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, D. c.,

probable, however, that the documen
will DE withheld until Tuesday, wher
both Houses will be ready 10 hear il
read. Ex-President Arthur, Senator
Pike, and Representatives Beach ant
Arnot have died during the recess
and if the announcement of these
deaths is formally made after the rol
call they will be followed by adjourn
ments.
1t is possible that the House O
Representatives will begin a much
needed reform by proceeding with it:
business up to late hour in the af
ternoon, when the fact that these mem
bers have died can be mentioned anC
the body then adjourn.
This would be a peculiarly fitting
occasion on which to inaugurate such
a reform, for it was no other than one
of the deceased members, Mr.. Beach
of New York, who had so much tc
say last session against the time vast.
ed by Congress in adjournments out
of respect for deceased members, and
in eulogies over them. lie asked Con
gress to adopt resolution RELOCATING
memorial services to Sunday during
the session in order to correct the
evil of the present system, and ad.
journments out of respect to the dea6
he thought should never be in order.
According to time honored Gus.
tom, when the death of Senator oil
Representative is formally announced
an adjournment is always taken fol
that day. That is one day lost. Then
another day is lost when the memorial
services are held, and sometimes these
memorial days come towards the close
of the session, when it seems almost
criminal to spare time from the pub
lie business.
The Senate Chamber and the Hall
of the House are in readiness. The
doors of both are draped in mourning
for the late ex-President, and chairs
and desks in both indicate by their in
closing folds of black that their form
er occupants are dead.
Members of both Houses of Con-
gress arrive on every incoming train,
and many of them are busy just now
in looking around for winter quarters.
Col. Morrison has been here for sew
eral days, but declines to be inter-
viewed, on the ground that he has
talked too much already since the
election. He charges up his defeat
TO the White House apathy, however,
and drops the remark that he found
defending the administration a very
unpleasant task. His defeat has not
changed his course, and he will spring
up his tariff reform bill again at the
first opportunity. His hair and beard
have whitened rapidly of late, and he
has surprised the ha6itues of Pennsyl-
vania Avenue with brand new silk
hat, the first, l believe, for ten years.
But while Mr.. Morrison will appeal
for the acceptance of his tariff bill, as
usual, he has no expectation of sue
ceeding. He. realizes that harmoni-
GUS Democratic action would be nee
essary to secure any tariff revision
this winter, and he sees no reason to
hope for such concentration of force
on any measure accomplishing mate
rial reductions.
Senator Malone is delighted at the
prospects of a Republican victory in
Virginia in 1888. Said he, "When
every vote cast in the State can be
honestly counted, Virginia will show
a majority of 100000" The Demo-
Gratis, he says have already lost the
white districts and he does not see
much for them to expect in the future.
The Presidents recent bad temper
and irritable state of mind was ex-
planned by an official announcement
that he was suffering from an attack
of rheumatism in his knees. His
malady is quite painful and annoying,
as he cannot walk, but only shuttle
around the room with the assistance
of a cane. No physician has been
called to see him yet, and he has not
had time to relax work on his mes
sage.
Mr.. Hearst, the California million
aire, whom the Governor appointed to
fill the vacancy made in the Senate
last session by the death of Senator
Miller, will not come back to the SEN
ate this winter. The Legislature cleo
ted in his place MIR. Williams, a
merchant who is friendly to the Gen.
trail Pacific railroad, TO serve out Mr..
Miller's term, which expires in March.
The Legislature which meets this win
ter will elect a Senator for the full
term, and the Central Pacific will do
its utmost to elect its man. Mr..
Hearst, whose wife is socially ambi-
tious, and who himself enjoyed his
experience here last winter, will fight
the railroad, backed by a certain
$50, 100000 firm for whom he did
good service as a mining inspector.
This clash of millionaires for q seat
in the .. S. Senate will be watched
with interest.
The posthumous review of the war
by General Mcclellan has appeared,
and as the work of a man who PLAYED
a conspicuous part in the early years
of the war, it will attract attention.
The radical differences of opinion in
the North oOnnarnino Mn(lalIon,e ,,oor