The Mineral argus., 1886-07-22
WASHINGTON LITTER.
from Orr Regular Correspondent

" AsniNGroNi July %f't. 1850.
The impression Throughout; the
coGn,ry seems to be that Washington
is the wic.ctlesi city IN the Union,
and that it requires missionary service
from every other city and from every
state and territory. Not day passes
bat d petition comes to congress rom
some place laying Tor the passage of
bill to make Washington hab.table
and reasonably safe TO, women and
girls and children to live in. During
the presen, session 90 congress, sev-
.eral bill, implying the sang terrible
state Of immortality in this CITY. have
been introduced in both houses Of con
gress. Within the presen, wse!: quite
a series OF such bills were introduce ell
IN the senate by MIR. ingalls,. The
bills all originate outside of congres,
with good people who fancy that
Wasi.ingtcnians need their interference
When Il senator or representative in
Produces such a Oh at the request OF
iDe author that is the last of it. No
s.nator or representative thinks OF
framing such bill on his own ac-
count. ana 30 committee OF congress
thinks OF acting upon any such bill.
Tue numerous petitions from without
arrive III s;ereoiyped form, provided
by the good missionaries Of morality,
and though they be many, nobody,
except perhaps the missionaries, pay
any attention to them. IN seeking an
explanation Of this extraordinary soil
citude OF the outside world in the
morals of the capital city, a senator
remarked re;icctively that These peo-
pie must think that Washington is
made up OF congressman.
Yesterday bright smiling young
lady, in pretty white dress and broad
brimmed hat, sat by the side of Repre-
sentative Hatch on the floor of the
house. Ladies are hardly ever seen
on the floor while the house is in ses-
sion, which made this instance more
conspicuous and remarkable. Children
little boys and girls-are sometimes
admitted to the floor in charge of a
member. Mr.. Hatch's visitor was ad-
United as a little girl. Before bring
ing his visitor in he went to Speaker
Carlisle, and being rather scrupuIous
himself about sach matters, asked the
speaker what was the maximum limit
of age at which little boys and girls
could be admitted. The speaker.
noticing that Mr.. Hatch's heart was
throbbing with anxiety to crafty his
visitor, gave liberal Interpretation to
the rule, 'for this occasion only" and
told MIR. Hatch that if the young lady
would admit that she was a little girl
she could enter. The young lady was
admitted, and soon all the eyes Of the
house were upon her as she sat and
chatted with the genial gentleman who
is oleomargarine's greatest enemy.
Inc appearance Of the senate cham
Der varies very much with the fluctua-
tons Of the thermometer. 1t has now
assumed its most summary aspect.
Senator Mitchell, of Oregon, and
Butler, of South Carolina, have donned
canary colored coats; Senators Miller,
Allison, Sherman and Vance, white
waistcoats, and Conger a pink one.
Gibson, Manderson and Mcpherson
are arrayed in steel color, and Vest in
something approaching crushed
strawberry" Senator ingalls, has as
sulned linen suit iearfuly and won
derfully made. Alpaca garments are
mum .rous, and most OF the senators
look cool. ingalls,, Henderson, Payne
and Vance resort to the palm leaf fan
for relief
To-day-triday-a lively time is ex
peCted IN the house as an attempt will |
be made to override some of the
Presidents recent vetoes The action |
of the democrats in the house con-
corning the vetoed pension bills, indi-
Gates very clearly that the party in
tends to stand by the President, and
that there is no chance to pass any of
the bills over his veto Yesterday an
attempt was made, and nearly the
whole day was occupied in fighting
over the question, the yeas and nays
being called frequently. The votes
followed party lines, and the effort to
get the bill up for consideration failed
each time.
Mrs. cevellnd's midday reception,
held on Tuesdays and Thursdays and
lasting an hour, has become the lead
ing event of the season. The White
House is SO cool, and the manner of
affairs there is so agree
able TO every one, that the occasion
grows more and more in favor every
day. Mrs. Cleveland's callers enjoy |
the perfect freedom OF the drawing
rooms, and have no more restraint
,nnrN then, than eha., ..,,..il -, a. |