Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-04-17
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON d. c.. April 1, 1856.

VI iAsJ1itS1oS L. Va. II f(l11 l., lOCO.
Three sick cabinet officers, anc
three remarkable exhibitions of legis
%lative amenities, one in the senate
one in the house, and another in tht
committee room all on the same day
argne something wrong in the .atmos
phere Of the capitol.
In the senate Messrs. Logan ane
Teller INDUCED in personalities as fal
as the dignity of that body would al
low them. Each said the other was
no statesman, and made several SINH
lar remarks equally caustic. In tie
house two members from Tenn. com
pared each other to the occupants Of
prison cells and. to criminals who had
suffered death on the gallows. And
down in the basement-o OF the capitol
where the Telephone Investigation
Committee assemblies daily, adistin-
guished witness was Informed by 9
venerable legislator that he was impu-
dent, and the witness (Col. Casey
Ioung) reported by calling the Mass.
congressman {A1r. Ranny) a 'pettifog-
ging lawyer"
The sick Administrator is conval-
escent, with the exception of Secreta-
~ Manning. His condition still
causes much apprehension. Hope for
his recovery is only,based on the fact
that he becomes no worse. There.has
been no recurrence Of the rupture of
the same blood vessel. and the para
lysis has partly disappeared, but the
patient does not gain strength, his
voice is husky, and he frequently
dozes in the midst of a conversation.
On awaking, he resumes talk at the
point where he left it. He complains
OF his beef tea and milk diet and Won
dars why they DO net give him some
thing solid 70 oajid 10 on.
1
!Ae president has . great deal of
advice recently TO the effect that lie
mast avoid NJ. Manning's fate by
taking more recreation and exercise.
He has gained forty pounds since he
has been at the White. House, and his
friends express considerable solicitude
in regard ito his physical condition.
4 prominent physician remarkedsthat
the present cabinet are working simp-
ly with their heads. They increase in
avo;rdupois, and the trouble is that
the blood vessels will grow soft and
habby, swell up and then any undue
excitement will cause them to burst.
His advice to the President and his
cabinet was to get patent gymnasiums
and use them morning andsnight in
their rooms if they would not take
outdoor exercise. i
Even should Secretary Manning.re-
cover, it is fully conceded here ssthat
he will never again dare to
the onerous duties Of his office. AS
to his successor, the latest rumor in
the corridors Of the Treasury Depart
ment, is that Hon. W. L. Scott the
Penn. congressman, will be rendered
that portfolio. Mr.. Scott has been
prominent in the financial discussions
this session, and he proposed some
plan Of his own for settling the silver
problem. He is said to be the richest
man in the lower house, and he lives
in a pale stone house beside Senator
Stanford Of California who is said to
be the Wealthiest senator.
The absence now of stirring political
questions in this country may be per-
ceiyed in the nature Of Congressional
proceedings. The chief topics dis
cussed are those which effect more or
less locally, the business affairs of the
different sections. What we hear
most about just now are the strikes.
Representative Reed OF Kansas sum-
med up good deal of the common
sense of the situation when he said
during the debate on the arbitration
bill in the house; 1T may turn out
that this legislation may amount to
but little. 1t may turn out that it
will amount to much. Suppose we
Try it, and when we learn more, dc
The tenor Of the debate
throughout showed that, however the
partakers of it might differ about de-
tails, they were a unit in recognizing
arbitration as the key to the whole
labor problem. Great reforms do
not mature like fungi. Their begin
nings are often feeble and their evo-|
luton the work of time. As Mr..
Reed suggests, it is worth trying even
an imperfect measure and see how it
When It's faults are apparent
they can be corrected. Meanwhile.
III. friends Of progress will have the
satisfaction Of seeing the United
government, by the hand OF
congress-, set the stamp Of its approval
on arbitration as a principle. That
itself will ha q GREAT noinf. gained /