Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-03-13
WASHINGTON LETTER


tory Of the Administration policy and
counter resolutions in the Senate, with
partisan debates, personal differences
and daily spats and twits in both
Houses, our law makers have but little
3iaD left to devote TO their real business.
When q substitute was offered for the
IIanbaeE- iaquiry into the Pan-Electric
affair voice from West Virginia was
TIE only one raised against It o.. It was
that of Representative Gibson, who vas
unwilling TO see the the House drift in
10 an investigation which could bring
no respect to it, no confidence 10 the
country. and DO good tc any human
being. In The first Place there had
been no charge against any official that
wcnll justify . trial He then attacked
C1esressman Pul..sor- lei the Sew
York WOrlG) who. r2s-not in his seat
ct the-time III. pglitzer, he said, an
editor os Q paper, did not see Et 10 A.
tax tho Attorney General in IN Oman.
honest. manly way, like . representa-
tive should have done, but undertook 20
retreat behind the ir-esEonziblc col
umna Of his newspaper tor the pur-
pose Of or6ating = scandal.
this point Mr.. Gibson YVES remind
ed that the gentleman frou New York
was not present. 81 cannot help thai,
he ought to be here" replied 2Lr.
Gibson. "If Mr.. Garland IS 90 be
assai'ed, - cca,@ae5 re, "Gct him be
assaiIed Tvith'Ihe certainty of chicken
thief. Let him be assailod with the
1anIiaess which the character Of his
rePutstjon deserves.
Bat 90 not understand GIr. Gibson to
he champion of the Administration.
re declared that as lar as cleanliness
ard honesty were conce-aed,- It was
oqEal to any we haG ever had, but said
that he had very little regard for its
politics. he wae simply protesting
against Congress drifting into an invest
i.ation taat would do neither party any
good. He had no G7a5t the Pan-Elec-
trio men courteI "a thorough investiga-
ton, knowing that they were honest
ard upright. 'But,' added he, care
we here 10 investigate every man who
wants his cLaractsrs established, or to
investigate every man whose character
some one else wants to blacken 2'
While the Forty-Byinth Congress may.
not work rs industriously rs it might,
it enjoys the reputation Of being the
finest looking and best dressed body
that ever graced the Han. An eminent
divine, who recently visited Washing
ton, spent q good deal Of time at the
Capitol. He reports a higher type of
men there now than ever before. And
indeed, the people have many repre-
sentatives here who honestly, faithfully,
mo5eslly, and earnestly attend to their
duties. Accidental slips of temper and
Irregularities in Senatorial and Con-
grcssionaI circles are certain 10 be re-
ported over the land. The patience,
industry, urbanity and self sacrifice of
scores of men, who are wearing their
lives out in committee rooms or in
other trying positions here, are not ap-|
- 4ciated or known. by the country.
4 republican member faeetiOusIy 40
marked that the ferved manner in
which the blind chaplain of the House
offers daily invocation Indicates that he
sees what appears to be invisible to the
imperative necessity for
earnest prayer in a democratic House.
DR.. Nlilburn seems to have made an
impression o. the rather unusual con-
gregation over which he is called to
preside. Formely no attention was
paid to the Chaplain's utterances, but
now Members rise to their feet ,sn4 lis
ten attentively to the morning prayer,
9htch is always brief, simple and d.
rect.
DR.. Ahlburn visits the Members OF
the House as other pastors visit their
congregations. Quite a number of the
Congressman are Catholics, with whom
the Chaplain is as popular as with the
PrOtestants. Forty years ago. Or.
MIburn first officiated as Chaplain of
the House. Ten years later he was ap-
pointed for the second time, and anoth-
er interval of thirty years finds him in
the Office again, commanding the re-
spect Of that body to an extent that is
considered remarkable.
The President is gradually fulfilling
the seasons programme, which was so
much retarded by several weeks of
mourning, The social event of the
week at the White House was the Mil
itary reception in honor Of the army
and navy officers. 1t was a brilliant
affair in several ways. The officers
were in fun uniform, and since even
ensigns wear epaulettes now, there was
an unusual amount of glitter and tinsel.
The butterflies of fashion have only
ten days more in which to dutter before
the penitential season. begins. Their
weary, faltering feet, are going at the
reckless speed of I've teas in ar after
noon, and six receptions in the same
evening.
Washington, March /, 1886.
Bohemian Dat SwIndlers.