The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-04-17
From Washington.
rprom our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, April 0, loob'

| Tho House of Representatives mas peeh
c,yinC itself 10 strikes for the past Few
laws while the Senate has been taking
rs:t voted for by the majority, so that the
Rennbljcan Senators could fight In caucus
avar the Edmunds resolutions When
thev nassed these resolutions last week,
NAV sunnosed they had gotten through
With discussion which had been neither
as interesting nor as profitable as had Deeh
anticipated, I'LL, uo,o,ors did MT
consider il binding upon them 10 loilo"
the line of party action indicated IN tne
resolutions and that they were Tree 10 vote
mon the Presidents nominations accoiu-
i np 70 the merit of each case But Mr.
! FImunds anrrily demanded what was the
nse of passing Lis resolutions ii they were
to get no good out OF them -, ,,. no
| Caucu, after caucus was held, Dut no
agreement was reached, and II Is asserted
mat the debate was sometimes more acii'
mouious than the Senators care 10 acKn""l-
aJra Hear. Logan and Morrill, are among
| the refractory Senators, and oluly enough
tna Latter who /, Mr.. Edmunds' most stub
! horn cOmbatant, represents the same sl"le
os he Mr.. Morrill, Contended that an at
tempt 10 reject the democratic nominees
would do the republicans no good. II
would be regarded by the people as plfu
san obstruction. and would be resented as
snrb Mr.. Edmunds and his adherents
fri ID 10 secure the adoption OF doIeh uli
frrently worried propositions, each pracu-
.cully committing the caucus 10 carrying
ont The letter Of the Elmunds resolutions
, but each was beaten As soon as II was Oh
fered. r,..,.
The result will be that the Edmunus
resolutions will be virtually repudlaIeu'
! There is and has been, no cohesion among
the Republican Senators. There Is no SIN
cerity in any course they agree upon. one
! half of them are Jealous of the other hail,
and policies are voted for which no one In
tends shall be carried out. There are too
many Presidential aspirants among them
for any harmony of purpose. They have
neither helped the party nor lndlNiuua'
members so far.
The continued illness of Secretary Man
ming and the recent illness OF other mem
beers of the Cabinet and OF Col. Lamont,
the Presidents efficient private secretary,
have greatly increased the LABOR OF MT
Cleveland during the past week. sickness
in the Cabinet has called attention 10 the
very arduOus nature of the duties which
Cabinet officers are called upon to periorm,
And il would be difficult TO find conditions
that offer more liberal inducements to Ill
ness than may be found in the present Cap
met The labor eXaCted Of its members is
unrelenting constant and severe.
There are few persons who know how
very much Secretary Manning was over
worked. He found it impossible to con
duct the affairs of the Treasury Depart:
ment by giving the business only general
supervision. Immense labor was required
of the Secretary personally.
The continuous strain of weighty respon-
sibilities, added to the everlasting worry
of petty detail makes havoc with the
nerve forces that only regular seasons OF
repose can repair. And recuperation Is
not TO be thought of in Washington official
life. Society makes larger demands upon
public men every year. To entertain ana
to be entertained is to perform the duties
attached to the position To close the
doors of house that custom has rented 10
society for the season, as II We're, Is 10 DC
inhOspitable and eccentric. 1t Is true Mr..
Manning went very little into society, and
| left social duties usually to his VIE, Dut
| for all that he has had no rest.
II is to be hoped that the Senates vote to
employ half million dollars in the cree
ton Of another monument here to Lincoln
will receive an emphatic protest in the
| Lower House There is not even the poor
argument for the Senate bill that Lincoln
has no memorial as is the case, for in
stance, with Lafayette. There is statue
of him in front of the City Hall, reared by
the colored race, another called the Eman,
cipation group besides several busts and
oil paintings in the Capitol.
It might be urged that these memorials
are inartistic, but the Senates proposed
work might be more so. The construction
of INN ense piles of stone rs memorials OF
| the dead is an Anticipated custom, more lit
ting the era of mound builders than one OF
enlightenment Ii is true Washington has
such IA one here but that was begun years
ago The modern idea of worthy memo
rial, and one commended by every feeling
of humanity, is an asylum, hos1itable, an
art gallery, or other institutions that Will
benefit the living as well as honor the
dead.