The Mineral argus., 1886-04-08
WASHINGTON LETTER

WASHINGTON, March 26th, 1886.
The condition of Secretary Man
ming who was stricken with vertigo
while ascending the stairs of the Treas
ury Department. is considered quite
critical. The affair has cast kind OF
gloom over his Department, and the
people look for bulletins in regard to
his condition every hour. Mr.. Man.
ming is very hard worker, and his
present prostration is ascribed to in
tense application to his official duties.
''Such close confinement and hard
work as the Secretary has imposed
upon himself" remarked a Treasury
official, soften working until morning,
was enough to PROSTATE any man."
Owing to Mr.. Manning's size and
weight, it was a difficult matter to
remove him from the Treasury to his
home. He was placed in a chair and
carried to the elevator. In lifting the
chair from the elevator to carry him to
the carriage, one Of the chair legs
broke under the heavy weight, and a
fall was narrowly prevented. In their
efforts to support him the men who
were carrying him had their clothing
almost torn off Of them, giving those
who saw him taken from the building
the impression that he was in dying
condition. His friends are very appre-
hensive about his recovery, since his
flushed face and labored breathing
indicate that his accident was of
apoplectic origin.
The House OF Representatives is
now trying to act upon some of the
practical questions of the day, while
the Senate is still discussing the politi-
cal question, "What are public and
private papers," and show to get
them"
The labor troubles throughout the
country are occupying the attention
of many members Of Congress. Rep
resentative Weaver Of Iowa, thinks
our present republican form of gov
ernment cannot stand much longer If
the present state of affairs continue
He says the labor question must be
settled by legislation. There are
three great monopolies that oppress
labor-the railroads, the land and the
brokerage monopolies. Congress can
control the railroad and public land
matters, and can correct the other by
giving sound currency.
Representative O'Neil, of St. Louis,
who has just returned from the scene
of the strikers thinks the question is
such a serious one that he has not
been able to settle upon any plan yet
to propose to Congress for the adjust
ment Of differences between employers
and employees. He is formulating some
plans, however, which he will lay
before the President asking for his
opinion of them and suggestions for
some measure equal to the emergency.
When both parties refuse voluntary
arbitration it is hard to tell what can
be done.
A few mornings since the blind
chaplain of the House made an open
ing prayer that was attentively listened
to and caused quite sensation among
the members. On motion of Mr..
Bmterworth Of Ohio, seconded by Mr..
Weaver, of Iowa, it was ordered to be
printed in the Congressional Record.
He asked God to teach the people of
this country that money gained other
wise than BY the sweat of the face, as
tie fair and honest wage of honorable,
manly work of brain or hand, is gained
ty theft, no matter how we name the
sealing; that money is never con-
xerted into wealth unless it ceases to
be the pai.der of our lusts. and lifts us
above the level of the animal, lighting
Us to the graces OF life, making us
Sindly with our kind, and patient to
Gods laws. He prayed that the land
might be rid Of all gamesters, whether
they gamble with dice or cards or
chips. wheat or stocks, corn or cotton,
and that we might be delivered from
robbers, VINO enticed their victims to
boards of trade, stock exchanges, and
bucket shops, and who name their
practices Of plunder ''shearing the
lambs"
When the chaplain prays, the most
devotional man on the floor OF the
House apparently. is Mr.. Henderson
of North Carolina. He stands with
closed eyes and upturned face, his
hands raised in front of him, palm to
palm. He parts his fingers and brings
them together again as the prayer
progresses, keeping time, as it were, to
the periods Mr.. Henderson is a
iitualist, and with his smooth shaven
face has clerical appearance himself.