The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-06-26
Washington Letter.
From our regular Correspondent

Journmeut. he failure VI the caucus
Of chairmen to arrange programme of
business for the rest Of the session has
greatly discouraged members who want
t. dispose of some of the important
measures now on the calendar. With
out any definite plan Of procedure
there is a prospect Of indiscriluinatc
antagonisms, vhich will consume tim,
at the expense ol the various measures
Members who are in II hurry to &C.
\home find some enc Engagement in this
to exp, Ct III early adjournment. Yet il
woul / not he surprising if Congress
were in session Oh the first of August.
Six soft soii.s occupy places in the
Corners near the cloak rooms On eacl
side Of the House. They are nearly al
ways occupied by sleeping members.
The soft upholstery yields to The wei.I t
of its burden and entices sleep. These,
however, do not furnish Accommodations
for all the weary legislators. The rest
have to sleep Ia their chairs. 1t is yer.
seldom that Il member refuses to T., B.
pond to card calling him into III
CORD II. When aroused FROM slun
Der in his chair he will rub his eyes,
read the card and wake up on his wa,
out. Not one time in Thousand will ht
allow it to be known that he has ben
disturbed, or that he has anything m re
Important to do than to com. out in Tia,
lobby to talk with his constituents. Q
is always smiling, always urbaue. Blu
if he has pre-emp ped place OH the sof"
the case is different. Any but newly
appointed messenger ", uld know better
than to axe member under these
crcums ances, A discreet m,ssen, L
! would say that member sleeping on a
sofia was not IN. One of these card ea-
rers was not Jiscr ct the other day. Ia
collsequa &c there lsa very uncoufor
table lne4b r .n the floor. One Of hiu
most valuable constituents called ana
sent in his card. The mess nser after
searching through the House caue
back and reported to he distinguished
Constituent tuat the m ,noer was i, :
.eep on a sofa, ana he uni not like t.
disturb Inn. He cont like to he {. 8.
turbed when he's a lccp." T.. cons :
tucnt looked dazc,. Tor IA molnvhl, loo :
ed ut his watch ID tnen ut the Ii es.
scngcr. lie left his card to lie given O
tle member "wh II he wakes up" The
member is said to have spent all Il e
rest Of the day i'll trying to find his
caller to tell him t'lat the messenger
Was mistaken. ~
Mr.. Morrison has given notice that
he will call up the tariff bill again to-
day. The sundry civil will be called up
by MIR. Randall. This motion will douh :
less be sustained by the House
The sundry civil will occupy most
, Of the week, and when it lis finisl..
$ ed the general deficiency bill will be
ready to be taken up.
"What is the reason" | asked a
!, Pennsylvania member of Congress
+ shat one sees 80 many new faces ever,
Congress in the Pennsylvania delesa
, tionq
at is due to the wretched cnnfert,
system which prevails in the countr,
districts, and to the practice of select
" ing members in rotation from the sever
e al counties. Under that system dis
trict like Congressman Boyle's, for e,
ample, composed of three counties, give
e the nomination to Fayette County f,
RI two terms, then to Green County Ior
al like term, and then to Westmorelan
The purpose is to provide rotation
"o office, both as to incumbents and loca
On ties. 1t is most vicious system. \
tor sooner does member learn enough
make himself useful to his district tn,
be he is rotated out of office. And no
Of gree of ability or conscientious di
les charge Of duty will keep him in. II
fact is that legislation is controlled e
tirely by the old members. Outside
Philadelphia and Reading, Pennsylv
MIA has no old members. The result
lack of influence, both in Congress Oh
at the Departments"