Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-07-30
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Written and complied for the HnnAIp.

galleries were filled as they are on
" on special occasions, and Repre-
sentatives left the pressing business
in their own end of the Capitol and
came over in large numbers. The
President of the Senate, Mr.. Sher-
man, left the Chair in charge Of an
other Senator, and took a position
on the floor so that he might at any
time Join IN the debate. He did
not take part, however, but Sena-
tors Hoar, Pugh, Teller and Logan
did, the latter's speech being the
prominent feature OF the day.
He spoke for nearly three hours,
bat his audience never grew weary,
and the General never grew dull
He took the position that there was
no evidence to prove that Senator
Payne had secured his election by
corruption, and said if the Senate
was appealed to on garbled state
ments, on CARRIED extracts, on per
versions of testimony, to do injus-
tice to a man or to his reputation,
he logan was not the man to do
it. His closing words were full OF
bitterness and sarcasm against
Murat Halstead, Of the Commercial
| gazette. Some of his friends had
whispered to HIM that he had bet
ter let the Commercial Gazette alone,
but the Illinois Senator said he be.
lieved he had as many friends in
Ohio as Mr.. Halstead himself, and
besides Illinois did not ask Mr.
Halstead what to do about her Sen
ators. He could take care of him.
self at home.
Bogus butter has been disturb.
ING element in both the Senate and
/ House during the week. Several
unfortunate personal controversies
grew out of it between Legislators
who held different attitudes towards
the bill. A great deal Of informa'
ton was developed, too, on Oleo-
margarine. One Senator expressed
the doubt that there was a pound
of Oleomargarine made in America
He had a letter from the inventor
to that effect, and stating that the
compounds made here were cOmbi'
nations of oleo oil, lard, cotton seed,
and various other things, so that ii
was a double fraud. OleOmargarine
was bogus imitation of butter,
and the article put upon the market
here was a bogus imitation Of Oleo-
margarine.
The White House has been strip
ped for the summer. Carpets and
curtains have been removed, cleaned
and stored away, and the parlOr
floors have on their summer dress
of white mating. When the Pres
ident and his wife 90 away in Sep
TENDER, the old mansion will be
painted again outside, and the wood
work inside will be freshened.
all looks dingy, and needs reno =
ton.
The $4,000 which Congress al
lows for keeping the White House
in repair is not by any means all
that has been spent upon it since
the era of JeffersOnian simplicity
begun sixteen and a half months
ago. Mr.. Arthur left large cash
balance OF the last appropriation
during his term, according to the
time hOnored custom that the out
gong President shall leave a good
sum for the incoming one to make
any changes he may desire.
The day following that on which
Senators Ingalls, and Miller had
their sharp personal dispute in the
Senate, the Kansas Senator arose
aud stated to the Senate that upon
reflection he was satisfied that he
had allowed his remarks to exceed
the proper limits of debate. lie
wanted to express his regrets for
having done so.
was reminded by this of a speech
by Mr.. Allen, of Mississippi, who is
one of the funny men Of the House.
He is a Democrat, but he was crlti-
cizing the Democratic side for its
petty stinginess in the matter of
appropriations, and illustrated the
nOsltion of both sides bv the course
of man in his own district. This
individual, after vigorously de-
nOuncing the Grant third term
movement, served two terms as
county treasurer, and became a
candidate for reelection, declaring
that he had been perfectly honest
in his former position. Having re.
/ flected over the matter he had come
to the conclusion that he was wrong,
and he thanked God that he had
the manhood to acknowledge it,
The Republicans, Mr.. Allen said,
after rejecting over their former
practices in the matter Of appro.
priations, admitted that they were
wrong, and thanked God that they
had the manhood to acknowledge
it. The Democrats, after reflection,
admitted that practices which they
had condemned in the Republicans
we're not so wrong after all, and
they were thankful that they had
the manhood to acknowledge it,
The would.be economists of the new
regime find it very difficult to run
the Government at less expense
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