The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-07-18

h,xaver. that the old Vermonter
80 -. -, nroduce the letters. He refused
~ a ~ 80 weereupOn Mr.. Riddleberger
Jsnounced such proceeding IN pretty
,.ioiert language. BY strictly party
vore Mr.. GoOde was rejected all the
- me. The following day Saturday
a. Riddleberger took occasion TO
further deuounce tue manner In Which
Ar Goode had been rejected, paying
lis respects To Mr.. Edmunds in no
yerv complimentary tetms, and de-
nonncipg the statement which Mr.. Ed
muuds made in regard to his having
letters in his possession to prove Mr.. /
Goode's connection with the sale OF
Offices as utterly false. Mr.. Riddle
berger was Verv much worked Up and
nad 10 be called to order several times.
Outside of the wrangle over tine Pre-
sident's having vetoed so many private
pension bills, and the passage Of the de-
fciency bill by the House. nothing of
note has been transacted Il either
branch OF the National Legislature. The
hot weather has been visibly teit by the
members of both Houses; and manv
families here that are usually IN the
country a month before this are now
beginning to think II IS tDAe TO clear
out
This has been a phenomenally cool
summer for Washington. During the
past week, however, the thermometer
has pu: in good time. ranging IN the
vicinity Of 80 degrees every day. The
heat in Washington is very oppressive
Under a continued spell of hot weather
here one feels perfectly useless, II being
about as hot during the night as
il is during the day. During the
day II is positively dangerous
20 venture too long upon the
streets without an umbrella. There
are, however, very few cases OF death
BY pFOstratiOn or sunstrOke. This Is
all the more remarkable when 1t is re
mem.iered that the streets are covered
with aspta e, which absorbs q great
amount Of heat To get some relief the
people repair to the parks. and the
steps. in front Of all the houses are
literally covered every nightly people
in search OF cool air. 1t is somewhat
surprising, nevertheless, that in the
face of such very hot weather, the
theatres here are so well attended the
whole summer through. For five weeks
the National Theatre has been packed
full every night. Col. McCaull's Comic
Opera Company has been the attraction,
the pieces being the "MlkadO" and the
.'Black Hussar." Popular" prices
prevail-admission % cents; re-
served seats so cents The re-
suit is, as l have said, the house
is packed every night and / vertically
believe that Mr.. McCaull is making
more money at the summer prices than
he would at the winter. The same
thing applies to Albaugh's Opera House
in this city. At popular" prices it is
filed every night. understand that this
Is the FIRST or second season. the pop
ular" price expe imeut has been tried
in Washington. Ii certainly is a grea.
success.
Washington is very gay city. In no
other city in this country, L venture to
say. are to be seen better dressed
women, more especially during the
summer months. The newspaper men
girls" Their dresses ara of the pretti-
est material aud handsomest pattern,
the prevailing color, of course, being
white, trimmed IN every shade of the
rainbow. The head-gear assumes every
conceivable twist, and carries every hue
that can be imagined. To see the "sum-
mer girls" to advantage, one h only
to attend the Marine Bands Saturday
afternoon concerts at the White House
grounds. Thousands OF people-men,
women and children-aitend these con-
certs, and well they may; for the Ma
rine Band. comprising some forty or
fifty performers, is one of the finest in
the country. Moving around
the band stand, and all over
the beautiful grounds are thousands
OF the sumner girls" of which
/ have spoken. They parade backward
and acknowledgements by their
husbands, or friends, or lovers-until,
as seen from an eminence. the ground
appears to be one immense, moving
bouquet, II one can imagine such a
thing. But the grand sight is
to be seen, say a. the Will
lard Hotel just after the concert
is over. The great streaming mass of
humanity from the concert grounds, as
If by some pre-arranged plan. fall into
hne-men, women and children, and
march down Pennsylvania Avenue.
Then it is, that one, on looking at this
tremendous procession as il passes. is
struck with the beatty of the dresses
which the sumner gr,s" displiy: OF
course, all this exhibition of fine wear
ing apparel may be clas ed as the
b ishth OF vanity. but It IS beautiful all
tue same.
The hos weather may hsVe the effect
to hasten an adjournment, but / fear
this cannot be had before the first of
August. The Senate declines to be hur-
riel with the appropriation bills and IL
is understood, as l stated last week, that
the President will give them careful at
tentlon before attaching his signature
to them. He will not blindly sign a
macs of bills at the closing hours of
the session no matter whom he dis
pleases or whom he discommodes. He
has cert in ideas in regard to the per
Torrance of bis official duties, and he
will carry these out if Congress
Is kept in session until ne1t
December. The ses ion has lasted
nearly eight months, but II will be very
difficult for any one to recall sinois
important public measure that has vet
been passed by the Forty-ninth Con
gress- JOHN IRVINE.