The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-03-20
NOTES ON EVENTS AT THE CAPITAL.
lettings Here and There in Washington
--Matters in Congress---Gleanings
from the Telegraph and the Ere
liable" Correspondent.

Charles H. Brice, of South Carolina, has been
appointed chief of division in the Second Comp
troller's Office.
"A bill has been reported in the House of Rep
sentatives granting the widow of Gen. Hancock
pension of $4,000 year.
-On Saturday last Gen. Logan delivered leo
ture in the Fifteenth Street Baptist Church on
the life and services of Gen. Grant.
"A Washington baker now has presidents
pie regularly for sale, but it is said not to sell
any better than any other commonplace pie.
Government Printer Rounds commission ex-
pires to-day and it is believed that ex Congress
man Rogers, of Buffalo, will be his successor.
Attorney General Garland in conversation is
said to express himself with directness and SIM
plicity, with marked avoidance of rhetorical
display. -
The Rev. j. P. Newman will take charge of
the Metropolitan M. E. Church, Washington, as
soon as he obtains q transfer from the New York
Conference.
The U. S. Senate is said to look with suspi-
cion on "auctioneer oratory;" and yet knock
down arguments are much appreciated in that
august body.
Republican Senators have agreed upon Rev.
j. G. Butler, Lutheran minister Of Washington,
to be chaplain of the Senate, vice Rev. E. D.
Huntley, resigned.
The debate in the Senate on the Presidents
refusal to give reasons for removals from office
was continued this week, taking up nearly the en-
tire time of the Senate.
The President gave dinner on Tuesday
.,,-. ocvnato.-c~.-t.s
Salisbury sat ON the right of the President and
Senator Logan on the left.
The bill to increase the pensions Of widows
and dependent relatives from IS to $12 per month
has passed both Houses of Congress and now only
awaits the Presidents signature to become law.
The Maryland Democratic Association Of
Washington held meeting on Monday night and
listened to several anti-civil service speeches,
one of which was delivered by Hon. Barnes Comp
ton.
"A bill has been introduced In the Houss grant
ing to the widow of Thomas A. Hendricks, late
Vice. President one years salary of said Office,
less the amount paid to Mr.. Hendricks in his life
time.
On Tuesday the Secretary of the Treasury
received contribution Of s35 to the "conscience
fund.-" The notes, which were sent from Phila-
delphia, had been cut in half and placed in two
envelopes.
Strong opposition is being made to TIE con-
frmation of Matthews, the colored man whom the
President appointed Recorder of Deeds for the
District, and it is very doubtful about his getting
through the Senate.
Congressman Hahn, of Louisiana, was found
dead in his room at Wizards Hotel, on Monday
morning. The cause of his death was hemorrhage
of the lungs. He was bachelor, So years of age
and native of Germany.
Miss Kitty Austin, of Clarksburg, Montgom-
cry county, Md, who is now nearly SO years of
age, is making the trip from her home to Wash
ington on foot. She goes for the purpose of pay
ing her respects to the President.
The Seventh New York Regiment will visit
Washington on the 10th of April to celebrate the
twenty first anniversary of their trip to that city
in the early part of the late war. The Washing
ton Light Infantry will entertain the command.
"A bill was introduced in the Senate on Mon
day appropriating $4,000 for the erection of an
extension of the Executive Mansion south of the
present structure, of equal and similar exterior
character, and to be connected with the mansion
by corridor.
President Cleveland denies that he has the
marvellous memory his fatterers have ascribed
to him. He says his memory is very capricious,
often retaining trifing details regarding some
crossroads postofice while letting slip matters of
the first Importance.
1T is possible that David S. Terry will succeed
the late Senator Miller, of California. Terry
is the man who killed Senator Broderick in duel.
He lately became the husband of Sarah Althea
Hill, for whom he was counsel in the great divorce
case of Hill VS.. Sharon.
Mr.. Manlsy, of Augusta, Maine, the close
personal and political friend of Mr.. Blaine, has
been in Washington for week past and it is said
he is making a survey of the field with view to
the Maine statesman's denomination for the Pres
idency by the next Republican convention.
Patrick Jordan, aged 70 years, was appointed
a Waterman in the Interior Department by Secre-
tary Lamar when he first took charge of that Office.
Jordan was messenger to JEFF. Davis while he was
Secretary of War and it is understood that the
old man was appointed upon his recommendation.
"A bill has been introduced in Congress max
ing appropriation of S25O, 900 which sum is to
be expended in the suppression of contagious and
infectious diseases among cattle. The work is to
be done by the bureau of animal industry and
under the supervision of the Commissioner Of
Agriculture.
The President on Tuesday appointed VIM. L.
Trenholm, of South Carolina, who ia at present
member of the Civil Service Commission, to be
Comptroller Of the Currency, vice H. W. Cannon,
resigned. He also appointed John H. Oberly, of
Illinois, to fill the vacancy in the Civil Service
Commission.
Every Congressman gets 5000 packages of
farm seed and $50 of garden seed from the Agri-
cultural Department and upon the proper distri-
button of these depends much of his popularity
with his rural constituents. Frequently those
who do not get seeds become very angry with
their Congressman and mark him when he comes
up for reelection.
The funeral of Senator Miller took place in
the Senate chamber Saturday afternoon last
and the services were of a most impressive charac-
ter. The body was placed in special car after
wards and that evening left for California, accom-
panied by committees of the Senate and House.
The deceased Senator, who was worth four or five
millions, leaves wife and daughter.
Mrs. German, mother of Hon. A. P. German,
died at her sons residence in Washington, on
Sunday evening last, in the 18th year of her age.
She was devout member of the Southern Metho-
dist Church and had been an active worker in the
temperance cause. Her last request to her chill
dren, all of whom surrounded her death bed, was
that they should continue to live up to her reigi-
GUS and temperance teachings. Her remains were
brought to Baltimore and inferred at Loudon
Park.
"A joint resolution was offered in the Senate
on Monday, proposing "That the term of office of