Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-03-22

comes forth with his little sling to
kill the Goliath of opposition, some
time hereafter, may he meet with as
severe defeat as did Mr.. McGaffey
in the late election.
A MAN FROM THE SOUTH END.
WASHINGTON LETTER..
ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE MONITOR
Washington, March Is.
Washington society has just con-
cluded another fashionable season of
brilliancy and extravaganza. Now
the Lenton season is being observed,
and the change from gay to peniten-
tial IN the social world is complete.
The wearied belle and her equally
wearied chaperone 60 to church of
mornings, and retire at midnight, if
they feel inclined. 1t is not likely
that the present stagnation in social
circles will continue during the
whole forty days of lent, but the
high pressure under which fashiona-
BILE life has existed for the past few
weeks, will not be reached again this
spring. Mrs. Whitney, who enter
tanned like princess during the
winter, at an expense of $500 a
week, has gone to Florida for few
weeks.
The very beginning of the season
just closed was draped in mourning,
and the closing days found a U. S.
Senator lying dead in the city. Not
outstanding the. vice presidents
death and the sad bereavements in
the family of the secretary of state,
entertainments at the white house
have been on scale of magnifcence
not exceeded by General Arthur,
who was said to have a genius for
elegant hospitality. There have
been many elaborate and notable
events outside of the presidential and
cabinet entertainments. There have
been hundreds of teas, scores of
dinners of exquisite success and the
afternoon receptions have simply
been legion in number. The attor-
ney general, who will not wear a
swallow tail coat, is the only cabinet
officers who has held aloof from so.
cial frivolities.
The tendencies of social life in
Washington have long been of a
character to make thoughtful and
pious people grieve. Wealth has
brought display and the transient,
cosmopolitan character of the popu-
lation has pernicious influence on
the general morality. A large pro-
portion of those who sojourn in this
city are in the certain sense free
from moral restraint. They have
not the conservative, religious infu-
ence of home and IN greater OF
less degree exhibit in their lives the
free and easy instability of morals
peculiar to all nomads.
1t has occurred to your correspond
ent that these and other features oil
, social life at the fountain of political
life should not be ignored, but known
and studied by the very large ano
powerful class of christian voters
throughout the land. These hav,
it in their power to purify by thei
ballots, not only the sources of leg
islation and administration, but
through these, the society, which, tt
certain extent, is giving tone ant
color to our whole social system.
1t is estimated that the expense O
transporting Senator Miller's bod
to California on a special trail
) and sending with it committee VIII
will return by the same method, Wi
y be $4,000.
= Some capital gossippers think
- strange that only one senator coul
. be prevailed upon to go to San Fran
10 cisco to attend Senator Miler's fiji
= neral. 1t is thought that the polti
= cal fright with the president kept th
u senators here. The democrats car
- not possibly be spared, and the II
, publicans are thinking that they ma
9 need all their forces before the fgl
: is over.
G. AS soon as the death of Senate
1e Miller was announced, his colleagu,
&c Senator Stanford, undertook to al
en sist the sergeant at arms of the sci
+. ate in getting up senatorial con
10 nfittee to escort the remains to Cal
at fornia. AT first Senator Stanfol
he had no difficulty in finding sufficiel
lg number of his associates who we
ay willing to serve, but later on thu
ad came to him one by one and submit
WI ted numerous reasons why til,
an could not leave Washington at tt
he time. For two or three days M
'te Stanford labored industrionsly
-, 4La oonomiftan Int e.