Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1886-03-19
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From our regular correspondent.)
wAsnrxoroy, March I5, 1856.

The senate met last Monday AMI di.-
cussed the question pending between it
and the president. y most 1, cidel change
has come over the sPirit of Senator Ed
munds' dream >r.ce the Forty first con-
gress. A speech delivered then has asst
been unearthed. which shows ihnt he did
cot always think as he does n,w about the
presidents prerognrives. In it he said:
1T IS cause enough for me, sir, conStitu-
tionaI cause, when the president nf the
United States, acting upon a conscientious
sense Of his responsibility to the people.
chooses to send in one mans name for II
place that ano' hes holds"
And then rt nr~rni'er IA $, nt,nct of his
enlogv ia the senate over Senator Murtnn,
delivered some years agn 1t made even
the studiously unimpres$ei Conkling smile
and look guileltss. 1t was when he hit
the administration foul by saying Senator
Morton was moi one of those Republicans
that believed the hest interests of cause
wouh be promoted by appointing its np-
pnnents to Office.
To the surprise Of many senators, The
educational bill was endorsed hv the votes
of three-iourths of their body. In the de
bate which hail been going on for IT, rec
weeks the opponents Of the measure had
decidedly the best of the argument, but
many senators were committed upon it by
their votes in The last congress. There
will be no such nbstic!e 10 independent
judgement in the house. where the bill
has gone.
Senator Gibson. Of Louisiana, held that
the condition of the Sonth warranted the
Legislation of this bill as "a temporary eX-
pediency to meet IL great public cxigrncy.
The ald offered should not he regarded as
daily bread, bui as medicine for "a grave
national disorder. Said he: "The South
of to day is not the South of twenty-five
years ago. The exhaustion OF Prussia
under Frederick, or Of France under Ma
poleon was not more thorough than had
been the ruin of the South All her local
stitutions-iaduStrial financial, educa-
tional and religious, bad been shattered
and pulverized. their v,rv foundations
turned up and hestrnyed-and her political
rehabilitation hal been committed to her
former negro slaves. not only elevated to
be frpemen. hut rnfranchiSrd and inIrust-
ed with po!iicnI control.
Nj S;anf,,r,l C,l.f, rni,, ; millionaire
senator, is among The enrntSi ind0rSers of
the proposed permanent exhibition in
Washington in connection with the cele-
bration of The centennial anniversary in
1889. of the adoption of the constitution.
a permanent exhibition of the products
and attractions of the three Americans at
the National Capital strikes many con-
gresham as an admirable idea because of
its benefits to the business interests of the
country.
Delegate Josephs, of New Mexico, who
is the only Spanish American in congress,
is enthusiastically in favor of the enter
prise. He says the immense trade of the
South American Republics which we ought
to have. England controls for the reason
that there is lack of business acquaintance
between the United States and the south
eru countries.
The recent adhesiveness Of the distin
DR.. Newman to the rich Cali,
fornia senator, has caused the latter some
discomfort of late. Mr.. Stanford has
shown Some interest in the Metropolitan
Church of this city. to which DIR. Newman
has been called, by attending 1t occasion
ally The baltimore Conference, which
is sitting here now, is ready to make ap-
pointments, AMI Rev. Newman is anxious
to secure this pastorate. Among reports
about this matter is one TO the effect that
Senator Stanford was exerling himself to
secure the position for DR.. Newman and
it is certain that the people of the Metro
politan Church have bean led TO believe
that if DR.. Newman gets the appointment
the church will receive substantial aid
from Senat ,r Stanford.
II would seem that the Crosus of the Pa
ci6c coast does not relish this kind of pop
ularity and gossip, for he has recently
taken pew at st. Johns Protestant Epis-
copal church and intends to occupy it.
Senator Stanford is by far the wealthiest
man in congress He is not considered an
intellectual force, but he probably gives
the most recherche dinners Of any million
aire in Washington. He recently dined
Senator Evarts, with twelve members of
the Pacific Coast delegation in congress.
rhe guests sat down to a dinner where the
wines and fruits were all from California.
The tea and coffee service were of solid
gold from California mines on massive
gold tray. The forks and spoons were of
hammered silver, wrought in rich designs.
and the china was hand painted Dresden,
Vienna, aud Paris ware.