Mohave County miner., 1888-11-03
WASHINGTON LETTER.
tyRoM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT.
WAsHIsaTos, Oct 18th, 1883.

WARRINGTON, Oct lZfh, 1853.
That which seemed as far off an the
Hesperides Is come. Congrss has ad-
iourned sine die. And all the startling
things that the sensationalists said would
occur when the committee should wait ON
the President, did not occur. When the
House assembled on Saturday at II there
were sixteen members in attendance.
The Speaker appointed Mcmillan. OF Ten.
nessee, Ryan, OF Kansas. and Clements,
OF Georgia. u committee on the part Of
the House 10 wait on the President and
inform him that Congress stood ready to
adjcurn, II he had no further communica.
ton TO make. At 1880 tn, committee
reported that the President had no COM
nnunication to make. The rumored ere
buke To the Senate" was an idle tale. At
] o'clock the Speaker declared the House
adjourned sine die.
The chaplain OF the Senate offered
prayer In the presence OF only ten sena-
tors, Ingalls,, Cockrell. Paddock, Mitchell,
salisbury. Teller. Allison. Blackburn
Reagan and Sawyer. Allison and saals-
bury were appointed to join the House
committee in waiting ON the President
While The committee Was gone Senator
Blackburn presented the minority report
OF the civil service committees, which was
ordered TO be printed with the majority
report. The last bin of the session was
introduced by Mr.. Mitchell, and provided
for the election OF Senators directly by the
people, Az being tho last thing that
most Senators want, II was appropriate
that j, should be the final bin introduced
Mr.. ingalls,. as presiding officer OF the
Senate, made farewell speech OF less
than 200 words that mus. I've classsi rs o
model Of graceful oratory. The lank,
specialized figure then put OH hideously
long gray overcoat and disappeared across
the northern portion OF the Capitol
grounds, very much in the manner OF
lchabod Crane when pursued by the
phantom oi his superstition. Blu, the
spc ech was, in all truth yery neat.
II was wonderfully quiet adjournment
The session died az lone man drops
from hunger on blind trail through the
Dad Lands. Comparatively, there no sprc.
tsso~. The hasile and excitement, The
rushing abea. oi clerks and messengers.
the esassisss hahsl ot voices In the oosri.
dor, the buzzing IN the galleries, the roar
Of the lobby. were all absent. There
may have been 200 persons in the senatc
galleries. doubt il there were 30 many
in the House galleries. And nobody
wanted to buy anybody 8 vote, despite the
shameful use Of money during this ses-
sion," which has been 30 much talked
about.
After nearly eleven months of battle
Congress has adjourned without action
on the tariff. II is can appeal TO Caesar"
Unable to settle the question themselves,
the Legislators have gone to the people for
a verdict. This result was foregone
conclusion a month ago. The real work
of the session has been the defining of the
position Of each party on the tariff. In
that much success has been attained.
But the battle between the factions in
both parties was fierce. The actual free
traders in the Democratic camp tried by
every possible means to enduce the
President to endorse their cause in his
message. The Randall men are no less
persuasive on their part. Neither Of the
extreme wings OF were endorsed and the
result is az foreshadowed.
The great debate began early in April,
and continued for nearly two months
Everybody spoke. Men who were al
ready famous were made yet more famous
and men who never had a reputation
earned their honors. Some members
who never had by any chance whatever
an original idea or even a good borrowed
one, were moved by the tariff spirit TO
speak, and f1oundered about In a surf Of
words and came out to rest on the sands
of satisfaction.
The dusky Sioux have followed the ex-
ample of Congress and started home.
They wanted s1.25 an acre for their lands
and Secretary Villas only offered 81. The
Secretary is Of the opinion that his propo-
sition was rejected because the new law
would break up the chiefs authority and
leave those excellent gentlemen without
a job. Such an idea was, OF course, Pc
culiarly repugnant to the savage breast
A chief without a tribe 10 be chief of,
would be no better than cigar store In
dion. And that is what Mr.. Sitting Bull
thinks.
Senator Blackburn's minority report Of
the civil service committee is rather
voluminous document, devoted not 80
much TO a defense OF the present admin
istration as 10 an elaborate showing that
the Democrats are no worfe than the Re-
publicans. lie takes occasion to remark
that by strictly party vote the Senate
refused 10 enter into any investigation Of
affairs prior to 1885, Any claim that the
principles of civil service Law are honest
ly observed in this country, or ever were
or ever will be, Is amusing, There Is no
such thing as civil servcie perfection.
The Commissioner of Agriculture has
informed the Treasury Department that