Mohave County miner., 1888-06-30
WASHINGTON LETTER.
tyRoa OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT. )
WAsufNGToy Junc ia fsss

WAsHtNGfos, juno 10, ebSS.
Hundreds OF enthusiastic Republicans
have left Washington to attend the
Chicago convention. For several days
past Senator'S and Representatives have
been leaving sinely and in little parties,
bnt the great exodus took place on satur-
day, when the members OF the National
Republican League. headed by the Third
Artillery Band, and accompanied by Re-
publican clubs, marched to the Baltimore
& Potomac station and boarded special
train.
| The House Of Representatives looks
comparatively deserted to-day, on the
Republican side, as nearly two. thirds Of
that party we're granted leave OF absence
ION important business by common
consent the tariff has been laid aside,
and nothing further win be done until
after the convention. From to-day APP
preparation bills will claim the attention
OF the House, and from present indica-
tions the Arrears OF Pensions bill will be
laid aside until next December.
/ II was difficult to keep quorum in the
House even on Friday, and without any
ones paying much attention to what was
going ON, forty private bills and more
than that number OF pension bills were
passed, among which, Of course, some
fine subjects for veto messages started on
their way TO the White House.
These convention times give the Presi-
dent some respite from interviewers.
There is less business from Congress, too,
and he is allowed more leisure than was
his lot during the winter months. AS he
leaves the Executive Mansion OF after.
moons for his drive ~ his country resi-
dence, or az he rides along the pleasant
roadway alone in his carriage, he looks in
excellent health and spirits and well satis-
fed with the rest OF the woad He has
just bad new carriage bou3e built a.
Oak View, and from its top floats an
American flag with red bandanna tied
below the National coloT. Oak View is
an attractive spot in its summer dress.
On the broad veranda there are a number
OF hospitable looking spIiat bottomcd
rockers. the sward comes up 10 iis edge, |
aid al around there are beds of old ft.il. |
iogaa p:nkg aud roses, pa'isieA and gar-
aniums. From the front Of The house the |
Capitol may be seen, the Washington
Monument and indeed the whole city, a
magnificent panorama. Alter bis drive
and his dinner at Oak View, the Presi-
dent strolls about bis small domain and
exhibits interest in every change that the
season produces.
So many visitors TO the Capitol inquire
for the spot where John Quincy Adams
fell in the old Hal. Of Representatives in
his fatal illness, that the Architect Of the
Capitol has marked the place with a
bronze tablet. The inscription gives the
name and date in a circular form upon
the tablet, and in its center is the word
"Iiere."
at last the movement 10 celebrate the
four hundrecth anniversary of the discov-
cry OF America is beginning to take def
mite and substantial form. The House
Committee on Foreign Affairs has unani-
moasly authorized favorable report on
the bill providing for permanent expo
sition Of the three Americas at the Ma
tional Capitol in the year 1892. The
feature which insures the success OF the
undertaking is that authorizing the Presi-
dent to appoint Governmental Board Of
Directors to formulate plan for the pro-
posed undertaking and appropriates $685.
600 to be Immediately available for the
expenses Of this Board.
But one International Exposition was
ever held in this country, viz that in
Philadelphia in 1875, TO commemorate the
Centennial OF our independence as a
people. The good that resulted from it is
still apparent in every avenue Of trade
and commerce. The exposition now pro-
posed, which is in honor Of an event
greater in the worlds history than even
the formation of the United States, is on
a much larger scale, and is expected to
be correspondingly more far reaching in
lis results.
There is a bill before the Senate to ap-
propriate $275, 900 for the reconstruction
of the government dam at the Rock
Island Arsenal Several Of the Western
Senators were positive that the Govern
ment needed a new dam right away.
Senator Edmunds, however, was of the
opinion that private mill owners needed
dsinning a great deal more than the
Government did. He professed to know
q thing or two about dams, and 80 the
bill had to be laid over until he could get
at the true inwardness of it,
The resolution Of Gen. Spinola, Of New
York, appropriating SIS 900 for the cele-
bration of the twenty-fifth anniversary Of
the Gettysburg battle was defeated, partly
through speech of Mr.. Brcckinridge, Of
Arkansas. He held that it was all right
TO spend money for historical purposes,
but not to celebrate victories or defeats.
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Prize Studies orTornadoes.