The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-21
Warrington Letter.
tfrom our regular correspondcnt.l

prolific Of big figures. On September .,
the session closed it's ninth month. having
already exceeded in length by three or four
weeks any ordinary session. In fact, there
have been but eight long sessions since the
formation of the government. During the
nine months, there were introduced in the
House II, 1868 bills and joint resolutions,
over 900 more thar were introduced in
the long session of the last Congress. In
the Senate, the sum reached 3,G27, against
BAT during the former session mentioned.
| The majority of the bills on the House cal
endar are of a private character, the pri-
vate calendar including over 200 such
measures.
There have been referred to the House
Committee on Invalid Pensions 4 1888 pri-
yate pension bills. The Committee has
| succeeded in reporting 1,262 Of these. 237
being reported adversely. In the last Con-
rress the total nun Der of this class of bills
introduced was 4,157. Nine election corr
tests have occurred, and the Committee on
| Election has disposed OF all but two of
| these. The Fclton-Sullivan contest, from
| California, and the fight between perennial
Bob Smalls and Elliot, of South Carolina,
are still dragging their slow lengths along.
In the cases reported, the sitting members
those bearing official certificates OF cleo
| tion-retain their seats. The Committee
will probably recommend the unseating of
| FELTON,, a very g%rievous blow to that little
gentleman, as he dearly loves legislative
life.
The next regular session will cover ex-
actly three months, commencing December
4 and ending March A; but leaving out the
| regular holiday adjournment, the session
will include only nine weeks. Fortifica-
tions, torpedo boats and dynamite cruisers
will occupy the attention of that session,
providing these mooted subjects can ever
s'catch the eye of the speaker" But it is
very possible that the navy will be shut
out in the cold, and that the next session
will be devoted entirely to the tariff. If
| the time is moi sufficient for that laudable
debate, an extra session will probably be
| CtlItd, III Wv 10 tiNSbCNA' ~ ~
litical necessity for long-winded speeches,
| however, will have vanished for a while
| with the November election, and there will
be a possibility Of quicker work and less
| talk in the short session, il the committees
are organized early enough.
There was a little row between Mr..
Snowden, tfPennsylvania, and Mr.. Grosye-
nor, of Ohio, on Friday. Mr.. Snowden
| offered 4 resolution revoking all leaves of
absence, except those on account of sick
ness. An attempt to go into a Committee
of the Whole having developed the fact
that there was no quorum, Mr.. GroSyenor
sad that no man had a right to criticize
the Judgment of men who were disinelined
to go through a wilderness Of forty days
and forty nights of divel over the Mills
bill. The Ohio member had it out with
Mr.. Snowden on this line, and Mr.. Taul-
bee, rather an indiscreet young man, gained
nothing by interference.
OF course, a majority of the dear absent
are looking after their fences, a laudable
occupation at any time and especially essen
tial just at this crisis. OF the three hundred
and twenty-five Congressional districts not
over two-thirds have yet placed their Con-
gressional tickets in the field. The delay
in these cases is due to the request of the
present representatives seeking renomina-
ton, made in hope that the adjournment
would be earlier. Hope being deferred,
these representatives have at last given
their friends orders to 90 ahead, and in an
other week the last ofthe nominations will
have been made. New York and New
Jersey are exceptionally behind hand.
Maryland is the only State that has COM
pleted nominations, and they were finished
two weeks ago. An unusual number of
Republican candidates have been nomina-
ted in the South, the tariff forming a peace
full issue and eliminating for the nonce tho
race question from politics.
The requests of the Tennessee and Ken
lucky boards of health for an Immediate
and radical change in the Administration
of the Hospital Marine Service meets
hearty sympathy among congressman.
Yellow fever is not, thank Heaven, a polit-
ical issue, INT both parties condemn the
crimina hardness of the Hospital Marine
Service, which has exhibited entire and ut
ter inability not only to cope with yellow
fever, but to get where yellow fever is.
"The Government" said IA Georgia Con
gresham, s'has always found itself unable
to act quickly in great public emergencies,
during this and other administration. Re-
lief only got to the Mississippi sufferers af-
ter nearly all who had been made destitute
had died. Private donations are pouring
into Jacksonville, and the Red Cross soci-
ETY. had its nurses in the field in twenty
four hours after the society's services were
requested. But, facing the onward march of
the most appalling scourge that ever deci-
mated a state, the Hospital Marine Service
sits down and twirls it's thumbs. The ad-
ministration of the bureau is childish and
needle ss." WESTON.
,,. maine and vermont.
The complete returns of the Maine and