News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-03-29
FROM
from our RegRlarC Correspondents.
WASHINGTON, d. c., !
March 10, 1888.


said it was estimated that fully 1900
women, representing many organiza
tions and many movements in which
women are interested, will be present
Miss Susan B. Anthony, Miss Rache
G.. Foster, and Mrs. Cougar hav,
been here for some time at the Riggs
house, busily engaged in the pre-
liminary work. They have a force o.
clerks to help them besides pressing
into their service many volunteer aids
Some idea of the extent of their work
may be gained from the fact that up
to Saturday they had used $500 worth
of postage stamps in sending out pro-
grammes and circulars of many kinds.
At this coming council, though in
tended to celebrate the fortieth an
niversary of the first woman suffrage
convention, it is not intended that
discussion shall be limited to questions
touching the political rights of women.
Literary clubs, art unions, temperance
unions, labor leagues, missionary ,
peace and moral purity societies,
charitable, professional, educational
and industrial associations will be rep
resented, and the various phases of
woman's work and progress in all
parts of the world will be reported
and discussed. The first of the eve
ming sessions for discussing the Tariff
bill began at 8 o'clock Saturday night,
lasting until after IL o'clock, and was
not entirely harmonious. The Re-
publican members assumed the often
sive from the start, with a proposition
the Democratic majority should
a eason for each ofthe changes
proposed to be made in the tariff, in
of the fact that they had not
permitted the minority members to
participate in the conferences which it
vas stated the majority had had with
he manufacturing interests. The
replied by a refusal to
with the request, declaring
nat it was not made in good faith,
ut only a part of a plan TO delay
ction on the bill. A wrangle ensued
o this point, some of the Republicans
rraigning their Democratic colleagues
or a violation of committee etiquette
n charging other members with bad
aith. After this had gone on for
ONE time Mr.. Scott suddenly called
ttention to the fact that an hour and
quarter had been consumed without
through two lines of the bill.
that rate he figured out that the
bill would require 692 days for
Is consideration. Mr.. Reed remarked
hat the gentleman was wrong in his
rithmetic, for if it took an hour and
quarter to accomplish nothing, 1t
would take ininity to finish the bill.
The proceedings ran roughly after
his fashion until adjournment, when
the second item in the bill,
had been included in the free list by a
party vote. Senators Butler and
Cameron several days ago returned
rom a short pleasure trip to Beaufort,
J. c. They made it a point immedi-
to inform Senator Hampton,
he champion angler of Congress that
hey had beaten him fishing in his
waters. They told Of catch
ng a drum that weighed 60 1-2 pounds,
md, as proof, produced a Beaufort
PAPER describing the catch. The
stated that two colored men
we're handling the line while Senator
Cameron looked IN that finally one
II them got a bite, and, after much
Juggling, the huge fish was landed.
some of the Senators have adnonished
zen. Hampton that he must look to
lis laurels if he would retain the
championship. "Do you
Senator, they actually caught
hat drum? ?" was asked of Senator
Eyes 1 suppose they did,
IT rather the negro caught it while
Don was taking his cas- in the boat.
But thst is not angling. They fish
With a line as thick as your finger,
md haul in hand over hand. don't
consider that fishing. But Senators
Butler and Cameron do, and they
ave exulted no little over their famous
atch. Col. Wilson, the superinten-
ent of public buildings and grounds
q this city, has been counting up the
eseryations and parks both great and
mall, and he finds that they number
81. The grounds on which the
White House, the Capitol, the Smith .
onian and some of the other public
uildings are located are called reser-
as we'll as the many parks
nd small triangles scattered all over
city. The largest csc walton is
lie White Lot, which includes the
rounds about the White House, and :
overs an area of 80 acres. while the /
mallest is a little triangle containing {
so square feet. Nearly all of these {
'servations are improved, and they {
lay properly be called the beauty i,
)ots of the city. LENox. Z
Gen. Adam Badeau has commenced Z
lit against the widow of Gen. Grant L
recover a share Of the profits on h
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