The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-03-01

WASHINGTON, D. c., February ~. 1883.
Editors F7oridion = Senator Hoar's bill to
change Inauguratisn Day to 50th Of April failed
to pass the Houss
The reply of the Secretary of War 70 Mr.
Boutelles resolution touching the captured
rebel nags"is not very satisfactory 70 that gen
tleman; not a single nag has been returned dur
ing the present administration.
The reading of washington's farewell address
was an anomalous proceeding In the Senate on
the BAD. As the House was not IN session
there was q large audience In the galleries OF
the Senate. The President of the Senate road
the address In q subdued voice with scarcely An
information Senator Ingalls, h considered the
finest elocutionist IN the Senate, and why he
read it in that monotonous manner / am at less
to conceive When he concluded felt o If l
had listened to 4 funeral sermon without the
versary of Washingtone death the ceremony
would have been more appropriate.
A bill to incorporate the Washington Gable
Electric Railway Company which has been the
regular order of business for several days has
passed the Senate.
There were several bills introduced IN the
House for the construction of public buildings
in different States amounting in the aggregate to
81, 800 900. Among others was the city Of Du-
luih which has been made fhmous by Proctor
KNOTS speech some years ago.
The Committee on Territories In the House
will make favorable report to enable the poo
pie Of Dakota, Montana, Washington Territory
and New Mexico to form constitutions for admis-
sion into the Union As States
Senator Sherman has introduced bin that no
person over forty years of age shall be appointed
Chaplain in the army. The presumption is, that
persons over that age are not deemed good fight
ing parsons IN the church militant"
A bill appropria,ing $20,s0 for the compile
,ion of The monument to Washington's mother
has been reported on favorably by the Senate
Committee. This venerabls lady IL buried ut
Fredericksburg, Va, and the fact that her monu-
ment has remained in an unfinished state for
more than ffty years, is . reproach to the State
as well as the c. S. Government
The selection of st. Louis as the place to hold
the Democratic National Convention seems to
have pleased every one except the representatives
of the rival cities who desired to have IT,
The bill to incorporate the Nicaragua Canal
Company was introduced by Mr.. Edmunds on
Friday last, and was discussed by himself and
Senator Sherman, who advocated the bill Bena-
tor Hoar said that he would insist upon its
having the same safeguards that were insisted
upon by Mr.. Edmunds in the EAds Ship Rail
way bill. Debate on it will be continued to-
dnv.
The death of Mr. Corcoran the retired banker
and philanthropst has cast gloom over the
city. Next to the National Museum and Smith
souian the Corcoran Art Gallery is the princi-
pa object OF attraction to visitors here. The
Louise Home is o monument that will perpetu-
Home for ladies by birth and education who
have beer reduced to want
The Dependent Pension Bill mas been again
introduced in the Senate by its greatest cham.
pion, Senator Manderson, who criticised severely
the action of the President in his veto of the
bill at the last session. Senator Turpie made
an eloquent speech in favor of it
The President and Mrs. Cleveland with their
friends have returned and express themselves n
very much pleased with their visit to Florida.
l have the charity to believe that the person who
presented Mf CieVtlhuu WIN u tann0 fBWn QiQ
not do 1t with the hope that thrifs might follow
fawning"
In the House. every Friday is devoted to pri-
vate bills-war claims for property destroyed
1t wns stated by member that when claim
was presented al the Adju,ant Generals oflce,
and although the claimant was a loyal union
man during the war, If he was q Democrat his
claim was rejected. The claims before the
House had been reported favorably by the Court
of Claims, and Houck of Tennessee, q Republi-
can, said that as loyalty was one of The ques-
tons upon which the court had to decide the
House would not be justified in rejecting the
finding of the court on that score. IoN.