Smyrna times., 1889-02-20
For @e Smyrna Itmes.
Washington Letter.
WAsHINaroN. Feh 1o,h

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 18th. 1850
Inc Speakers eye Is as hard ia ,.a,.b
now as "a lottery prlze. As the sess,o,,
hears us hnal end every ayaIahle
means Is taken to secure the NASSAU. -
Pii'a'e Ollls and other pet measures ~
sne disregard 0t legislation OF suprem.,
HlPOilahce. IL Is now certain man no
'arlH Dill Will pass the present t,nn-
| Sress, and that President Harr,s,-,.
VIII nave 70 call an extra stss,on -
the next Congress. II Is even b,.lIe,,.,,,
IhaI the Deficiency bul, Whlch con,.,,n.
','-i,ois O'ner matters aA eIghU million
' -'-l PPiOPlIatlOn Tor pension deh
Oo05, VIII IAN VI passage this ses-
o'OH' livery lhlnS Would Indicate that
~ " "ouIu Oe " The interest OF the Re.
PuDlIcah party to hOld an extra session
anu most Oi the leaders advise II
Inc preparations tOr the Inaugura-
Vlon are sVupendous. Along Penus,l-
Eahia Avenue the sound OF nuudr,.dI of
hammers are heard, as the inammnrh
viewing stands rise high in the AIR
The Pension building is temnoroni,..
surrounded with extensive sb,1j' fy ly
the cooking and other necessar,, loi
1SiSeulGhts Tor the inaugural hall
S EnG[y .l "nere boarding house keepers
anu lhrlity private families are fever
lshiy awaiting a chance to take the
stranger III. Still, prices will NOT he So
nign as mas been published. Good ac.
commodatlons will be ayailabIa Co.
rom Sou to $3.50 per dav tbonob of
couFSe no one need expect snite 0f
rooms 70 himself. In fact. if he oets .
cot he should be satisfied Ed lii
oe very little, if any, higher than nsmai
1t shouid not be necessary To infor,,
sensible people that the hotels do I'm -
'oiiow the example of the railroads in
oHefihg halt prices. That sbould NOT
De expected One should be wiIlina
70 pay Iuliy at such time. I ala nnt
near New York alderman kicl ~
Ile Chicago convention when tho bo,aI
clerK charged him sixty cents an boWr
LOT sleeping on billiard tabla -.
'haI was the regular game rent
There was tremendous crnsb at a..
House of Representatives on W 'lie
daY to witness the countin0 Of rtho euiie9- 1it
eoIal Vo'e' anu although very GttIe
amusement could be had, the occasion
partOok or the nature off social aaIa
Hay' Nearly every one Of note or aI
leRed note attended The Srrato
marched over to the House at I o,,iaoI-
an" senator ingalls, took his scot ba.iJ',
speaker Carlisle. The box oontaini,'-
Iue returns was opened and Sonata-
ingalls, oroke the seals of each an,aI
oPe' handing the contents to 80.
senator or Member who read H. 80.
commencing with that of NioL VIZ
As TINS was the first count u1dag '',ii" .i
new law, frequent refercnca - the
5'aluie was Necessary. Tbera -
Ch!y Two occasions in bistor,.
Wnen the electoral vote failed ta
cue the contest, and one who, -
honesty was disputed. ''7
Inc ladies present far ontnnr,b.,.,.l
y" sferner sex and we're for onco "a
united to the door ii tbe Honso I'
ing the reading. The galleries -
niasS Vi Ihe mats and bonnets. There
was only one unoccupied spot and
mat was the Presidents gallery II
Ihe vote to be counted had been Sifar
eht' now gally a certain fair women
Wo"la nave driven from the Fxecntiva
Mahsion to the Capitol to witness the
proceeding and thought the monoto
nous reading divine music co.,
imagine her with flushed and triumnb-
ant lace, her soul in her ewes. Ieanina
lotWard that nothing of the scane
mlght be lost. " 1t might have been ),
puG Americans, with all their prover-
olaI galiantry, sometimes denv their
involved. ISSUES are
General Greedy has communicated 70
congress his opinion that the Iientan9
ants OF the signal corps are grossly in.
ehclent. Last spring he stated tho,
the errors ofthe weather bureau w.
que to the ignorance of the civiIiaao
employed, and he added that if il 49, ,r,.,.o
'aAel from military supervision he
l;o'.' EOuiu abandon" it to its fate. The
.leu'enahis and the civilians are afraid
20 say what they think of General
Ureeiy, but if they dared to SNEAK Il
Wouid ne to saw that Greely cannot be
compared to his predecessor Ha9an
auu pales IN comparison with the briI'
maui Niyer. They would add that his
astonishing promotion from a Cantai,
VINO hau Just returned in 1887 from q
disastrous Arctic expedition in which |
ne had made "A thousand niserabla /
errors to Brigadier- General in cbarge
OF the Signal Office, was a Sentimental
reward undeserved. In this conciS-
SION they would have the Endorsement
OF the civilians. All parties are rigbt
l snow that the civilians are theoretic
lmoeclles, and 1 know that the lien
tenants en- though all but one are appoin.
Tea from the ranks, received Their nro.
mOIIon either as pay for attemnts To
II, 'nnuence legislation, as a bribe for
slIence or as compensation for fawning
upon their superiors. ~ '""Hins