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GOSSIP AID COMMENT IN THE CITY.

Al THH MATlUNS UAflIAL,
GOSSIP AND COMMENT IN THE CITY.
Adjournment of the Senate.-SO HOu.
! Ors for John BriSht--An Election
in which God will Count the Votes
"A Scramble for OSh ShOes-.Ofice-
Seekers Growing Weary =. Seeing
Blaine About HI.
WASHINGTON, April D, 1889.
Washington no longer has even half
of Il Congress. On Tuesday afternoon
the Senate adjourned sine die. The fl
nal day, although the session was only
three hours long, w;s not without in
tcrcS!. 1t was marked especially by
,he failure to pass the tribute Of respect
To John Bright offered by Senator
Stewart OH the preceding day. The
principal opposition came from Scna-
tors Sherman and Rcagail- both OF
whom held that the precedent thus cs-
tuhlishrd might some day give the Sell
ate trouble. Mr.. Reagan took occasion
TO call attention to the fact that II SINH
lar resolution previously adopted conf
Iplinlcntary to Il member of the German
! i}cichstaw had been disdainfully re-
turned by BiSlark.
Senators Hawlcy, Hoar, Teller and
Stewart were outSpollcn in favor of the
adoption of the resolution, and took
| ,hi: opportunity to ciIl0gizc the action
of Mir. Bright towards this country
during the rebellion. II was the voice
and influence of John Bright said MIR.
| Huar. which aroused the sentiment OF
thr common people. of the lalmring
r!;lS-:rs of Great Britain, to the mistake
which her leaders were making, and
produced Il state of public feeling
which made lIngland's intervention in
l,rhuif of the rcl,2lIion impossible. He
added that there were few finer utter
ancrs i'm all literature, few noblrr and
imorc stimuativc uttcranceS in the clo-
ulcncc Of constitutional liberty than
| tIrS, sentences of John Bright in
which lic pictured The future of the
United States and its relation to the fiji
turr hopes Of humanity.
PoStlnastrr-Gcncral Wanamalicr
made II notable speech to his PhiIadcl-
uhi, Sunday school last Sunday. He
said i'm the course Of Il strong plea for
temperance observance that, it is SIM
Fly Il question of whether or not we
are in favor of the saloon. 1t isn't II
question Of high LICENSE. The quihbl,'
that prohibition does NOT prohibit has
nothing to 'iu with ii. The law against
stealing docs NOT prevent stealing.
The SanIr power HAT puts the amend
mrnt on our Constitution will attend
to the enforcement of the law. 1t is
our duty to make it as difficult to get
liquor as 10 get poison. License means
that the city, the State and the saloon
keepers shall go into partnership to
!u;n men, to build up jails, almshouScS,
hospitals. aud houses of correction to
keep up the taxes. God is going 10
count the votes. Vote for prohibition
and YOU will lc voting for him, for or
der, for religion and for the highest civ
ilization. He closed by asking them
all to go down on their knees that
night and pray God to help them to
carry the amendment.
The struggle for the late Justice
Matthew's shoes grows warmer. A few
weeks ago when the death of Justice
Mathews became Il certainty Of several
days. Judge Gresham seemed to have
the race for the Supreme Court vacan-
cy all to himself Now things are not
80 certain. Ohio comes forward with
her candidates and claims the prior
right to fill the vacancy. And the rea-
sons given by the Ohio delegation are
pertinent, inasmuch us Ohio has had
bat one prominent appointmcnt-that
of Murat Halstrad-from tie present
administration, and the disastrous end
inc Of that one, of course makes her no
appointment ut all. The late Chief
Justice Waite and Mr.. Mathews were
both from the Buckeye State, and if
the delegation can agree on the man,
| Ohio will probably have the next JUS
/ iiccship, and Judge Gresham will he
one OF the angrirSt men in the broad
! land.
! Many Of the Office seekers who have
been lingering around Washington
/ since aud even previous to the 18th Of
/ March, show signs of wcariness.
| They go to tie White House often, but
/ The !nuk nf hope has vanished from
/ their faces. AT least so it appeared to
ne while J shut myself of from the
fresh Spring air and watched the
movements of the placa-hunters in the
/ White House for more than two hours.
/ Deep lines of care now mark counte-
nanccs that came to Washington radi-
ant with hope, and many pocket books
that were comfortably corpulent some
weeks ago have withered away as if
with some fell disease.
! Among the Presidents callers are
many senators and C0ngrcSSmcn with
their constituents and candidates.
The burden Of their requests is, "Please
hurry up those appointments-the
strain is wearing me out-and thous-
ands Of active Republicans are clamor-
ing for Them" And the President
promises relief as soon as possible.
Poor man, noticed Representative But
! lcrwnrth come in with Professor
Chailr, Bell, Of Cincinnati, one OF the
most prominent colorcd men in Ohio.
The Professor wants to go to Liberia,
and Mr.. Buttcrworth told the Presi-
/ dent that ne could bear to part with
even SO ardent supporter as Mr.. Bell
for ut least four years. When they
came out they went to the State De-
lartmlrnt and seen Blaine about it.
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