Mohave County miner., 1889-03-02
WASHINGTON LETTER.
W.sulsaros. Eeb. lsth. 1850.


The Speakers eye Is hard 10 catch now
as lottery prize. As the session nears
its final end every available means is
taken to secure the paszag', of private
bills and other pet measures, to the dis
regard Of legislation Of supreme import
ance. II is now certain that no tariff bill
will pass the present Congress, and that
President Harrison will have 70 call an
extra session of the next Congress. 1t tis
even believed that the Deficiency bill,
which contains among other matters an
eight million dollar appropriation for
pension deficiencies, will fail OF passage
this session. Everything would indicate
that it would. be to the Interest OF the
Republican party to hold an extra session,
and most Of its leaders advise it,
The preparations for the inaugural are
stupendous. Along Pennsylvania Avenue
the sound OF hundreds Of hammers are
as the mammoth viewing stands rise high
in the air. The Pension building is tenn
porarily surrounded with extensive sheds
for the cooking and other necessary ar
rangements for the inaugural tall.
Everywhere boarding house keepers and
thrifty private families are feVerishly
awaiting chance to take the stranger
in. Still prices will not be SO high as has
been published. Good accommodations
viii be available for from $3.50 to $3.50
per day, though OF course no one need
expect a suit Of rooms to himself. In
fact, II he gets a cot he should be salts
fed. Food win be very little, II any,
higher than usual.
1t should not be necessary to inform
sensible people that the hotels do not
follow the example Of the railroads in
offering half prices. That should not be
expected. One should be willing to pay
fully at such time. did not hear a
New York alderman kick at the Chicago
convention when the hotel clerk charged
him sixty cents an hour for sleeping on a
billiard table, as that was the regular
| game rent.
There was a tremendous crush at the
House Of Representatives on Wednesday
TO witness the counting OF the electoral
vote, and although very little amusement
could be had, the occasion partook Of the
nature Of social gala day. Nearly every
one OF note or alleged note attended.
The Senate marched over to the House
at o'clock and Senator ingalls, took his
seat beside Speaker Carlisle. The box
containing the returns was opened and
Senator ingalls, broke the seals of each
enyelope, handing the contents to some
Senator or Member, who read the vote,
commencing with that of Alabama. As
this was the first count under the new
law, frequent reference to the statute was
necessary. There have been only two
occasions in history when the electoral
vote failed to decide the contest, and one
when its honesty was disputed.
The ladies present far outnumbered
the sterner sex and were for once adj
mitted to the floor OF the House during
the reading. The galleries were a mass
of fine hats and bonnets. There was
only one unoccupied spot, and that was
the Presidents gallery. II the vote to be
counted had been different how gaily a
certain fair woman would have driven
from the Executive Mansion to the Cap
olto witness the proceedings and thought
the monotonous reading divine music.
can imagine her with flushed and tri.
umphant face, her soul in her eyes, lean.
ing forward that nothing Of the scene
} might be lost. 'It might have been, u
} but Americans, with all their proverbial
gallantry, sometimes deny their sweetest
women when great issues are involved.
i General Greedy has communicated &c
Congress his opinion that the heutenants
i. Of the signal corps are grossly inefficient
, Last spring he stated that the errors oI
, the weather bureau were due to the
: ignorance Of the civilians employed, and
he added that If it were taken from mill.
tary supervision he would abandon" il
TO its fate. The lieutenants and civilians
are afraid to say what they think d
GreeIy, but il they dared to speak il
would be TO say that Greedy cannot be
compared 10 his predecessor, Hazen, and
pales in comparison with the brilliant
Myer. They would add that his aston.
ishing promotion from q Captain, who
had just returned in 1887 from disas'
trous Arctic expedition, In which he made
|, a thousand miserable errors, to Brig
idier-Genersl in charge OF the sigma
Office, was q sentimental reward unde-
/ served. In this conclusion they would
have the endorsement Of the civilians
Ali parties are right. ! know that the
|. civilians are theoretic imbeciles, and
know that the iieutenants, though all but
one are appointed from the ranks, re.
ceive their promotions either as pay foi
attempts to influence Legislation, as a
bribe for silence, or as compensation for
fawning upon their superiors.
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