The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-04-11
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
The Weeks DOingS at the Ma
iiOnal Capital
Ap5orRNMENr OF THE 80.

ADJOURNMENT OF THE SENATE.
The special session Of the Senate has come to
g close at last All through the windy month
Of March our sage SOlons have Yrestled with
sTo be or not to be - wrestled successfully,
too. as they decided in every case but two that
il was better 20 be, than not. In one OF those
cases the man wrote book, IN the other he
printed a newspaper. Ergo-don write books,
or print newspapers, unless you desire 10 FISK
bath in the soup"
During the month just passed, it is fair to
hazard the assertion that more really nara
work has been laid Oh the devoted heads OF
these upper branch legislators, than during
the whole of the Winter session. Even Senator
AIlisons bright face looked carewOrn, and has
eyes hollow toward the last; and Senator
Mitchell whose kindness TO every one makes
him a bright snd shining mark TO every man
who goes cunning for Office, was actually driven
TO bed with a torturiug headache at the close
OF the last week
During the Executive sessions, when no one
is allowed to send in communications Of any
kind from the outside, the waiting room and
corridors surrounding the Senate Chamber
would be black with crowds Of waiting people,
for all the world like crows on fence waiting
for a carcass to be dumped. As soon as the
doors were opened, up they wOnld rush with
their cards, ana the messengers would HAYS
lively times for awhile. AT last the Senators
hit upon a happy expedient. When an Exec
utiEe session ends 10 an adjournment, every
BODY remains excluded for 10 minutes; this was
done ginaly to give the attendants time TO re-
moyeall tel tale papers, because, when formerly
the doors were thrown Immediately open, the
same as upon any other adjournment, the re-
porters rushed in and gathered up every pa
per where the Senators had been writing dur
ing their secret proceedings, even searching
the waste baskets, and matching together the
torn pieces Of paper and tie result was that the
whole secret would be published in the papers
next morning This rule Of exclusion has
been taken advantage of lately 10 dodge the Of
fce-seekers, and thus been made 70 work two
ways with 3 Vengeance; for while the crowds
We're held at bay, the Senators just quietly
skipped down their private stairs into the base
ment, where most Of their committee rooms are
situated. and where also they have egress, and
could HE themselves unmOlested bOmeWard,
while their tormentors waited at the doors
above.
When, finally, Capt. Bassett, gave the signal,
and those doors were opened, 10! the birds had
flown, the Senate Chamber was empty, save for
8 cloud Of dust that the busy brooms Of the la
borers were already raising.
Several important nominations were still I'M
decided, and while almost everybody left town
q few days after the adjournment the appli
cants for those places, like Mary's little lamb,
are still lingering near.
Quite number Of Representatives are still
10 town looking after the postofiices in their
districts OF this class Judge PaysOn voiced
the sentiment the other day when he said:
There are 300 postOtices ia my district, and
when every one OF these have been attended
10 I viii 90 home, and not before"
Mr. Payson sent IL 175 names in one day for
these offices.
when are you going home?" said a lady TO
Hon. Tom Reed the other day at the White
House
You ask that question in q tone that indi-
Gates some anxiety Tor my departure to be
speedy" said he in reply.
Which is quite true" she said, "for 1 am
tired OF all this fuss and / know when you 60
1t wiz be because il is all over"
Well, / shall not 90 for a month or two
yet" which ay0Tal was greeted with q long
sigh.
mr. J. r. HOUSTON,
the new United States Treasurer, arrived q few
days since. dc IS a tall, spare man of middle
age. ana rather good looking.
To question as 20 tho wide difference in the
result between the Presidential and Legislative
ticket IN the last election IN Indiana, he said !:
The soldiers undoubtedly carried the State
for Harrison and HoFey. IN. every other re-
spect the issue WAS emphstically National
one. We tried 10 group them on State eues-
tons, bot Il was Of no use.
Johnson might have contested successfully,
we think. but Re would not. He had been
commanded to the rear be said, and he had
learned il tie army 10 obey orders"
Al tie close Of the Senate il was pretty gen
orally believed that al extra session Of Con-
gress EcCld be called u October, aud five SEN
ate committees viii remain il session all Sam
nler; 50 that Washington is not destined TO
suffer the usual Summer dearth Of legislators.
WORK or THE sEEATE's SPECIAL SESSION.
During the special meeting OF the Senate
there were sent 20 that body 294 presidential
messages, containing about $50 nominations.
OF these two were rejected, namely: Murat
Halsted, nominated for Minister TO Germany,
and MT. lsadOTe LoweHthal, for Postmaster al
Modesto, Cal. The following failed OF final
action: Wm. II. Whiteman, Justice Supreme
Court New Mexico; Edwin ]. Kurshecdt
Marshal for the District OF Louisiana Post
masters-C Waldas MinOt Oak; Samuel c.
Moore, Findlay, o.; Robert B. Bebout, Rush
vile, Ind; Carl c. Chippeu. Eustis, Fla; Burt
q. Drake, Gainesville, Fla, and George E.
Nicholson, Ness City, Fla. Four years age
President Cleveland sent las messages to the
special session. Eighteen OF the nominations
failed Of action, and one was rejected.
THE ARMIES OUTRAGE.
Gen Sch0leld directed Ins.-Gen. Brcckin.
ridge 70 investigate the circumstances connect
ed with Mai Armes's extraordinary conduct
during the Inaugural parade, md his subse-
queut c0wardly assault upon Gov Beaver Mai
LawtOn, Assistant Inspector General, was as
signed to the work, and his report is now
ready and recommends the trial Of Mai Armes
The President has ordered a General Court
martial 10 convene in this city on April 9 fol
the trial Of such persons as may be brought
before it. The detail for the Court is as fol
lows e. ]. Dodge, 11th Inf; Col. E. T
- Townsend. 18th Inf; John Mendenhall. %
Art; Lieut.-C0l. III. ". I-awton, Inspector
General: Maj J.. II. Carpenter, 5th Cav: Capt
J @. Turnbull, 81 Art; Capt s. c. kellogg
5th CAY; Capt. J. z Myrick, Sd Art; Can't
Lewis Smith. I'd Art; Capt. F. ". Hess, Sd Art.
Capt. q. S. Anderson, 9th Cav: Capt Jane
Parker, 9Th Cav; Capt. James OHara, Sd Art.
Maj. J. w. ClOus, Judge Advocate of the Court
This is the Court before which Maj. Armes vii
be tried.
MRS. GEE. HARRISON.
WashiBgtoaians are delighted with Mr.:
HarrisOn's simple, unaffected ways and penia
w0msnhood. Transition to the position Of th
First Lady IN the land las not altered her
particle, and she meets her frisnds aud zoe
about the streets precisely as if she were Il
home in Indianapolis Callers at the Whit
House frequently sec her step out OF her 10,
phac.cn, after q shopping tour. with bundle {
packages and parcels in her arms which sh
VIII insist on carrying into the Executive Mar
sion herself, making her way through I'll
crowds o. more or less great people who thron
the entrance, with perfect self-Bossessioi