, 1889-08-29
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent.

From Our Regular Correspondent.
WAsHIEGToN, Aug IS, 1889.
An extra ssss;o" of congress, beginning
N the early part OF October, seems - bt
among the certainties Of the political aud
social season ut tie Cagitai That there
Is to be an extra session is generally re-
gGrdcd by those best situated to form q
correct opinion as practically settled
they regard il as hardly debatabIe
About the only reason urged against i:
Is tiiat The Republican party c"f:uot af-
! ford to take tta responsibility FuT such a
session, aud have ali the time wasted
over contested election cases with moth
/ ing t. show for it. As = fact tie cha ces
are that little, if any, Of T. { ertcfai 5,ss-
sion VIII !3e cGHSH:ae,! ,.it:l Il ssn c,.ses.
1t viii he almost impossible 10 20
through any OF them IA lle saaGt tine
that Session wonlL aj:,,w. Their settle
ment hHS nothin:, to 10 with The Crgaa-
lzatloU OF the boHsa III t::e staff. T at
relates to the question II parry s'Fcr 9Th,
to be d"Cided afterwar,i. Any umount
of work may bc sEt IL nolan llt: coz
siderable nlHy De accom-! !i..led ietuce
any of these cases ale reported fraiu
the committee oa eiECtiOus Ia each
case there are hundreds, IN some thou
sands OF pages Of testimony to go over
before report can ba made, ana beside
that, there are the Arguments of tie at
toIneys on eaoh side AID al! SORTS u
postponemeuts and delays. Tie oTii-
nary business ui the house does n..t have
to wait the decision O: these Gases.
1t is beginning tu look 8s il Reed of
Maine was getting a lead on tie other
candidates in TIE contest for :he sreak-
ersh'p, which IS going ou quietly until
the time comes for tie hot struggle at
the close. The ch.neos appear TO lie
that, unless Reed wins early, the four
candidates Ill the field Will Kill each 9th
er off, leaving an opportunity for tie
southern members to choose the man
not from their own ranks, however. OF
course Mckinley, Canon, Burrows are
all three popular, more so, perhaps, than
Is Reed, but The feeling that ii expressed
in the query, "How are we to threw
bin aside after acknowledging his lead
err hip when that position was one of
work and no reward?" gives Reed aa
advantage in tho contest. Il is pretty
well understood that there are men
among the warmest friends of The other
who have this feeling toward
Reed. When it comes to the pinch this
is apt to toll. II is said that Ezra d. !
Taylor of Ohio will vote for Reed from
the first, thus breaking McKin!ey's solid !
delegation. One OF the Michigan men |
is said to be talking very doubtfuliy. |
These things make the Maine mans |
chances seem rather bright. There is
not So much certainty about il, however,
as take away tbs interest in the contest.
The southern msn might decide that
they did not want Reed, aud ali sorts of
thugs might happen. a black horse
might carry eff the prize at the last mo-
mept.
Tue southern men are aoing to com
bine and act together in the or2aniza-
tion of the next house, IN very definite
manner. They DO not bow propose TO
attempt 10 eject nue Of their OWE NUN
Der to hc speaker. bat will pat their
votes where !bey VIII do the mos; good.
They may vote for Due OF the four capdi
dates nov IN tie field, or they may vote
fns son9 oEs else L. break deadlock |
They hre in position to exercise con-
sI,!crgbIe iuiinei.ce IegitIMate'y, Messrs.
McCuo:"s and IEoucs are the leaders,
and they h3ye been too long IN pub!
life to ,nler UPON Egy visionary plan to
ccn;to! ever, ;hia:. They are b";h tie
best Of party meu-
TEe death in Rnssia Of Madame de
S,.Gve, vie OF tbe Runsinn Minister, re-
E.Uves oHc rf lie u.::Si :'fo,UiiseDI h-Ures
from Washington official aui social liz.
During she Arthar administration
lBC'S H'lS t'' A-4SiS N''t''-i i''N'!CtN SOSlui
flLuTe ih1n Mala.Ge Ge SiTHve. She
vas au exceptional woman il maiy ways
aud had great force ST character. The
popularity eujuyed hy the Russian leGa-
ton was in great measure due to her.
She went everywhere, and was courte-
Gus, agreeable and clever, with great
amount OF tact and determination. Dur
ing the tour years that she WAS The host
ess at the legation The entertainmt Dts
were among the most brilliant and en-
joyable given ia Washington. They
were numerous, costly, and always large
ly attended. Aside from these conspic-
uous events, she entertained at smaller
gatherings the foreign affairs committees
Of congress- and the diplomatic represen-
tatives of other countries. Being an &C
c0mplished liDguist, she was at home un-
der all circumstances. Madame de
Struve had a broad knowledge OF affairs
and knew more public men than any
woman at the Capital. She had the rep
utation of being Us good diplomat as
her husband, and much of his populari-
ty is undoubtedly due to her. r.