The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-03-05
Washington Letter.

T SDecia! Correspondence Of the Gold Leaf. ]
WASHINGTON, D. c., March 2, 1891.
1t is SAID to be the programme to
scat Senators PETER and Kyle on the
Democratic side of the Senate cham
Der. They will be ignored entirely
by the Republicans in the question of
patronage Of the Senate Offices, and
will be out-and out Democrats.
The National Council Of Women,
lately in session in this city was nota-
bic body, composed Of representative
women from each Of the national as
sociations, devoted to extending and
improving woman's field of work in
the world. A review of what has been
accomplished within the last half CEN
tury by and for women, and the pros
pect offered by the future are both
full of encouragement. Scores OF oc-
equations have been opened to her
which were formerly closed against
women on the theory that the sex Is
incompetent to perform the ordinary
duties of bread winners. Not only
5elfsupport but celebrity have been in
manv instances attained in these call
ings, which women could not at one
time have pursued without unsexing
themselves. To-day representative
women in the pulpit, at the bar, as
practitioners of medicine, in the fine
arts, on the press, and in various other
lcallings can assemble with reasonable
sclf-congratulation and pride of sex tc
consider what has been recently &C
complished in their various depart
| ments Of labor for woman's advance
ment and to plan with enthusiasm
for greater achievements in the future
When the Democrats can carry a
Rhode Island Congressional distrlc
without opposition and talk breezill
about continuing to carry state cleo
tons in Pennsylvania, times have
changed from what they were. There
will be thirty Democratic State dele
cations in the Fifty-secGnG Congress
and 4 Democratic majority of AZ
over all.
'ine rule adopted by the Supreme
Court Of the United States before th'
recess IS attracting the attention o
lawyers in all parts of the country. |
is to the effect that all appeals ant
wrts of error and citations must bt
made returnable by the lower court
to the higher within period of thirt,
days, unless a special order is made
for some good reason. Hereafter
therefore, every case appealed to tn
Supreme Court must be docketcd il
that court within Il calendar montl
after its being taken in the court be
low. Formerly the rules permitted
long period to clapse between tn
taking of an appeal and its entrance
upon the records. The effect wa
that advantage was taken of the indefi
mite interval to avoid and delay fina
decision as long as possible. The OBJ
Iject of the court in promulgating tn
new rule is to obviate such delay as
here contemplated, but it is of genera
application, and it will affect all case
coming before the court which do no
pertain to its original Jurisdiction
Accordingly, it is believed that il
time the effect Of the order will be il
some degree to tighten the business O
the court.
When the American humorist sale
that Washington never ''slopped over,
ne gave in four words an adequate &C
count of the character of the creates
man in secular history. His GREATNESS:
consisted in his practical sense, com
bined with his moral dignity. 1t i:
fashionable to treat George Washing
ton as if he were too good for associa
ton with the other historical CHI
tiers of the world. This is idol wor
ship and utterly subversive of history
The Father of his Country was a mar
with whom his best friends could no
be on terms of familiarity, but he hac
some of the folbles and passions O
other men, and on occasions he exhib
tied them to his countrymen. Lei
the flesh-and- blood, the true, Wash
ington stand before the people Of Thu
and future generations as he stood be
fore his contemporaries. He will b
all the greater for it HENDERSON.