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renewed. but should they fail the closure
! promises TO be the feature OF the proceedin "a
Of the Senate during the week.
| The proceedings In the House will be Roy.
ernsd In large measure BY tho progress oi
the Senate with the Elections bill. tho purpose
Of the Democrats manifestly being to delay
business As long a. this measure remains
pending in the Senate. The District Aprro-
priation bill has the right OF way. and the
! present indications IRE that II will make nc
more rapid progress this wcok than dur.
Ing the last Other appropriation bills are
ready for consideration as soon as the District
is centred , IN the proceed gee !nss q tho House
bill has been referred. The fate OF tho biii dc.
pende largely upon it's action Us the COMMITTEES
ACTON House "mes dna Il nt saiss aTs
Impossible. For this reason tho proceedings
ivssst intsresi lis rss meetne so will M'a ocsns sns
on Wsdnesday. when Mr.. Leech, Director Of
ta sys hs sws th
understanding that no attempt shall be made
70 order a report on the ON al this meeting Of
Silver bill is not likely TO engage the attention
Of the House until the following week.
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Aftor reoitinG the various rumors which have
81 sS s oss and
thine will develop that Speaker Reed. both
as presiding ofleer Of the House. viii lose no
70 hw S he bssrs ,s sba men II
majority Of the COMMITTEES will stand by the he
speaker: and unless the silver men are strong
S he ss Of SLOW s IN tho
wy Should ths Bin pass, the House. the Pos.
an emphatic veto By the President giving his
reasons Why such npapWsIal nj leCisblati.n DOCS
strongly. In favor Of the passage o.! tho Flee
dons bin. and NAV have res ciysd direct prom;
they Mi Ike S she assr
become q law. he cannot hy that method be
Sn prn. ss Sis and tho
statements made are doubtless BY authorlts
The Republicans do not feel sure Of Vice.
President Morton. he has SURPRISED every
one By remaining almost continuously in tho
chair during tho long session. and the Demo
Gratis take this to mean that he intends guard
in: mis- personal and official rights with icalous
law TO sass
psomi,ed p'2 NJ Senator GERMAN and others that he he
M nnae ae.r pease f the Vice
PRESIDENT that he will violate the rules Of tho
se9a: Iy akinf senators {, ON the floor and
the proiestN OF Democrnic ic Senators. Without
s.me such 4ction on tho part of the presiding
but this cs2nos be PASSED without arbitrary
Morton be unwilling to take the responsibility
o. such rsv1lut@lon Jon TIE m game tsup: II. on the
OF . whirlWind.
A gentleman OF perhaps 80 years. wearing .
hat decade his senior. was IN interested
stroller about the Capitol to-day. He hailed
from Port Huron. and he did not attempt 10
conceal tho fact hat he wa, the father OF he
also 81 Port Huron; accompanied the patriarch.
and tho two nre of for eight weeks OF fun.
jeremiah Socrates Simpson. the sockless
statesman from Medicine Lodge. Kansas. is
not q product Of the American ,oil. but Was
born In yroomneld; hamlet flye miles below
Sarnia. Ont. On the St Clair River wns his
birthplace. and many traditions Of his youth:
full exploits are now coming TO light One Of
his staWart brothers wsr, not sxpt cted At 2
danced with Inc, giils until morning Along
Simpson. for he sailed schooner until be had
got together the s5.OOO that Kave him the I'm
petus to 20 West.
The wonderful power OF endurance displayed
BY Senator Faulkner OF West Virginia In
speaking steadily for twelve hours all through
Friday night aud Saturday morning and then
sticking to his post aud taking part in The
subseonent proceedings Of Saturday afternoon
without betraying the slightest fatigue 10 the
theme o, much adTl1ns Airing comment here but it
ING es I
Ths same senst faaknss $50 In she
last campaign used to travel all night over
speeches ali day. Tor weeks in succession.
sometimss no, sleeping bali an hour for two or
;a.i: s',s man s.a "s one hsseuls pisS 5S!
Ess on 1housR RoEesi rs
consunrtion. or something OF that sort he ecan
and wild country districts in the interior Of, his
stor Kenns @ .s Is smother GOOD % exampis % Of Vest
ltrRintan iron in the blood He spends much Of
bis yacato5n time in hunting md coughing it
session he was on steady tramp through the
sd besdes ny
end OF smaller game. These three men can
R grsss. thanks rot to- to superior pSysiaue but n to
their lifelong habits OF outdoor lie.
Senator Hawley has In his possession quite
q number OF books which formerly belonged to
WASHINGTON Ono Of them. which excites
great curiosity and interest. is a large volume
OF mans. representing surveys made by early
exporers Of this country. At the time Wash:
10 be accurate: and. in fact were used BY
him in plinn,ne bis campaigps during
which shows the course q the Missls-
sipld was made in l7G6 upon the survey
made By Lieut.. Ross Of the Fifty fourth .Regt-
PPent. When the survey was IN made the iezoo
an ofishoot Of the Mississippi. 1t now emp,ies
iuto the Bay Of Mobile, and thc intervening
the Nisslssippi Is thiokly wooded with heHyy
timber. This peculiar circumstance was dts
covered by Capt. John Cowdon, who has re-
Gently made an examination Of the map in
purs uan.e OF his studies In determining accn-
rately what changes have been mado from
time to time In the course OF the big stream.
The removal from the Senate of tho pictur-
esaue and prolific Blair OF New Hampshire will
certainly result In msterial modification OF
tho calendar Of businsss. For twelve years
past the Industrious Senator has been the
chief fountain head Of thr, o or four classes OF
bills. and has poured them forth without stint
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