Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1894-05-30
WASHINGTON LETTER.
A Cosby Letter from the Nations
Capital.
Acrid Debates In the Senate.-Art, Lit.
erature and Society.
lFrom Our Special Correspondent
WASHINGTON, May 90, '94.

Coxey and his army have ceased to
be sensation. Conviction in police
court is always Disseminating. Coxey,
Bro wne and Jones have discovered that
law breakers in the District of Colum.
bia, even from Ohio and Pennsylvania,
must stand ON common ground with
the ordinary citizen of the district.
Posing as leader carries with it no i'm
munity from arrest, trial and convic-
tion. Mr.. Sherman hit the nail Oh the
head, when he said that the worst part
of the whole business was, that these
men came here deliberately to break
the laws of the land"
In the Senate, the tariff bill discussion
grows sharper as it proceeds, and the
socalled, courtesy of the Senate, !" the
proud dignity of the stately proceed
ings of the past, have been cast aside.
The tongues of the Senators, this week,
have stabbed fierce as daggers. Sena-
tors Hoar, of Massachusetts,, and Gray,
of Delaware, Turpie, of Indiana, and
Aldrich, of Rhode Island, have spoken
in no uncertain English. Only one
amendment has been reached, and Mr..
Aldrich says, that there are three hun
dred yet to come. 1t is likely that Mr..
Wilson will not know his bill when it
gets back to the House.
The great coal strikers in the mining
regions have put, by their own act,
100000 men out of work, Has organ
lied labor lost its brainsY" is the most
frequent question asked here on the
streets.
The President and his Cabinet were
present at the Mary Washington monu-
ment unveiling, in Virginia. The
mother of George was stately dame,
but she gave the Western world mar
velous boy.
One of the notable features of the
past winter, now closing up, has been
the course of scientific lectures' at
the National Museum. These have been
of the highest Intellectually, and at
tended by large audiences. mind
building" was the subject of one of
these recent addresses delivered by FL
mer Gates, who has pursued original
investigations in this department for
seventeen years, has written many vol
umes containing an account of his ex.
periments, yet never published line
delivered a public lecture on the SUBJ
ject previous to this occasion. He
spoke for one hour and half, to
large audience. never hesitating for a
word, and you might have heard a pin
fall in the room. 1t was one of the
finest exhibitions of brain power ever
made in this city.
Art, on Wednesday night, at the Col.
umbian University, had an exposition
in the shape of lecture by the artist,
Partridge, subject-the patriotic in
Art" On Thursday, the corner stone
of the new Corcoran Art Gallery, was
laid, on 18th Street and New York
Avenue. The building fronts $50 by
290 feet in depth. The new gallery it
is claimed will be one of the best ar
ranged in the world.
A Buddhist Priest, in All Souls
Church, Unitarian, has been eloquent
ly discousrsing on 'the religion and
philosophy of Japan"
During the week, too, the Historical
Society of the District of Columbia"
made formal opening of what prom
ises to be an esta ablished institution in
this city of culture and history making.
The great monthly magazines for
May, are unusually rich and exhaustive
in their treatment OF public questions.
In the Forum, Edwin Atkinson g article
on Farm Mortgages" is worth the
annual price of the magazine. Facts
of the highest value are crowded on
one another in convincing arguments of
wonderful clearness and great depth.
Let every farmer read it.