The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1895-03-08
Washington Letter.
From Our Rcgular CORRESPONDENT.

WASHINGTON, March 4.-President Cleve-
land certainly had cause to be glad when the
fall of the gayels OF Vice President stevenson
and Speaker Crisp announced the legal end of
the Fifty-third Congress. 1t is not believed
that any other President has ever had as hard
Il physical task imposed upon him us has been
performed by President Cleveland in the last
4S hours of almost continual work of the most
wearing sort. Up to Saturday only two of the
thirteen regular appropriation bills had be-
come laws-un unprecedented state of affairs
and eight of them were still in conference.
Since then they have all been acted upon. To
get an idea of the enormous amount of work
the President had to perform it must be re-
membered that the more important of these
appropriation bills consist of hundreds of pages
of itemiZed appropriations, and that President
Cleveland never signs his name to anything
without knowing just what it is, although he
had in this case TO sign bills containing items
and amendments that were decidedly objec-
tionable, because the bills containing them
could not be vetoed without making an imme-
diate extra session necessary, something that
he had no desire to do If it could possibly be
avoided. Later on there may have to be an X
ira session of Congress called, but there is at
present a good prospect OF escaping II entirely,
unless there shall be another run on the Treas
ury for gold.
1t is fashinable to abuse Congress, but when
one takes the trouble TO go carefully over the
work of the Fifty-third Congress- it will be,
seen that there is little cause for abuse from
anybody and none for abuse from Demo-
Gratis. True, this Congress did not meet
the expectations of the President as to financial
legislation, but why was it? The Democratic
party has always taught that the first duty of
Senator or Representative was to represent his
constituents. Well, that is precisely what the
Democrats in the Senate and House of the
Fifty-third Congress did, and that is why there
no financial legislation. President Cleve-
land realized this, and he has had no word of
abuse for Congressman who stood by the views
of their constituents, although he has not hesita-
ted to express the opinion that those views
were wrong and that time would convince
those who held them of the fact.
1t is not often that members of the opposi-
fifNFn T.f hIgrh frih 70 fn
and patriotism of a member of the cabinet as
Senators Aldrich, of r. l., and Lodge, of Mass
did to Secretary Herbert in their speeehes in
the Senate against reduction of Secretary
Herbert's estimates for the Naval Appropria-
ton. Secretary Herbert has every right to feel
proud of such compliments, deserved though
they were.
One of the surprises of the last week of Con-
gress was that Senator Chandler, Little Billy"
of N. H., should have dared with his record fl
nancial and political. to have attacked the hon.
esty of other Senators. 1t may have been I'M
parliamentary for Senator HILL who gave Lit
tie Billy terrible tongue thrashing, to refer
To him a ''hyena," but its aptneSS excused
its use in that particular case. Senator Martin
after saying that he had heard it said that if
Chandler had his deserts lie would be i'll the
penitentary instead of the Senate, referred to
Chandler us IL ''buZZard," who sat i'll the nest
OF an eage an@ Wha d fSr6n Its t on
on as to whether Senator Martins WORDS should
he taken down he said that he would withdraw
the Objectionable words from respect to the
change his belief in their truth.
President Cleveland AMI secretary Carlisle,
who have been for quite awhile two of the
hardest worked officials of tue government,
will this week start ON hunting ami fishing
trip along the Carolina coast. They have
tainly earned vacation, and everybody hopes
they will enjoy il and return with renewed
strength to their arduous duties.
Among those who extended congratulations
to Postmaster General Wilson, who succeeds
Mr.. Bissell was General John F. milford, of
New York, now visiting his old time colleague
in the arrangements for the exchange of Union
and Confederate prisoners, Representative
Hatch, of Mo. 1t was the first time that Mr..
Wilson had met Gen. milford since the war.
Grasping him warmly by the hand, the new
Postmaster General said: General, / am
overjOyed to meet you again. You had me in
charge as prisoner of war. have never for
gotten from that hour to this your soldierly
bearing, your genuine courtesy, and the kind
ly interest you took il every prisoner on your
boat on that occasion. | greet you with the
greatest kindness and respect"
For seven years or more Mrs. w. ID. Lou
der. of Quincy, KY, was subject to severe at
tack of cramp collie. Mr.. X. s. Morse, drug