The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-01-13
Washington Letter.
Yours, (
c. j. ERICSSON.
o N. OLSON.

WASHINGTON. d c., January 8, o..
The opening week in Congress after he
holidays is charac erized by general de-
sire to get at the work that is to be done,
and an lmpatience with all dslay and OBJ
shuction. III House devoted some time
to the question of a Congressional invest.
CATION into the charges made by Fourth
Assistant Post Master Genera. Bristow, in
which he alleges collision and illegal con-
duct en- the part of certain congressman in
the frauds recently perpetrated in the post
Office department There was an attempt
made TO prevent this resolution going to
the Committee on Post Offices and Post
ads, but it was frustrated. and the reso-
luton is now pending before that commit
tee On Tuesday. Senator Lodge. Of
Massachusetts,, delivered characterize. C
speech, scholarly and exhaustive, onvthe
| question OF the right of one nation to rec
ognize therde facto government of another
in general, and the recognition of the Re-
| public Of Panama by President Roosevelt
in particular, and in which he defended
| the course of the presidentint this instance.
! Senator German is not meeting with I'm
animous support in his opposition to the
/ ratification of the Panama Canal Treaty
among his democratic colleagues, and it is
| reported that the "Solid South is fai
from being solid in his support on this
question. Samuel w. Small, editor of the
i Atlanta Constitution, and an important
political factor in the South, has been here
this week urging southern members tc
lend their influence toward the ratification
OF the treaty. The Constitution is perhap:
the most influential democratic organ il
the south, and its fame extends into the
north. Frank L. Stanton, the famou:
southern poet and journalist, is a member
of the editorial staff of this paper.
i Edward Everett Hale is now performing
the duty of chaplain to the Senate to which
position he was elected before the holiday:
by motion of his lifelong friend. Senator
4 George F. Hoar. He appears in the Sen
ate chamber promptly at noon each day
that the senate is in SESSION in the flowing
clerical robes of black silk. which he is &C
customed to wear in his Boston pulpit
This is an innovation in his present office
DR.. Hale is past eighty years old, ane
bearsthe inhrmities ofdecrepituds and age
While his mind is still brigh. and active
his voice is broken and weak. His chastt
literary style is noticeable in his prayers
as in his sermons and other literary works
The Chicago theatre disaster has result
ed in bringing about an investigation o
the theatres of Washington, with viey
to- ascertaining what facilities for sud
den escape or protection they possess il
cas-: of FIRE. Nearly all of them are def
Gent in some respect, and fail to compl
with the law on lsome point. Change
J have been ordered to be made, and 500
better safety appliances will be put in 10
future emergencies, Nine. Sembrich am
Sir Henry Irving are the recent theatrica
attractions of first magnitude here. Iry
ing never fails to draw a full house here a
} elsewhere by his vivid and realistic preseu
, tation of Louis XI, The Merchant ofrVen
ice, Dante. The Bells, etc. Like Jefferson
son, his performance is devoid of excess c
action, and derives its power and efficac
mainly from the subtitle skill of his facia
, work: there are no frenzied EXPLANATIONS
and emotional feats, yet anyone but a
emotional immune would be impresse
and moved by the unerring fidelity of hi
; representations
II, The feeling Of most visitors after seem