| Show washington LETTER from our regular correspondent Wasi washington lington 1 I C dec 1 1880 the quiet opening ot of tile the session of congress today is ia gulie generally rally recognized ns as tho the calm calin which always precedes a storm anti no iio besz acion boix over ever gave advance of being dioro interesting and stormy than the short session of tile fifty firel congress which was wai rapped to ordering both house and senate at noon today alio alio ago was tile tho only business transacted in either bouso todd todar to dar dd wid ald for tile being it is tile tho exel exclusive alave ilave topic of conversation wherever you go republicans consi consider derit it an all ex extraordinarily t able patriotic and docu democrate demo crata denounce it aa a political pui stiling speech h its real status is is to bo be found bet between those ex extremes trellies it is ia liko like till all of mr public utterances extremely well prepared it would bo dilli cult for till any ono one to say bilat lio to doos does in ili moro more choice language ili it colit ilind no ito more partisan dobens of si izilar meg sitges front from other presidents havo contained contain rd od it incer cor ain y lina tali already resulted in ill gior gi ing mr it a much higher rati i ig among tho members of itis his party lit in congress than liu lie hia had and it also proves hint him to to bo be tile poss posa of moru iborti moral courage or its aa tin tile loya I 1 put it abid a iid or grit lip lie ha hai i I beun een ere cro cited with havin having and fill I 1 al rea ay some of lik hii celoso nay 3 ing that it will jo him it in 1892 I 1 dont exactly see noo it it in that light to li still stranger ahinga ha lipavr att um oord inary circuns itan COS it 1 V t dalwin dal wiy 1 ly ili liis pirty I airty ilia qu question is tile republican 11 will consil cr inces is cosay tile ail the m ili did not inn ina teri alio alite lit in tile today ani in il I 1 ot 11 anro 0 utin t tilt lat it will uit fly by ita aitto all jerks jc during ill but the re publican sav they will ilano luno i pio within 48 liars and till that it will here until inith march 4 nox nol t aind not it looks although tiey they were corree tito party lia too tit at stake tin till winter for its members of tile ilous tu to absent thell themselves wivis and it if iset lial that tiny any considerable number of OIL ili will tic do so BO though it is id hintel that soine of thera will 1 a t conage ro iago front froin i i price constanta bicoll 1 talo se gearion sOll of tile oso but tits 1 i only an all for r minor enior tile incer or of tho cal situation is ia that eliat the left i all talk aa though aliu farmers alliare is to result in fil tio tile cert certain I 1 cleo election tion of a democratic Pr president Adent lit in it is already evident that when tile democratic house comes in ill sin all a attempt t is ia to bo be matte to capture tile votes pr that orgin az atOll by adopting a number of tile measures measured to shiell tho alliance is pled pledged aed it is of course too early to say whether this eiloe on oll the part of tile democrats is is or what effect it will havo have it upon it tile next national contest according to republican authority tile democrats have been hollering before they got out ot of tile wo woods etis on oil tile apportionment question by saying baying that they could till any gains tile republicans could possibly make inake it under it ler tile new apportion apportionment nion t by ing illg tho alie states in ill which tic 7 control tile legislatures legisla turca of which happens fill to bo be tilt an largo large number just now tito republicans say any that tiny thy will prevent this by adding a paragraph to tile apportionment bill prohibiting any partisan redistricting or gerrymandering 1 ay state stalo legisla legislatures there is lots or of talk antong among deni democrats ocra ts of atilia tile 1 asiago of tile apportionment bill tit nt this yen aion on but it is tile erdist meriest eri moonshine does docs any ally sensible person for it a moment tit suppose tit eliat it tile while in ill cont control rolof of both houses of congress fire are going to allow to be out of tile advantage to be gained by pissing till an apportionment bill if so ito ho will J nid find himself mistaken is the ft of lit an apportionment bill is ia one of the certainties of the session Bea sion in ill filet fact it ia about tile only legislation that is certain tito postmaster general il in liia ills annual anis aliis report strongly IS his is gottal scheme lio lie says that otic cent postage is but presents a lot of agim to show that lie ho thinks it ought not to bo given the people because it would create a largo large deficiency lit in the alio postal revenues this sort of argument is getting to bo be decidedly it was abod against two cent I 1 outage until tile public demand became too strong for tho politicians politician 8 and so it will lie be in t lie end with one cent letter postage the people will have leavo it the democrats linao suddenly its covered what lias been along apparent to other close political observers cr that an all extra session of tile fity ennd congress in ili the spring will be it very ery undesirable tiling thing for chent anti and yet it is almost certain to too le inal anajo lo 10 f sary eary by lost at tile alio aca sion in ill political coil trover sies widell under the circumstanced ba W 1 I inott unavoidable I 1 71 |
