Show rn n washington LETTER LETTE R iliou ovit april 2 As cucual in washington on haster easter sunday the churches celebrated tile the resu resurrection thu the catholic and episcopal churches were prof profusely fuseley decorated with flowers elaborate musical pro program 0 rainnie ms were rendered and famous masses were sung sung with great pomp while thousands of fair penitents penitente peni tents emerged from the sackcloth and ashes of the lenten sea son gon radiantly happy in new gowns and paris pattern bonnets on friday tile the house of representatives senta tives spent the afternoon in discussing the two bills to pension the widows of gens logan locan ca and blair at the rate of 2000 a year the debate was interesting because one bill represented a republican and the other a democratic leador leader both general logan and general blair had bc been n nominated by their re respective political friends for tile the vice presidency of tho the united states S la antes the democrat in 1888 and republican in 1884 the treatment of the two bills and the feelings they aroused in the house were by no means free from politics the widows were regarded as having inherited all the political capital and opposition of their husbands and when the pension bils were under consideration the atmos eliere was so BO much cha chaget in ged with political feeling feelings ID sas as if the dead men had revisited he earth a apin again 0 pin and mounted the stump as rival cand dates in a heated political campaign 0 after a long discussion both bills were passed by practically one vote the logan bill by against 95 and the blair bill by against 0 i 91 1 all tho the republicans arid and about abou one fourth of the democrats voted fo r bills and 41 about 1 0 U ahr thre I 1 q fourths of the democrats democrat opposed both the lo logan a i bill was in the last congress Con ri greis reas and was wai then the subject of lively political discussion tho the committee on oil that occasion divided on en party lines and the bill ws wis adversely reported which killed it tor lor that congress this time it oct occupied aupied a very different position it was introduced by a democrat mr mcshane and andaas was favorably I 1 le ported by a majority of the committee composed of nine democrats and six republicans mr matson chairman of the committee on in VL v ll ij pensions led the opposition to tie bill and bourke cochran who on oil the democratic side of the house made the west most conspicuous effort in advocacy of its pasture aad now that the blair and logi n i ve p dision lills bills dave been disposed ot in this way ivay it has arieli aug ug gp ge ted led that the rest of tile the dearv ig widows of brave do defenders fenders be likewise JiKe wise provided for not forgetting wh ahse se husbands were in tle the ra ks the lit and mr cleveland accorded the won womans lonians ians council a special hand handshaw shak n 0 on frid friday and aind susan K D anthony who pic dented the pioneers of the suffrage movement heading the line liae rested her hand on the presidents shoulder during this performance for mance and was so unique in her style altogether that she kept the mrs and laughing thero there were colored women in line who were affably presented and received meek looking Quake in grey and brown an indian woman gorgeous in a gown with beadi bead ed embroidery norwegian swedish scotch and english ladies 7 baliv many of vi hoin wore elegantly 0 dressed while a tow few americans were in the wildest evolution of the reform re forni tho the president ent emerged k cd looking as if ho be had bad been all through ou il a thrilling experience |