Show washington LETTER washington D C dec 3rd ard 1889 the return of congressmen to the capital which had been slow prior to thanksgiving day DaDe became came ft a rush on oft Saturday and this morning it appears that the session will open with fifty more in members embers present than had ben bo len expected the travel stained crowd of statesmen about the house post office and committee rooms nal make the llie corridors ring since F friday rid ay explanations of just how it was done it referring to the recent election are offered front from all sides and plans are laid for schemes good bad and indifferent the bemo brats of course concede the next house to the republicans bya by a bare majority and will take what 1 advantage may bo be left in the short e session of the fiftieth congress the session opens with the fight fairly on As yet mr air C cannon annon 19 is the only directly abow avowed candidate with mckinley reed burrows and butterworth in the background mr air Kin leys friends appear to prefer his hi appointment if possible to tire the chairmanship of the committee on was wals and means as it would increase in his presidential dental chances if senator senater sherman goes into the cabinet mr mckinley would naturally prefer the in his way in the fight for the ways and means committee would stand judge kelly the father of tile the house how fur far the child would eppse its parent is an open ques gioi many nier members abers think that the judge is getting rather too old r indeed the feeling is strong that the younger men will conduct the coming administration mr harrisons reticence as to his cabinet continues but those who have talk ed to him pretend to havo have discovered an ln intention to appoint young men this ita impression is ie to trong strong that senator sewell writes to a friend liere here we old fellows mut must stand aside within the next neit two weeks the democrats in the house hong will ably move art an investigation of election methods in indiana and new 1 york if so the republican senators will send a committe to over laul haul southern elections and the mud slinging 0 will go on right merrily neither party part would expect any direct results general dudley might be asked to tell what he knew about votes in blocks of five and congressmen oates might be questioned as to white supremacy in alabama but that would be the end of it A congressional investigation of elections is purely partisan and would be so BO recognized ford will present I 1 ins ais report of the immigration investigation vesti gation early in the session the nature of the remedies for pauper and criminal ina immigration migration and not been completely outlined outi lIed mr I 1 fords forda failure for reelection election re will lead him to report tile the bill as soon as possible pos dible so that it may not fail to to become a law before his retirement with the opening of congress the president returns from tho the cottage at oak view to the executive E mansion to what mr blaine once feelingly spoke of as the homelessness leas nesa rod and hopelessness of the Jilin mansion sion of power mr blai Blain blaines C cs 8 anxiety to occupy this dread mansion need not be mentioned here president cleveland finds the white house unusually elegant in new paint and revamped furniture ready for his successor even the french chief feels anxiety only about tire the inaugural luncheon arid and enters into eager conversation with any body who can tell him aught harrison during the vacation the old rafters under tile the corridors near the presidents presidents otice office have been replaced with iron giracs gird cs s the weight of oatlie the great crowds present on reception nights bad stained the rafters t ers some borne what during the last half century the story published last week to the effect that the pre president aident ard and mrs cleveland will go abroad next june is officially denied but the president is silent as to his real plans an fn n the meantime the newspapers are making plans for him thero there is a rumor that miss rose elizabeth cleveland will be at the white house during the coming seabon site she was here during the opening season beason odthe of the present administration and my see its close As a hostess she was by no means equal to mrs cleveland A tian lack of tact a want of adaptability and a mistaken literary lete ambition perhaps marred her well meant efforts secretary whitney takes occasion in his annual report to the president to make an elaborate review of the progress of the navy since march ath 1885 i lie he says in brief that while at that date the united states had no vessel that could compare with those of other nations tile the government now has ihnot if not first class vessels at least a prospect of having them thein ile he believes that a great triumph lias has been effected in securing a bethlehem pa the buil building ofa of a plant capable of turning out armer ariner a and rid gun steel equal to the highest grades of european manufacture |