Show washington ada fob 1 the weeks work ia congress can be easily summarized both houses devoted ono day to funeral orations ions abo honored the memory of tho libio vice nud tho house that of tho lalo tivo ellwood of illinois tho senate sod dlton Dl toa claims to elal hood alii tho bouso intoned to rn unimportant debate oa tho subject of tho alleged defacement of monuments in tho norfolk navy yard aud passed fifty pension bills after listening tc a speech from mr crisp of georgia against pensioning sio ning mr oriba quoted statistics to show thalji the proposed lation in regard to pensions were to prevail the Trot susy would bo it ft bankrupt ho eaid the people whom bo represented were willing to contribute oven of their poverty to what over was nc for the grandeur glory and progress of tho country they acro willing to act in glod faith and tho soldiers but he thought it was not right to lax hem farther than that ho would not bo parsimonious ho would be just and li biral but ho did think there ought to bo a stopping the between tho president and is the chief subject of discussion in and about tho capitol the izuo was joined squarely when the refused to furnish tho pipers bearing upon tho official chira clor of a certain district attorney of southern alabama tharo aio many indications of a bitter contest over this matter rod unless eikill ia exercised exorcised home whore a controversy af a thoroughly partisan character will dop clop tho ad mini s ration has bakon tho round that the only supervision that the senate can over rom avala from office ia of a legislative character and it holds that tho information has only to do with the cinosi of incumbents it claims also that tho senate can only deal with the conduct of an office in open session it holds therefore that the call for documents which boar on official changes do rot come within tho procisco pro visco of tho senate sitting in executive session and the papers aro for that reason to bo withheld alio senate has no direct way of forcing its demands short of impeachment peach ment but it can retaliate bj refusing to confirm all nominations until the president explains his reasons for making chingos you remember wo ha a deadlock of this kind during johnsons administration which proved to bo u very dis episode tho fint evening reception of tho ot tho white bouso was givon to tho general public and tho parlors iacre ag elaborately accor itce as L j if prepared for a state dinner the named acro from aino to eleven lut long buforo that lour bo crowd lichan to assemble on tho portico and extended to abo western anle alio ot callers atai for two hours and without incident it WAS strictly a peoples reception neither diplo congressmen bor society po plo apro there they prefer attending card receptions which are dover RO there brero vory fow evening toilets among tho iiii tora almost alp of them in coa As usual tho president was cordial coi dial and seemed to ou joy boeing tho folly and shook heind with avory and child |