Show washington LETTER cotow ovit washington i jan 2nd and 1888 the capital during the present congressional recess has been favored with the presence of many of tile national solons particularly p those from distant d 1 stant states who were wont to spend t heir their holidays around their own fi resides this may be due to a i variety of reasons or only to one but r whether rh elber the interstate commerce law winch which interdicts tile the issuance of railroad passes par ases to members of coil congress ress has aught to do with t this his determination agur correspondent would feel a deli delicacy cacy in baying lvin while on tile the EUL subject ajeet it in may ay be we well ll 11 enough dough to ill altion that the question lu estion whether or not the interstate act cl applies to toe express companies having been presented to tile the commission Com that body being lein of its authol authority ity in the mat matter has referred the lie t controversy to congress con agress for settlement the probability bal babi lity is that express con companies will be by an ail amendment to the interstate law brought under tinder the operation cf that statute there ire many ical sons for such a acon conclusion cl speaker carlisle is at tle tic t ic capitol nea nearly orly every day now engaged in tile the task ot completing Z his committee lists upon which lie he has bestowed almost a months labor J j his time was none no ie too long 7 the problem involves a great deal of careful consideration it is said list hat mr carlisle for ro t cal reasons attesting affe ting the policy of his party finds more trouble gnap in appointing some of tho the minor I 1 committees comi mit tees lile e those on tince ance and education than the more important committees such as the v ays and means rn earls finance and for cin ai affairs afra irs rr for obvious re reasons aso there are very ve ry few damo democratic cratie statesmen ta who care to take a tire ti fe stand on oil the prohibition question and then for partisan reason III ax well tell the he members of the same party wish to be extremely cautious about abou t their th r course on the labor as that is another issue fraught za with doubt and danger to statesmen who must stand or fall by their votes and speeches as presented in the congressional coil gressional grees ional record but one thing is certain the republicans mean to take an ail aggressive gres sive in congress 11 upon tile the affirmative side of the ilion question it bein being their purpose to pass a bill in the senate prohibiting the liquor traffic in th the e district of columbia the tonden cies of the republicans are strongly stron al doward prohibitory legislation on general principals it is claimed by that party that as it struck the first f blow for t the he abolition of slavery in the district of columbia that it will also fight its first great battle against the saloon on oil the same spot and from the tone toile of tho the organs and orators of the party I 1 am convinced that the republicans will ultimately champion cham piou the cause of prohibition and further that the democrats will array themselves against it the tariff and prohibition will force a anew new all alignment ament of parties a 1 division that will be vastly bene acne facial to the patriotic and material i of tho the country for we shall then have bave tho satisfaction of beholding the final disappearance of the sectional issue that has so long bestrode this republic like a horrible nightmare A romance in real life with tile the r addest of sequels has woven itself theoti trough h the career odilon of lion E taylor garfielda Gar fields successor in congress in the days of their youth the congressman and his lady love were betrothed but goon eon after separated by a lovers lover s quarrel the estrangement tran gement was final and each wedded another and thus lived for a generation but at last each was single again and the old lov lovers ers united their destinies about one in month anth ago and came to the capital last week an unknown lady was found alone and ancon c ous on a str street acet of lV washington ashington she was taken to a hospital and died before bein being t identified what mat an unhappy fate for a bride of but one brief month this true sorrowful story reads like a chapter of fiction the greatest social event of the winter was the presidents new york reception L which as is usual on such state occasions was attended hy by a brilliant and distin distinguished gu company of richly and fashionably dressed ladies and gentlemen cabinet officials supreme justices senator representatives officers of tile the army and navy citizens from private life and most conspicuous of all the great assemblage the pompous foreign diplomats arranged in truly character and picturesque co costumes such as they are ire accustomed to wear at court receptions in ill their native countries |