Show washington NOTES theme there gre wre arm are seventy baid bald headed beaded men in con cou congress ress no unprejudiced mind can cai look down from the galleries upon that lake superior of absent hair without a feeling of regret that the absence is a thing with which the peculiar skill of the aborigines had nothing to do louisville courier journal ebur al if an ohioan in town says that mr waite the new chief 3 ustice is an extremely modest unassuming man of fine abilities which have never been fully displayed for the reason that hp ho has never been in in public life and that everybody likes like ilke shim him except some gome of the lawyers who are down on him for hh hig exceedingly moderate charges which hey they assert are ally low washington star jan ran 21 there was quite a shower of wo men suffrage petitions at the opening of bf the senate today to day mr alx fenton who is a late convert to the cause of equal suffrage in presenting a petition from new york styled the petitioners petition ers women citizens 1 I washington star jan two important decisions were announced tiie tife 0 supreme courties court yes which proceedings edins bocon property of judah P benjamin and john slidell were held to be invalid in benjamin BeDjam ins casedy ivas decided that there was not sufficient notice to the mortgagees and the ube judgment j U ent of the court below in a sustaining inirio their title as against that tha of the purchaser under tile the confiscation proceedings ce was affirmed in bli Sli dells delis case m elt eit it was decided that the purchaser took an estate that was determined ter by the death of the defendant fen dant slidell and that the title of his children as heirs was not affected thereby dashington washington Mashin oton glon star jan 21 woman suffrage promises premises to come before the house for debate in a novel way general max maxwell well weli who contests mr cannons seat as a delegate from utah claims that the enfranchisement of women there by the territorial legislature is null and void when the hie committee ori orl on elections report the tile subject will probably give rise to a lively debate washington cor cof jan 23 mo democrat all 1 indications po point int to a short and dull session of congress con gr ess an unusually small amount of new legislation is preparing in the committees mit tees all bills that involve an expenditure of money are touched very gingerly or left undisturbed in their pigeonholes pigeon noles holes and most of the many projects for amending the constitution and for novel legislation presented at the beginning of the session are not being press pressed edby by their authors and are not likely to be reported tack back back baek for action the almost unanimous sentiment in both houses is that in the unsettled condition of politics in the country it is unsafe to embark upon any important new legislation that therm there is not pretty strong reason remson for believing will have hava the indorse 1 meric merit of public opinion prudenti course to take it is thought is to ilo iio as little as pos possible beside passing the regular appropriation bills and to cut cub these bills down as much as is practicable it is already apparent that congress will set its face against all measures for the benefit of local interests except very moderate harbor ap appropriations ti ons private bills too will bo be more carefully scrutinized than heretofore and will have a much harder road to travel than at any previous session N Y tribune I 1 |