Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 February 1883 — WASHINGTON NOTES. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON NOTES.

Gen. William B. Hazen, Chief of the Weather Bureau, was arraigned in the Washington Police Court and fined for neglecting to clear the snow from the sidewalk in front of his house When David Davis called the Senate to order, the other morning, the only Senator present was Mr. Butler. With due gravity the acting Vice President called out: “The Senator from South Carolina will come to order. ” A very important bill has been introduced in the national House of Representatives by Mr. Blanchard, of North Carolina, to establish the time when the term of Congress shaU begin and end, and to fix the time for beginning its regular sessions. The object of the biU is to remedy the present bad practice of a new Congress not meeting until thirteen months after its election. The Parliaments of aU other nations meet a few weeks after their election, and it is the aim of the present measure to have Our Congress do the same.