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CHAPTER XVIII.
WASHINGTON CELEBRITIES. President Johnson's Wife and Daughters--Representative Roscoe Conkling, of New York--Senator Oliver P. Morton, Indiana's War Governor--Senator George F. Edmunds, of Vermont--Senator Zach. Chandler, of Michigan--Senator Anthony, of Rhode Island--Jovial Senator Nye, of Nevada--Representative Elihu B. Washburne, the Father of the House--Speaker Colfax as a Presiding Officer-- Representative James G. Blaine, of Maine, and his Tilt with Tucker, of Virginia--Representative Fernando Wood, of New York.