The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1866-07-27
NO. o.
correspondence Of the Chicago Tribune

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The NOpkgS ia Congress, and How They Take !
Thcif 94dTIDchalc on ths Tariff Bill. !
-sl-ai q. a1WAsuNeroN, July Z. /
Your rcoderS, .doubness, remember
Der Fonhlapquo' 8 story Of the monheys in |
the rthl Ebclcgical Gardens Of Londeh,
which runs thus: "The moukeys IN
Exeter 'Caoge used to be confined in a
row Of marrow cages, each Of whidh bsl
o pan in DE center Of its front FOR the
tenants FOOD, When oil The Monkeys wflc
tsupplcI with thcr m6sses it was obs5r2-
able tliat scarcely any ono Of tbem a.e
oat Of his own pan. Each thrust bis arm
through tllo bars, and robbed his right Or
lof:.hand ne'gbor, Half what was so
seized was ipiled and lost in The convey.
anco; snl.wAilo ono monkey was &c un-
proGlably engaged in planderng, his OWL
pan was exl osed to similar depredaGons.
The mingled knavory and absutGity was
shookingly bumNn." ta -Ha
During the greater part of this week while
the tariff bill vas in committee OF the
whole, an exhibition Of this kind was
going on in tho House. 10 recount all
the scufllcs that took place in imitation Of
the monkeys Of Exeter Change, would
make This letter too long, l will-stleci 0
few Of The mole noticeable joasts, where
, pans were upset and food plundered and
spilled Mr.. Morrill,, Of Vermont; Mr..
Kelley. o. Pcnnsylyauia5 Mr.. Pike, OF
Maine; Mr. briggs, of Michigan; Thomas,
! Of Md. anl others. having their mestos
, before them, proceeded to dine out Of
each others pans. Mr. Morrill, ia the
! tallest enc in the menogerie, Ond has the
! longest orms Ilo is a perfectly honest
! specimen. lie believes lhat stealing out
= Of your noighbor's pan is The proper mode
= Of taking ones food, lie wouldn't cake
; his any other way Being the patriarch
= Of tho monkey establishment. it is his
c business 10 SEQ that each one gets bis fail
il proportion out Of his fellows mess, ont
= spills the proper quantity in conveying
j. il to his pouch, r s......
y Mr.. Morrill, decided that fifty cents pc
il, ton on coal was enough for Mr., Kelley, Q
a. Pennsylvania, md Mr.. Thomas, of Mary
I'd land, TO steal Of the pan of Mr.. B outwell
a. of Massachusetts,. But Mr. Kelley ha
o. got his claws on dollar and a-hulf
IS. ton. ro lie called tie whole monagetie
all his assistance, and appealed to them
h. stand by the old principle Of grabbing a
or you can out OF the whole row of pans. an
l. they voted by fty>one to City, that h
e. should have his dollar a.half But i
TO the scrimmago with Mr.. Boutwell, hal
= the plumber was lost and tramplod in III
le dirt. Mr.. Boutwell, can get coal fror
10 Nova Scotia for, say, So per ton. MI
ie Kelley and Mr.. Thomas mako him bv
ID Of Pennsylvania and Maryland at Sc, sc
as But il costs Pennsylvania aud Marylan
ne 1919 to mine and transport i, I
b. Massachu sets, So Mr., Kelley's cORstitu
i" eris have robbed Mr.. Boutwel's conslitu
il enls Of $ so per ton. but have got on
c, seventy slyo cents INTO their own nav,
J. The Other soyenty>Gve cents is lost to til
er monkey community but they have save
10 a great princiFlo- the light Of each mon
\ key to steal out of his ncighbor's pan
ps Mr. Boutwell, all the while defended th
principle, but was opposed 20 the applica
ton Of It. H
=, -, While The robbery was going on. Nj
NJ Pike, Of Maine, who wanted to help him
: self 10 City cents barrel ON herring, Oh
al oftho scyera pans in the garden, disooy
re- cled that somebody wac taking thrC
~ cents pound ont Of his mess, on ch all
ty. cables, and made great outcry about i
3Id The thief had disappeared (likewise Il
,o plundererJ, and nobody could tell who {
whero he was, MIR. Pike proieste
.ls against having to pay three cents poup
m extra for chain cables. lie was willing
a. pay two cents, because he was accuston
on cd TO ii, but three cents was goug
on Ho didn't believe There was monkey
iIo tho whole lot who would DO btnc fEed b
M it. Mr. Morrill, was sure there was on
somewhere. He might be in Main. q
,c~ be. might be in New \ ork. or he mgl
he in some other State, If there VIZ
he none, there ought to ho one, and NJ
9a e., Pixies pan ought to DO robbed for Il
nj, purpose Of staring new one in busines
or, These view were received with such fayt
nd hat Mr.. Pike did not even call foi