Idaho semi-weekly world. (Idaho City, Boise County, Idaho Territory) 1867-1868, 1867-06-19
LEeIsLATTVE WAGGERY.

John Oakley represents the county of Kings
in the Assembly. He is the Artemus Ward"
of the House, q man overfioWing with wit,
humor and good-natured geniality. Mr. Oak
ley, on Wednesday evening last, went in strong
on the New Capitol bill.
Mr.. Chairman intend to favor this bill and
vet should not When / rec0llect that the
Goldfish aristocracy.of Albany is not worthy OF
decent red herring, am tempted to say, pak-
ley, do not makean asset yourself by voting
for the New Capitol blly' and yet will.
will vote for the bill -uotbecause like Albany,
but because love. the State.
Mr.. Chairman-I once thought that to be a
member ofthe Assembly was to be high cock
alorum at a world spoultry show. Ihavelived
to see my mistake. An Assemblyman is some
pumpkins in,New York, He is looked upon as
a.Ciceroin Duchess county, and as a Lycurgus
in Schoharie. But it is not so. in Albany. In
this city of surgeons and stick ups, Legislators
are small potatoes and few to the hill. The
first day after / reached Albany; hunted
round with q SHOT gun and pomtersto find a
boarding house | found one kept by night
cap and a mammoth waterfall, the widow of a
defunct gentleman III heavy West India goods.
! asked the widow of said defunct if she de-
sired another boarder. She replied, That
depended upon circumstances" | informed
her was member of the Legislature She
became cold Us an iceberg, and informed ME
that respectable boarding houses did not desire
patronage from Assemblymen or .colored peo-
pie She shut door and retired. sought an
other lady. She was more complaecnt, and
she did not mind boarding one or two Assem-
blymen, provided they would pay in advance
or givesecurity. Is this theway, Mr.. Speaker,
to treat the successors of Scion? fancy not.
But while am 1downeon the people of Albany
dis o community, Iahaye found some individual
exceptions, who deserve the highest marks of
my esteem. A few weeks ago, a gentleman,
loud in praise of the new Capitol says to mt, 4
quite in a friendly ways Oakley, let's go to
Peck's and get some oysters" Oakley said in
reply, Nothing would afford me more pleas
ure." We went to- Peckss. We ordered oys-
ters, Venison steaks, green seal, land all that
sort of thing. My friend left the rooms to OBJ
tain some cigars-ffty cents a piece He did
not come back. He has not come back yet
lie left Oakley to pay the whole bill, $17 and
go cents I! You may laughS gentlemen, brit
that is not the worst of it. He got four fifty
cent cigars and had them charged to me also.
Last week / gave eight. shirts out to be
washed. They came back in the shape of five
collars, four adiokiesi and one corded skirt.
Now what do want with a corded skirt2 II
am not an old granny, like my friend over there,
who believes the Erie Canal has injured the
State, nor ann a female brother like Susan
Anthony, or those other specimens.ofun
cred poultry who cackle at hen conventions
/ do not want. the skirt.
A short time ago visited the Baptist church,
one of the great washing machines of thecity
An elderly gentleman addressed the Sabbath
school children, and, pointing at this building,
said 'eMy young friends that's the Llnatic
Asylum, to which.12S crazy men are sent every
year to make laws for 100000 of gulls." I
could stand no more | seized my hat and left
the edifce. don't suppose | could have carr
RED it along if had tried, but did not try
'AsI said before, / left the edi6ee: But while
Icannot andswil not 60 much on the red her.
ring aristocracy of Albany, must be allowed
to say that Ishave received nothing, but kind
ness from the representatives of Albany on
this floor. Robinson never smokes cigar
without asking me to :" smellits flavor" while
Smith never sips glass of Madeira without
saying Oakley chew the ,c0rk-screW." Rob-
iAs0n and Smith are clever fellows-so are
Smith and ROBINSON They are both clever
fellows especially Smith, and more particularly
Robinson.
There is an unknown gentleman, whoresides
I'D the BoWery, to whom | am also under gObH-
cations. To every chicken dispute and fight
which has come off in that part of the city. this
unknown friend of New Capitol has sent me
no less than twelve free passes, -onefor myself,
three for Dan Wood, four for Parker, and the
other four for the reporters ofleadiHg and in-l
tiuential papers like the New York Tl9bunel
and Independent
But viii not detain the House any longer.
l. am in favor ofthe New Capitol Bill, and hope
to see it become aalaW.-4lb. EUe Jour.
The negroes of Jamaica, one of the British West
right to vote. |
Sumner and Thad Stevens VIII now demand
aswar against England to restore negro suf-
image in Jamaica. The Radicals seem to pick
uhAHhat England throws off.