The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-04-10
FROM THE CAPITAL.

FROM THE CAPITAL.
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WASHINGTON, Mar. "a, 1869.
To the Editor q the wosEisoA ls's ADvoo4rE.
Yesterday, Senator Sprague remarked, IL
cidentaly 70 the presentation Of Woman's
Suffrage petition. That ''as 10 bis deliber-
ate judgment, the voters OF the country
have less to DO with the management OF
their government affairs than other people,
there could be no great harm in granting
the prayer Of the petitioners" do DOT
think | ever gave ear to 30 pertinent q re-
mark. Pertinent, as pertinent can be, OF
which each days legislative record is az
unadulterated veri6catiou. The pending
session was not vet t~o weeks old, ere bills
had been introduced calling for LAND grants.
aggregatIng S0,000,0 0O acres One road,
gifted with jdst little cheek, wants the
modest sun Of $4,000 per mile for 800
miles. ''That's the way the money goes"
Trifling expenses, incidental to the westward
ending Of the Star Of Empire. Ga ex-
peDsive whistle.
The Bricklayer's National Union have BE-
titioned Congress for q Oh 4rter Of iucorpo-
ration. Isee one Of your Chicago cotempo-
raries speaks disparingly Of Washington
morals generally, ami Congressional morals
more particularly. The writer speaks by
the card. The capitol il daily flied With
ladies Of Questionable reputation, who as
semble there for re- asons, which, for the ore
dit Of the nation and is "Aowers,' as rep
resented here, had better remain uninvesti-
gated.
March 18th, 1869
A rumor has gained credence here within
the past week to the effect that the new sec
rotary Of the navy intends recommending
! the repeal Of the eight-hour Law. The ma
! ton has, since the commencement of the
cabinet, been congratularing itself upon
having secured the services Of gentlemen
for cabinet positions whose garments are
untainted BY contact with party dirt. But
there is many 9 slip 'twixt the cup and the
lip. ID 10 probable that the fear Of decapi-
tstion will deter many government employ
&c from demonstrating, and Borie's axe "a
not yet fairly at work. If this rumor be
founded in fact, and the new secretary's
alleged intention be contaminated, il will
be but another addition to the long list Of
bats held out TO entice the support Of work
ingmen, AID withdrawn Immediately the
partiEan ends that suggested the morsels,
are accomplished.
Many northern papers comes to us with
the announcement that the whiskeY ring Il
on it's last legs. In such a statement there
is not one title or truth. The whiskey
ring, the National Bank ring, the gold ring,
I and the Thousand and one other rsscaly
rings engaged in sucking the treasury, are
as potential as ever. They hold on to life
with q feline tenacity, and will rema o
animated and frisky as ever, SO long as the
road to congressional favor lies through
congressional pockets.
March 10Th, 1859
The bill proposing an equal distribution
Of the National Bank circulation, the work
ings Of which we're laid out BY, and to be
assigned 20 the comptroller and treasurer,
and which failed last session, is likely 10
be re-introduced- The defeated bill pro-
4 posed taking very largely from the elrculs-
ton OF the Eastern and Middle, and ad-
ding proportionately to that Of the South.
ern and Western States. Snerman's cur
rency bill, now pending, contains q greatly
modified "re-distributiOn" provision, and
even that IL deemed 10 danger Of failure
by reason Of the lobby pressure from tie
Eastern cities, which is brought to bear
against il. II the originHl bill, or one
similar, be introduced, "a fate IL ct the
best Doubtful. Southern and Western
members advocate such q measure With fer
vor. They certainly have justice on their
side, but that 10 90 Ingredient which enters
-
IL 10 almost an impossibillty to keep one
self posted upon the numerous measures
of the financial thinkers here; certainly
you could not afford the space for q CON-
prehenslve view OF them.
Senator Sprague, who has lately beer
prolific Of "goOd sayings" 10 q speech de-
livered in the House yesterday, assumed
precisely the same grounds upon which w,
stand. IL was delivered at the presenta-
ton of n preamble TO be affixed TO his reso
luton, authorizing the loan OF governHsen
moneys under certain regulations and re
strictions therein enumerated. From has as
sumgtions, be adduced conclusions entirely
at variance 9Th thuse reached by us. III
declared that the interests Of the peOpl,
require that scarcity Of money and hlgt
rates Of interest shall cease, aud that gov
ernmsDs gold deposits with National Bank
are 90 much capital, Withdrawn from legiEi
mate industrial pursuits, and employed il
dangerous speculations. Although the 70
NEEDY he proposes wall afford temporary re-
Iiei, BY increasing the volume OF cuFFenc
IN aetsoI circulation, Is will not be produc
; tive Of eny permanent benefit. Als bil
provides for the transfer VI all depos
its Of government gold now held by Na
tional Banks to the New York sub-treas
ury, and Tor the issuance u legal tente
coin notes, based On such gold and ais
upon private gold deposits with the cub
treasurer. A National COUNSEL Of Financs
created by the bill, 10 authorised "to loo
daily, On proper security, money. Of lsh