The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-04-24
CORRESPONDENTS.
FROM WASHINGTON.
WAsHINGr0N, April ., 1863,

r. ne Editor Of the wokKEoNlSs ADros.rS.
Much Of our knowledge is the result Of
comparison, and every thing in nature takes
either the positive, comparative or superla-
tive degree. This is true Of the lobbyist a.
well az Of every other profession. For To-
stance, a railroad superintendent or a wess-
ern steamboat captain with free passes
makes a good lobbyist; prostitute Meth I
0dist preacher makes a b tier lobbyist. but
beautiful female Of the same denomina-
ton makes the best lobbyist the two class
es last named are pretty thick With members
Of the 4lst Congress.
Gen. Farnsw0rth il tho most attractive or
striking parsonage III the house ~ represen-
tative, but strangers visiting The capitol
FIRST enquire either for Morrissey or Better.
Office seekers are AS numerous IN Wash
ingt0n az deas in hogs nest, and swarm
about the capitol ana the departments as
dies DO IN fish markets during bot weather,
annoying senator's, representatives and
secretaries as mosquitoes do mules and ne
groes in the marshes Of the lower Miss
issippi.
There i no important Office OF place out
side Of those assigned to the President,
that some ex.member OF Congress Is not
making a vigorous contest f0r-even poor
Beau Hickman is about to be superseded
by Mullins, "5orn at the Three Forks of
Dutch river, and was never over three miles
away from that point until be came to the
10th Congress" The only perceptib!e
qualification which the new chaplain Of the
house az repI esentatiVes has, that could pos
sIblv recommend him for the position to the
majority party over his pred ecessor, is the
manner of the man and his loud sounding
oh which occurs frequently in his prayers;
10 fact, It Is the principal ingredient Of
which they are compounded.
A cOpperhead has just suggested that
members Of the msjOny like to bear it as
tyTants do the groans Of the oppressed.
That having failed after all their battering to
extort a single Oh from Ola Virginia, they
have employed q hAId TO utter 1t for her
The unctious gusto Of submission and hu-
mility 10 which he enunoIates il daily in
their hearing, t is also suggested, has soft
ened some reconstruction hearts.
The Chaplain Of the Senate, a new man
Of God, appears daily before that BODY, and
with outstretched arms AMI Up palms
bresths forth an eloquent prayer, the more
attcpAADAc uouolicSS 70 the nearer OF FraV-
er, % account Of it being accompanied with
Il fragrant perfumes Of that popular weed
so much loved by modern christians Of the
masculine gender, TOBACCO. Chandler and
Nye exchange smiles and whisper, let no
man eschew tobacco. One Il impressed,
wuIle this new man is doing the devout
that bis open palms are emblematicAl OF the
Dew administration, reminding the people
that its hands are now empty and must
soon be filed. President Grant is q chris
ian, and Is proof Of this assertion, | need
only remind the readers Of the ADVOCATE
that be loves tobacco md provides for his
friends, as the following statement will
show.
P. s. General Grant, As President II q Is 900
Father Jesse K Grant, as Postmaster at Coving-
ton, kentuck Z 100
Son Grant. Cadet ~ West Point ............ $50
Brothe, In-laW Dent, brgadisr- General (and
bard q white House) -. ..-....--.. ASA
Brother-'n-aw sharp Col eetor (aDout) -. 10 900
Broiher-io Law Casey, Asse asor ..-.--..... 500
Brother-insw CraBler. Consul ............... 5000
DisaLt relative 70 the Dents, Longslreet, Survey
or, tsbout ................... 1900
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