New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-18
WASHINGTON SKETCHES.
LAST DAYS OF THE SESSION.

AND MISREPRESENTATION SCENES IN
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WASHINGTON, July 14.-The Senate Evening
sessns have Of late been dun TO degee-a Least that
portion of them thrown open TO the public. On one
occasion hoped for little squal-when Mr. Wilson
brought forward claim OF his state, dating as iar
hack ls2-from fact that any claim of Massaehu
ses the of Massachusetts,, acts generayo
Democratic members of both Houses very mueh
o. the sight Of the red flag Of the
Matador acts on the noble animal who |
in another bloody makes arstocratc sport Tor %
Spanish grandees. But 10 surprise such goou so
Democrats as Mr. Salisbury and Mr.. Garreu DH'
nobly dropping all party preiudices, all personal ,
ments pronounced the claim a just and honest on'' ~
nobody opposed it strongly, except MI CaS''' W.
seemed 10 suspect its genuineneSs prinepay ohaoVV
81 its age intimating that it had AN ancient anu ~
like smell" But had no eonslder"oio eAoi'o"h'"'
ever il.
Rhode Islands millionaire hero, and statesman sena
tor spraeue had OF late spoken quite frequently and
At length inst at the last of the session he comes In for
"tbe long stretch" Whatever question is up-whether
the Income Tax Railroad grants Currency or Natali-
rationale always seems to me, makes essentially the
same speech does not matter for at least where
it begins, where it ends, If it really has regular
beginning or ending. There to be no drift
20 his argument, continuity, no sequence-but
that of course is because understanding of the vast
political and commercial subjects he discusses is limited
within very narrow feminine bounds when he talks in
Capital and Labor" Capitalization" ono
nopoly," and raw Materials" 1 get com
pletely bewildered poor Mr. Toots, under
the profound speculatiOns and scientific cOnundrums
Of Mr.. Baps the learned dancing and political
economist. Mr.. Toots, you remember replied to the
question, "what will you do with your raw material
when it comes your ports in return for your drain
OF godf thus simply and succinctly-" Cook EN-
and, the whole, don't think could improve on the
suggestion.
b,-ov In
by Mr.. sTrague He says: 81 wish to preserve not TO
destroy. Ny whole life has been spent in building up
have been willing that tree should be down,
or a building, however old, should be pulled down
have many times built such building but never
pulled down much as q wOOd-shed." Passing over
singular fact that the Senator has many
times built one old building, beg leave TO say that
he has built many ones that ought TO be pulled
down Not long since passed through thriving man
ufacturng town, where he is monarch Of all he surveys
the houses Of the operatives there gave fit Of
the horrors they were utterly monOtonous looking
aud depressing in style They stand in long staring
all white all alike. ugly, unshaded more dreary, If not
comfortess looking, than the rudest log cabins in
the lonelest Western valley where there are flowers,
and trees, and streams that yet run free.
Tho sight impressed diagreeably by contrast
had visited the beautiful town of St. Johnsbury, IN
Vermont, and had that many Of the most pic
turesque wei comfortable houses in the village
those of the workmen in the foundery and shops
of the Fairbanks Brothers-men Of noble feeling and
refined taste; and had much Of the lovely
manufacturing village Of South Manchester, Conn,
which the wise and thoughtful benevolence the true
Christian democracy Of the Cheney Brothers have
made a little paradise for the aborer oasis in the
desert New England factory life triumphat refuta-
ton of the sordd, prevailing idea that unfortunate
dedicated to industry must be given up to eternal
uginess They hOd-these generous capalists-that |
their mechanics and operatives must be educated in the
morality of food, taste, order and Deatness, in the
religion beauty, in the building and surroundings Of
their houses and in their manner of living Their inter
these people is not mere consideration of profit
or loss with the hours of daily labor
They render them pleasant neghbOrs, Intelligent
friends brighten their lives with refined amusements,
and far possible with social and intellectual culture
Senator sprague has owing to his vast wealth, won
derfu opportunities for doing goodfor elevatng the
tastes lives the characters OF thousands OF poor
men and women, virtually his serfs There is something
almost awful in such a responsibility Heaven grant
that the for whom many toll may fully realize
that him also there is great fewOrk that for him
are duties outside Of Senatorial speech and
mere political action that his wealth, to be
blessed must be benetcent that his political influence, TO
be honored must be pure from all faint Of demagogsm,
and that his words must be weighted with manliness,
rather than with gold-that active thoughtful benevo
and public spirithat little genuine human,
hearty feOweeng for the toiling masses, better
thousand times than thousand Senatorial speeches,
filed with vague and rambling speculaOns on the rights
and wrongs Of the labOrer and the evils of monopoly
and Capitalization.
It'll little strange that the bitterest denunciaOns Of
The money power corruption of legislation and social
life ever uttered in the Senate from elevated
and propped by that powerthe master Of the votes if
OF the cOnsGences Of more men than old German
princes their subjects If Mr. spragues
speeches comprehensive, they would be ineen
diary documents among discontinued labOring pOpula
tOn but he is political trancendentast, his range OF
thought eccentric and extraordinary and his style of
writing so complex that most of his discourse is cayiare
10 the general" But evident that ne has earnest
purpose the bottom Of his mystic and occult utter
Rnces, and earnestness is surely to be respected.
Mr.. Sprague a slender, pale, daTkcompexoned man,
with slightly Hebraic cast Of counenance and in
destructble boyshness of appearance He is said to be
OF kindly nature, and all know that in the
he proved himself TO be as humane he brave aud
patriotic.
the House lately there lively little discussion
the bill for expenses for late Aboriginal vista
TONS parades and gayetes. Those who didn't dance
object to paying the fiddler In truth, $4,000
rather payment for that whistle of inviting hosp
tay our gracious President the wires to
Cloud response 10 that coy but eOnfding savages
Whistle, and I'll TO you my lad" Well,
suppose a whistle is better than war-whOOp, only
we cannot afford TO entertain many more Of our
country cousins this rate during the strawberry
son. Mr. Fitch, who is fiery young debaer, with in
dependent spirit Of his and is neither professed
phianthropst nor Pegan thropist, opposed the appro
priaton a saucy little speech full Of shrewdness and
hard frontier Here something for Dawes TO
peck at and ne pounced upon at once saying that he,
Dawes, supported the Administration and accusing Mr..
Fitch Of recusancy and detection. Now, even If Mr..
Dawes Just the man TO throw stones at his
brother IL seems ~ me If matters had pretty
pass indeed, representative Of the people cannot
oppose policy or measure Of the Administration with