The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-02-01

and there will be warm work when It
does come up. Petitions from oil
quarters are pouring IN, and are pre-
sented every day, both in the Senate
and House. The principal objection
that members seem to urge against
these petitions is that they were first
6GRked by Postmaster General CTess-
well to the different p%ostmasters
throughout the country. That there
is a great and growing evil to be cured
here there is no question. Members
cry HRetrenchment," and yet, when
petitions pour in from all parts of the
country, begging that this great leak
be stopped, they shelter themselves
under the pitiable plea that the Post
master General frdnEed the blank pc
t%itions, and the deputy postmasters
got up the signatures.
The English Post Office was run
last year at a profit of S23. 600, 900.
while ours ran behind 81, 1000, 900,
and this, too, In the face of the
fact that our letter charge is
three cents, while that Of England is
but two cents. 1t is true that the
English post lines are more contract
ed than ours. but owe $500 dead
heads play no small figure in bringing
about this vast difference in the fnan-
cial postal condition of the two coun-
tries. l do not know that there has
ever been an estimate made of the
amount of free matter sent from this
city. 1t would astonish even those
who have looked into the subject, and
have given it thought.
~ Ill, Jg-.-f-a 4 n - H. ---k
to every part of the country, but new
dresses, presents for the body, dirty
shirts TO be washed, boots to be mend
ed,&c., GdG IN fnltun2, and then the mem
Der from -District wishes to ere
ate a sensation among his constitu-
ents. He can't write a speech, much
less make one; SO he goes to some
professional speech writer-generally
Spof0rd. the llbrarian-and pays his
cash and gets his speech. BY a dint
OF hard effort he succeeds In getting
up ia the House, ard asks leave to
print; and soon the nails are loaded
with the Congressional Globe, con-
tanning the speech of Mr.-, DE.
LTVERED in the House of Representa-
tives-and SO it goes.
woMAN's SUFFRAGE CONVENTION.
AS the Convention has adjourned
some days ago, l will not go into par
ticulars In regard to that, but as the
ladies are still lowering around the
ante rooms of the House and Senate,
l may give some particulars of their
present movements without the fear
of giving you stale news. Yesterday
4 delegation composed of Miss Susan
b. Anthony. Mrs. Il. Cady Stanton,
Miss Phoebe Couzzins, Mrs. Gage,
Mrs. Isabella Beecher Hooper, &C.,
had another conference with the Sen
ate and House Committees on the
District Of Columbia. They urged
that the experiment of Woman's voting
should be tried In this District, and
that the present Congress should take
the matter In hand. Miss Anthony
spoke earnestly, and / might say
eloquently, as also did Mrs. Stanton /;
but they evidently made but little i'm
preston on the Committees. Still,
they are lowering on the verge of
the Government" determined not to
give it up so, button-holing every
member who is so unfortunate as to
run athwart them.
Susan B. is the master spirit here,
as she was In the Convention; and
she says she is bound to win. So
Messrs. Senators and Representa-
tives, you might as well give in.
Oh Susan, in thy hours of csc,
Unserttn, koy, and nard to pIese;
the only WedICck you could dote in,
Is wimmtn's rites and wImmin's votin';
Whene'er these subticks ring your brow,
A rOrin', scremin', Lempist thou.
Blu l must close. I sat down to
write a few lines and have. instead,
inflicted a long letter. With best
wishes for my old friend, the JOUR-
NAL,
an very truly, &C.,
g. A. CUTLER.