Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1871-12-30
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER,

OUk WASHINGTON LETTER.
HOTELS or THE CApIrAL--How Gov.
GREssMEN LIVE THE RICH MEN
AND THE MONEY MAKERS OF Gov.
GREss--A COSBY FoRErAsTE OF
THE SESSION.
A cold snap and tiny snow storm got
off the train with Congress, and the Rep.
resentative of his Constituency took q
street car and proceeded to one OF the four
available hotels. "Grcat Heaveu" says
our Representative, shall we never have
better accommodations ?" Here are two
old taverns stuck together and imparting
to each other their emulous bad smells.
The " Metropolitan" has new proprietor, a
sew cook, aud a new elevator, but in all
else appears the same-creaky, dingy, for
lorn. The National gives the hotel dis
ease to the mental being of the present as
it gave it to the physical life of past ad.
prcme Court can live and laugh in this
vast sprawiing area of unwelcome The
Ebbtt House is extended but its ceilings
are as low as the country inns of Pennsyl.
vania's Deutschland. The darlington"
charges all one possesses for pair of clos
cts, and you must have mint to buy a
"julep" there. How different all this
might be ifthe value of these half dozen
scattered disjointed rookeries were put in
one house of real cosmopolitan entertain.
ment, provided with all the graceful and
genial accessories of modern civilized life
Such an idea may sometime be realized,
but now the landlord Of the Period tells
US that "there is no money in Congress.
men. They want the best for nothing.
We're laying for those rich lobyists who
pay the bills Of themselves and the mem.
bers, expect to get memoranda for corkage,
and who never run less than three tables
Of draw after every set dinner" Happy,
relatively, and yet out of humor is the
Congressman housekecpcr; relieved from
tavern life but condemned to pay back
dues for rent, plumbing, aud repairs accu-
mula,cd during his absence amongst his
constituents. Two houses cannot make
home" says the Cougre ssman to his
wife. mo Jefferson" she replies, - but
they make change" " | cannot feel it,"
says the Congressman, with his hands in
his pockets.
HOW MEN OF STOMACH suBsrsr.
The stom ,ch Is an important element in
Washington life. Taking up the Senators
in the alphabetical order of States let US
see how they live. Spencer Of Alabama.
boards at the Arlington" but is looking
for somebody to club with him in bach
elor dwelling. G ,ldthwaitc. contestin.
for the seat made vac mt by Warren, lost
his stomach at W,lari," last winter in
the suspense. and is now in the d,ctor's
h,nds. Rice, of Arkansas boards near
Walkers Resaur mt" and Clayton stops
at the Metropolitan Hotel" Cole of
California, keeps house with f"e wife
and six children, just off the fashionable
West End quarter. and Casserly abides
wellto-do in the nook of Lafayette Square,
for he is one of the half dozen rich men in
the Senate. the Others being Chandler,
Cameron, Gilbert Of Florida, Sprague,
P""eroy, Feutou, and probably Justin
Morrill,. Stevenson. West. Buckingham,
and Robertson of South Carolina. Sew.
eral Of these are worth above million.
Ferry, of Connecticut, is a paralytic, and
he stops at the "Semmes House" Buck.
insham keeps house elegantly. Tom Bay.
ard, Of Delaware, boards at Wormley's"
and his colleague, Salisbury, at the cheap
"Scatoa House" Gilbert, though rich,
stops at the grimy National, and Os.
born has chambers on + street. Joshua
Hill, of Georgia, lives at the " Metropol.
itan'. Lyman Trumbull has very quiet
rooms on by-strect. John A. Logan has
apartments in little private but central
street, away from fashion. Prattis one Of
the few who reside in dwellings on Capt.
tol Hill, the others being Brownlow, Cam
eron, Cragin, Flanagan, Of Texas. Lewis,
Of West Virginia, aud Lott Morrill,. Peo-
pie who live on Capitol Hill hardly ever
go off it at night for fear Of dogs. It has
the best air and consequently the most
lonesomeness in the city. Senator Nor.
ton boards at tho old NATIONAL amongst
the fat judges. Harlan, of Iowa, kceps a
fine house, and Senator Wright boards in
a private family. Pomeroy has a rcgally
fitted dwelling next door to Charles Sum
ner's. who keeps tho best private table in
the city. Caldwell boards in a good quar-
ter. Garrett Davis, of Kentucky, boards
at quiet house in lonely part, and Ste.
venson is an aristocrat at the" Arlington"
Kellogg, of Tennessee, was one of "Wil.
lard's" injured spirits. aud West. Of the
same State, has just finished an elegant
dwellinghcrc. Hamlin, of Maine, patron.
isea the old "Seaton" tavern. Vickers,
OF Maryland, lives at little boarding
house near the Capitol gate. Hamilton
likewise more centrally. Henry Wilson
pays Sl3 a week at the Washington
House," where he gets congenial sole.
leather cuisine Ferry, Of Michigan, suf.
fers at the "Jenncss House," and Jack
Chandler lives we'll in his own brown
stone. Window keeps house, and Ken.
nedy subsists at the National" Ames
lives under the roof of his father-in.a law
Rutlor Carl Schnrx kaan, , c.u,.r