The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-01-27
From the Presbyterian Banner, 18th inst
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

From the Presbyterian Banner, 18th inst.
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
DRUNKENNESS IL A HIGH PLACE.
There are details in some of the
papers of the country Of a disgrsces
full drunken scene which was wit
messed in the House of Representa-
tive shortly before the holidays
The facts, as reported, are true (;
and the writer was informed of
them by q member of the House at
the time of the occurrence ; how
a debauched victim of alcohol per-
sisted in demanding that he should
be heard In o speech at the time a
vote by yeas and nays was being
Ia ken, and how he was several
times called to order by the Speak
err. But crazed with whisky, the
victim needed not, until persuaded
by his friends to retire TO the cloak
room. But he chose MOTTO remain
there, and returning TO the floor of
the House he bawled out "ayo," af-
ter the voting had closed, and the
result had boon announced by the
Speaker. It is we'll that such scenes
are now 80 very rare, temperance
men being largely in the majority
IN both Houses.
The papers Of this city and elso-
where, have also given accounts of
q wife beating spree, while in a
drunken fl, OK this same so-called
Honorable member of the House.
This is said to havo come off in q
room Of one of the hotels. Tho
bolsterous and vulgar talk of the
Honorable member aroused other
inmates of tho hotel, who, on ap-
preaching the door of the room
whence the noise came, were con-
vinced, by the cries of a woman,
that the drunkard was abusing his
wife.
Instead of bursting open the door
and protecting tho woman, (who
had been the wife Of her sbuser tor
only q few months,9 those present
attracted attention by rapping, and
then warned the wretch that If he
did not cease his cruelty be would
be put into the bands of the police.
This specimen OF 6.asken-humanl~
ty was thus, it 10 said, called 20 or
der two or three times before NOR
ming, by those stationed near the
door for that purpose. The loud
shrieks of the wife, who is alady Of
refinement, intelligence, and high
standing, could be heard, 1t rs said,
in adjoining rooms of the hotel.
Next morning the proprietor Of
the house ordered the drunkard 10
leave, and invited the wife to re-
nam. But she, hoping. doubtless,
in tho future reformation of Ihe
man, clung 10 him, and they left
the city together for thoir home,
the wife, il is SAID, having a bruIs-
ed and bIacksned face. This hon.
orable member has returned SINCE
the holidays. and has been in lis
seat in the House in a sober condi-
ton. The constituents Of this man
have re elected him to a seat in the
House for the Forty-second Con-
gress. 1t is n disgrace to them that
they have done So Tho presence
Of such q man in the House is a dis
grace TO the nation. II is high time
the voters, especially Christian vo-
tiers, were fully alive TO the evil Of
casting their ballots in favor of a
drunkard TO represent them inthe
legislative halls of tho nation.
1t was the proprietor of the no.
tel who called on his drunken guest
to cease his barbarity. Like other
hotel proprietors, he keeps a space
in his house for the display of very
choice wines and liquors, for retail
over his bar. Doubtless the Hon
orabls drunken wife beater RECALLED
himself at this bar, with 3 glass of
his hosts best liquor, before seek
ing the company of his wife in her
apartment. But whether he got
his alcohol there or not, that hotel
proprietor should have hidden his
face for very shame for, doubtless,
many other wIyes have received
cruel treatment at the hands of
men who have been ernzed by alco-
hol quaffed IN his gilded den, where
he temptingly displays that which
he knows to be an instrument Of
destruction. To sell liquors owe a
fine oar il n irst-class hotel, is o
first-class way of serving Satan, by
making low and h:gh-elassed drun>
kards, who in turn farther serve the
dovIl by brutally treating wives
and children.