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

site the White House. Upton, Of New
York, lives somewhere iu the wild suburbs,
and Hitchcock 10 the dreariest and least
conspicuous centre Of town. Stewart owns
q house next door to Minister Schenck, and
Edmunds, of Vermont has also built
dwelling in this socially high quarter.
Nye, Of Nevada, belongs to the floating"
members. Patterson, Of New Hampshire,
lives iu the old Clay and Webster quarter.
Frelinghuysen is st the Arlington" and
Stockton rents . large house and gives
good cheer. Conklin aud Fenton both
take dwellings, this year one block apart.
Pool, of North Carolioa, stops at the old
Washington inn rancho. John Sherman
at the Hamilton club chambers, renting
his own dwelling to somebody else. Judge
Thurman rents good house next door to
Minister Catacazy. Kelly, Of Oregon,
stops at the Ebbitt," aud Corbett under
his own roof. Scott has . small house,
and Cameron fuctuates between big aud
little tavern, being particular to contract
that he shall pay no " corkage." Anthony
lod ses and eats around, and Sprague has
big house away from other big people.
Howe stops with his son nin.law, district
ofice-holder, aud Matt Carpenter at a
tavern.
OF the Representatives few have ine
dwellings. as Blaine, Butler. Garfield,
Samuel Hooper, Potter, Swan and Fer.
uando Wood. The richest delegate from
any territory is Jerome b. Chaffee, of
Colorado. Only eleven Representatives
were housed at the best hotel last session
and but three Senators. Many of these
members Of long standing put up with
worse than railway meals, aud rooms dis.
prting to genial spirits. They are fight.
ing out the battle Of life, educating child.
reu perhaps at different abodes, support.
ing some one expensive habit incom patible
with genial comfort, iudulying upon a
Cougressman's limited salary the saving
sacrifice adhered to for life, or nurturiug
an ambition too high or too morosc for So
cial enjoyment.
WHAT PROPORTION MAKE MONEY.
From fifteen to thirty per cent most
likely For Instance three fourths of the
carpet,baggers" expect to realize on every
vote Of value, no matter low small the
sum. Then many territorial and border.
state meu are predatory. The Pacific
Coast is q drag net of jobs, aud from
Nevada or California attorneys are picked
aud sustained by corporations. The West.
ern cities commonly send honest men here,
and New England and the Middle States
send about an equal admixture Of men Of
good character, aud mere agents for spe.
cial purposes. Where there is an over
bearing interest dependent upon govern.
ment there is commonly jobbing Con.
gresham. Thus states adjacent to the
public domain, or other states having
intentions upon it, or upon the Treasury
in any way. send up lawyers and floor
lobbyists to Congress. The best men
ought to be from New England, but We
saw one last year lobbying for pulp. paper
patents while at the same time pushing a
pretentious civil service bill another
working might and main for ship building
drawbacks and bountics. a third just
ending his course as a gigantic railway
agent, and fourth doing nothing more
than defending the money lenders Of Bos-
ton, under all circumstances. Many Con.
gressmen, after being left at home by their
constituencies, move to this city and con-
tinue their predatory business, some job.
bing in the Treasury, others in the Pension,
Patent, and Post Offices, others on the
floor. As a general rule all these are
demoralized and rotten, because a man
who has houorably served out his course
in Congress and retains the esteem of his
neighbors, will 90 home amongst them aud
maintain his reputation. Some of the
highest minded men in the country are
here. however, like Senators Bucking ham,
Curbett, Garret, Davis, Frelinghuysen,
Justin and Lot Morrill,, Park, Schurz,
Thurman, Sumner, and Trumbull. Per.
haps half dozen more could be named
in the Senate, which is not an ADLER body
than the House, except in experience, but
is more solid and eminent.
PRIVATE PURSUITS AND HAUNrs OF CON.
GRESsMEN.
The amusements of average Congress.
men are, firstly, feeding. A jovial man
like Anthony, Sam. Cox, Roosevelt, Sam.
Hooper, or Farwell, of Chicago. will either
give or accept two or three, aud sometimes
five, breakfasts or dinners a week. A
large proportion of citizens make habit
Of " feeding Congress folks" Every
night in the session there is at least one
costly dinner at Welcker's," costing
from ten dollars to thirty dollars head.
Three or four small clubs scattered over
town, like L" The Colony" on New York
avenue, receive visitors The better liquor
stores keep private rooms for parties. The
stag party" is the rule in Washington.
Next to feeding, perhaps gambling, and
this is almost invariably with draw. poker,
six handed euchre, or some quick, simple
game. 1t is safe perhaps to say that there
are twenty tables run every night in
Washington during the session, at each of
which there is one or more congressman.
1t is said that professional gamesters have