The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1872-02-08

down full hard and rise from the table
Of chance for that patriotic purpose.
Following the constitutional Fernando
came the virtuous Dawes. As the Hon.
Fernando holds himself ready to die in de-
Tense OF the Constitution, Dawes is pre-
pared at all hours to do battle in behalf Of
virtue. At irregular intervals the battle
cry OF virtue is heard from the cha.te and
irreproachable Dawes. He said, did the
virtuous D., Il am one of those, sir.
This, sir, comes in a congressional
speech as sort OF punctuation. 1t gives
the speaker time TO breathe, and infuses q
sort of elevated dignity to the discourse.
Il am one of those, SIR" To what party
the virtuou. Dawes referred under the
term "those" we find some difficulty in de-
termining probably to the Hon. Ben But
Ter. ~ am one of those, sir"-the infer
snce is from the word zone" that there are
several, certainly two, probably three
''who have chronic habit of this sort of
thing, and pledged myself long ago when
ever | saw the head of a rascal or thief
above water, whether of my party or some
body else's party, | would hit it if could
This Is considered a congressional joke, and
ment of the yirtuous Dawes is somewhat
mixed. What he means by the ''chronic
habit and the ''head above water" deties
comprehension. We suppose that it all
goes to say that he, Dawes, has a chronic
habit Of yirtuous Indignation that is aroused
by the appearance of a thief or rascal, and
that the propensity to punch the same, if
not born with him, said Dawes is there, and
is now chronicf Then there are SO many
thieves and rNscals about the good Mr..
Dawes with heads above water, or perhaps
whisky and water, that he is in perpetual
unplcasantl.ess, and goes on punching to
the right and to the left in the liveliest
manner.
We like this 1t is pleasant to US to
hear a man aboastng of his courage. or a
woman protesting her chastity. One gets
a realizing sense that although the people
thus crying ont certainly do not possess
these qualities, they at least admire them:
and although we doubt the Hon. Dawes
chronic habit, and believe that he is in good
congressional health in that respect, it is
pleasing to know that he believes in and
admires the habit
Of course, New York being mentioned,
the comedian Of the drama, the Honorable
MIR. ). 5. Cox, was immediately called to
ms rect. " hat the Constitution is to the
Hon. Fernando, and chronic habit of
virtue to Mr. Dawes, so is New York to
the comedian Cox. His sensitive feelings
are hurt, his comic soul is aroused his
wrath finds vent and whistles Ike north
wind through key hole when the great city
of his adoption is assailed in any way. He
flies around like a half sled behind a frantic
NIUE when his beloved locality, made dear BY
adoption, is slandered. Sidney Smith told
OF some one who spoke disrespectfuliv of
the equator; the cemic Cox regards anv
reference to New York in the same light.
Comic Cox hurled back the imputation
made on New York in mere mention of
It's name, and then said that he " did not
vote for thi. miserable caricature of
government; ne WAS opposed Z" to tying
the governm mt of the District to the door
bell of the White house, Heaven forbid
that any one should favor such a monstrous
proposition. Tie the District to a door
bell, and that door-bell the one at the Ex-
ecutive Mansion What devil of an
idea Why, the District would be in an
extraordinary condition, and the door-bel
could not be rung. Better leave it lying
around loose, as the Hon. c. C. (c0mic
cuss) Cox found it. Then c. c. c. pro
poxed that all should go ia work - aud
give something Of grace and dignity to
the city of Washington" This was yery
funny, and We arc astonished that roars Of
laughter did not follow. Think Of the
House taking of coats and going to work
like mule. in getting up what the House
does not and never did possess. :. Grace
AMI dignity!" We rather Ike that.
When the proposition was before Goa
gross to remodel the miserable nuisance
that existed under the names Of corpora
tons in the District so a to give some lc.--
islation that would amount to more tian
five minutes a session to suffering pcoyl.
and give efficient action to Il live executive
just such gentlemen as our comic friend
tackled on Il House Of Delegates elected bv
the people. and so perpetuatei all our
troubles. The leeches were returned TO
this honorable body, some white and some
black, and did their bes. to initiate the
House Of Representatives in every respect.
Every ordinance became a job, and slang
and personalities took the place of debate.
Messrs. Eldridge and Chapman nearly
spoiled the dramatic effect of our piece by
making sensible speeches. The memorial
of thousand names, made up in great
part by those of unknown people out of
the tax-list Of the entire Territory, was
referred to the Committee on the District
for investigation.
This is the three act farce with the fun
extracted. Congress is the constitutional
body selected to legislate for the District
This duty cannot legally be delegated, and
the Board of Public W Orks rerorniziDcr tho
fact, has from the first day of its existence
to this, been prepared for congressional
supervision. When the investigation
comes off it will be found that not a cent
of money intrusteI To its hands but can
be honestly accounted for while the work
done viii be found to bave cost les. than
any public work in the United States. As
we said in the beginning We repeat now,
that so long as Henry d Cook and Mr.. \, L.
Shepherd consent to be held Responsible
We may have errors, for these gentlemen
are human-but stealing aud fraud are
INN ,Ssible