Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1873-03-12
Especial to the Chronicle.l
WASHINGTON INVESTIGATED.
ZEE JouRNKY TH1THER.

1880
part of February were not peculiarl,
favorable TO enjoyable travel; but as W,
rolled down the central valley Of oil
Trumbull, and passed the land rich il
agricultural productions and in coal tina
spreads out below it, We felt that the re
gion Of u W home had advantage
that are often overlooked, but not ofteI
surpassed. What a mass Of commercia
activity clusters about the head Of tn
Ohio, and how surely and nightly tina
activity is creeping up the valleys tina
lead down to it, The smoke of Pitts
burgh land the fire, tool reached far on
from its first starting place.
Daylight on the LIST of March found n
just ready to enter Harrisburgh. Tn
violence OF our winter was still beinI
felt here. The broad and fast-howinl
SusquehAnna We frozen solidly over
and deep drifts Of snow lay beside som,
OF the prim streets that we passed. Ii
riding down the snug valleys that abid,
below Pennsylvania's Capital we felt tina
we were in histoTicland Even the barn
Of these Quakers have been snugly
housed in our literature, and apparently
they deserve the honor. As we look a
successive towns-take York for a sam
ple-we feel that even our western Yam.
KEGS, who believe in making everything
stare with bright %colors, cannot surpass
these people in redness OF brick and
whiteness of paint.
Baltimore seemed to us q very respect
able city, and the number of fresh look
ing blocks that we saw gave the impres-
sion that the city is in growing condi-
ton.
Few people, we imagine, will be pecu-
Iiarly charmed with the stretch Of land
between Baltimore and Washington
Nature has done well enough by t, but
man has not. And even as one enters
the Capital of our mighty nation he finds
charming suburbs are sadly wanting,
and ~wretehedly improved land presses
up to the very gates. Within the city,
however, one sees a wonderful improve
ment since ten years ago. A higher
style of building, paved streets, a de-
crease in novels, etc, mark a new era in
its history.
A LOOK AT CONGRESS.
Treading over the heavy marble floors
Of the Capitol, we reached s point where
with great comfort and with abundant
nearness w could see that body which
has attracted during the winter the at
tention and the scowls of a great pant Of
the nation. Speaker Blaine stands be-
binds his desk, and with great vigor and
adroitness guides the work of the House.
In this restless, disorderly mass Of men
no ~weakling could possibly bear sway;
and Blaine, with has solid frame, strong
voice, se.f-possessiOn and good nature,
is undoubtedly the right man in the
right place.
Prominent among the active members
n cannot fail to recognize the stocky
frsmea and the bald brow of Gen. Butter.
Some man who desires to get him to
look into" some project, calls him
from his seat TO the lobby. As he passes
by, we get q close view of a p~hysiogno-
thai is too rough to be well described
suffice it to say, that it seems Is II But
ler's nose and eyes had come into dire
full collision. Pretty soon he is back at
his place, defending with great vigor and
keen retort q gentleman from Georgia.
who wants back pay for work that he
never dill. A tireless worker, a master
ly sehemer, unabashed by any circum-
stance, he is, 70 a great degree, what he
tries to make himself without limit, a
man to be feared. L is unfortunate that
Fsrnsworth, Of Illinois, is so o O to
leave his seat, for he is said to be the on
ly man in the House who has been able
to meet Butler on his own ground, and
vsnquish him with epithet.
Gen. Banks, with his heavy silver hair,
is one Of the easiest to pick out. The
General is one Of the quiet men who does
things in decency and order; but he has
undoubtedly been faithful to his duties.
and if he did happen to support Mr..
Greeley last year, and lost his seat in
consequence, there are few men who
will not say be does not deserve the kind
regard Of the country.
Few members are so well known and
so often pointed to with pride as the
member from our own district. Stead
lily in his seat, he pushes forward the
various appropriation bills, occasionally
defending one with a few terse words, or
battling of amendments which interest
ed parties are forever lacking on. At
tackled with a venom which surprised
and, to a certain extent, appalled, him. he
has steadily, by day and night, for weeks,
gone on with the duties of his place, and
made his personal defense a secondary
thing. However, it will come in time,
and we haYe reason to say it will be a
complete defense. The only wonder is
that the special pleading OF malignant
parties, the motives and the contrsdicto-
~ testimonies of Ames, and the miser-
able sbsurdity Of tie charges against
Garfield, Kelley, &c, should not have
been understood before so much ridieu-
lous n and wicked abuse had been got
of.
THE INAUGURATION,