The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1876-03-04

revolution.
Ever your friend in the cause,
r. +. TREvELLIcK.
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Feb %, 1876.
| | believe this is commonly understood
to be the nineteenth century there seems
also to be a prevailing prejudice in favor
Of personal liberty; church creeds have
grown far less exacting iii matters Of faith,
and church discipline is so very limited
\ that one almost furgets its existence. We
have agreed together that so little glad
ness could in any way be extracted from
/ flying hours-that We had better gather
one rose speedily, but all at once we are
brought to book. A lady, church mem
Der, gave reception, inviting her pastor
with his wife. Some of her friends we're
unsanctited enough to enjoy dancing, and
ny dahhNch. AhihhtuihNNA1 NAt bAh
Of the Methodist church was reused, and
III preachers meeting DIR. Nesman was
asked to rise and explain his presence at
a dance. This he lid in bis own charac-
terstic, unequivocal fashion, and we find
there are still remaining some ministers
Who really think dancing an immoral, or,
at least, deinoralizing practice. | don't
propose to discuss that question, but as
this is the nineteenth century, when
liberty Of conscience is a conceded fact, |
want you To notice that a high degree Of
moral courage Is shown when a popular
pastor dares So openly to confront and re-
buke a popular pleasure. DIR. Newman
has been accused Of toadying to those in
power, OF being careful how he trod on
the sensitive toes Of social magnates. This
late manifesto doesn't look much like
trucking" does It'll Then the good
Doctor concluded while on the defensive he
might as well fire one more round, and
Washington society has his opinion Of a
fashionable dissipation. There | add my
hearty amen" though I'm not a
Methodist Only this afternoon | saw a
gentleman, handsome, wealthy, talented
and cultivated, but his handsome face is
showing terrible signs of the life he is
leading here this wintet. One glass Of
champagne sets his brain on fire, yet fair
ladies, smiling sweetly, offer the sparkling
perditlon, and Mr.. AS. winter in Wash
ington will prove the ruin Of his life. No
wonder DIR. Newman denounces the
practice. | haven't time to add my mite
Of temperance lecture let yolr own ex-
perience furnish each one Of you with both
argument and illustration
STUPID CONGRESS-
Dearly beloved This Forty forth Con-
gress is awfnlly stupid hate to ac-
know ledge it. | wanted Ii to accomplish
wonders, ana it just won't accomplish
anything Three months, and scarcely a
bill passed Of any Importance, yet the
noble army Of lawmakers solemnly as
semble, with an sir of immediate execu-
ton. Investigations are said to be pro-
crossing behind the closed doors Of various
committee rooms, but We must endure our
foolish curiosity as best We may, and on
the floor private bills are being rushed
through with dim hope Of diminishing
the pile, but every day brings to unlueky
members new assortment. Have you
/ any idea how these poor mar yrs are
| besieged At their residences they have
| little rest, and once at their desks i'll the
House, they are subject to Inercilessly re-
newed attacks. Cards without number
are brought to them legitimate business
! would demand enough of their attention,
| but there are the persistent lobbyists,
whose devices vary with every day.
| Doubtless, the widespread stories concern
ing the charms of tIese lobbyists makes
YOU fancy them altogether lovely. Some
of them may be, but not those who haunt
the Capitol Men have their own meth
ods, which We can not 50 well criticise, but
the women who fill the reception rooms,
the regular corps of crusaders In this
miserable warfare upon conscience and
/ right, what can We say Of them.
SCENE IN THE SENATE.
That endless Chorpennlng claim Is still
begging to be heard. The experience OF
wears Uf defeat never wearies the appel
Iants they rather like the excitement,
and this wear, IN addition to all otheI
agents. they have enlisted Kate Stanton
Her really brilliant intellect, her ready
pen and personal destinations are al
engaged. At present Senator Spencer Ii
the target for the whole battery, so to-day
in the public gallery that man was sitting
between Miss Stanton and one Of he
familiars, in such close proximity, and il
such intimate fashion, as to attract uni
yersal attention and disgust. Mis-
Stanton was richly dressed, but she hat
thrown off both hat and cloak, and he
long blonde hair was but slightly confined
and there these two women we're talkin
and smiling, as if supremely happy, Will
} s'the little fat sutler," as he is known il
Alabama, sat winking and blinking wit
about as much expression in his disgustin
face as any other animal. q beg tn
pardun Of the whole animal kingdom 70
the comparison, but he isn't vegetable .
| a minerai)
Except Miss Stanton, | have not seen
passably good looking woman among tn
.bbyists They are usually overdressed
painted hideously. and when one see
l them lying in wait for their prey, they ar
nv no means charming Really merItOr