Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1876-03-24
oiIe WASHINGTON LETTER.
Special Correspo". c.
Msrch l. 1876.

~ ',,n,.st aupreme. cannot accooh. ~
u "'r us :, "a m. season OF Lent wh'c'
n.s reminJ.d the jockeys that there a.
n,he, ,hi, 90 to think Of. Wha!evel ="
.s. :, vi1, no, be- for long that the que
";,, en,lnre. A few days at most anu ~
,amiljsr hattie cries will once a''s me-. ~
sound upon the air. And then WY
hon farewell 10 peace and quiet TOT
.o.sou Ugh. as the Indians say nov
:. ,oht of this sumner sends colo GNU
,nuniuo over my entire frame. mop
Ith,v will last, for the ice crop VIII !"
short. and chilly sensations Will ne lux
uries before the hot su"s OF August cea'
To shine.
hribed friend to visit the Capital OF
on Saturday when the House met y"
.,.h.,e o,ly.'' No reasonable consldefa
non could have induced me to go. nav
lloresworn the .'towtr ot babbl-' ana o
all d .ys most particularly upon Saturday
A few IN mbers in the morning aud lool
over their mails, write letter or TWO u
some waiting constituent, lounge on TN
.. ats and ..swsp lies" as a western mai
would say. The hour OF high noon ar
r,yes. the avel falls aud most of tnOs'
present lounge away. Soon one OF tn
.babbIers,'' who wants to secure r.
no,nin alton, gets up and reads dreary
speech already "set up'' ia the Record
Half dozen Other members. who expect
to do The same thing, listen. yawhi''g tht
while. In galleries are col ected quite i
number Of the usual hahiturs, who have
no other place to go. A few strangers
visiting the Capital struggle in, ,ook OF
with amazcment a nd leave. And this il
lew making.
Tue way to remedy the whole matter Is
unknown and fear unknowable. unlts'
he law could br changed SO that the news
paper correspondents here could not only
MIX. tie laws, hut ex, cute them. II thu
people would only take our words for II
this cha, &c would he made. 1t must b.
apparent TO ev ~ one that the corr'spon
d.n,s here-partlculary those on the large
monoroly of all the sens
in Washington. I'VE" instruct Presi-
derts, S.nalors, Congressman, JUICES,
cabinet officers aud ministers, IN their
varied du.ies. 1t is true some OF the par
ties mentioned are SO obstinate and have
SD little patriotism or regard tor public
opinion that they do not follow OUR adj
vice. SO much the worse fer item and
Il e country. What revelation it 10 to
read the special Washington dispatch to
The "Mttropolitan Journals" rs the New
York pap. RS cal! themselves. A revels-
ton of che. and mendaciiy Slrhersadt
in the THOUSAND ana one tales prove d her
self endowed with wonderful capacity.
vus 'nc correspondent OF a merropO,ltat.
journal would have beaten her so bad
lying that she would at once have stopped
telling those stories, gotten up and asked
'or the bowssring. They are usually se-
ecfed Tor their great natural capacity, and
hey 50 assiduouslv devote themselves to
natural advantages keep them
sives IN constant practice that Is Ii rs
'othing more or better could be desire d.
. they would occasionally send little
'ews. the readers of The metropolitan
ournals' might be better pleas-d. Blu,
'rhars not. A good lie well told and
'ers'sttptly repeated seems to please
majority OF mankind better than he truth.
Didn't forget the first p .rt OF this para
'r'ph before l got through with IL? No,|
bit OF 1t. cir. The world alw US was
nd always will be governed by sh.ms uu
Il the times comes when the Lion and
be lamb shall lie down together ;" and II
My proposed for the biggest shams toll
axe the place Of the lesser ones. As|
IL phe" Blsckpool said tits in mu,..lle !"
MI am inclined to think with Mr.. Loois
hat tits of no const quence." We all
a"age to live and some are '.clothed in
nrple and 11ne lin. NJ If we are of th..
'cky one so much the better for US
Congress, except Oh SATURDAYS seems
De working away at the appropriation
Ills and some minor legislation, Mott.
g Of any grave | ! por,ance has come he |
IRE them. An effort has teen made to
ring up the Texas and Pacific bill, MANY
lnk'ng that the introduction of e,eh,v
'a''o"s Of foreign gold, and its perms-
eht Investment IN The country, would
eneat the entire people, but SO far the
III elaaabers In the committee room. IN.
ason Of this 10 that the astute CORES.
D aents. Of whom l have so. ken. have
that there is "a subsidy,' in
'at Dill If there is anytl jug in the
"fh that the astute correspondent o Il;
&c metropolitan journsl'' does hate.
81 se and regar', with loathinR and con.
osP It Is ''subsidy'' in wnich h. h,s
interest, and | opine from whe, read
the NV York papers, that the CORES
'"dents have been Neglected IN This
after. 'A's
We'll, At last, the Carl,st war Is over
"a Don Carlos ..has :+it his country r.,
scoo"trys good." Isabells, che vir,n. Il
~ u about to return to her M. i've l.,,Il
yer I'll absence OF many wears. A,,he d
'sseen mas grown old ant. tat, it !. toll
''opfo tnat her morals have i.l proved II
: w.".eo 20 say something abo tn. D
. n ,as"rrection. but nm nor strono le
!, tnis morning. was ut mat
y last nigh'). to write the name. =.
.sG y SUI gents, so Iahxll have ~ .,a.s.
!. p.eAsofe OF t.'llinx you mbout th.m NM
ecoser. Al"'t yuu gle4l of It? -"
SAXON. L