The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1876-04-08


lest there be no land Of hope or refuG
left. How pitiful that the blind zeal I
party should SO obscure the higher an
= grander interests of patriotismss Til
ceaseless investigation has exposed on
; mans false dealing; it has wasted millio
Il money, and the Committee on Appro
pristions knowing this, are conn placentl
cutting down individual salaries an,
boastlng of economy! Bah, The dis
charge Of the employees in the Bureau o
Engraving and Printing has created tn
greatest misery. When these poo
creatures were employed, they wer,
herded together IN a close room, whose at
its honors patiently for the sake Of tn,
pittance so earned. They are now face tc
face with absolute starvation, and the cry
of their distress moves every heart ex-
cept those on that Committee Of Gorgons.
(rhe Gorgons were women, but they were
horrible, SO | insist on the correctness Of
my epithet) A regular organization
for relief has been formed. One Of the
ladies' interested lives over the way. Her
door is besieged with women and young
girls and children, whose wan faces and
shabby apparel tell their sad story with
irresistible eloquence. Starvation in
America, Starvation at the very gates of
the Capitol Business embarrassed; dis
may and distrust spreading like some foul
contagion, and investigation committees
ignoring it all for partisan ends The
pressure'of legislation becomes extreme,
and then these gentlemen having con
precious search for infamy, conclude to
have evening sessions So, weary and
jaded, they drag themselves to the House
and wrangle, because they are too much
exhausted for any proper consideration Of
any topic. One thing is very certain.
The country doesn't admire the conduct
of the present majority in the House.
The usual quiet Of the Senate has been
somewhat disturbed, and this time it was
Mr.. Boutwell, who made disgraceful ex-
hibition Of himself know Mr. Bout
well is a Republican, but no man is ex-
cusable in any party for saying the things
he said as he said them in the debate with
Mr.. Bayard. Bigoted, narrow and spite
full he is by nature. Massachusetts made
mistake when she sent such man to
the Senate, but there he is, and the old
Bay State mrst bide her time till another
election may give her an opportunity to
not yet extinct within her borders. Mr..
Bayard may be mistrken in his thiukirgs,
but Mr. Bayard never forgets t. be the
gentleman his birth and culture have
made him-a fact which, to a mind like
Boutwell's, is sin beyond forgiveness
He is not a gentleman, ergo, nobody has
any business to be! Am | ill-natured
confess that, more than any other SEN
tsnce Of that bitter TRADE, the fling at
Mr.. Bristow was too much for any one
to endure who knew him. Mr. Boutwell,
would never trust day man bO,H iit the
| South, Compare the record of Messrs.
Bristow and Boutwell, in administering
the affairs Of the Treasury. Which is tine
honorable man
The Senate is dreadfully exercised over
the mysterious way in which the news
! papers obtain their secrets. Were the
laws against witchcraft still in force, en-
terprising correspondents would surely be
condemned for practicing the black art.
! heard a Senator expressing his amaze.
ment the other day Said he: 81 was going
I.doxn the avenue when Billy Copeland
overlook me; everybody likes Billy; we
walked along a minute, and then he asked
me what We had done in the last execu.
tive session. replied | couldn't tell
him. 'Ah I said Billy; vel, good
morning. and off he dashed Twenty
rods ahead Of me he met another reporter
They stood and rubbed their hands to-
1
eether a minute. Billy lau .hed, and
coming back, toid me the secrets If onr last
meeting How did they hnd cut r. Verify
the freedom o; the press" Is a Yrea,
! thing
Jones, of Nevada, created great dva
Of interest by his brief remarks upon the
silver question. He means to make al
exhau stive speech upon the subject be
fore many days. IL will be well worth
hearing, for, to this man of countless in
gots, all possible views affecting his treas
ure have heed Of the greatest Importance
Evidently he has studied widely an,
thoughtfully He used language express
ing his opinions that was wonderful!
graphic and clear. He was ready will
conclusive answers to every question
and won his oratorical spurs with the as
sured ease Of man knowing his power
The coarse alluslons So often made to Mr
Jones mining days have given an impres
sion that he is uneducated, but Mr.. Jone
studiei with Edwin Nj. Stanton after com
pleting his earlier course, and no gentle
man in active life has continued his read
ing with more assiduity and pleasure tha
has our silver Senator.
This agitation of money and its value
, is extremely puzzling to the average EinC
: We have taken its existence for granted
e caring little to examine its origin or tn
r causes affecting its circulation. 1t hs
e seemed as if, like the air, it had alway
been an adjunct and element Of exis
? I ence; it's presence is an unmistakab
4 blessing; it's absence shocking calamit,
!; but to measure it and change its values
n conformity with the huctuating needs
commerce, what tcould ,Conen do vii
such a puzzle if they had their muc
= coveted rights America, so rich In s