Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-08-17
Iced Tea and Lemonade.
From Exeter IN. II. , Newsletter.


We have unlimited arbitration for
economy, especially when filtered
through q Democratic strainer. The
more Democratic economy is studied,
and its inwardness turned outward. the
better it will he understood. The last
sentence may or may not be compliment
tary, but it is true, and compliment
without truth is but sounding brass or /
tinkling cymbal. An instance of /
Democratic reform" economy has re-
Gently occurred at Washington, which |
deserves permanentp preservation thence |
we embalm it here. 1t used to be the !
case that the contingent fund of the
House of Representative was drawn
upon to furnish iced tea and lemonade
for impecunious and thirsty members.
In the cloak room on the Republican
side stood water cooler full of cold tea
well iced. a bowl of fine sugar, and Cob
lets convenient. On the Democratic
side. in the cloak room. stood a huge
punch bowl full of lemonade, "cold. ice
lemonade" During each long session
of Congress, when Sirius, the venerable
dog star. began to rage, and the sun
shed it's beams severely on the glisten-
ing marble of the Capitol, and II be-
came inconvenient for the Democrats
to 90 out through the sunshine to San
derson's to get their nips. the temper
ance element of the House came to the
front. and the tea and lemonade appear
ed in the cleak rooms. And it was so
in the Senate also. But during the
present session. noble HoOsier. six
feet five aud one-half inches in height,
and slender i'm proportion. towering
among his fellows like a Norway pine
among sage brush. clad i'm fancy snit
of Kentucky jeans. of a hue that rivals
cerulean waters of Lake Tahoe. and the
who is also the Democratic candidate
for Governor of Indiana. was made
chairman of the Committee of Ac-
counts. His name is Williams, Hon. j.
ID. Williams. In his rural home on the
Ohio. Mr. Williams had never INDUCED
in the luxury of ice in summer and of
the expressed juice of the lemon he had
never tasted. And he said / will not
indulge these members i'm such fun
merry. 1t is an effeminate notion.
Rome fell by her effeminacy, and here
goes the United States down by the run.
through iced tea and lemonade. New
er, the gods and "Uncle Jimmien fore
| fend And the water cooler and the
big punch bowl have stood empty in the
cloak rooms, while Sanderson at the
Congressional" had corner on the
parched threats of the members.
But there was no tall economist, like
| Williams in the Senate, and Senatorial
threats were moistened with the cool
ing and healthful beverages which the
blue-clad gentleman from Indiana had
banished from the House. And Just
4 here it is where Democratic economy
shines with especial brilliancy, while
Democratic strategy gives it polish and
color. The Democratic members of the
House had stood by the Democratic
Chairman of Accounts; but they had
no notion of doing without the lemon
ade and tea. These were in the Senate
| cloak rooms. That they knew. They
knew the way thither. They had
free access to the floor of the Senate.
What should hinder them from cooling
their parched tongues with Republican
] tea and lemonade in the Senate? Their
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could not talk of economy, and de-
nOunce the extravaganza of little tea,
and a few lemons and sugar? So the
| pilgrimages began, and the Senatorial
tea and lemonade rapidly disappeared.
Even Mr.. Williams had "A laudible curl
osity TO know how these things tasted,
and he casually wandered over to the
Senate, and into the cloak room. Call
ing "a page, he asked him what was in
that large bowl, with yellow bits of
something in it. He was told that it
was lemonade. He dipped a goblet full
and drank. He liked it, and he took
some more. Then he tried the iced tea,
and liked il. Then he went back to the
House and made speech i'm which he
declared in the interest of economy he
should stand by his action, and permit
no such nonsense as tea and lemonade
to come into that House. The Demo-
Gratis all said, yea, verify, and within
one hour, l76 goblets of lemonade had
disappeared from the Senate cloak room.
Verify, verify, great is economy, and
Democracy is her apostle