The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1876-01-01
The National Capital.
ROM OUR CwN wAsurNoroN CORRESPONDENT

WAsInNGTON Dec. H0 1877.
since I w"oto 10 you last the mrs scerc in tho
first act of the IAN Congress has been pRvcC
the curtain has fallen ana the acto.s have r.
tired from the boards t. orjoy the hold r vaco
ton. From an Indications their audience, winch
comprises the whole people If the Union, urp
not We pleased W tn the portion Of the drama
80 hich they have with, ssei. The formation OF
tne Eousc CO nuttcos has been severely cliti.
cjsot hero, aud ndrod tn nu sections Of the
Union, In the selection OF cha,mcn Tor the
most important committees tlc SpJa>,r does
not Gem TO have consulted the sclno"io5Grb
leaders Of his party in the House, aud taay they
are FIR from being p'1sai win Gis appoint
mcnts Is worry cvld mt As y roucrai ylirjue
Republicans wero treated fairy md do not
complain Of the manner IN which lhay woru
provided for
a large number Of ErubEC'n Ciilcnrs and
employees Wn'o turned GsrfI WaCu the nov.
Den ocrntc House Of Representatives was or.
E0UlZed, nui strOuT efforts .rr being made bv
them and their friends 20 uuucc Tho heads Of
departments To provide p.'Cos for thcr. II is
asserted That Jhcrc are mnuV Democrats, lCgG-
vies from IuChHnGu's and JOhusUu's atmmIatTa-
tons, still ocCupyng nOItous here uuucr the
Guyrmmrnt, ANA they OemHud That Jhese OH.
VINO arc IN sympathy with thc HCpuUlcm
pH a.. The party % guns OF WASHINGTON, adyO-
cate tniS policy gui every day cd tOTial sQu.Os
and communications upon the subject appear
iu Them
'Ttraqures hut a short soiourn in Washington
90 uecCne cOny need that Ihe poorest way Of
getting Ong I'm the world s 50 depend upOn
C.elS~hlp or other MINOR position under the
Government. salaries winch would SUPPORT
family IN tOlerabIy comfortable manner ~
most places are Only sIiIc.e TO exc out
l0Ie support in this city of high pIlucs and cN
toItiOu. the OCcup nts OF thcsu places are. as
- class, W obahI} the most narassed and AnN-
set ni mon in The |NltpU ~tVtN-. The
urc OF then places rs moi only subject to the vIC.
ssitutas OF - change m the administration, but
thrv are affected mo @ Or less by every IilTIn
mtvg UUOu The political Chcs- 1puTl. The T. ia
tull of disquintiug UwOrH i'm reg. rd TO chances
to be muuc; one wrCt lt Is reported that "a new
aphuIlpnluehi "ll 10, wauo aIuoug the states
aud that the number of csEs from Ccitpin
stat wi n-Vo 70 De reduced; tlCn reports
are Cig.UirtCd Thai appropriations made for uHI.
WORK VIA nave TO be stopped for want OF funls
20 continue II; then CHANCES are luads ia tap
must hn made TO NcrnmnOiHt" The friends a.
lho new chicia. IbeSe ana huu1rad ourr
c0'Hcs render their hold on their places v,IF
uncertain ana thtW me h3 OF livelihood quite
lnhtnrous They lrou1lC when they receive
an Official communication nos knowing bvt
lHgt 70 10 q dismissal, and are rIIuit 10 oucu
an ir mouths m reg II TO their superior Olf-
cC' e ttT fear some IDLE word aaV be reported Io
hC4a uuarters and cause thair decUp iaI0u.
Washington Is NOT We " large C,tE: a. 'cqRt
u ls not $50 large ns 90 prl vent every body from
knowing nearly everybody else ana being more
or It7h Interested ll jItI lINdbc NIHI5 ana
history. There D. not "a prominent tlui ly-
ing in the Capital that the gOss Ds do NOS luOW
"l about, ana matters that should be regarded
ms lalmA secrets arc regarded quite hgil.
mate puuhc property. Pbe iiIst question that
IN ooS,ryMg stranger is APT tO ask himself is
how tine people manage 10 get algng The g
are no mi is or factories. The busy hum OF in
du5uy is ~ heard W thin its amt, limits. No
Mtrtmgn gong 10, or returning from their
talN toll are seen upon the sucgts Yet uue
houses line the streets aud the avenues. I'ue
people look sleek ana well to dO ana oven the
luuteis are well dressed aud 90 not seem 20 feel
the tiulncial embarrassment which bring DIS
ut q ANA want upon luclltlca. lIs surprise
WI disappear M great mo lSurn however when
Ae rs tniulwCd that thvrD nre about twenty
thou9Hud persons CIther directly or indUertI,
IN Government employ mn the CITY of Mashiuw-
ton, These with thvir iGmues and the Uraues.
men ana others who sUbsist upon JhHW patron.
rgc make up with teW exceptions the popu u.
ton Of the Capital Of the marion.
Many pcuDo suppose thai Congress Teure.
scnts the somOled Wis lOm of the mat o. bHt
II uOn't always Some very ordinary IutcilecJ4
lhHIaBe TO get mo Congress. LuCK seems to
nave more 10 DO with the muAlng Oi the average
Cougros mdu tuan bIUIus The House OF HrI.
resehtal ives whom N session looks very much
llNe the House of Rep DieseulauYus OF some of
'he oJile L'Siai aturcs, except that Ihere are
more members And they are more crowded 10.
Eetiler aud appear moro unCOmtOItuON seated.
lht desks beng so close together tuat the mrm.
DtrS kuurK each Othurs elbows whom Onga.cd
~ putting thelT tanks ON the Con grOssiOual
eCpfu. IL has boon SAID tngt people may Je
iairy Judged by the men tiioy elect TO represent
them, But 10 would be Iurly lair 10 Judge
some cOlnulhltlos by their Representatives in
~" ilth co gross In the Oytltufmng Of the