The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-08-08
Washington Letter.
WASHINGTON, DC, Augu

WASHINGTON. d. c., August 2. 1878.
ssAn quiet on the Potomac" This response
to The query for news is as apropos now as du-
ring the first years of the war. We however
have recently passed throueha a state Of internal
war. but are now at peace among ourselves
Since the weather has been warm enough to
permit crowd to stand upon sidewalk to be
harangueti by any jackanapes with sufficient
sense to Oren his mouth, set of travelling agi-
tators has been constantly firing the minds of
our unemployed and hoodlams with all manner
of incendiary utterances. Chief among these is
one Cohen, German jew. who in broken En-
glish has continually inveighed against capital
and the wrongs 1t has done the laboring man.
until he has succeeded in surrounding himself
with horde of thieves aud shoulder hitters as
dangerous as men dare to be- Recently the
contractors for excavating the foundations OF
the Bureau Of Engraving building began work
with laborers hired at q cents q day. At this
Cohen led his mob against these men and with
threats of violence and death. and cries of
$3.50 day." drove all of them away from
their job. Notices were posted that NO man
should, under penalty of death. be allowed to
work for less than 81 30 . day. and q perfect
pandemohiun reign-i until the police were
massed. and BY vigorous resort TO clubs. pistols.
and charges on horssback. Succeeded in dispers-
ing the rioters and arresting the ringleaders Co.
hen among others. When imprisoned he wilted.
and in perfect keeping with his past character.
which led him into plucking poor men of their
pennies for his daily subsistence, lost all his
braggadocio. and whimpered like whipped
traant school boy. The Police Judge fined him
$500 and dismissed him. We presume after q
few days OF liberation and further flching Of
pennies from his followers. he will be as blatant
as ever 1t is settled here by this case that men
may work for whatever sum they can get. and
we have hundreds who would gladly accept 75
cents day for their labor. If such plug uglies
rs Cohen and his mob would permit.
Though all Is quiet on the Potomac at this
writing, yet we are not as much assured now of
its continuance as we We e when grand reviews
and grander promises were the order Of the day
in 1851 end '6l.
This fellow Cohen is of low. squat, Uuprepos-
sessing appearance. ofcOarse. offensive address.
and wears shabby. filthy clothing. The Ger
mans. Israe1ttes. and Trades Unions disown
for stratagsm and sp ills. He says he lett Ger
many because he could not talk treason and
violence on the sidewalk.
Schuetzenfest was compile ;|y s. opped at its
opening by the heavy rains which barred nj,
outdOOrs sports but the succ seding calm wealth
er enabled the Germans to slrn out rs only can
the patriotic, beer loving German. He takes
his wife and children every year with him 10
this souvenir of his faderland, as religiously Is
the Jew of old took himself and family to the
feast of the Passover; and the offerings Of lager
in one case are rs fervent a,d devout Is were
the offerings Of the lamb or the first fruits in
the other.
This is the week for camp meetings, and it is
rarely that they. in combination with Schuetz-
enfest, DO not give us . rainy season. like the
inst The vnyaS a lUl,