The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-02-14
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w.sHrseroS, D. G. Feb. 9th. 1873
.rhe dsys come, weeks pass into months
! opening spring time is near, and sun
,ncrcss cyinces ahuryelcus indifference
The wan. and suffering that covers the
,o,e country with lis dark cloud Of
saster anc misfortune. Matters have
en- going from bad to worse. since the
Getting OF Congress and with the excep-
/ IN of the annual message, NO WORD mas
.cn heard from the President to whom
9 people have right to look when tney
6 brcasting the tide and striving Q
yert impending ca,amities that seem
,wn;nr before them. The President has
Golden eppor,uniiy and he should turn
IS eyes away from gilded theories ana ana
,ok squarely into the faces OF 4O.ooV.ooo
! neople and from the picture OF want
nd suffering catch an inspiration that
mould result in message to Congress-
recommending that body, to cease Dick-
,i.r Law aside all other business, sheath
verv nolincal sword, and night and day
ommit themselves as patriots to the SET
cement of the financial question now as
rating the country. The Louisiana
nuddle seems likely to blossom out INTO
! v.rv uncomfortable affair. The Mich
,,,s government will ii is thought indict
everybody who had anything to do WIN
no arrangement. The faces Of the old
osbyis,s are not now wreathed in smiles
! thew fill the halls and corridors. Inc
.ec.nt order excludes them much to tne'r
l;syust from the floor of the house. MI.
FRYE of Maine presented the petition OF
20 coo women of America asking congress
= rgis,ate f,Y.,bsir protection in the ter
.;tories Of the United States, and in the
District of Columbia. This document
,ver one thousand feet long, elegantly
hound up with red, white and nlue r'p-
hons and which had been reposlng ON q
redestal decorated with the American
flag in front vf the desk OF the ofncial re-
norters was handed up to the reaaihs
clerks and read. This petition is an hon
~ to the noble women of the Temperance
I7n;on who now have an organization IN
nearly every State in the Union. he
svstem of receiving in Washington du-
ring the season which enables anyone 70
can upon the families of the representa-
tiyes of government on certain days. h''s
the streets with persons in.eyery magma
bic style of costume. There are grand 'a'
dies in regulation calling costume "no'
have no carriage and connot al
ferd always to hire one. There are wives
of minor officials to whom the ca.'ins
business has become nuisance anu
bore, who are obliged to wear q s'mpie
dress There are visitors from abroad,
.nd visitors from the wilds2pf our own
country who each carry about Win .helh
the indications Of national and local hao-
its, manners, costumes, idiosyncraslcs
and lastly she professional women VINO
are gradually forming class OF sliei'
own. All these different classes, charac'
tiers and indiyiduali.cs make the streets
Of Washington unlike thlse OF any othei
,itv of the world, and create diversity OF
character and influence. The caiiing
dress upon official occasions is the ordi-
nary visiting dress of polished life in any
we'll bred community. 1t may be COM
posed Of the very richest combination IN
fabric, alwaysidark and inconspicious IN
co or, relief to this uniformity OF co'of'
being afforded by the lace at the throat
The delicate tint OF the gloves, and per-
baps of the bonnet. Francis Murphy
called upon the President and Mrs. Hayes.
and met with most cordial reception
The President said tina. Mr.. Murphy was
working in the right direction, making
war upon no one but seeking to save lost
men through the ministry of Christ. He
had no confidence in any reform that did
not increase the membership of the
churches. When men stop drinking there
will be no saloons. He commended the
and wished Mr.. Murphy dod
speed in his great work. The whole city
is aroused as never before on the subject
of Temperance and the ribbon OF blue is
seen everywhere.