The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-03-12
AIL-NlGHT SESSIONS.
srx.IN oN CONGRESSIONAL
SYSTEMS.
,Di.rraeefuI Scene Portray
mary 'Ie,nmer Tells nome
plain Truths.

4oo, nresume, writes Mary Glenn
% the Irdspe"Oe't, to say that ali
s,,h, sessions are never necessary lis
~ .bst. if ever necessary, they are
.IIy demorslizing. 1t is = hard strain,
mans nerves (snd, wor dertul
.ar .one men have nerves., to sit for
,,,sap consecutive hours IN the dull
1ssdering atmosphere OF the Senate.
,a.,..d of dong the sensible thing, as We
-, srre nine out OF ten com.
.s,.s women would do pro-
a, - Get = comfortable dinner at q
.,,sbIe hour-through al the hours
e@ an their unfortunate stomschs With
'Il md ends Of tobacco, hard apples,
Ol- vs,bet down BY brandy, whisky
s.'% Y,na Till they find themselves IN n
a",aeieptIy unhappy and perverted con-
zion of body and soul to enable then
,,I-sw up code OF laws for the lower
|.-4smonium. They have only 10 visit
,I1.L room sufficient number OF
.'ns. - 10 be. in common psrlsnce.
READY FOR ANYTHING.
Tbey pull Of their boots, take OH their
=. :,re,ch themselves 81 tull length IN
..ock,ng.teet on the sofas; or they
.,rg, ,wagger snd reel about the door'
,.r over their desks, srd repeat the
-. tories OF the cloak-rOom 10 their
H-.de.. or. filed with Eight" they
,s.,,,fa blubber snd buster IL vsln 81
-, N inter one coherent sentence.
T,a majority of the Senator's do none OF
- ,f,Dgs would gladly give the
name, Of msny who would not, were II
-, Io- the shame of their comrades.
W,.,ayer the strain, there are
,n.r who nee. it patiently, faith.
,,.v opnOrably, like the gentlemen
,,.;: ,b.y are. But, If twelve Senators
.,.s.u;k, and sct accordingly, the mum.
80. =. mite sufficient 10 cast dlsrepute
~, the entire Senate. When the story
lid N tne public journals the headlrg
~, Twelve Senators. Drunk" l: Is
.r,a S-,s,e On Drunk." Ihis Is y
,s..iro hat | have read in one of the
Is.tr0y journals Of the lard. sm so
r,,.-y impued with the iutriity ot ST.
,.-p,,ny 10 make the crooked s.rught
ms. NV impulse WAS 10! to m3AtI)n the
matter. The capital teens "I.h tales OF
.,g. .,1-ious pas,," OF Daniel Neb-;"rs
..,-..rk." Of the tOddie. and taGt7Ums Of
nm, o.ter i.i.strlou. mer. Way tske
n. burden OF tue Old sullied strain
sd proclaim II 10 the landE Stlil
the senate gets drunk. Though
women struggle to the van,
shutting up grog shops, striving, with
voices fuil OF tears, with these very Sens-
tor. still they get drunk, and the world
il 10 better than it used to be. This wss
the instructive feeling. | was ashamed
Tor these men, who had such reason 10 be
ashamed OF themselves, and, for the sake
OF the women, who loved them, did not
Wat: TO mention their names. Nor do
now refer TO the fact, already dis
grscaiuly public, because, IN spite OF II,
ster slt, on the whole do believe the
word 10 oe better than 1t used 10 be. Ia
Daniel Webster day, if the entire Senate
had .sn drunk under It's desks. 1t would
no. have sen, the thrill OF disapprobstlon,
disgust. and shame through the land
which moves II knows that twelve or
fifteen Senators were drunk enough in
public convection 10 make asses o:
taeu.e yes To-day not only the many
Senators WHO IIi DO: drink a. sll, but the
druHSsrds themselves, are asnamed rs
they recall .ha: ulsnL.
ONE GENERATION AGO
i was quite the ,onmon thing To-day
no one Is mo-r rrrl.in than the particl-
pants thsl such u Gene cannot DO repeat
~ With lmpulIty, hist, il it comes, 1t will
be followed not more surely by disgrace
than by defeat.
The opposite wss true once. But now
people IN power sre no longer afraid to
set the :esl Of their dI:spprobstion upon
PfOnlscuous liquor drinking. This is
true =! the White Ho9se. 1t is also true
OF Speaker Bartsll, who does not even
otter Il 10 his guests. There are cabinet
ministers, also, who DO not provide
..ql Fs =: their public entertainments.
Inese iscts mark new and higher era
% o1clsI example. 1t is but the feel
.1g Of the masses reschin. climax
tie spirit of the people is turscd against
he SUN Of horrors eUtsiled by LIQUOR
drinking. The Senate has vet 10 set the
''s. Of IL power on this damning trstlic;
Tue ses. OF It's example on tipping and
l'1aSenuess. Think OF the inspired
ZONES, the tender eloqueace of Frances
wizard poured IN vain on these Grui ken
legislators, rs it was not two weeks agoi
4hlS o! the thousands OF temperance
pe.Aors auttering through the length OF
'le and into the Senate Chamber, only
10 drop unheeded from the Senatorial
Astd: How could it be otherwise? one
AAel 10 that night session, rs he counted
'aii.y.tve brandy bottles with empty
'4Ao.ers IN one closk-roOm, as he gszed
upon ihe"spresds' set out In the Sergesnt-
Alarms room, Ne he gazed st = Senator
vomiting over the costly furniture
o' Tie Secretsry's room, and 81 other
senator's who seemed to be mounting the
a., or paving the ground, or lying back
u 'eelf seats telling ribald stories 10 the
1Ia0lAng men who were perfectly sober.
4aeie wss one Senator, of long eTperi.
eace snd Nstiousl repute, so drunk he
Tol'd not stand unsupported at his desk.
Even BIS faithful handkerchief, which
A.uost never fails him, dropped from his
-AAa. Two men. one on either side,
.eu him up, prompting him to utter his
sneadment,' which he slowly num-
T'ea out amid shrieks of laughter. At
ns %' he sank down in = drunken stupor.
MS amendment was voted dowr; when
ANeSe' be arose snd repeated 1t amid the
widest mIrth Of the Senate, who gath
s'ed around him almost crazy with mer-
''@eAI IL the middle aisle stood
BLAINE, PERFECTLY SOBER,
,,IAA'ng his finger and shouting St s
'uHu Senator, who bears sn honored
La'ne IN q great State, who moment
ser staggered ID the cloak room, helped
oenitcent chairs thst saved him
''Gm !he ioor, and who only reached q
10 " SINK st once into drunken sleep,