Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-08-26
The Terrible Congress.

We do not remember time within the last
garded Congress with 50 much diStruSt as
they did during the last session. Had it not
been SO sad, it would have been exceedingly
they did, the moment Congress adjourned.
congress In session was constant menace to
the public credit and the business OF the coun-
try. When Congress was scattered, great
power of mischief was felt TO be removed:
and people could buy and sell without the ap-
prehension that something might be done any
day to bewitch the tariff, or disturb the cur
rency, or "Mexicanike the government.
There has been no popular faith, either in the
wisdom or the patriotism of Congress Con
gIeSS seems TO have been busy criticiSing and
watching the President, entirely UNCONSCIOUS
that the people were watching their represen
tatIveS with much of uneaSineSs and very lit
tie approval.
If We inquire into the causes of this distrust
OF Congress, We do not need to look far for
the principal ones. The Congressional lead
ers have made personal business of the SEES
sion. The men of prominence who were sent
TO Washington To do the business Of the coun-
try have been solely engaged in doing their
own. 1t would be difficult to tell how many
candidates for the Presidency We have in Con-
just as well known as If they had advertised
their candidacy over their own SIGNATURES
These men were watched from the beginning
of the session. They were not insignificant
men. They were men whose influence would
have been felt in the decision of every I'M
portant question, ii they had chosen 10 exer-
else 1t. They were men whose aStuteneSS in
the comprehension of public affairs, and whose
power in debate were needed by the best
interests of the country, again and again,
during the session, but who baSely shrank
from speaking word or performing an act
which might inJure their prospects for the
Presidency. They sat in their seats or skulked
in the lObbleS entirely with reference to their
private affairs. There were great emergencies
dullng the session. but these men were dumb
Their wisdom was needed, their eloGuence
was needed, their action was needed, but they
had nothing to spare for their constituents or
the country. 1t was their business to take
care of themselves, and they devoted them
selves simply to that. Nothing more shame
fully patent, or more ShameieSsiy confessed,
than this devotion to Self-nominated candi-
dacy for high office was ever seen in this or
any other country. 1t ought 10 condemn them
forever to private life. Such puSiianlmous,
contemplate, SeIf-serving and time-serving
demagOgues as these, playing the role OF
statesmen, were quite enough TO breed the dis
trust OF Congress which the rank and file of
that body nourished to its commanding
grOwth.-GDr. Holland, in Scribner.
A MARRIED WOMAN SLABS A MAN WHO
INsULTED HER-Police officers who We're at
tracted by wOman's screams burst open the
door of a tenament at 1913 I'd avenue yeSter-
day afternoon, and found woman wrlngIng
her hands nc and weeping as she paced
conscious man in pool of blood. The wo-
man was Mrs. Ellen Sullivan, and the man
was 10; John Ormond; builder, OF llth avenue
had entered her room, and after sending out
for beer insulted her. She repulsed him, and
beer in the hall. he drained the pitcher, and
then returned and knocked her down Re-
gaining her feet, she ran to the window and
oF he hep de Ss sT
| pOcketknife from the shelf and stabbed him
| twice in the groin and abdomen and once in
| the shoulder. Mrs. Sullivan was arrested by
Capt; Robbins. In the Goth street hospital Or:
| mOrd recovered consciousness for short
| time. He refused to make statement, and
| said LET ME die" Mrs. SullIvan'S husband
| a labOring man, had one of his legs broken re
| Gently. He was out for a short walk when
| OrmOnd entered.-[N. Y Sun, Esd.