The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-11-28
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. .

ASlilNGTON, -. e., Nov. %.
While the city is filling with strangers
and one sees familiar faces of Congress.
men who return to serve ont the three
remaining months Of their terms
thoughts and incidents touching this ono
and that naturally come to mind. None
but those who, on duty right here, have
seen the coming and going of men in
public life realize how rapidly the scene
changes. 1t is like the eyolutions of the
Kaleidoscope. The men who are to-day
the leading actors in events, and whose
lives seem closely interwovcn with the
country's being, tomorrow step down aud
out, seldom missed Now and then one
elected to Congress returns year after
year, and becomes land mark rs it
were; but as rule they serve their brief
dny and pass into oblivion.
Everybody is talking about the unu-
sual changes in the pcrsoncl OF the next
House. 1t is seldom that so many prom
inent members are left out ut one time,
yet perhaps there never was a time when
n clean sweep could be made with less
detriment to the public coca. Nearly
half tho members Of the present House
failed to be returned, and the unfortu-
nate ones arc about evenly divided be-
tween the two parties. / met Abram S.
Hewitt to-day and observe that the trou-
blcd-almost pnined expression of his
countenance has not departed. OF all
the unreturned members none will be
| moro generally missed than Hewitt. He
suffers greatly from dyspepsia, nervous
ness and loss OF sleep, which renders him
very eScitable and irritable; yet with
all that he is worker and thoroughly
honest experienced man whose useful
ness is the greater from the esteem in
which he is held by his associates of
both parties. But he remarked once that
he did not regard John Kelly n states
man, aud for that error Of Judgment
Kelly named another man to represent
the district when the nominating conven-
ton assembled this year. Hewitt was
member 5i the joint committee TINT
framed the bill creating the Electoral
Commission, and in the sincerity of his
nature took good deal OF stock in the
candid professions of his Republican as.
sociates on the committee, particularly
Hoar an1 Edmunds. Both the latter
were put on the commission, to assist in
constituting the law which they had help.
ed to create. After it became evident
that these two statesmen were voting to
exclude evidence regarding the Louis
| lana and Florida frauds. have seen
Hewitt pacing the floor of his committee
room decIaiming against their perGdy.
1t is said that he sleeps fewer hours than
any man in America. Somebody recent
ly told the story OF his discomfiture b. a
growing roIs.eF Ia the vicinity of his
quarters. he stood it as long ga he could
and then offered coioFed waitor five
| dollars for "tkat Odd ROSTERS head
and 1t was shortly. brought to him like
John the Baptist's, on salver. The
/ thrifty waiter bought the rooster for GOV.
enty-tive cents and sold the remains ia
| Welcker for fifty cents, which, with five
dollars for the head, made comfortable
profit out of the transaction. Money is
no object TO this sleepless Congressman
He is very rich, and buys any house that
ha fancies he can sleep in, One winter
he rented elegant guar.ers here, and then
took all the adjoiDing apartments to pre-
vent being disturbed. In doing this he
cnt Seuaior ionkling out of his former
quarters, o1d created an unfriendlness
which lasted somo time.
Another of the prominent unfortunate
is Milton Sayler, who, had he been re-
elccicd, would very likely have succeed
ed Handpii as Speaker. "A combination
of circumstances favored his selection.