Arizona citizen., 1878-06-28
SPECIAL FROM WASHINGTON
Feeble StRtesmen-The Railroad in COngress-ArizOn at
 Ihe Capital.

A'N VI iAAEN - ut udy HdNln t been agreed upon by the two House
 for a final adjournment, but few day
 remain for the perpetration of good O
 evil to the country. I believe it
 generally conceded that this is abou ,, the weakest Congress that ever afiictet
 the country since the foundation of tn
 Government. Very few of its member ] rise to the dignity of statesmenship o
 make any pretenions in that direction
 hence they resort 10 all sorts of strategi
 measures 10 get into the Congressiona
 Record, and to convince their coRstitu ents that they are really very larg,
 sized toads in the political puddle
 Many get up in times of great confu - sion (and that nearly all the time ex
 ists) and go through the pantomime O making speech, shriek at the top o
 their voices, shake their gory locks
 pound their desks, &c. Of course nc one hears what they say, in fact they
 have said nothing, but the supposed
 speech is handed to the reporter, and the next day it appears in the Record
 and in few days the county papers
 come back from the district of this
 solon freighted with columns of edito, Trials either praising or criticising the
 masterly effort of this great statesman. The favorite theory of small minded
 men, is that in order to raise them selves to favor they must tear some one else down. A great, good man never attempts this; he only seeks to rise on his own merit aud ability, but a person not possessing, either strikes night and left, believing he is going to rise on the downfall of some one else. |Of course the lives of such are brief and they generally sink below con tempt l only mention this fact as an illustration of the present Congress. The great questions affecting tue wei fare of the country have in the main been lost sight of, and Congress has been turned into a mud mill, both parties have vied to say which could throw the most filth.
 The great railroad war practically ended last Monday the 4th instant. when the friends of the Texas and Pacific measure moved to postpone the further consideration of the sub ject- until next December. A very large lobby has been here ever since. Congress convened working for il. They entertained handsomely on Thir- teenth street, and free passes were given 10 every one supposed to be friendly toI the measure on almost any road from New Orleans to Boston, or from New York to Omaha The result was that "a daily mutual admiration society assembled on Thirteenth street, and over the good wines and fragrant cigars, each patriot declared that he carried in his brooches pocket Sen.l ators and members of Congress to an unlimited extent, that Scott was King and no sane man dare dispute it. The great Thomas came at least once al week in his palatial car, and while heI has some of the best elements known to railroad robbery which enables him 10 form combinations, and put up freights and fares at figures our Pacific railroad people never dare to attempt, still Thomas in many ways is human and possesses human weakness. He , loved to see his courtiers flock around 1 him on Thirteenth street and thel music of their voices was sweet to his | ears, when they told him what great man he was and how the crook of his fingers swayed the nation as forests are rendered by a mighty tempest And so the great Thomas came and went feeling assured that when his royal edict was issued all other legisla- ton would stop until his work was ended. Hence, last Sunday his pa latial car rolled into the Baltimore and Potomac depot, a guided carriage rolled the great Thomas to head quarters. His royal pleasure was made known to his courtiers when hats went up amid three cheers and a tiger This brought on crisis. The free lunchers and pass sharps when called upon to deliver enacted a magnificent farce. They had taken Thomas to the galleries of Congress and told him 10 behold the land and every living creature beneath all of which should be his, but when it come to the point of delivering the property it was found that they had no more interest in 1t .han the Devil had in the property with which he tried to bribe our i Saviour. Every effort that could bel put forth to prevent railroad communi- cation with Arizona except through , his Texas and Pacific scheme was re- sorted to. Every influence was brought .o bear 10 prevent the Southern-P Pacific rom crossing the river at Yuma, but when the matter was fairly understood ,ven members friendly to Scott spurn- d the attempt to commit so fragrant m outrage upon the people of Arizona General Mcdowell, be il said to his , ;redit wrote a strong letter showing i hat every interest was subserved by l
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