The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-12-04
Washington Letter.
From our regular corrcspondcnt.1

natlOnal DlruS calIeu turkeys, poluS |
into side door of the legation, is any |
evidence of the observance Of this |
New England custom, even the
''heathen Chinee" and the dapper
japanese have dropped chcerfully into
the gastronomic feature of the occa-
sion. Quite contrast this with the
days when John Quincy A dams was
President. In November, 1925,
proposition was made tn him by DR..
Maurie, Il Presbyterian minister, to
appoint the oath of that month day
of thanksgiving in the District of
Columbia. The proposition was sub
mitted by President Adams to the
Cabinet, who were all against it;
objected to its novelty, as liable to inn
putations of political purposes, of in
PRODUCING New England manners, Of
using high authority for an inferior
purpose, and, as the President acqui-
esced in these opinions, the day was
not appointed. 1t came to us this
year as bright and sunny and rosy as
an Indian Summer day, and our
people generally enjoyed whatever it
brought them of the fat of the land.
The line of distinction here between
the Church and the theater is so slight
that numbers, including distinguished
Solons, saints, and sinners, who
gathered at the places of worship in
| II AZ
| the National Theatre in the after
noon and evening to hear the eminent
actor, John Mccullough, as Duke
Ardnza and Julius Cesar.
AS Congress meets on Monday,
December l, the hotels, lodging-houses
and hash-mills of Washington are
filling up, not only with members
kings and qneens Of the lobby, and
patriots in search of Government pap,
but many of the political corpses of
the country, whom wise constituency
after a trial in one or more Congresses,
have wisely concluded to leave at
home by substituting better men.
Among the latter the most lively is
the cock-eyed statesman from Mas
with its nine lives, is among animals,
the invincible General is among po-
liticians. You may submerge him in
sea of votes and club him with all
kinds of villainous stories and lies,
and he comes smilingly to the surface.
Congressman Nose of Massachusetts,
states that Gen, Butler will never
again run for Governor, but intends to
invade his (Mose's) district next fall
and run for Congress. He hopes, how.
ever, that appoleXy, cholera-morbus
or something else, may interfere; but
we fancy that he, like many another
politician, will have to accept the in.
vitable and submit for a more ire
pressible and persistent fighter thar
Old Ben has never been seen here
The political world is his oyster
The Secretary and Agent of the
Louisiana State Lottery Company have
filed a bill in the Supreme Court o
our District, against the Postmaster
General 10 restrain the Post-office De
partment from interfering with tn,
delivery of money-orders, registered
letters, etc. A rule has been granted
} to show cause why the injunction
should not issue returnable Decem
,, Der 4. These proceedings are in
stituted in the Court of this District il
r order that the case may be speedil
l carried, for final adjudication, to tn
: Supreme Court of the United States
and the lottery men expect to be su:
+ tained there, as We're those who resiste
: wa 49, .rrn~l- SvStann nnd ,l ..,i I, c
! the decision declaring it unconstitu
t tional. We shall not be surprised
e the Supreme Court rules as techn
i cally in regard to lotteries as to trad
p marks, for it is stickler always ft
= legal hair-splitting, with a leanin
+ over against equity. Wiping out til
J 5000 trade marks of the countr,
v worth millions Of dollars to the Pre-
prietors, shows what lawyers can
"hNh eiNs 'St aS JutlStS.
/ The last Congress authorized the r.
Is moval of the City Post-office from til
Il General Post-office building, opposir
the Patent Office, to such other qua
ters rs designated commission shoul
selecs, which, after canvassing IL
city rented the "Seaton House, IL
'- immense 5-story hotel fronting Lo,
- isiana avenue and G street, near Sc,
:, enth street, and recently occupied b
p" the Pension Office. 1t is now read
for occupancy, and the work of +
" moval is in progress. Only the bas
u ment and first and second stories wi
. be used at present, though the 9th,
u three stories will undoubtedly be take
'' for some other governmental purpo.
: inasmuch as the rental of 81, 900 D,
. year covers the whole building. I'll
$, postal department has grown to sue
re proportions that the present uuarte
p. are wholly insufficient to accomm
:, date the needs of the General Cover
= ment and the city hence the necessii
l. of the above charge. Yet we sha
he miss our daily visit to the pre-
" nest Government structure in Il
,S District. The delicate order of arcl
" lecture of the General Post office bull
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