The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-05-01

.MaShingtOn Letter.
tFrom our regular Correspondent.I

nlStOIy vi COnpTeSs us tEfit OF llSt MOn-
day, when bills poured i'm from the
representatives of every State, until
1885 were introduced. Republicans
and Democrats alike joined with the
few .Greenbackers, and all seemed
anxious to hand in their measures.
Mr.. Turner, of Kentucky, won. the
championship by working in 45 bills,
and he appeared about as fresh when
he left off as when he began. Some
others managed to get in as many as
20 or 80 apiece. OF the whole number
about $50 were for relief, in one shape
or another, of private individuals for
whole communities, or for the dis
tressed country. 1t is u noticeable
fact, however, that very few war
claims were offered, while amongst
the bills presented are number of
propositions to cut of such legislation
entirely.
Taken altogether, the outlook for Il
session extending far into the warm
weather is now very promising. 1t is
becoming more and more apparent
that what we need is smaller Con-
grcss of Il larger country. Enough
measures were introduced on Monday
to supply the wants of the nation for
for two or three hundred years to
come. Among the rest were us finan-
cial measures, including Mr.. De La
Matyr's proposition to issue billion
greenbacks, which, somehow, has not
been received with the serious con-
sidcration so important measure
would seem entitled to. A billion of
dollars is good deal of money. Mr..
Stephens bill for redemption of sub
sidiary silver coin in greenbacks will
certainly pass, and it is measure sure
to be of great relief to IL large class of
business men i'm all parts ofthe country
whose daily receipts are made up of
small change, and who, under the
present law, are unable, without con-
siderable loss and Inconvenience, to
dispose of it. All this is one of the
results of our false system of finance,
which for years has been diserimin-
ating against the small merchant and
in favor of the speculator. Mr.. Ste
phcns' bill wipes out this distinction,
and places small silver coin upon an
equal footing with greenbacks. The
next step is to get rid of the trade
silver dollar, or put it upon a par with
greenbacks. This is the kind of gem
eral legislation the country wants, and
if the extra Sc sion of Congress keeps
on iu the same line, the country Will
not object to having il continue all
summer.
To 90 from the affairs of State to the
realm of gossip, | must repeat story
of gallant Lothario from the far
West, who, though a law-maller is
likewise heart breaker and Il gay de-
cciver. He was, it is said, betrothed
to a wealthy spinster of the Pacific
coast, and the marriage was to have
transpired soon after the adjournment
of the Forty-tifth Congress. But Il
brief residence in Washington served
to dispel the glamor of loves young
dream, and the recent swain, think
ing TO secure another lease of single
excuse for non-fulfillment of his VOWS,
and wrote his .fdncec that the short
intermission would not admit of his
immediate return to the West. "If
the mountain won't come to Mahomet
Mahomet must 90 to the mountain" :"
reasoned the maiden, and she, in the
tender trustfulnesS of devoted love,
packs her trosseau and hastens to the
national capital intent on taking her
lover by surprise, and there consum-
mating their mutual VOWS. On the
long journey here, as was quite
natural, she made the acquaintance of
some of her travelling companions,
among whom were several Congress
men, picked up at different points Ell
route, and beguiled the tcdium of the
days by the recital of her little
romance and the happy sequel eX
pectcd. Arriving at Washington she
registered at the same hotel which
sheltered her bctrothed, and, if ac-
counts be true, succeeded in surprising
him beyond her utmost expectations,
and was somewhat surprised herself!
TO make long story short, in less
than week she, with her trOsseau,
was "homeward bound" a madder if
not n wiser woman, breathing male
dictons upon man in general and heI
recreant lover in particular, and
announcing her intention to sue him
! forwith for $50, 900 loaned him at diff
ferent periods of their engagement.
This is believe, true story. And
so runs the world away. congressman
like other men, if young and gay, are
not unlikely to do things which they
ought not to do-to be tickle, and
changefnl. and bad. Dom PEDRO.
Certain gentlemen Of Allentown
have purchased over 5000 acres of land
in Marion county, Kansas, for the pur.
pose of organizing colony.