The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-07-09

from cur Regular correspondent,

WASHINGTON July, 4 1919.
Congress has adjourned. What {
relief to vi al the capital. and the pub
lie at large. The Louisville Couric'
Journal has no doubt precipitated th'
adjournment Of Copgre ! ny the fol
lowing pathetic aple.. t. the rebe
B~rigadiers:
Come home, you suckers; yot
chuekleheads. Come home yol
knock-kneed, handy shanked, bow
legged, web-footed, red-haired var
minis. COME H-o NEIL"
There was no wonder at the diem
ma the brigsdiers got the country in
to that all sensible men desired then
to come home. The northern dough
faces got so terribly r%eprimandet
from their constituents that they
were actually afraid to go home ant
the people who they toully misrepre
sent by their effort TO starve the gov
eminent and nullify the laws of the
land. The closing scene was q
very weak affair, and the Democrats
skunk off from the floor Of the House
and Senate like some one that bad
stolen something. The closing scenes
in the Senate were without any ex
element whatever. When the exec
utive session closed and the door;
were opened it was FIVE minutes o.
the hour fixed for adjournment
Captain Bassett with a broom stick in
his hand glided upto the clock and
turned the hands back FIVE minute:
while Mr.. Thurman looked In anoth
er direction. The Senate was wait
ing for an enrolled bill from the
House repeating the duty en- qui'
nine. While waiting no order was
observed and several men %strolled
around with hats on, under the i'm.
preston that the adjournment had
taken place. The clock had stole
along meanwhile toward FIVE, and as
it neared that figure Captain Basse,t
manipulated his broom-stick once
more and put back the tide of time
six minutes. This was the last
backward turn hal was necessary.
Clerk Adams made his appearance
with the bill which was duly signed
by Mr.. Thurman and rushed into the
adjoining room where President
Hayes signed it, and in two minutes
thereafter the special session closed
sane die. The rushing OF the qui-
nine bill through in the last hours OF
the session caused a great deal of
merriment among the Republicans
as they agreed not to oppose the bill
as the bourbons certainly would need
%stimulants aud tonics in the next cam
paign. | left the scene. in disgust
az l expected TO see the Chorpenning
claim revived as usual in the closing
hours as the lobbyists were out in full
force, and from the gallery | pushed
my way out and made a Decline for
the Seheutzen Park where | felt my
line of thought be more in sympathy
with my stomach.
The Germans and their families
know how to enjoy themselves in .
pleasant way. On Monday the
Schuetzen corps with invited guests
from Baltimore and other cities, pa
raded the streets in their gaudy uni
form and such was the excitement
that we almost forgot the mensgerie
on Capitol Hill for a time. The line
of the procession vas headed by g
platoon of police, which was followed
by the Marine Band. The stand
ard of the Verien flanked by Ameri-
can and German colors was there,
borne after which came carriages
with the Scheutzen officers and on
foot Germans to the number Of thous.
ands. In the procession vas o car-
riage bearing young girls, represent
ing Germany and Liberty, with Q
number of smaller girls pre,tily ar
ranged.
At the Presidents house the Presi-
dent reviewed the line amid great
cheering.
The park is located out the Sew
enth street road just on the suburbs
of the town near the Soldiers Home.
Here l found everything in full blast.
The weather was all that could be
desired for the fest, and as a conse-
quence from early morn until the
hour named for suspension, the am
bilious members crowded the shoot
ing gallery and made the air merry
with the sharp crack of the rifles as
they drove the bullets toward the
far distant targets. BY shutdown the
families began to arrive and by dusk
the spacious grounds were crowded
with groups, which included two
and in many instances three genera
tons, all bent on extracting just as
much pleasure from the occasion as
possible.
The throngs slipped their beer, ate
pretzels and German sausages, risked
a dime or so on spinning jenny"
danced, promonaded, watched the
performers or amused themselves in
a hundred other ways peculiar to the
Scheutzen Fest. AS it gets dark the
crowd augments and the park is
transformed into a fairy land. Thous-
ands of men crowd the well.lighted
pavilion, or promenade through the
graveled walks by the soft light shed
by the myriads Of Chinese lanterns.
The brass tbroated instruments OF the
bands Save forth their measured
sounds which rose above the hum
of voices and anon the sharp crack
of the loud mouthed cannon adds its
quota to the general uproar which
envelopes the pleasure grounds. 1t
would be useless to attempt a de-
scription of the assemblage. They
were all there, with their sisters and
their cousins and their aunts, peers
and vassals in the abstract but in the
concrete they were all equals, for the
servant jostled the Senator with az
much sang froid as a Louisiana
witness testifes, and paid as little at
t~ention to results. This is how the
park looked to me at 8 o'clock, at
which time the lady singers were
warbling, the athletes were doing the
trapeze performance, 8 tight.rope
performer vas skipping in his narrow
path, and the red and blue lights,
the rockets and wheels of the pyro-
technic display were adding brillian-
cy to the scene. The confusion was
a popfucion Daor haar 1u,a; hao,