Louisiana capitolian., 1880-02-14
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.

& DCdr CdWtOHdh Etst lH''rsuIy
We left Baton Rouge At ataguarter past
two p. NJ, on board Capt. Leather's
champion Of the Mississippi-l'e's au-
thority for that claim. At the office
we were informed that we would be
accommodated to first class standing
room in company with fully one hun
drrd other unfortunate mortals whose
bad luck it was that they were not in
charge of a better-half-a qualifica-
ton that would have entitled them to
dine at the first table and to take u
sicsta during the afternoon in some
comfortable berth.
Capt. Leathers, however, scemcdto
take in the situation, and concluded
to press matters, so that his passen-
gers might have the opportunity of
viewing the parade of Comus before
it disappeared from the streets of New
Orleans.
At ten o'clock to the minutc--a trip
of seven hours and three quarters, we
struck the foot Of Canal street, just rs
the lights in front Of the Pickwick
Club were being cxtinguished, and in
time to bc too late, rs the procession,
as we then learned, was marching into
the Opera House OH Bourbon street.
From u newsboy we purchased the
illustrated Carnival News and bctook
onrself to our lonely couch ut tho st.
James Hotel, there to dream of the
constantly exploding bubbles of life,
and of the ever crumbllng castles in
air, that the human family builds ut
every minute Of the day. Already
the visitors from abroad were pouring
in, as it was cxemplilicd to our sorrow
on entering the establishment where
the genial host ,as tenderly as he could,
told us that he would have to clG-
vatc lis to u room one story higher
than the one We occupied on prcvi-
Ous visit.
A la yueryc, commc a Ia g"errr, is an
axiom that we have had occasion long
since to put in practice op our phil"-
sophical self. liza word, we are rs
fond of the good things of this world
as anybody else, but when we can't
get them, We don't cry if we have to
be suited with that which is indifler-
ent, if not'worse.
As we didn't feel at all like singing
"Darling, | am growing old" We
sauntered up lightly to our room and
we were soon as happy as if we were
in the finest mansion in town.
The next morning we went around
to the State House and found that our
Legislators are taking things placidly,
and making haste very slowly. They
meet late and adjourn early, because
there are no bills on the calendar,
which they might takeup. They don't
seem to consider ut all that their
committees are doing very little, fol
want of quorums to transact business
Gov. Wiltz, we understand, docs not
hesitate in calling their attention to
the fact that scarcely forty working
days remain, during which to per
form the duties devolving upon the
General Assembly. Not IN important
law has yet been adopted. The con
sequences will be that bills will bt
omnibuscd through without proper
consideration, at the latter end, elst
an extra session will have to be callet
when the regular ninety days shal
have been spent.
We do not blame the members o
the General Assembly, for the reason
that they arc not Spartans whose
hearts can be stccled against the man!
temptations afforded by the Crescen
City, because the very best of mel
will yield to these, and it will everb'
thus to the end of time. The remed,
is u simple one: the removal Of th
Capitol to an inland town, as the Con
vention wisely decrccd, in keeping
with the traditions of the past. Twill
be pretty rough on the boys forawhil
but they'll get used to it, and thc com
mOnwealtl, will save a great deal i
every way in the long run.
BY virtue of Il concurrent resOlu
ton committee of one Senator an
two representatives are to visit on
city soon, for the purpose of arrivin
at the amount needed to effect the II
pair of the Capitol. We have ever
reason to believe that the gentleme
composing it will not delay their re
port q day longer than is neccssar,
They will he furnished 1T Bato
, Rouge with all the data and inform;
f ton they require.
Gov. Wilt, z,weare happy to state,
S daily improving in health and lis abol
4 in his buggy and on foot at all hou1
n of the day. Judging fron his fir