Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-05-13
1 Trip to New York and Wa shingtOn.

WASHINGTON, April %, 1880.
DEAR TRASscRIPT:-Havi business
in New York City, found myself jog
gin. along, by day and by night. While
on my way, I was lead to exclaim TO a
fellow traveller, "What a splendid inven
ton is the Pullman Palace car. You go
10 bed at night and awake in the morn
ing, and you find yourself many hundred
miles on your journey, and then during
the day the Car is so roomy, and the air
50 much better than in crowded car"
A grand improvement in locomo,ion is
tho present over that of so years ago, so
say We all.
New York is grand city, CON-
pactly built, with beautiful parks and
towering buildings. The very air you
breathe seems impregnated with business.
Every one Is hurrying to and fro, as if
life was short and much 10 be done. The
great race for human existence is here
seen az in no other city of our Union.
No one visiting the east should fail to
drop down upon Washington. 1t is des-
tined TO be, If not already, the most splen
did city in the world. "Beautiful are thy
gates oh jerusalem" The visitor to the
Capitol Of our great country is lead to ex-
claim, Beautiful are thy streets oh
Washington" Wide, airy, smooth, clean,
no dirt to be seen upon the streets, with
splendid buildings upon each side, show
ing vast numbers of comfortable homes.
And then the public buildings. How
grand they are! The State, War and Navy
building Is undoubtedly the finest, aside
from the Capitol, in this country; in its
architectural beauty l think it excels
the Capitol, at least will when finished. OF
course took peep at Congress. Bedlam
let loose, Will convey to the mind at least
part Of the scenes to be witnessed. Con.
fusion does cot always exist. Now and
then there is lull. Few men are able
to hold the house while they are speak
ing l listened to many speeches Cor
rather tried toy upon the Democratic
rider attached 10 the military app roprla-
ton bill. Among those who seemed 10
gain the attention OF the house were Chit
tenden of N. Y, Frye Of NJ aine, and
Dunncll Of Minnesota. Frye commands
attention by being forclbl e speaker,
and amuses the house with well-told anec
dotes and happy illustrations; Chittenden,
not 80 much with logic as sharp hits
against his foe; Dunnell by his logic and
intense earnestness. The people of the
First Congressional District have reason
to feel a just pride in the position tha,
theirrepresentative, NJ. H. Dunncll, holds
IN Congress. He made a short speech
upon the rider to the appropriation bill,
and it was said by those who listened to
the discussion, to be the best one made
He held the attention of the House in a
remarkable manner. No attempt at wit
ticism or anecdotes, but clear-cut log
ical facts we're hurled at the opposition
until they fairly squirmed in their seats.
He showed how the Congress was trying
to build up party at the expense of the
national interests of the country. Large
numbers of bills of great interest to the
people must lie upon the table until party
supremacy could be vouchsafed by ap-
propriate legislation. The points in Mr..
Dunncll's speech were so we'll taken, and
driven home with such force, that it wor-
ried the opposition, because they were
strictly true. There is one thing the
business portion of the country are SEN
sitive about, and that is, that party legis.
lation shall not interfere with business in.
terests, and woe to that p arty who so
offends. The position taken by Mr.. D.,
by broad, liberal policy, to continue
the era of good tunes that has come upon
us, is an evidence of his great usefulness
as broad statesman. 1t is safe to say
that he is one of the strongest men in
Congress, and thus he will become a
leader of that body is among the proba.
bilitles