The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1880-10-16
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OUn vvAsEIlNTON LErrER.
w.sn,reror. D. c. Oct. u, 1850

wAsHINerON, D. C. Oct, y, 1880.
To see the political activity in Washing
ton during a presidential campaign one
would hardly think that a large majority of
our citizens are not even voters. We have
at this time over fifty political organizations
in this city, many of them meeting nightly,
and all devoting efforts 10 the contest wag-
ing so hot in the States. Meetings are held
nightly and work continues night and day
in some of the clubs, yet only, those---com.
paratively few-who have maintained
residence in the States from which they
came can cast vote. Residents Of the Dis
trict Of Columbia, even though born under
the Stars and Stripes, are not in the full
sense citizenso Of the United States. II seems
to me that this is not right. There should
be no spot within the limits of this free land
where the citizen has not voice in the af-
fairs Of government. Thousands Of resi-
dents here might justly renew the old revo-
lutionary cry Of"no taxation without repro.
scntstion." But speaking of the political
activity here may add that the greatest is
among organizations composed Of govern
ment employees, who are, Of course, Repub-
licans. The Democrats, however, are not
idle. There are great many among them
who hope to be government employees after
the election. Taken as whole, and in
cluding our colored population, the political
sentiment Of this city is about evenly divid-
ed between the two parties, though probab-
ly a majority Of native residents and busi-
ness men are Democrats. All these classes
are anxious to exert come influence upon
the result Of the present struggle, for differ
ent reasons; but chiefly because everybody
in Washington necessarily takes deep in
terest in politics.
The board of architects appointed TO con
slider the praeticability of erecting a new
Congressional library, or whether it would
be advisable to extend the quarters now oc-
cupied in the Capitol, have reported in ia
vor Of constructing a separate building.
This result was anticipated by all disnter-
ested persons having any knowledge of the
facts. There is no practicable way of pro-
viding for the inevitible growth of this vast
collection Of books, without erecting new
structure for II accommodation. The plan
of pecing out the Capitol might answer as
temporary expedient, but not as a perma.
nency. The annex would be filled in few
years, and the Same question would arise
that now demands disposal. We take it for
granted that new building is TO be erected
and this being the case the work should be
commenced at the earliest possible date, fol
the emergency is pressing. At present there
is not room on the shelves of the library fol
any more books, while many thousands o
volumes are packed away in boxes.
AdjutAnt General Drum, who Is acting
Chief Of the Signal Bureau, has just begun I
special weather report for the sugar growing
interests of louisiana by which the proba
BILE appearance of frost in that locality viii
be fully anticipated. These reports are Il
be continued until January l. Governo
Viltz, in letter thanking him for this ser
vice, says that it will prove of great value +
the sugar planters and will saye them man,
thousands Of dollars every fall. Genera
Drum has also commenced plan whic
will be more fIily developed next year, {
special reports on rain for the cotton belt {
che South, the general dissemination {
which information will be left 10 tse plant
ers and factors. A further increase in tn
efficiency and usefulness of this WeathS
Bureau for the shipping ports of the Atlanti
is now uuder consideration.
: Here is cat story from the seat of gov
) ernment: An adventurous and patriotic f
line assembled the Washington Monument
few nights ago by the stairs within the shat
Next morning, when the men went up
5 work, she took fright, and, springing to Ii
= edge, took "hYer" of l60 feet. In the de
cent the cat spread herself cut like fyir
squirrel and lit on the ground on all four
After looking around little while she pr
: ceeded TO leave the place and had almo
5 gotten beyond the shadow Of the monumei
: when dog that stays around the base star
ed for it, and the cat, not being in her be
Q running trim. was easily made victim at
u killed. Had she lIved, and not been so sh
: the workmen say they would have bOug
D her a collar and given her the Freedom
It the Monument. As it is the. cat is to
+ stuffed aud placed in the Smithsonian, wi
) large card over 1t, which will bear this
gend: "This cat jumped on Sept. SOth, 1856
e from the Washington Monument and iUet
B. DoA PEDRO.