The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1880-06-12
WASHINGTON LETTER,
The End cftAe Season. Legislators
= off to Chicago. Executive Au
tomato and ACCOMPLISHED Clerks.

= on TO Chicago. Executive AW
tomato and accomplished Clerks.
From our Regular Correspondence
Washington, d. c.. May 31st 80.
The discreputable gang OF boat
racing gamblers has left the city.
Squads of Senators. Members,
and other political toilers and moi
lers have gone to Chicago. This
August heat in May has driven.
the fair daughters OF Fashion and
their mammas off to the mountains
the sea shore or Europe. The sea
son has been brought to a sudden
close. Washington is merely the
residence of the Executive and
Legislative Departments of this
Government, which, by the way
as every one ought to know, is
run by the $500 clerks. If any
man will invent an automaton
that will sign it's name as Presi-
dent Of the United States, to bills,
commissions, ETC.. aud cheaper
autOmatons that will sign the
names of heads Of Depart
ments to the documents prepared
for their signature by $500
clerks, this government might be
propelled along the ringing groov
es of progress with much more
economy and much less nonsense.
The great diplomat who has
been at Constantinople, when not
somewhere else, for the last three
years will in a few days, assume
the duties, so called, OF Postmas-
Ter General. What does he know
about the business! But then it
is not necessary for him to know
anything. The perfected ma
chine worked by $1,000 clerks
runs itself and as long as those
$1,000 clerks remain in place
throughout our mammoth civil
service, it makes but li:tle differ.
ence, except tor the name of the
thing, whether wei draw Cabinet
officers from Constantinople or
some other lunatic asylum. But
| was writing about this deserted
village (P.) The flag that tells
the presence of the National Leg
islature still waves over the Capt.
toll, but the halls of Congress are
devoid Of interest and the CALLER
les are no longer filled with their
accustomed crowd. That Con
gress will protract the session far
into the summer is very generally
believed, but the wives the daush
tiers, sisters, cousins, aud aunts of
congressman have hied away to
cooler summer retreats where
they can lounge on cool veran
uahS.
'Pour where battling waters low."
AID watch unfolding roses blow.
Lave their Mussidora bodies in
the safety surf, aud kuit the rave
led sleeve of last seasons dissipa
ton. Curse the man or rather
the Satan, that ever invented a
city. 1t is Satan's invention. He
was the cause of Adams leaving
the country, the paradisos, and
his wretched descendants have
ever since had to torego the forest
the stream, the happiness and
peace of pri,neval nature for
the saloon, tue shop, the factory,
the Office. Alas, why cannot
every woman be a man, a broth
er, and a granger. Tempus will
fidget swiftly with those romantic
roamers in sylvan paradises, but
to those of US who must remain
here OH these streets of pitch, in
the dazzling reelection of the mar
BILE government buildings by day
and the vulgar gas.light Of beer
gardens by night time will drag
heavily like an INCREASED OK.
vain.