The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1882-07-22
[FRoM OUR SPECIAL CoRREsPoNDENT.l
WASHINGTON, July II, 1882

FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.
WASHINGTON, July II, 1882.
To judge from the expressions of dis
gust coming from members of Congress,
anent the slow motions of the Senate in
preparing for adjournment, one would
naturally suppose that very few of the
honorable gentlemen had come here from
choice. They all seem to have bad case
of homesickuess, and nearly every one l
have met for several days past has insist
ed that unless Congress adjourned in a
week he would go home anyhow and stay
there. The chief reason fer this haste to
leave is the anxiety in the Congressional
mind about a renomination. In nine
cases out of ten the Representative comes
here to represent his own interests a
great deal more than be does those of his
district. and when his hold ON the place
is in jeopardy his heart is 'over the sea-
and there is a far away look in his eyes
There ought to be Encouragement OF
the sessions, or the time for holding elec.
tions, so that the Congressional campaign
wuold come in the year of the short ses.
sion, ending the 4th OF March. Then the
incumbents could go home to look aftel
their ''fences" without interfering will
their duties. If the Senate adhered tC
its programme of amendments to Mr.
Kelley's tax bill, opening the door of dis
cussion as wide as that question must
there would be a sick lot OF Representa-
tives tanning themselves in the soutl
wing of the Capitol.
1t is not true that Congressman becom
tired of Washington life PER Sc, becaus
when personal interests do not draw then
away, the great majority are 10th to leav
the Capital, fact which is attested b,
the large number who remain here a
lobbyists and claim agents after thei
terms expire. There is spice and variet
enough here to suit the most fastidiou
or the most depraved--fo the quiet ma
who delights in his books, his letters, o
his Congressional work, or the wild, roys
tering fellows who would rather view na
ture through the bottom Of glass tha
listen to the most logical argument o
National affairs, who take especial deligt
in an occasional game of draw poker, c
find solace in the company Of the fai
queens OF society. To be sure, is trifl
dull during the summer, and the weatht
is perhaps few degrees warmer than j
some places, but there is life here all th
same, and it costs just as much to ''se
the elephant" as it does in Gotham. Dul
} ing the session of Congress the appear
ance and character OF the people are cor
stantly changing. To-day We have tn
solid business men of the Quaker CITY
J looking after their harbor appropriate
bill ;to-morrow the financiers of New Yorl
the following day the rushing, pushin
men of the West, and then, as an offse
} are the sturdy men of the rural districts
; who have few hours for gazing in av
: ful surprise at the Capitol, the TreasuI
building, the White House, and the Wasl
+ ington Monument. You can come
Washington, spend very pleasant tim
and return with the most agreeable reco
lections of the visit, or you can SO depo
yourself as to 60 home wiser but SAT
der man than you came. During Il
= summer, when uncor fined by the routiI
3 of legislation, shall give you somethiu
about the attractions of Washington-tt
3 public buildings and institutions hers
= which people everywhere are interested
Apropos of a recent talk with Secretal
I Teller about our Indian policy, notice
S an incident at the Star Route trial dG
or two since. One of the Western wi
= nesses stated in the course of his test
< mony that Indians from the agencies hu
9 killed drivers and run off stock on Il
+ route between Bismsrk and Fort Keogl
r DO you mean friendly Indians?' inqui
g ed two able lawyers in one breat
= That's what they are called" replied Il
g frontiersman. The surprise EXPRESS
r by these attorneys is natural and easi
= accounted for. They are like ninety-nil
y one hundreths of the people of the Eas
u in state of profound ignorance of Il
y Indian problem, These gentlemen a
o both men of ability, educated men of d
r, world, standing high in their proiessio
D. No doubt they think, if they ever tai
D. the trouble to think about the matter
4 all, that the roseate pictures drawn
le the Indian agents are true, and that 4
s. Indians are abused individuals, vi
nt spend most of their time in praying
N the wicked whites. But they don't {
c. the contrary, they busy themselves, |