Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-06-21
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, June u, lss2.

] Eui~ GhuUiuhs
As the session is now drawing to close
"A resume Of what has been accomplished
for Lon'-isna in general, and your district
especially, may I've 10 order The River
and llarbor bill, which will pass this week,
contains appropriations for streams in
North Louisiana that have never been i'm.
/ proved by the government or received
! governmental and; and ned appropr-
ntiOrs have been obtained for works under
! hradwdy. Bayou Bartholomew receives
/ 5000 this Congress, aud received 8 Up
! last Congress, making $4,000. Bpufi
/ River received e., 600 last session aud the
same amount this; aud Tensas River re-
crives $1,000. As soon rs The water recrdrs
| the work of cleaning out these streams
| viii he commenced, and the appropriations
/ made available. A survey has been order
I'd for the Ouachita from its mouth to its
headwaters, with view of getting sys-
| TEN OF improvements iuauguratrd on The
! Eads plan, which means, binding levrts
where they can be bnilt TO advantage. In
addition, an appropriation OF $4,000 for
local works on the Ouuchita, as recon-
meuded hy the engineers. has been OBJ
tanned. That is, this sum is secured and
is available for the use of the engineers
They asked for $4,000 originally. The
pr"portiunately tLan is usually obtained
on estimates. Generally, -tLird of the
amount asked is allowed
Surveys have also been ordered for the
Improvement Of Bayou D'Arbonne in Uu-
ION and Claiborne parishes, and for the
improvement of the hlrburs at Monroe aud
Trenton, in order to protect the river
banks Mt these cities from further caviug
also for the survey of bayous Runndnway
and Vidal, and the mouth of Palmyra
Lake, near New Carthage.
Many Of the above improvements are #
recent origin. Not ouly these, but other
works of importance have been inaugural.
ed and accomplished by the unrcnntting
yea! aud PeFse'efahce of your Representa-.
tive, Hon. J. Floyd King. But the great
est Of all these, is the active part be has
taken from the beginning of his career ia
Congress in the work tor levces and i'm
prortmeuts in the Mississippi river, for
which All appropriation Of sG,OVO,OuO has
been allowed. Aud, net the least by any
means, is the securing of an appropriation
of $40 coo for the prevention of the intIo.
dnction and spread of yellow fever aud
other epidemic Il ,scasrs III Southern ports.
These items of expenditures are IN the
River aud Harbor bill, and will remain in
tact aud be- allowed.
The above works make good showing,
especially during II session where II great
deal of sectional amnesty has been dis.
played on account OF political mattrIs III
prevalent opinion that "A Congressman has
nothing to do, except make u few bnu
connie speeches aud draw his salary, is
mistaken "nr. He has thousands of letters
from his constituents, all pertaining to the
business interests Of his District, aud the
demands OF his constituents for infurma-
ton from some of the Departments. ar in.
creased mail facilities each and every our
of these inquiries aud demands must be
attended to. The labor of one session. a.
seen hy newspaper correspondent, who
knows what solid hard work l., will taxi
the zeal and romance out of those who
seek = seat in Congress as an easy path.
way tn glory. The work II about ~ Diff
cult, aud uiorr, aud about A. thauklr>s q,
that of an editors. And that is SAYING a
great deal
There l-a large batch Of Iouisi.uiaus
in the city. Many are of the Republican
persuasion, aud are no-ing rouud after the
frsh-p"ts of office. Judge Alrck Boarnnn.
of the l. ;. District Court of North Loni.
Siala is here. A. the Webster Tribune
aud the Clahuruc Guardian were the fts'
papers thar advocated the CREATION of this
Court, was naturally anxious to under
stand the workings of the new legal ma.
chine. Judge BnaImnn informed your cor.
respondent that the workings oc the Lew
Court was generally satisfactory to all:
that there was a large amount of husncss
III the country for il. and that il opened
up new line Of practice for the ATTORNEYS
in TINT it gave them an insight into the
Federal laws, aud was centrally beneficial
in practice and otherwise. 1t viii donLt
less Ice recollrctcd that Your energetic rep
rrsrnta'iv", Gen. j. Floyd King. passed
day Of the last session Of the last Con.
gr,ss. II.