The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-15
WASHINGTON
From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, d. G.,
limo 10 1890

From our Regular Correspondent. n
WASHINGTON, D. G., i.
June. IL, 1882. I
In the minds of those Congress- !
men who have an idea above and be- !
yond political turmoil and the spoilsfc
of office there are just now serious {
reflections concerning the strikes so
prevalent v e the country and the
various aspects of the conflict be-
tween capital and labor. The pro-
lions of the present strike are already
sufficient to cause solicitude, and SO
complete is the organization of trades
unions that those familiar with the
subject contend that a hundred thou
sand men in many different trades
may still be moved to strike stimuli
.taneously or in platoons. It is the
belief of some well-informed men
that oyer-production and the con.
tinued deprivation of foreign markets
will, before next December cause the
stoppage of many industrial works;
and that The suffering and discomfort
entailed thereby will tend seriously
to increase the feeling of dissatisfac-
ton among operatives everywhere.
The first question is not whether
these strikes are proper remedies, or
who will suffer most by them. I'm
doubtedly the strikers get the worst
oft, and it may be that workingmen
will learn in time that it does not
pay to cnt off ones nose to spite his
5faee and that-some of the arbitrary
features of their unions could be pro-
ftably eliminated. But the real ques-
ton for Legislators to first consider
is: "What are the causes leading
to this condition of things?
The Republican majority in Con-
gress has so far entirely neglected
to reduce the burdens of taxation OF
reform our unequal tax system. A
glance at the situation shows that
nearly $150,000,0 600 a year r col
lected from the people more than the
Government has need for. Monopo-
lies, ~burdensome to many industries,
are continued in the face ofexposures
, which are read by the people all over
r the country, and eagerly read. When
3 Mr.. Hewitt proved the other day
from official documents that a Penn
sylvania Bessemer steel company had
: made a dividend of se~venty-seven
T per cent. and had left over and above
t that a surplus of lbs per cent on
their capital stock Congressman list
4 ened to him with languid interest,"
: But let them not suppose the work.
l ingmen and farmers do not read i,
eagerly and talk it over among them
selves. None ofthe propositions en-
r tertained by the Ways and Means
= Committee for looping off interna
> taxes have offered any material relic
u where it is most needed. Mr.. Kelle,
proposed to remove the tax on banl
BE capital and bank checks; but wha
.. good would that do the laboring pee
pie whose every article of domesti
= consumption is taxed in the interes
of some corporation or capitalist
If The party caucus has finally decide
in that it would not be good policy,
n view of the coming Congressiont
= elections, to remove the tax on ban
capital. The whole tendency. of til
u Republican party is in favor Of mt
hopolies and capitalists against tn
y common people, and thesooner ID
&C. aggrieved workingmen find out thu
It's they can not serve their OWL int
to- ests by supporting every bugbear (
protection brought forward to cato
:, their votes, The sooner will they, stan
"a some show of relief from the ills ei
D tailed upon them by the extravaganza
N. and injustice of the Republican pa
lr- ty.
ty The old Jumel property on Wasl
IN ingtoH Heights, now being sold u
der the hammer, is associated wit
NJ our National history in SO many way
as that the "reminiscences are of eve
at greater interest here than in Ne
in York OIL anywhere else. The jun
"a Mansion is, in point of historic il
@terest, without a rival in this cou,
n try. 1t was built in 1913 by Rog,
ms Morris, the husband ofthe fair mai,
DIS en- who said "no" so decidedly
ar- General Washington. Around tn
mansion, which commands a view
Harlem River and Long Islar
as Sound, were fought several of tt
he Revolutionary battles, notably TIL
ice of the Crossed Keys Inn, when fl
,or hundred Hessians were slain. Mar
n, of Jul American heroes, Talleyran
~ Lafayette, Joseph and Louis Bon
OF parte, have been sheltered benea,
to its roof. After it came into the pc
session of the wealthy Frenchms
Washington made it his headqua
CHI tiers for several months, and Aaro
oil Burr would have stayed there as lor
as Madame Jumel's money Taste
H. only Madame finding that her fase
os- mating second husband married b
The estate and not herself, separated fro
ms the gay, deceiving Colonel after a S
mr. weeks honeymoon of equivoc
sweetness. However, Burr manage
'se in that short period to spend 5000
len of her money in furthering his Me
in lean and other schemes. MADAM
ess was a Rhode Islander by birth, Mi
Polly Bowen, handsome, accomplis
ed and entertaining. She ives !
en- ceived with honor at the court
OK Louis XVIII and also at that
it Charles X. Many valuable piec
md of furniture and pictures have !
NAMED in the house until recent
In the parlor, where occurred t
IN short-lived marriage between the ri
led widow and the would be squander
rch of her fortune, hung a large portr'
As Of the Madame and a small pictu
"a of Aaron Burr showing his head a
0e' shoulders. In one corner of the D,
the lor stood heavy black leather trur
CHI once the property of Napoleon 1 a
les; presented TO h Madame by GEN