The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-09-02
our WASHINGTON LETTER.
REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE.
WAsHrNGToE. Auo. %. 1882.

WASHINGTON, Aug. %, 1882.
BY an ellipsis Of a letter in badly
spelled word your compositor put it
worse than myself showing that he
and | have forgotten the religious
training Of our youthful days. Who that
ever goes to the tabernacles Sundays
does not hear of "gnash his teeth,"
| left out the ''g' and, my friend, your
composition left out the IN" and put in a
"W," making it 'wash his teeth"
This shows a progressive spirit, and if
anything from the East in the spell
ing line presumes to go one better the
West IS on deck with another improve
ment. The man that ever improved
the spelling | Will ever hold in
remembrance as up to the times, but
hereafter so, 50, don't. This reminds
ore Of what an admirer of Daniel
Webster thought Of him. On one Of
his trips On a crowded Sound steamer
the Great Webster had to allow an
other to occupy stateroom with him.
The man ever after thought Il great
deal Of the liberality Of the great Dan
iel Webster for said he "when [ got
through washing my teeth with his
| brush he threw it out of the window"
This was a needless piece of extragva-
gance only equalized by the willing
appropriation of millions Of dollars
for newly discovered deserving sol
diers and the miserable howl for max
ing an appropriation Of q few millions
to help the commercial interests Of
the country. Very little has been
said against the claim agents who be-
seiged Congress and the Pension Office
as thick as flies about a molasses bar
rel until millions of dollars are appro-
priated without hardly a dissenting
voice. These are things that the leg
less and armIess soldiers Of the coun-
! try will not soon forget nor will they
rest satisfied until 4 pension list IS
published that the country may know
who are pensioned and why they were
coldly shelved in the Senate. The
disabled men have rotes as well as
the others So rotten had the business
become that the ''prisoners of war"
held meetings to petition Congress for
pension also, but the thing fell through
for want Of cheek. Any man who
passed safely through the great war
as & soldier ought to thank God that
he is alive and If he petitions Congress
for pensions should do 50 for increas-
ing the pensions of his manned com
rades and not for himself. Where are
the mule drivers? Boys, now's your
time. Suttlers come ON.
The country about Washington in
Maryland-Montgomery and Prince
! Georges counties-is being agitated
politically and the Democrat and Re
| publican clans are beginning their
pipe-Iaying. Voting in Maryland is
peculiar, | had the pleasure or dis
/ gust to see the thing done ut Surratts-
| vile on election. 1t is customary to
have supper" and all the colored
people the night before election are in
vitcd, the supper is good but the whis-
! ky horrible The voting place was the
"surratt" Mansion and in barn op-
posite was held the supper" The
object Is to keep the voters together
until they have voted for fear the en-
envy may out whisky them. For it
becomes at the very climax Of the bat
tie question not Of principles but Of
rum. The Republicans had two ta-
bles-one for the colored and the other
for the white voters. The Democrats
at an other place had but one table,
and both color5 were gloriously happy
and equal, with white waiter. This
rather scooped the republicans on the
equality question, but many ofthe col
ored at the Democratic table sobered
uD in time to vote the Republican
ticket, besides the Democratic rum
gave out You know Mr. Editor white
| Democrats haven't much rum to spare
for their coIored brethren. With the
Republicans the colored people are
freely given the privilege to hold the
votes while the white republicans hold
the Offices always hcwers Of wood
and drawers Of water, white man
mighty msartin-Surrattsville is il
miles from Washington and is an ex-
cellent place to emigrate from. The
democratic club last election flung to
the breeze the Hancock and English
flag in front Of the Surratt Mansion
an insult unintended, but no relative
of Mrs. Surratt speaks well of the
GREAT Democratic candidate Of 1890.
Surrattsville is a good deal like Darn
cstown Md, and most Of the old men,
| hers of the Third Wisconsin regiment