Telegram-herald., 1886-06-30
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Some OF Senator Edmund 5
Sarcas sm on the Beck Bill
HON TIE CAPITAL LOOKS n JUNE
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IL Tie senate one afternoon Senator Id
"a -ald- aas making a eooi calm aignined
s.eseh GA tne BeeE OH % prohibit senators
aal mea.oer. fron 81 las as attorneys of
couasell9ls Tor land-sraut railroads. eic.
Tie ais and safcasm oi the able senator
frlm l4e Green Mountain state iciused
great deal of spice into the debate and
stirred un tae Kentucky seotchman as wilh
d sharp silez Beez Is sluldy aud vigorous
enough. ult Ae ls go match tof hdAuLds
ln CeDale.
Ihe Cfls says The railroad attorneys
T lu tonzress VIII he satisfied wllh notnlus
lees than t1e slranguiation oi MI becA
biu They look upon sucn legislation a. 4
F direct 1l4a az oue ol tle most profitable l
. Industries Uf Tie country lt does seem I
az II all uf the smaftest and mosl /
influential lawyers ln The counrz were /
empl0fel bt railroad and other corpora /
lions Ia lney are 10 be prohibited from /
sltuus lu the Halls Oi Congress and H. as /
senator kdmunus says, We are 20 nh the /
tse8 House. wltn beings utterly devoid ut /
know edge az or interests IN The aiialrs OF
thls world. having no interest OF their Own
Ia affairs OF state OF nation, no state or
Z local pride. or human sympathy or feeling
+ III the government Is To be transferred lO
the angels and the livery OF Heaven Is ID
be substituted for the silver plated harness
Of the present day then what VIII become
. 0f The tobacco of Virginia and North
Carolina ami the whiskey Ot Kentucky,
Senator Beck appears 10 think tnat the
courts OF this country. from the highest 10
the lowest, are weak enough Ia be suscept-
ibie 70 Congressional influence, and that
they are unable 10 DO justice in causes IA
which Senators and Representatives appear.
Ii this Senator'S ideas prevail, lawyers must
either keep out of Congress or abandon
their professional engagements upon enter
ing the legislative balls.
The question arises; Cannot the national
law makers represent their constituents,
look after the interests of their clients and
perform their official duties at the same
time2 That is "a question for the people TO
settle. they should not be hampered IN the
selection of their representatives.
Mr Editor, if you have not visited the
Capital Of your country recently you can
not realize what bonanza the wheel
men" have in the smooth ashphalt pave
ments which abound here Bicycles and
tricy cles are numerous and useful as well,
and they are rapidly suppanung other
wheels. Ladies as well "a gentlemen rue
the tricycle. and just go iiying through the
: Capital grounds, along the avenue and upon
: The back streets ". + Curtis. Washing
Ton correspondent of the Inter Ocean, uses
tricycle. In news gathering. and the wheel
r is being adopted as an important factor IN
the race tor news. The correspondent Of
the Louisville Post was the first To adopt
the swift and independent vehicle three
wears ago, now Carp of the Cleveland
Leader. one of the Associated Press
staff and Fensdell Of The St Paul
e Pioneer Press have followed suit. The
5 modern improvements cannot iOng es-
cape the grasp of the live newspaper men OF
this country.
e Gen John c. Black. Commissioner of
r Pensions. probably had no idea when be
took possession of the great pension Office
thai ne would become so famous IN one
k wear as he has. prubsbly no Official con
ia nee ed with this administration has seen
his name in the papers 50 much ana 20
often The General Is very earnest and
4 persistent mar IN everything he undertakes
and can look an opponent full IN the face,
hear what he has To saw and make answer
"a boldly as any man. / think he rather
,r likes fight and IS not easily
whipped II be were during be war
for the Union he would have been satisfied
with The wound he received through The
10 right arm al Pea Ridge, Ark March !. 1867
and would not have gone back TO get
III another through the other arm at Prairie
Grove on the 9TH of December following
a II Is not strange that man torn and shat
tered as he has been should be more OF less
nervous. and.eveninimtabie. but If any man
"a thinks the Commissioner mind has been
unhinged OF hat his memory Is defective
d. be snuuld be informed that he Is greatly
mistaken. His head is clear and his hear
IS warm. his eve IS sharp anC
he his voice is firm. He has tht
courage OF his convictions and they are
very firm. You may dltler from him ~
opinion and be respected. but his opinion
Will prevail If he cannot see things from
your star dpoint.
Bv the way: Josh Billings once remarked
y that Se often get into trouble 10y being IN
able 10 see things from the standpOints o
X 0the people General Black is making
persistent efforts 10 prove the charge of po
lit;cai iavortism ne made IN his annual re
e. port against his predecessors; be has DO
sd ser failed 10 do 81. While il is Away
10 easier 70 make charges thar It is TO prove
them he believes that he car
sustain his allegations, and he is not th'
man 10 quit try ing.
The heavy rains this year have been g0os
- for trees and shrubbery In this cit there
iu are eighty seven thousand shade trees
about one for every two Inhabitants ant
- nearly one half of the land within the cit
!" limits is public property. Our parks are O
= + many shapes and sizes, many OF then
triangular. caused by the avenues crossing
the streets at various angles, 50 that parks
public breathing and resting pace
p are evervW here. The common Ico
pie. the col0red people constituting
l' nearly half the po ulatiOn-do not hesitau
q % make use of the iounging places On
y, little girl is laid 20 have asked her mother
who was describing the beauties ot heaven
II they bad parks there with seats in then
such as we have In this world Upon bein
told that toe parks and seats were there
. she exclaimed. / don't want 20 20.
~ Why asked her mother in surprise
Because the niggprs viii occupy ai 10
hest seats she replied
A adv standing in the aisle 0t a stree
car one day, ioosing az sturdy men sttIn
csmplscenfly in the places usually reserve
-3. fsr the ladies' asked a gentleman wit
.n waam sire was rouversing IF he resif
- eyed in the DarFinian Theory. IL he ga
prepsred to believe that ali men were De
scendeufs IF apes be replied that he "a
an nof prepared 20 believe anything Uf th
lie kind thaf he thanebt some men "had 3e
ae scended from tees
.st lf is rather 3 hcuIf in these dsVs whe1
ict AL s aliet or fhe Potomac 81 fnd ma
fr fersi f1r sn interesting ~ entertaining le'
fer eeers week have bad sac rlessgrF
th.s week ~ weering one 20 fhe Vaung me
"a 81 whorn Grand ksti,ls nav reii - proud
81 IS kleineeu Secretary ef he fhtent
n. Fsrrffgre fcmesnF who .ef f1F bone tg
ra 3sr rs NeV N8rs Fred aste oaf ~ -
~ something ~ ~ ssainE1on a1d attend o. b.
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