Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1886-01-13
AT TIE CAPITAL
A Drsesy oeosapy 1ssses fFo0 Asas.
 0aA's Ex.DeeeotAsy.

Asain l md myself Tn the City O
 Magnificent Distances and write you ;
 few lines concerning the doings here. I
 has been unusually interesting % far init
 the long session of the 49.h Congress
 and the time has been taken up very
 largely by the lower House in changing
 the standing rules. People generally
 thiak they are not much interested IF
 this matter, bu, they are. Heretofore
 all appropriations have come from the
 standing committee on tha, subject and
 i, has no, only retarded necessary les,s-
 lat:on. bu; defeated much which could
 have been done 10 benefit localities
 The great West has not been entirely ignored exactly. bu, her interests have
 been made secondary, just because ol
 the cen,ralization of power Tn the con-
 mit,ee on appropriations, and member of tha, committee could use his position to coerce members. into voting for some measure of his own. Nov this appro- l pviation committee business is more generally distributed and each locality of ,he United States has an equal show ing The old conservative element died hard 1 am informed
 Col Bean looms up o K amongst the other members, and if any of them attempts 10 set down upon him. they will be mistaken He seems ,o possess the qualifications necessary to make . good delegate. He has energy and perseverance and ability, and in marked oon,ras, to many delegates heretofore here from other territories. He will always secure respectful hearing and will undoubtedly secure some substantial benefits for Anzona.
 l have been talking to several Cali tcrnla members concerning wants for Arizona. and they will work for us good and strong.
 Hon. C. N. Felton I regard as . very able man and he IS energetic and indus uious, and woe unto the old member who a,temps 10 sit down on him. The usual ptac,ioe here is for members who have been in Congress two terms to put on sohphomoric airs, and those who have been three terms or more to srro- gate airs of senoriiy to such degree as 10 make themselves extensively rude and ridiculous. For instance it is the usual practice 10 cough down a rev member fl he attempts 10 speak, or burst out into loud guffew m derIsion, in fact, more III bred than the lowest bar room loafer in the country would be for he knows better, self preservation would prevent him from such . thing If nothing else for he knows tha, if he atiemped to ridi- culc ;he first stranger tha, came in he would either ge. sho; or be thrown ou, bodily. and if some new member of Con- gress would throw some of his ,ormentors out o: a window the others would be- have.
 When one goes into the. United States Senate and witnesses the dignifed bearing and courteous demeanor cf each Senator he is proud of country. ..When he goes into the House he IS ashamed of his representatives and some future con- gressmau will gain undying fame for himself and the gratitude of the country II he will metaphirocally speaking hold up before the House of representatives \ mirror. in which its deformity will be reflected. am inclined to think Fslton of California will do it some day. 1 understand the Indian affair of Arizona are 10 be investigated. the reasons for the periodical outbreaks inquired into and the remedy devised. also learn that . movement will soon be inaugura- led to qules title 70 lands in Arizona. The general notion is that that wild and savage Indians roam all over the terri tory. killing and scalping the whites, and that they are made savage by lawlessness and blood thirsty cowboys. A Ahrgenum- Der of christian philarthropis;s desire the conversion O! the Indians, and look with holy horror on me when 1 say that a double barreled sho, gun loaded with buck sho, can make more good Indians and seud them to :he happy hunting grounds than a whole car load of bibles I would like 10 see is..tred, Give a Tombstone man the sho. gun and an Eastern philan,ropis. the bibles, let each of them try Geronimo and Chiricahu as. imagine the result, in IS or 70 minutes, the philan,ropis,'s scalp would dangle a; Geronimos belt, and the Tombstone man would be belting Geronimos scalp with his empty shot gun. having first the contents into Geronimo's body.
 l will write again some of these days. On, l almost forgot 10 mention that saw General Wardwell last evening also NJ. K. Wise. Mir Wise, I ;hink has a in The H. K. l do no: know what the sineral has got. should have though; he'd got tired by this time waiting and concluded that Republics are too ungrateful, even though its affairs are managed by reform Democrats.
 H. NJ