The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-04-06
WHAT WILL YoUHAvE9
Tipping At the capitsi-Wsbstsr and
Clay's ripple.
Washington Correspondents Cleveland

f eadst.
Many of these committee rooms at
the Capitol contain during session q
choice article Of spirits, and the pres
emit Minister to Berlin, Mr.. Pendleton,
was not averse to treating his friends
Of the Senate now and then. It used
to be that there was q regular bar In
the Capitol. This bar was known
vulgarly as 'sThe Hole in the WALL"
It was situated between the House and
the Senate, and att Clay and Webster
often drank. In difference to the tenn
perance sentiment this bar has been
long since abolished, but liquor issold
at the Capitol as much as ever, and
you can get whisky straight in either
the House or Senate restaurant by
merely asking for "cold tea"
It is said that drinking is decreasing
at Washington. I do not believe this
to be 80. Fewer people drink at the
saloons, perhaps, but it has come to
be that every public man has his eel
lars stocked with wines and brandies,
and liquors are sold by the quantity
instead of by the glass. All ofthegro.
Gerry stores at Washington keep large
stocks of liquors, from Mumm's extra
dry champagne down to very cheap
article ofwhisky, and you will find wine
stores in nearly every block. In no
city of tho United States, except, per-
haps, New Orleans, is there so much
wine drank in proportion to the popu-
lation. Many families never sit down
to n meal without having wine on the
table, and at a Washington otel, where
public men stop, it is the rule to take
q bottle of wine with your dinner.
Within the last few years punch has
become very popular ut Washing.
ton, and you will now find
q big punch bowl at almost
every fashionable gathering. 1t is
quite an art to make q fine Washing.
ton punch, and it takes very little OF
the regular article to cause the knees
to CULVER and the head to swim. One
recipe contains the ingredients, whisky,
rum, claret, champagne, sugar and
lemons. Alittle water added to this,
and you have q drink that will put an
old topper under the table after half
his usual allowance. Still this stuff is
given to young men and ,naidcns. Is
it any wonder that some of them get
too much, and we have such scenes
MS that OF Stewart Castle last winter,
what congressman Ho!man's son in
suited a young lady. and the half OF
the party were affected by their tip
ping? It was such punch rs this that
started young Malone OH spree in
which he attempted to shoot one of
the walters at Wclcker's, and it IS
this punch that will undoubtedly
create q scandal or two the coming
season.
A great deal of beer is drunk in
Washington, and many of those who
drink wine regularly at their meals
prefer light article, such as claret.
The man who drinks such as beer and
claret seldom becomes a drunkard, and
i'll those countries where cheap light
wines IRE staple, as Italy and France
for instance, you will find much less
drunkenness than In America or Eng
land. There is u good deal of differ
cnce in the United States as to drink
ing. Men from the North and East
and from California drink wine while
those from the West and South take
whisky or beer. kentuckians usually
take whisky straight, and Wisconsins
are fond oftheir own Milwaukee lager.
Senators Frye and Blair are said to be
the only Senators who are teetotal-
lers. Attorney General Garland likes
n good article of Bourbon. President
Cleveland drinks beer some
times, and of tho members of
the Lower House. few of them are
averse to q dram on the sly. The
Speaker himself is n good judge of Ii.
quors, and he often takes a bottle of
wine with his lunch. Both Cox and
Dorshcimer like good wine, and ex-di-
plomates, such as Hit, OF Illinois,
seldom eat without q bottle Divine at
theirmeals. Ben LeFevrc drinks beer,
and there nrc q number of members
who are addicted to drinking hot wa
ter. There was q Congressman named
Jadwin in the Forty-seventh Congress
who never sat down to meal without
having a teacup of hot water placed
before him. He seasoned it with
cream and sugar and drank it as
other people do coffee. Congressman
Hatch, of Missouri, is also a hot wa
ter drinkcr, and Breckenridge, OF Ar
kansas, takes it with every meal.
These hot water drinkers advocate
the practice as q cure for dyspepsia
and indigestion, and they say they be-
come as fond of the drink as OF tea,
coffee or whiskey.