The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-25
Special Correspondencel


pITFR-Onct more the rhvOlvin wheels OF
time has fetched me around and aGin
apeer before the many readers of yore yalu-
BILE jurnal, and thank the good Lord fer
/ lettn us meet tOcather agin IN our usual
helth and sperrits.
Sence my last ritin the national capital
of sixty millyuns Of free ana enliteued
people hav went back for hundred yers,
and put me in mind Of Wayback and
visnity fifteen yer ago, before we had
ralerode and TELEGRAPH wires Fer nifty
nigh whole weak one Of Greely's mis-
stakes shet US off from communication
with the outside world, except in spots,
and begun TO feel like saier cast away
on a lonesome island, and 10 lose intrust
in bein a statesman, patriot and reppere-
sentative man, and my colleges in national
legislation felt purity much the same way.
What is the use, we said to each other, in
strivin now, in maxim sacriiisis and
speeches, when the hand of Providence
in the shape OF an unprecedented
storm has pulled down the TELEGRAPH
wires and blocked up the ralerOdc francs.
SOS the newspapers can't git no news err
no mails. and the scryiscs we air rem
derin the nation is knOde only To the
people Of the DcestriCk of Columbia. whar
votes is skecrcer than's hens teeth2 or
coarse our sallerys war goin on ilst the
same: but. Mr. Eidter, sa.lery aint all
that the true patriot thinks about in this
life. Thar H. a nober and CRATER am
bition throbbin in his manly bosom,
which nO,hn can soothe like gittin his
name and his dOins in the newspapers.
nj -.
him TO the people, they air the matches
that he has got TO scratch 10 lite his path
to glory. When lie is shut off from them
it punches the pcth ont Of his energies,
and rs the last Boston schoolmarm we
had in Wayback used 10 say. Enter
prises Of great moments with this regard
gits off the track and loses the name
Of action" ri the national capital
was storm bound for three months
don't believe thar'd be an activ states
man left In il at the end of that time UNI
less the snow was forty foot deep, and
congress WAS frOZe so stif it COuldent
ajourn.
But, thank heaven. the imbargo is now
of and Onct more we can let TIE eagle
scream and send its, reverberatin eck0es
from sea 10 sea, and the Statesman and
patriot can cit his sDraChes before
gatn and anxious people and can go to
ais yerchuOus couch 40 mite fcelin that
when the mornin sun raised IN the hevius
his days work would not be- hid under
bushel ar blockade, but would be knOde
far and wide and the people would feel
that thor interests WAY bciu keered fer in
a PROPER manner.
Duriu "a iull in the perccedins Of the
house tothor day. that Is 20 say, when
thar was % member had the tlOre to make
a speach that none Of us statesmen hadent
any intrust in, and didn't hav no letters
TO rite. | picked up the Record, and iist
fer fun counted the words in it fer one
days werk. that is from lSO'clock till .,
which is what we call days werk. Thar
was 5000 WEEDS, which, beein multiplide
by three 10 git red of the condensin the ed
otter Of that yaluble ju:nal has TO indulge
in, gives 10000 werds spoke ~ the clio
Quent and unceasin member in five
hours. This makes II 900 words an hour,
$500 minute, and - l-3 a second,
shown that two er three statesmen ulISt
be talkin at onGt mo5toi the TIM = mitch is
true-and shown cOnclusiy that Of talkin
is worth anything. The CRATE and para
mount intrusts If the tax payers is not
gOin 10 suffer fer lack Of able effort in
thcr behalf. In this connection / might
rs well remark that my name appeared rs
often rs possible and thar was a good
many more as zelus in the good work as
was. Thar is q flew # Us that never
prevents The Record 20 come out without
-cttin our name into 10, and not long ago
when one Us regerlcrs didn't nav his name
in the cddner Of The Record thought
somcthin was rong and sent a messenger
TO make inqucrry. He was informed that
the aforesaid member was unayOidably
absent from the house that day, and the
printin Of tie paper went on.
We have been dom some wcrk on per-
yidin a milishy service for the Deestrick
Of Columbia. and one claus in the bill re-
minded me u the diilerents in men, Twin
under the same Nag ana governed by the
same laws That clause was the exempt
in miiishymea from service on jurles, and
il was put in as sort Of inducement to
git recrutes 20 iine the milishy We tride
that Onct Ia Haybaek, when we wanted
TO organize the Cutshin shoiguuners, Of
which was 20 b. the commandin olliser.
ffN4AN ttAA lAAf JIM NlAN no
fer suckses WAS brilyant tell we got to
that part cNewptin rcCrutcs from jury
duty, and then thar was mutiny and re-
beiion, and % per cent. Of our s0ljerry
deserted In boldly, because as !
they said. This was blow at thor priv /
lidgo5 they cOuldcut as free men lndurc. /
Jurymeu they said got a dollar and q half .
% day, and miiishymen dident git dog (
gone sent, and might git shot ar took /
prisncr and they wOsent gOin % lose thor /
chances at gittin dollar ami a half IL |
day, when times was hard, Jst for the I
sake Of little glory We tribe 10 keep /
them in the traces but a panick insude /
and no amount Of explanin and cutting |
out the obnoxious claus would DO any |
good, and the Cutshin shotgunners and |
my military ambitions went down in one |
common vortex Of ruin.
The monument fever seems 10 be brakin |
out IN places among the national lcgis- |
lators, and wouldent be surprised eff the |
day dldent come before long when the |
Twin viii remember the dead in a national /
manner and set up monuments 10 Their |
memory like they do in every country !
but our own. And here | want 70 say u
word fer the monument 10 Mary Wash |
ington, the mother OF the father OF this |