The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-04-22
JeDGE WAXEN'S LETTER.
It l. Mostly About the Great Deadlock
Ia COu.rc-..

%jurnal. cf / don't disr'mcmber, said the
national legislator vas gittin down 10
business. AMI u logislators was not only
ernin our wages. but was gittin in con-
siderable cytry wcrk. And it was so et
that time, but Us pore mortals dont never
know what the craps goin to be, even Of
we DO SOW the seed, and kno they air
sound. W. hadent morcn sot our shout
ders to the wheel. when the committy
havin /, in hand showed the direct tax bill
onto Us. and before We knOde what was
up tho house was stuck in a cedlock.
which lasted a good mcnny days. 1t
looked once as th9o thar van no more
show Of over gittin il out than thar is in
gittin 4 two boss wagon lodcd with rp&
out Of D mud hole with the tung broke
short of 60 the a|Xlctrcc. We was ut 10
over a wcak. and toarl the last We got 70
sottin mp mites with IT,.
L. a disgrace 10 the American Eagle
that 50 wair tide mp in this am when
we ought toof bin at werk tcndin TO the
aflrc, of tho Nation and orr constituents.
and maxim some sort Of shown in The
Congressional Record. than what has got
in that lately. Why. blr Edditcr. ! was
! l1oGin over The Record today, and ~ |
didn't lno better. III make IN affidavit
that 10 was a city directory
! thar's stitch rows and rows Of names,
CROWN ont Of the continner1l role calls
wo hayo been a~ndergsin. We bay
wore out the throtcs Of all our rcadin
clerks and 5itch doorkccpers and others
as can reed. and hay 20 call on the nom
! bcrs thcrselycs 10 help do the work. That
WIS somo relief though 70 members, for .
man cud talk right along fer IS much as
! twenty ESQ or thirty minuets without
bein Interrupted cr havin the speakers
gavvcl tell him his time was up.
Isposc by this time cvvaTyboddy knos
what the Dereck tax bill is. though have
my douts cf very many did before this
dcdlock come mp. | consider that I am
purity we'll posed in National afares. and
/ Inc willin % comics, chat what / kn0de
about IL w0.'iout have made IL worry big
book The question boin. 10 put 1t short.
whether cr not we would pay back 81.
/ 500, 600 collected from sertain states fer
war pcrpusos twenty-five yors ago.
or not. havin aliroddy forgiv
a lcjt of s2.5o0.0 900 from Ger
tain other s'a,c5 that iident pay
up when tie first o=es dill Loolin at
If on the prinriPel that what IS -l5, fer
the goose r. sass fer tho gaulcr. / wore
in favcr Of payin It. back More pertic',
crly -, Wayback comes in fOr d small
sheer. and ass $50 haiu. had much EN-.
migration from my lcas;rick. them as
Daie 81 En- wiil 5e the ones TO gi5 10 back
Ill the best people that | reppercsent
wair Interested morc or less. and of course.
as % statesman. Icouldcnt afford 10 let any
chances slip for improvin the condition Of
my constituents lie BE- "a purity sort Of
a statesman. wouldn't / Of Ide s3t idle by
and didn't 90 . litf toaris diycrtin "a
portion Of the unWeel Z and useless sur
plus in tho treasury into channels Of use
fulness $50 would any other man in my
position. and your Intelligent recders will
see tho matter in tho sine lite that DO.
f they look ont from tho same pint I do
The majority OF the states will git q
part of tl. refund. and n majority OF
congress Sero IN favor of passin the bill.
but the minority bad gJta grip onto Us.
and IL woulleut lct goo OF course. oar
side mite ii ~ MP little. and got IN a
conpr5uisa. 5st in % -rate country lse
This. whose r.ry Foundations lays on Che
principal Of majority rui'. can We dis
rpt traditions md p,t preesedcnt wide
open by ycallin 10 a minority Mover.
1ir EdIi,or never
las q nifty bitter. bi,,,r Thought that
am got Some sweet feb r.. .nd aotWith-
s.aalin gu. l,dJ0ck wl1 IL disgrace 10 rs
statesmen. thar WIZ some very anusin
things connected with II. and thar Wa
0uiy good fceiu ON both sides We got
thc most fun ont Of Grrrs'in mcmter
that got tire! Of hansin round doiu uothiu
and vent OF 70 enjoy therselycs In then
own way. Thor places Of lolfn Is purity
.cil knoie by the sari int at arms. though.
and hr Jrung thom an and they had o.
hunt up some excuse or Otlov. One dag
my fcllcr collccg. II. Cabot Lodge. If Boo
ton. tholght he nDullcnt miss II hifalutiu
paper hunt paper hunt boin q fashion
ibblo fox hunt. whGr scraps Of paper Is
dropped along Tho tralo fer tho hosaes to
follor in place IF d foy-that BIO had got a
BIZ 70. 50 be- up aud slipt Of. When The
rolo WAS called thu. wtIscnt no Mr. Lodge
TO anser to that name. and somebody sent
the minvous Of the house law ont on O