Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-01-05
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WASHINGTON, ID. c.
ALONG TOWARDS MORNING. 1887.
Cashier World office, New York.
My DEAR SIR: You will doubtless
be surprised to hear from me so soon.
us did not promise when l left New
York that ! would write you ut all
while here. But l now take pen in
hand to say that the Senate and House
of Representatives are having a good
deal OF fun with me, and hope you are
enjoying the same great blessing. You
will wonder at first why l send in my
expense account before | send in any
thing for the paper, but l viii explain
that to you when | get back. At first
l thought would not bother with the
expense account till | got to your Of
flee, but can now see that it is going
to worry me to get there unless l hear
from you favorably by return mail.
When came here l fell into the
mad whirl of society, and attracted n
good deal of attention by my cultivated
ways and Jeifcrsonian method of Sleep
ing with tlerent member of Con-
gress every night.
have not written anything for pub
LEGATION yet, but am getting material
that will make people throughout our
broad land open their eyes in astonish-
ment. shall deal fairly and openly
with these great nat onal questions and
frankly hcw to the line, let the chips
fall where they may, us | heard n man
say to-day on The floor of the house
the Willard House, | mean. But | be-
lieve in handling great political mat
ter without gloves, us You will rcmem-
Der if you watched my course as JUS
ticc of the Peace and Mtcratemr. Cam
dor is my leading characteristic. and
if you VIII pardon me for saving so in
the first letter You ever received from
me believe there is nothing about my
whole character which seems to cIIal-
lcngc my admiration for myself any
more than that.
Congressman and their wives are
daily landing ut the great national
Castle Garden and looking wildly
around for the place where they are
told they will get their mileage. On
every band all is hurry and excitement
! Bills are being introduced, acquant-
ancc5 renewed and punch-bowls are be-
ginning TO wear prcoccupied air.
! have been m nglng W tn society
ever since came here, and that is one
reason ! have written very little for
! publication and did not send what |
did WI te
Yesterday afternoon my mo ney gave
ont at $40 and since that my mind
has been clearer and society has made
| fewer demands on me. At first |
thought | would obtain employment at
the Treasury Department rs exchange
editor in the grrenback room. Then |
remembered that | would get very
| FAINT before | could 90 through COM
|
time. might lose social caste b. wear
| mr. my person on the outside of my
clothes. So | have resolved to write you
+ a chatty letter about Washington,
assuring YOU that | am well and ask
| ing you to kindly consider the incloscd
tabuated bill of expenses, us | need
the money for Christmas presents and
get home with.
Poker is one of the national curses Of
| legislation. have several times heard
prominent foreigners say. in their own
nguage-thinking, no doubt. that
could not understand them that the
members Of the American congress did
not hetray any emotion Oh their
countenanccs. One foreigner from
Liverpool who thought | could not
understand his language. said that our
Congressman had way of look NC
rs though they did not know very
much. When he afterwards played
with those same men he saw that the
look was acquired. Ono man told me
that his vacant look had been rs good
as $50, 600 to Inn, whether he stood
pat or drew to an ostCns bic flush while
really hold ng four bullets.
SO far | have not been over to the
Capital, prefer NC to have Congress
k nd OF percoIatc into my room, two or
three at a time; but unless you can
honor the incloscd way bill | shall he
forced to 90 over to the House to-mor-
row and write something for the paper
Since have been writing this | have
been led to inquire whether it would be
advisable for me to remain through the
entire session or not. 1t will be I'M
usually long. lasting perhaps clear into
July. and find that the stenographers
as a general thing get pretty accurate
and spicy account of the proceedings,
much more so than | can, and rs YOU
W Il see by inclOsed statement it is 60
ing TO cost more to keep me here than
| figured on.
My idea was that board and lodg.
ings would be The main items of ex.
penso, but ! struck a low priced place
where. by cIubb ne together with some
plain gentleman from distance who
have been waiting here three years fol
poIit cal rccogualion, and who do not
feel like surrounding themselves with
q hotel, we get II plain room with six
beds in it. The room overlooks tho
District of Columbia, and the first man
in has the cho'ce of beds, with tho
pr vilcGo of inv ting friends to limited
number We lunch plainly in the low
er part of the Luilding in standing
position without restraint or finger
bowl, So board is not the prncipa
| item of expense. though of course d.
not wish to put up at place where
5 will be disgrace to the paper.
} ] wish that you would, when 20,
: send my check. write me franki
+ whether on think had better remain