Mohave County miner., 1889-11-09
WASHINGTON l.rrrxn.
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C0frespondence Of Tns MgxsR.
/ WASHINGTON. Oct. 70, 1850.
He who cares to write on subject q
fhreadbare a. that Of drink, will find I
Geld Of rips promise In Washington,
Yesterday afternoon was passing one q,
the most exclusive restaurants in ths citv.
when ! observed three young ladies
emerge from the elegant vestibule and
enter pnblic hack that had the curtains
partly drawn. All three we're very young
women and very bsautifui women. I
knew two, one, the daughter Of United
States Senator, the other nearly related
g. and the ward Of, : memhr Of the su-
preme Court. All wGrs drunk. Thew
we're not simply tipsy, hat drunk. One
dropped her hat, and the extra exe: sion
required to replace Il % exhausted her
that the vigorous assistance Of the iehu
who drove the remechacle was necessary
70 place her inside. Two helpless dudes
who tried to start quick filtration with
the young women we're promptly snubt,ed.
'an action which cast perhaps ono raw Of
sunlight across their record.
The sadness Of the drink story il no
where moro marked than in the case Of
Henry D. Gregg. who went few days
ago 70 the Missouri penitentiary Tor five
years ~ sentence for stealing Z horse and
pvggy. Gregg was the son OF m able
Irish divine and after graduation At Dub
lin University came to this country. He
catered the service Of General Sheridan
% his private secretary. and was alter
wards clerk in the War Department.
He was = man Of pleasing address and
considerable ability. Every opportunity
was given him hut be would not reform.
He finally drifted west and his arrest
finishes the story, What temperance
lecture could tell more? What but the
simplest words are needed TO tell the |
story Of his degradation.
Against the traffic in rAm q bitter war |
g waged by the organized temperance no
.ieties, but without much effect. The
Commissioners seek by more or less in-
iicious methods 70 limit the trade. At
present the consent Of majority Of the
property holders Of the block on which
he saloon 10 situated, 10 required. This
rear the Commissioners announced that
10 license would be granted tn q woman.
This was 90 clearly Unconstitutional that
I has been abandoned.
Among the better class ,f men in bust.
Tess and political life, drunkenness IL on
he wane. Twenty years ago no one in
Washington drank lager beer and very
ew touched ale. Everything was brandy
md whisky. A few years later came the
'rst beer, sold by the Erst-cIass saloons
I ten cents per glass, and then only in
eference to few pitied customers.
With the advent Of beer came the ex-
ended use of claret, and Il WAS but q step
the use Of "sofs" summer drinks. To-
sy one-iifth 0f the drinks served over
he Washington bars to men past forty.
ontain no alcohol. Many elderly men,
blowing the example Of Mr.. Couldock,
he aeventy-five year old actor, have
nrned to sparkling apple cider as their
My beverage.
The six hottie men OF Gheridan's time
re but memories. and their trans-Atlan-
c imitstors are with them. Think Of
ena'or Tom Seymour, and, II you please,
resident Franklin Pierce. RememberI
Iso the tremendous drinking Of George I
Prentice and Senator MacDougaI. The
Itter gentleman is said 10 have never
illin2ly drawn sober breath In twenty
We years. Public opinion has under c
'ne a wei2hty change. These men h
ould hardly he leaders to-day. The /
me when the political arena was In the q
n room, has practically passed away, .
I'd more decorus, even IL II be, under o
'e rose, uuite - wicked a bne, has come q
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Tho western members Of Congress look n
the accession OF the fo,Ir new states, q
l'side Of party grounds, with satisfac- p
,n. One eject Of the admission will be g
secure more liberal appropriation for n
at part known as the "Far West"
heir representation In Congress will ma. m
rally lessen the powdr Of Wall street v
against the producers of the West, in fe
iding the miners Of silver and lead and y.
e baser metals. So also the influence h,
New England manufacturers in 20 far al
II may clash with the desires Of the bl
eat, will he ueutralized- The states
'st Of the Mississippi will demand equal ds
ivile2es with their Eastern neighbors, h.
d will be in position TO enforce their 30
mands. II they begin by debating CO
10 shall be speaker. their success will m
~ thorough ~ II will he sudden.
TERRITORIAL ITEMS, i;
h. Goldberg, an old and highly e. IN
med citizen Of Phoenix. died recently. 20
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