The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-04-16

the assaults or Congress. Each chapter
Is signed by It's author, deals with the
race question, contains educational and
material ststistics of many kinds, and Is
dedicated to the business men of the
North.
Washington is again almost deserted of
its army of society tramps. During the
months when the capital Is in the height
OF social dissipation, thousands of people
OF every grade of wealth congregate here
to minge in the intoxicating whirl of
official gayety. The thousands of ashion-
able private boarding houses with which
the city. abounds are filled from garrett to
basement. With the first approach of
summer these birds of pleasure, like the
fes i've goose, fly away to their Northern
homes. Washington is dreary place in
the warm months for those who love to
revel in social excitements.
The Postoflice Department, and even
Senator'S and Congress smen. are being
overwh elmed with letters from all over
the county, criticising and ridiculing the
new tNo-cent stamp, and numerically
abusing the unfortunate designer. To
cap the climax, the President has re-
ceiyed a letter from Missouri constitu-
ent, calling on him to "bonnce that Phila-
Il
Halford answered, stating that the oifense
was undoubtedly grave one, and that
his suggestions would receive serious
consideration.
The testimony in the contested election
cases from the Southern States is some
times very amusing, especially that oil
the colored witnesses, and some OF 1t
could be used with effect by Senator Blair
in another argument on his educational
bill. In the case of Goodrich VS.. Bull
lock, from Florida, the following question
was asked to test q colored witness in
telligence:
is Congress white man or a black
one?r
Il never had hold of his paper ter read
it., replied the witness. Il don't know
if il was red, blue, gray or gristle.
Another witness named White, but who
was black, when asked if he knew who
the candidates for Congress at the cleo
tion at which he voted, replied with
great confidence:
"Oh, yes; Bob Ingersoll, Publican, an
John Sherman was the Democratic candi-
date"
In the West Virginia cases 1t was claim
ed by one party TO the contest that n
large number of idiots were voted. In the
testimony it appeared that one of the
men who claimed and was allowed TO ex-
ercise his privilege as an elector, when
questioned by one of the judges, replied
in the most earnest manner possible that
he was Jesus Chr ST." that he had
been taking lay-off for several days,
but was gong t. work again in few
days as soon as he had hung jeff Davis
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in the House providing for the election of
Senators by the qualified voters of the
several States. This is the first move OF
the kind that has been made in either
branch of Congress, and it would be in
teresting to have it passed in the lower
house If nothing more than TO see how it
would be received in the Senate. The
question, of course, will have to be set
tied finally by amending the Constitution.
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A bill has been reported fivorably in
the House from the Committee on Alco-
holic Liquor Traffic providing for the APP
pointment of an alcoholic liquor traffic
commissioner. The ostensible purpose OF
the commission Is to make an honest, in
telligent, impartial and thorough investi-
CATION OF the liquor traffic in all its
phases. The report of the comm ttee
calls attention to the charge that all facts
and statistics thus r brought to the
notice of the country are not gathered
from an impartial standpoint, aud indi-
Gates that the liquor traffic causes four
tiftLs of all the crimes committed, was es
one-half of taxation, causes the expend-
iture of $500, coo, 900 year in drink. in
capacitates mentally and physically half
a million people for ahor and business,
causes three-fourths OF the pauperism of
the country, is responsible for the fearful
increase in insanity and imbecility, and
does no good TO anybody. On the other
hand, these statements are denied, and
pronounced Authorizations of diseased
brain. Therefore, SAYS tbs report, let us
commission, and let the world know the
truth or falsity of these assert ons.
A number of leading ladies in the SEN
atorial circle, headed by Mrs. Hearst, Mrs.
Stewart and Mrs. Stanford, have organ
lied society, the object of which is to
raise the money TO erect a statue to some
noted person TO be presents to France in
return for the statue of Liberty given to
the United States.
Senator Vance, of North Carolina, is
the most amusing talker in the United
States Senate. In his argument on the
Montana election case he kept the CALLER
les in q ripple of laughter from beginning
TO end, and the usually grave countenances
of the dignitied Senators partook of
broad grin as he related some anus
ing story and applied it to the
case at hand. He knew, said Vance
in conclusion, that the fiat had gone forth.
He knew that the Republican claimants
were 10 be seated. But in the wise regu-
lation of the moral world there was COM
pensation for all things. Republican
Senators would be sieker over the thing
before it was over than he was now. He
had heard of an old fellow who went out
to Ohio to speculate in hogs. He bought
big drove of them and shipped them to
New York. When he got to New York he
found that hogs were cheaper there than
they were in Ohio. So he shipped them
back and sold them. He met friend
next day, who said:
Jim, you made a bad speculation.
Yes" said he, Il lost good deal Of
money. but had the company of the hogs
both ways"
SO he thanked God that in all future
denunciations of the South for the sup
pres sion of colored voters, Southern Sen
tors would have the conoDany of thu