The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-01-10
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
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December %, 1889.

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WASHINGTON, d. c.
December %. 1889, !
Editor Registe,:
There Is very little Of interest t.
write you at this time.
We are in the midst of the holiday
festivities. The weather IL delightful
hardly frost at night.
It is shocking to see the manner In
which large class Of people celebrate
this religious festival by getting
drunk. 1 have spent several years 10
Texas and tie Indian Territory,
amidst what il popularity supposed to
be place of the worst sort, and one of
these slender foot" residents of the
cultured east, wo1ld feel shocked at
the thought of q residence in such a
region. but let me say that in all my
residence In the "Wild and Woolly
West, I have never witnessed such II
carnival Of crime and murder, as is
enacted here amidst the grandeur and
in sight Of the capitol of the Nation.
murders of men. women and children,
and in most casee the demon of drink
is at the bottom.
Oh, happy Kansas, never again allow
the sale of the accursed stuff within
your borders. Never shock the happy
youths of your sunny land by the
sight of those blear eyed men and ,(Oh.
shame) women, whom one sees a1d
hears almost daily here.
1t is astonishing to note the careless
in this city on the avenues. 1t
Is acknowledgements for pedestraine,
as all classes of vehicles come down
the side streets at a gait Of not less
than 10 or II miles an hour, and the
drivers seem perfectly oblivious of per ..
sons crossing the streets. In most
cities on the crowded thoroughfares
the police pay some attention to the
righ of the footmen, but here they
are perfectly Indifferent and let every
one, men, women and children look
out for themselves or get run over.
The District already has several suits
on its hands from accidents of this
character. The other day General
Boynton, Of Ohio, was here, and in an
inter view gave the Commissioners a
rap, because of the fast drying, and
all at once the District Commissioners
walked up to the fact that it endangers
human life. The injury to- half a
dozen poor devils during the summer
was not of sufficient consequence to
wake these gentlemen up. but when a
man from abroad notes these things,
and has the sand TO say so, attention
must be paid to it. We are all very
to the "man from Ohio, for
his assistance in our hour Of peril.
The President has been down in
Virginia on hunting expedition, and
the report Is that he shot hog, sup
posing it to be a coon. The facts are
that the President has not fully re-
covered from the ha bit contracted in
the army, and being down in 'OId
seeing hog, he naturally
took it for "Rebel hog" and shot it
on sight. Unfortunately this proved
to belong to a colored man, and it is
feared here that grave political com.
plicatione will arise and that the
,olored people will interpret this as
additional evidence that the President
s in favor of tho white mans" party
n the South, at which our old friend,
Tim. Blaine, winks::his of eye and
smiles.
The Hon. f. II. Funston introduced
several important bills in the House
asst week, one of which is Of great in
crest to the old soldiers residing i'm
it being a bill granting
'ervice pension to every soldier and
'ailcr who served not less than ninety
lays. The provisions being what Is
Known as the per diem pension, one
,ent yer day, with a minimum ofsS
yer month.
Mr.. Funston will this push measure
ii that Is possible, but it will depend
'ntirely upon the attitude of the House
Pension Committee IA to its success.
VIM. q. Canatsey, Of lola, was yes.
erday appointed to the position Of
light Waterman at the Agricultural
at a compensation of $72O
'er annum, to take effect January 10,
800.
X. G. HOPPER.
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