The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-02-25
THOUSANDS FOE A DRINK.
A Costly Pledge Made by Congressman.
Heavy Cash Penalty.


WASHINGTON. D. c.. Feb. All
Congressman Southwick. OF New York
state. takes drink of whisky before
the end OF his first year In Congress 1t
win cost him 5000 and some odd cents.
That Is, unless the drink is treat,
when the odd cents will be knocked of.
but the 5000 will be the price just the
same. Champagne or brandy. sherry
or gin, a cocktail or absinthe, or what
ever the drink, 1t will come Just as high.
II Congressman Southwick should
forget himself and Yield to temptation
It would be the most expensive single
drink on record among congressman.
On the contrary, II Mr.. southwick
doesn't take that drink until he has
been in Congress ass days, he win earn
$1,000 thereby.
Congressman Southwick Is one OF the
congressional babes II he Isn't vari-
ously taken for page. messenger boy or
some older members young son II will
be n marvel. He Is n nice young man
and his experience with Congress has
made him yearn for whtskers like Pef-
leE . uid q lStSA hP bhiA 0N opNoASA
Reeds.
Southwlck Insists he is thlrty-three
years old. II is all he can do now
to persuade the chairman OF his ccm-
mIttee that he Is old enough TO vote.
He is thoroughly sick OF being called
n benrdleSs youth, and insists that his
residence in Albany and his ucqualnt-
nnce with THE Tub" and It's inmates
ought 10 count rs more ripening eX-
perienccS than those OF members from
country districts, where Albany and
"The Tub" were never heard OF.
The congressman is not tall, is solldly
built, has blonde hair and eyebrows. Is
blnsc, and now tries to be very dlgni-
fed 10 offset his boyishncss.
He eampaIgRed through tho district.
Of course, and campaigning Isn't tenn
perance job. Before he came to Wash
ington n well known millionaire up
gtRtc, who knows the capitals temptn-
tIons, suggested that II was rs easy to
ruin n congressional career by strict
attention 10 the decRnter and none to
the house. The millionaire wanted to
be sure Of his boylsh friends sobriety.
This Is how he fixed II. II Southwlck
touches intoXlcnnts before the eXplra-
don of, his first year In Congress- he
fnrfcIts 5000. II he doesn't the milllon-
ulfe nHnuh over NlsVvV u t7uuNINlGh+
Sonthwlck told this himself.
II the congressman has an enemy whom
he reads this the enemy VIII set his
brains To work TO sec that Southwlck
gets n $1,000 glass Of whisky. Some
men would be proud to have the rcpu.
tatlon OF having paid that much for a
drink. II would quite surpass the
drnught Of pearls Shakespeare tells
nbout.
There nrc endless temptations in
washington for new members Of Con-
gross. This will explain southwlck's
refusal TO ncoept the glasses Of fasct-
nntlnE punch already offered him by
pretty girls when he appears Mt rcceD-
tlonA.
a temperance Bocloty louriShc5
among congressman and senators, but
Gouthwlclt. who has good. hrm mouth
aud square jaw. has no expectation Of
Joining It to help him earn that other
8i,bf9
ConErcaHmnn SouthwiCk IL nm old Al
hnny Newspaper man. and is Stlll In the
business. Io Is unmarried and ranks
with Suizer nnd Rowland Blennerhas-
set Mahany as eliglbles In New YorlS's
delegation