The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-03-24
SHAMEFUL ORGIES.
A Permanen mt Feature at McKinley's
Inauguration.
Four Thousand Bartenders and Three Thous.
and Fallen Women Help the Patriots
to Celebrate.

| Washington Correspondence to the New
York Voice, Prohibl.
The return of the "Grand Old Par.
ty'' to power has been celebrated.
The newspapers have told of all the
glorious things done and said in the
course OF this celebration. But they
have failed in most cases to show the
''seamy side" of the great event. And
this ''seamy side' is one fully as i'm
portant as the other side. In the de-
scription of it 1900 bartenders are to
be seen laboring with frantic haste to
subdue the raging thirst Of visitors
and residents. and 5000 fallen women
helping the patriots" Of all sections
to celebrate in the most shameful or.
gies imaginable. For two days aIep.
resen tative OF The Voice has walked
the streets Of the nations capital. In
that time he has been unable to find,
in all Washington, 4 saloon, brewery,
liQuor-store, or bawdy-house that was
not arrayed in holiday attire from
mudsill to rafter. Strcamcrs and
bunting and flags and banners were
Haunted from the windows of every
dive in the city. Gigantic pictures Of
the new President, labeled Our
Choice" hung over nearly every bar
and on the walls Of every evil place.
1t Is mile from the Capitol to the
Treasury buildings, connected in
straight line by the magnificent Penn
sylvania avenue, Streaked from end to
end with saloons. The Voice man
visited every one of these places, and,
on the whole thoroughfare, there was
not single saloon that had not been
compelled to double its force Of bar
tenders and double its bar space in Or
der to accommodate the enormous
rush for liquors, Some constructed
temporary bars in rear rooms, some
extended their bar the whole length
Of the saloon, some built extra bars
on the opposite sides OF the room. and
some were forced to make all these
lchanges in order to meet the great
demand. x Il
+ The closing week Of Congress was
marked with the usual scenes OF occa-
sional drunken hilarity. The saloons
under the House and the Senate we're
running in full blast, tho some feeble
efforts were made to have the carous-
ing done In more circumspect man.
ner. On the morning Of the inau-
guratiOn. the general public was ex-
cluded from the entire building, but
congressman, officials, and favored
ones kept the drink-miXtures busy.
Two Democratic members from the
South took occasion to manifest their
disgust at the change in the govern
ment In a bestial fashion. Both got
bowling drunk. One expressed his
disgust by parading Pennsylvania ave-
nue. arm in arm with drunken, no.
torious woman. The other, while in
a mandlin condition, made an inde-
cent exhibition ,of himself In pub
lie on the same thOrOughfare, and
was taken to his home in a cab by
friend before the police arrived. The
deceased Congress was plagued in 9TH
er ways. Recently Congressman NJ
w. Howard, Of Georgia. wrote a book
detailing a lot Of drunken exploits Of
his fellow members. They secured 80
or 60 atfidavits concerning drunken
sscrapes OF prominent Lawmakers to
back up the statements which they
proposed to make. These af1idavits
are OF the most hideous and astonisll-
ing character. The manuscript was
all repaired, and many Of the charac-
tcrs were so thinly yelled that they
could be readily recognized. The
news spread among the members and
created great CONSERVATION. Such
pressure was then brought to bear up
on Mr.. Howard that he revised the
book, and many Of the facts were dis
creetly suppressed. Now Price has
laid his hands on Uoward's original
manuscript, and is bringing it out
with some few changes, amid threats
of arrest and maledictions from those
who are involved in the scandal, or
w hO fear they will be-