West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-12-08
OUR washington LETTER.
Democratic Congrcssmen Taking the
Recent Licking In Good Ilumor.
The salary OF the President. Vice Pre-
sident Cabinet officers, senators
aud Congressman to be Ra ised.
From our regular Correspondent

WASHINGTON DC. Dec. o 1904 -
Hope is light diet, but very stimu
lating-in fact, nourishng. II this
country bad gone to the dogs every
time a party was defeated in gen
eral election, we should have been
in the kennel of the CANNES most Of
the time since the first Adams failed
of re election. Democratic Con-
gressmen who have arrived in town,
whether successful or defeated are
not absolutely cast down. In truth.
they are i'm n condition of tolerable
good cheer They look forward
and not back. Hope deferred
maketh the heart sick; but when
the desire comelh it is tee of
life" John Sharp Williams is even In
a jovial mood shakes hands with his
friends the enemy aud quotes To
them the speech of Jean Paul Rich
ter "Hope is like bad clock, for
ever striking the hour Of happiness
whether 1t has come or not" Cow
herd the political suicide of Kansas
City, who sacrificed his own life in
trying to save that of his party, is
not disconsolate but cheerfully ex-
claims, S'Tomorrow, do thy worst;
for | have lived to-day |"
The Republican members are, of
course, very much inclined to rub
salt in the sore spots Of the defeated
party. The hilarious laughter Of
"our Chauncey" can be heard re-
sounding all over town every time
he repeats to new audience his
joke about the Irishman who didn't
vote. Sperry of New Haven is
also a perfect well spring of JOY,
bubbling to the brink He is the
Congressman who, being interrupt
ed by question in about the only
speech he ever made, responded 81
do not understand the gentleman.
HIS remark is entirely amphibiousw
This enables defeated Democrats to
make some kind Of an "amphibious"
retort when Nathaniel attempts to
be funny suppose that the voci
ferrous Fuzzy .Wuzzy Of the Senate,
Brother Spooner of Wisconsin, is the
least merry of all the Republicans
here gathered. 1t is not too much
to call him lugubrlous. He carries
his handkerchief in his hand ready
for use, and says in response to
sympathetic colleagues ayes, il
was too blanked treacherous. You
know how / have run my legs off
and sacrificed myself in every way
for Wisconsin, ever since Angus
Cameron was turned down. There
hasn't been day when wouldn't
run errands for them bare foot, and
now this base ingratitude What
comment on human nature !"
/ The President himself is said to
be more calm and tolerant than be
fore the ides Of November It is
even expected that he will kick
over the traces with more or less
independence in the permanent
freedom that has been secured him
by the election BY this il is meant
that he will con5tIue the civil ser
vice law TO mean that his political
opponents have rights, and that he
will appoint 90 various Offices a
good many Democrats besides
CockrelI who were borne away in the
unexpected torrent Senator Cock
rell's inc lination to accept Office at
the hand Of the President is not
generally dsapproyed by Demo
Gratis here, who remark, vi b
Champ Clark. cot course That's
the thing to do Why should he
not spoil the Egyptians ?"
Ata psychological moment when
the fathers Of four yoang men who
have been killed at football in the
Central States have appealed to
their legislatures to prohibit the
game, some members Of the admin
suatIon here have participated by
attendance. The President is re-.
ported as refusing to attend, on the
ground that 10 is too strenuous for
him. but disapproval does not i'm.
ply prohibition and nearly two hun
dred Of the official circle went TO
Philadelphia on Friday to witness
the Army and Navy struggle on the
gridiron Among the visitors were
Secretary Morton OF the Navy. aud
Acting Secretary Of War Oliver.
They went iu special cars. The
joke of &c is, ifit be a joke, that
the next day Secretary Morton ap
peared before the ommittce on
Merchant Marine and testified that
he had been SO busy every moment