Show I f CONGRESSIONAL JUNKI TING a In tho Senate on Saturday last Perm I o tor Blair proposed an amendment to this 1 Item in the Sundry Civil bill appropria i ing 50500 for the dedicatory services to t t 1ti bo holdnn on tho Ihrthold statue to the w effect that no part of tho money bo ap a propriatcd should bo used for tho pur tli chose of liquors wines tobaccos 01 otho narcotics and tho amendment wa gv adopted It was a Had admission 01 fit weakness on tho part of tho Senate as a 1 committee of that uigiu > t body will ho ti a d in attendance and being human w1ll I J naturally bo very thirsty t It is a proof however that both Houses of Congress aro becoming ashamed of tho constant i = tendency to junketing and merrymaking at this peoples expense ind SenatorS Senator-S t Blair has made this resolution an entering i I enter-ing wodgo to break up tho disgracefn j practice It is but a shot time Mnto a 6 1 + Western member of Congress died ama lr am-a committee was appointed according to I o M rule to bury him It cost tho county t 2500 to do this and the bill of Item Ii shows twothirds of the money to have dlil been expended tor delicacies and hotel expenses for tho committees It is a ii regular thing to procure the ap > oiiilmen of Congressional committees for entirely L useless jmrposeu to travel over the i a country during recess at the OXJHJIISO 01 e 3 tho Government to ascertain wall extraordinary I extra-ordinary facts as Why does this wind on i Lako Superior blow in a contrary direc t j tlon to tho wind l on Lake Michigan ort or-t f Why lea potato bug yellow btripei k when ho should 1 bo black aid a crowd r of members travel to all parts of this 4p country deleiuting the work to one or h t two and tho Government foots Iho huh t All these things are strangely at vuianc with tho policy of this Admlnistratioi F 11 and are of that class of expenditures 60 + 1t freely condemned in the Republican order or-der of tilings They lira of tho class 01 offense which are easily dragged out and dressed up in campaign times am < 1 having been so mercilessly assailed by Democrats In the post they should not now be practiced by them This days 01 junketing and merrymaking are past and good Democrats should see that they lira not resurrected |