THE WORKING MEMBERS AND THE

DRONES.

WASHINGTON.
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WASHINGTON, April 10, IA


Mr.. Steenrood, one of the most decidedly
useful gentlemanly and valuable working
men in the House, offered most valuble
resolution to-day: that as soon as the House
meets each day, the clerk shall call over the
roll and mark down the absentees! This
salutary proposition was voted down by the
idlers of a reform Congress. 1t was a pity
the ayes and nays were not called on it
The fact is, that although the House pretends
to sit from till A, 5 and 6, yet half the
time there is not quorum. Yesterday there
was not a hundred members when the House
adjourned-to-day the House, on voting.
found itself four times without Quorum
Every time this session when there has been
call of the House, there have been al
ways from forty TO sixty members ABSENT
and thus the important interests of the coun-
try suffer. The fact is, that many of the
members come to the House, sit through
one or two calls of the ayes and noes, then
go off, ride or walk about and flirt with la
dies; drink, lounge about, smoke cigars,
drink down stairs, or go home to dinner at
II, or /, or 2 O'Clock, crawl back between 3
and 4, and then cry out against an adjourn
ment, and demand the ayes and noes, that
it may appear they are wondrous attentive
And for this FOOLS play they get So day.
If their constituents could see some of them
they would soon be invited 10 stay at home
The fact is. the last Congress metat IL and
adjourned regularly at 3, staid in their seats
and worked, and did twice the business this
has done and in less time The fact is,
that your reporters here don't dare comment
on these things; but it shall be done, and
their names published for the benefit of their
constituents, by A SPECTATOR.