Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1878, 1876-01-12

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the man insensible, emptied his pockets,
and placed his body on, the railroad
track !; then seized The woman, who was
too frightened for fight or SC, canning,
and beat her until unconscious, and
placed her by her husband Hagen,
wright partially revived, and managed
I" drag himself and wife from the track
before the train came along. Both were
mangled and cut terribly. Three rolling
mill men, identified as the robbers, have
been arrested. ....
Democratic Notice to Union Soldiers.
Early in the session Of the present
Congress resolution was offered in the
H"u~e by a Republican, declaring that.
in distributing the offices in the gift Of
the House, wounded and crippled SOL
dierS, if we'll qualified, ought to have
the first choice. The Democrats were
thrown into CONSERVATION by this reso.,
luton. At first they moved to lay 1t
on the table; but Mr.. Cox, of New York,
came to the rescue, with the following
substitute, which was adapted by
strict vO,e, the Democrats voting for it:
'.Resolped. That inasmuch IA he union of States
has been restored. all citizens ihere"f entitled
to consideration in all appointments to offices under
this Government" ,I Ga ! -''@' .... l.'~
This, then, is declared by the. House
to be the Democratic doctrine. Hence
it merits more than the casual attention
given it in the hurry Of the moment 1t
will, be observed that this resolution
covers much broader scope than the.
distribution Of House ofi..es. Mr.. Cox,
no doubt, drew It with care, and sub.
United it to the inspection Of others,
before offering it, for vote. The Re.
publican resolution only mentioned the
House offices; but Mr.
Cox's resolution covers vail appoint-
ments to "fi.es x~der this Gouernn,ent.'"
that is, all the appointments by either
branch Of Congress or by the President,
or by any department or bureau. or in
the army or navv, Indian service, pen
sions care of Union soldiers homes
and asylums, diplomatic service, post.
offices, customs-in fact it covers very
ufi 20 in the gift Of the Government. 1t
is broad, sweeping declaration that,
in every conceivable otfi'e in the gift Of
the Government an rebel soldier is
as much entitled to The office as Union
soldier, and rebel has az good claim
to the office as Union man. It gives
notice That this will be the rule whe',
the Democratic party gains full power.
: Under this rule, thus laid down by
NJ. Cox, and declared sby the solid
Democr tic vote in Congress-, the ex,
pirate Semmes, who was formerly, an
officer in the United States Nivy, is
Just rs much entitled to be. restored to
the. navy, and made Admiral thereof,
as any naval officer who fought bravely
1or the Union. And an ex Conteder~:
at General is just as much" entitled to
81 appointedto ,cop;mand in onr. army.
astany offer who fought for the Union.
And - j nlor OF any of the rebel prison
pens Is just as mnch: entitled t">be ap
pointed custodian "f any soldiers home
or asylum as any: Union off 'er is. And
ex confederate soiliers ARE jhst as
much entitled as Union men tobe made,
pension agents. and given care Of:
wounded. maimed and sick soldiers Of
the Union, az the widows and orphans
d Union soldiers. And the foreign
agents Of the rebellion are just as much,
entitled as any body to, be. appointed to
represent this Republic abroad. In
fact, II the principle OF this resolution
be carried,to its logical conclusion, ex
Confederate soldiers nave jnst as good
a claim, to demand pensions as Union
soldiers; and the claims Of rebels for
for war losses are just as good,
as the claims Of Union men. As illus
trated by the action Of the House and,
its appointees, the rebel claims are re-
ally the bes,; for more Southern ex-
rebels than Northern Union men were
given minor Offices. t@ &#
Mr.. Cox distinguished hitnself--per-
haps he may discover, bv and by, that
he extinguishel himself-by this reso-
luton, and also helped good deal 10
cxt.ngu,sh his party. For we think
the '.boys in blue, and their friends
will not forget this resolution, and its
adoption by the Democrats Of the
House, in next years elections. De-
troit Post.
Joyce, VIM is now in the penitentiary,
wrote original poetry for the papers.
CLARK Stacking alaO wrote original poe