Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-02-11

was always found wanting; and in
this her head is level. During all
this, while the audience were mostly
engaged in audible conversation, the
main topic being, of course, the brute
man, when she casually referred
to the necessity of q collection for ex-
penses, they all got up and waltzed
out. The chairwoman, or whatever
she is, refused to pay license for hold
ing this m~enagerie, andthe city author
tiles have notified her that on a fur
ther refusal she will be arrested. She
sent back word that she would be -
"if she would pay a cent; so there,
now" This is a specimen of the
rights they are after-to violate the
law and defy its authorities, because
they are women.
War widows.
The roll of war widows numbers
over 10000, and costs the Govern
ment nearly $4,000, 900 a year. The
pension is discontinued after mar
rage. With the usual shrewdness of
the sex a great many widows have
married and still continue to draw the
pensiO IS belonging TO the memory of
their deceased soldier husbands. In
view OF this shameful swindle the pen
sion law will probably be SC amended
as TO make the fact of Capitalization, or
living together as man and wife. suffi-
Client cause to drop their names from
the pension roll. So these war wild
ows will have to be very, very careful.
A rigid enforcement of such q law
would save the Government a very
large amount, as nc doubt a large ma
iority would prefer the luxuries Of a
husband TO 500 per year pension.
when it was made imperative TO
choose one or the other.
There are 5,l63 widows of the war
of 1872 drawing pensions, at q total
rate Of nearly a half a million dollars a
year. Can it be possible that there are
five thousand women in this country
who have remained widows "a wears ?
If SO, they should draw double GEN.
sion.
A Sweet-Scensed steal.
A few years ago the Republican
Congress, in addition to other luxu-
ries, had bathrooms constructed in
the basement Of the Capitol. for the ex.
elusive use of members. There is no
doubt that the Republicans greatly
needed bathing establishments, but
they should be made to pay for them,
just the same as any of the rest of us
when in the course of events it becomes
necessary TO take a ba h.
The botanical garden is another use
less expenditure. or rather a small
steal. This garden is q Government
institution, and cost last year over Sl7,-
600. 1t is supposed to be u il the
interest of science, but it is not. 1t is
for the benefit of members, and
here is where all of those nice bouquets
we see on members desks spring from.
They are sent in by admiring lady
friends and, in turn, the members send
them ''buckets Of flowers" for their
evening RECEPTIONS; and all at Govern
ment expense-Sl7, 900 a year!
The Land OF Poiygamy.
The irrepressible Mormon question
regularly up session. We
are now having it dished up raw, on
the half-shell, bedevilled, and every
other way. A bill has been introduced
authorizing judges of election to rule
all voter living i'll poiygamy,
and to abolish female suffrage in that
Territory; also, providing for "A secret
ballot. Under the pres mt law ballots
are numbered. The Genriles think
that with a secret ballot they can out
the Saints in a few years. An
other bill is pending excluding polyga-
mlsts from serving on juries in trials of
polygamists, or where n Mormon and
a Gentle are the opposing parties.
Frank Page, OF California, has intro
dHced Il blood thirsty resolution in
Structing the Judiciary COMMITTEES to
find out what kind of people these
Mormons are, and hurry up a bill for
suppression.
Mr.. Gunter, of Arkansas, has intro
duced IA bill donating 800 acres of Gov
lands to each of The survivors
of the Mountain Meadows massacre.
Mr.. Gunter is from hat portion of Ar
kansas from which a large number of
those murdered at the Meadows emf.
grated.
The seat of the Mormon Delegate is
contested OH the grounds ofhis noii-cit.
izenship, illegal voting, and, worse
than all, that he has four wives. HIS
seat was also contested last Congress
on the grounds that he was morally
disqualified because of his polygamy,
but the Republicans failed to Dust him.
The present Democratic House will
probably take II different view of the
case.
In the meantime, the Saints are not
standing idle all the while. A bill has
introduced for the admission OF
Utah as II State, and backed witt, a
prayerful petition, signed by over 3D..
600 people of Zion. They also want
the Governor shorn of his only power
the absolute veto. The Utah Legis-
lature is composed entirely OF Nor
mons, not a GENTLE in the whole outfit.
Should this bill pass Congress, the
SANITY Legislators could override every
veto, and Ivy their proscriptive church
legislation. tau the mining in
terests of the Territrry out at existence.
The Prophets allies in Congress may
defeat Gentle legislation, but they are
lot sufficiently powerful to carry Brig
hams measures through.
Rambling Notes.
The Journal Clerk of the House, after
nine years service in that ca "a
ity, resigned the other day because one
Of his Republican friends had been re
Congress is still in session,