Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1878-03-16
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE.

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS.
Editor SENTINEL
W.AsnIN0roN D. c., March 9, 1879.
In Congress both Houses have worked |
up quite An amount of business. Indeed,
our soions have we'll earned their 'pcr |
diem" allowance this week, and deserve |
considerable credit for their unusual; in-
dnstry. Among the bills passed, the |
Wards of our country, it will be observed |
by the following, received their full share |
of merited deserts. The passage of the |
bill giving pension to the soldiers of the |
War of 1912, and their widows, by nearly |
unanimous votes in both Houses, proves |
the popularity Of the bill, and tho fact |
that this bill elected no debate, and was |
not jcopar.lized by any disposition to fill |
ibustcr, but went through by an undis- |
puted move of the previous question only
tend to show that Congressman were
ready to do Justice to q class who have
long been neglected. The fact is, this
week has been decidedly good one, for
bene6ciaries OF pensions of all kinds, as
We note that ncxt came these which
have not as yet passed, the mexican Vet
Gran War Bill" then the "Arrears Bill"
and finally two or three other bills Of the
same kind, hut no. of minor nature, Civ
ing an increase of pension to some other
classes. It is claimed, and will in q
great measure account for tho unity of
action of our solons ut tho Capitol, that
in no other way can public moneys ',e so
judicous!y and generally distributed as
through pensions. Senator Beck's Bill
which is in the nature of a stay Law, and
prohibits the Secretary OF tho Treasury
from paying any moro of the principal
of the public debt for, say some twenty
five years, or until he is further ordered
to do so by Congress, meets with as much
if not moro friends in Congress, than did
Hayes veto, without even tho usual
courtesy of twenty four hours delay. The
Bill is givin numerical strength tho more
it is delayed, and woe be unto all who at
tempt to defeat what seems to bc 40 pop
.ular public me" sure, since Beck is
much moro of q war-horse than, Bland,
author of the Silver Bill, and will push
his measure through with much moro We.
hemency, veto or no veto. Tho House
Bill appropriating twenty-five hundred
dollars for the support OF each of the
girls, Catherine and Sophia Germein,
from the Cheyenne annuities, as they
were captured when quito small by the
Cheyenne Indians, was concurred in
Tho House passed . bill carrying into
Q feet tho convention between tho United
States and China also the Fertilization
all the public measures executed by Con-
gress tho past week in which. tho inter-
est of the public at largo arc concerned.
The Republican leaders here arc very
uneasy as to tho result IN the New
Hampshire Campaign, and their private
kilograms are not of IN encouraging na-
ture by any means. Mr.. Hayes has as
sumed the position of candy Johnson"
and has gone "head and heels" in tho
veto business, and only last Wednesday
sent in another veto message, though not
upon quite so important bill as his pre-
vious veto; it being merely upon bill
authorizing special term of tho United
States Court in Mississippi !; but his con-
duct shows that he has good dcal of the
mule in ':his'n." Mistress Hayes seems to
have taken upon herself the responsible
to of running this government but jnst
under what particular clause of the Con-
stitution, clerks are appointed on her Or
der, we are at loss to inform you. II
appears BY the reduction of the force,
recently in the Treasury, that one Miss
Ahern, of Va, was placed at a $500 desk
upon the mere diction of Mrs Hayes, pres
emit female occupant, by courtesy of the
White House. This, with the appoint
ment of Mr.. Paynter, of this District,
upon also the ipsc DIRT of Mrs. Lincoln,
leads us to the inquiry, arc we under pet |
ticoat rule, is this a anan's government or |
is it the United States of Ohio! we
couldn't Paynter more doleful picture.
Me(mjrn!-this item to be reread, and |
if the cloak" is discerned, we'll send
chrome in our next. But seriously We
think it about timo for Ohioans to stand |
aside, and lot the citizens of the other |
thirty-six states have, wcll, just little |
show. Ex-Secretary of the Treasury, !
Boutwell,, one of the "holicr than thou" |
kind is meeting with harsh and deserved
ccnsure from the Senators and members |