New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-06-11
Our Washington Letter.
Washington, D. c., May 31st, 1879,

Washington, D. c., May 31st, 1879.
Decoration day was general holi.
day here. Congress adjourned over
from Thursday to Monday after list
ening to the wholesome veto mes.
sage Of the President on the general
appropriation bill with the Confed.
crate riders. All the Departments
were closed and business suspended.
The chief attractions were at the
Soldiers Home and at Arlington,
where large assemblages gathered.
At the former, Comrade w. w.
Granger, Y. A. r., read a poem,
and Hon. Martin Magennis delivered
a stirring Grafton. At the latter
Hon. R. M. Daggett, of Nevada,
read poem and Hon. j. r. Keifer,
Ohio, delivered the Grafton, which
was Of a character calculated to dis.
courage treason and to inspire pa.
triotism of all. The day passed off
pleasantly everywhere, and it cannot
be said that the me mory Of the fall.
en- heroes is fading as the years roll
on.
The Democrats are getting very,
very nervous. The veto messages
are sufficient provocation to the con.
spirators to set them wild. Then
the impression which is becoming a
conviction that they cannot them.
selves hold together in any farther
evolutionary proceedings is annoy.
ing. Again their narrow majority
in both Houses is a great inconve.
nience. In the Senate, it will be
the means Of defeating the silver IN.
flation Reputation bill in all pro.
liability. In the House it is blockad.
ing the dangerous bill to restrict the
jurisdiction Of U. s. Courts. This
obnoxious measure is part of the
extreme State rights programme Of
the Democratic majority. It is de.
signed to prevent among other
things, the removal of causes in
which q. S. officers are involved
from the State to the Federal Courts.
Thus, in the wilds of West Virginia
and North Carolina, a U. S. officer
engaged in breaking up illicit distil.
leries, could be ried and convicted
oftrespass by a jury of local s'moon.
Sinners and the United States
Courts would be debarred from con.
sidering his case. The Republicans.
determined that the bill shall not
pass the House, have kept it block.
AIDED in the so.called morning
hour of the session, knowing that
the intention of the regular business
would each day send it over to the
next day. The Democrats tried the
desperate game Of amending the
rules SO that any business which
had been considered in the "morn.
ing hour" should go into the regu.
lar proceedings but failed because.
their majority is so small. It is prob.
able that these and all other objec.
tionable bills will be smothered be-.
fore getting to the President in fu.5
ture, and the majority Of conspira.
tors have no remedy. It is now pre-
dicted that through sheer despera.
ton they will pass the appropriia-
ton bills and 60 home within few
days.
The action Of the Ohio Repubi.
can Convention is hailed here as q
sign Of success in the campaigns 81
the year. Old politicians proclaim
the ticket. . very strong one, and say
that the platform cannot be beaten,
The anxiety Of the Democrats to
have Thurman come forward as their
candidate shows that they apprehend
trouble in the contest. It is now
reported that the bandanna Senator.
is s.Wilin' to stand the campaign
leadership il the hope that he can.
unite the Democrats and Green.
hackers against Mr.. Foster, But
the official influence Of the President
and Secretary Sherman will more
than Offset the supposed patronage.
Of Thurman and his Senatorial fl.
lowing, especially when they are
handicapped BY the jealoucites of
Tilden, Bayard and other expect ant
Bourbons.
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