Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-02-23
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SPIRIT OF THE AGE.
Wednesday, Feb 10, 1881
Prom our regular correspondent
WASHINGTON LETTER.
wAsHHsTos. d. O., Feb, 10, 1881


strated that subsidies do not thrive IN q
Demoestic Congress. All the schemes
brought toward within the lastslX years
have utterly failed. and the last one to
come TO grief Is the Brazilian Mail enter
prlss OF Mr., John Roach, For three years
there has been strong lobby at WORK
here IN the interest OF this scheme. and its
advocates confidently expected to succeed
this winter but the Senate has Just
pressed the thing out OF all shape by yig'
ourosly sitting down on IL, There was
no party politics In 1t, for somc members
OF both parties were for the measure but
tho majority OF adverse votes came from
the Democratic side, Mr.. Blaine has been
the leading advocate aud attorney Tor MI
Roach and the Democratic newspaper
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'o''"s w. '," ~ w. .,.,sorma h.vo con.
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s "a, ~ on,"r,nn q, Tho, line AGAIN nm.
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wv ..' Wv s $780,"
''ss" a",'., ACCOMMODATIONS, liant.
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IVY !" e"s 49,. -. 80 ,,o no,o,n, an.
s s.'a,'o" IN, no,h,no hoo heon heard
pop ,, ~. - ,.onouo,,, ,o,,oy.d TIM,
"o" 49, 49, " - =, n,o o,o, % dron
"'' A,Ae w." ~ -. ,.s.o, 0r,or ,ho nov
'h'o 'ne 'Aos"'''.s' mi. 80,
administration ~ ihaugurateu' ihe Peh'
sion bill Us II passed the SENATE ~ no"
In the House awaiting concurrence ID the
amendments IL appropriates soe'zoE'-
30G,GS, being the largest pension Dill eyer
perfected either by TINS government OF ny
any other, and Is more than oil inc PEN
sion appropriations OF oil the govern
Dents on earth combined Ihis Is ho'
entirely owing TO the arrears OF pensions
law, although before that was enacted
tho pension expenditures were ANNUALLY
less than one half the amount now 70 DC
appropriated. Tho wholesale pensionlns
Of the survivors OF the War OF 1917 has
helped to swell the aggregate. There are
now on the rolls over.thirty hve thousand
widows and survivors OF that war. IL Is
remarked at the Pension Ohice that no
one engaged In that war seems to have
died In the last half century. Tic erect
Of this immence swelling OF the pension
roll Is: to postpone indefinitely the PEN
.,n"'"G ~ I'll" survivors OF the Mexican
war; eon,ou w " W. .,s oos ..s ~
tnec' ~ Aou''tn'o w WIZ -N, "AN "
strong memorial WIZ W '.". W SoAs.0.'
"'k'ns 'h"' 'n0 ''"','' W. WV ~
soiu'ers W ''n'i''.''' Nv "
tnese cia'lus af0 a'~no"ie's'"' ou, 'A.-'
H@ sehcr"' 'noispo'i'''" w i'i.'' 80
crease 'ne penS'on ouos.. =. 20 .'''"'"..a
'na' 'hele aro oniy 'isn' 'nou'"no gu.
'iVorS Vi 'l.a' ""'' w. ..o'n '"' "Ay 'u'
vi'ofS VI 'n' war VI '0i1 N"'s ,u',u ~
'hsre ilus' W "oou' ol' HuA'''' 'Ao"
eanu'
Inc renloVai Wy '''o oea.n u fo'nanu .'
"ooa from tne way "uo "ean' oo''n''
ice mas raiseo Tue question: "a''n'i '"'.
committee "oulo MOI no" W ~ ia'oi VI
tarin relorn. hu' even 'hoie "ei'
time 70 take up INC supJecl' 'ne oon'ni''-
tee woulo stiii % opposea 10 H. opcaAei
handali Is not tarln Teiormer ny "ny
means, and when he appointed that COM
mittee he LETT the free'traaers long way
in the rear. The fact that one or TWO
votes have been CLOSE signines no1hing'
A member Of the committee VINO, WIN
Others, would be glad to have Mr.. HurdS
resolution reported favorably, toldl me
to-day that they were still helpless min
ority. Another question about which
there has been some anxiety is the APP
portionment Bill. If no bill Is passed this
session, about twenty States Will have to
stand the expense of special Legislative
sessions for the purpose OF re-districting
before the next congressional electoral.
There is strong argument in favor OF
passing bill now, and 1t Is said au I'M
the members Of both parties are agreed
to pass bill fixing the number OF Repres-
entat'ves az 'o'' inns Is certainly no' .