Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-22
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sra congressman from eeiored constituent
He was shot in the neighhsrhsod Of a corn field
| where he had been foraging, by G union soldier,
who aimed at hog he wanted for a ehasge ia
diet. The Congressman is uncertain whether the
psnsion sheuld be granted to tho wounded nan
or to the hog.
JBALogslY AMONG THE RKPusLIcANs.
Ii is said Mr.. Calkins, of Indiana, will be the
next man on the Republican side of the house to
bs snubbed by his party, as Mr.. Keifer was, for
offensive forwardRess as spokesman for the
minority. In fact, an unreasonable Jealousy Of
the leaders in the Roheson-Kiefer crops out in
conversations among the present Repubh can
congressman.
ANSWERING HIS CONSTITUENTS.
! sAn Illinois Congressman said tonight: ''Be
good enough to state that the adjournment of
congress until the 7th of January is the sole
reason for my prese fce home during the next
fortnight. Otherwise every granger in nay dis
trict, when he comes up to shake hands with
me, will say. ''Why, what are you doing cut
here? Why amt you in Washington attending
TO your business? What do we pay you for
asyhews" I'u grow so kearse answering these
questions that I'll not bs able to speak above a
whisper the rest OF tbe sessions
ELTToN's BIG-aEAD.
Last March Congressman Turner obtained
frem the president the appointment Of John A.
Wilson to be postmaster at HiokRaan, Ky. TIE
| nomination WAS III unanimously confirmed by the
senate, and Wilson forwarded a bond, the value
of which cannot bs questioned, yet Assistant
| Postmaster General Hatton has refused to COM
mission Wilson, and has put another nan in
possession Of the Office. Mr.. Turner says that
that eminent civil service refOrrner, Er. Hat
| ton, assigns mo ether reason for his contempt
cf the action of the president and
senate then at the time Wilson was appointed
| and confirmed it was not understood that he was
Democrat.
GoING HOME,
All the members of the Illinois delegation ex-
cept Messrs. Townsend, Springer and Morrison,
will spend the holidays at home. Several of
the will bring their families to Washington 10
spend the winter.
MISSISSIPPI RIVER APPROPRIATIONS.
Representatives from tho Mississippi valley
have complained that the interests OF the His
sissippi river improvement were pu6 in peril
each year by the insertion of the
appropriation for that object into
the general river and harbor bill.
ing the Mississippi drag through congress the
appropriations for numersus unworthy objects.
They have often sail that if the Mississippi
could come before congress upon its own mer-
its unembarassed by schemes having little or no
aerit, it should receive liberal treatment, not
that the appropriations have been insufficient
for current work, bat that they have sometimes
narrowly missed defeat by complications with
III i l,-l
day gave these gentlemen an opportunity to put
the Mississi tpi upon its own merits when the
house committees were reinstructed, but they
failed to take advantage Of it. Many Of the
| valley men were absent or voted against Mr.
SpIinger's proposition, an the Mississippi, in
COMMON with all other Improvements Of naviga-
ten, will hereafter bs under the control of the
now committee on rivers snd harbors, which
may, at its option, report the Mississippi
bill apart from the general river and harbor bill,
or dump It into the omnibus bill.
A HAZARDOUS DELAY.
The delay in getting committees organized
-aay be IN the interest ideally of good commit
tees, but it is not in the interest of harmony.
1t has simply afforded am ple time for the growth
OF jealousies and unfriendly rivalry. If it had
been possible to name the com Inittees the day
after the speaker was elected, comparatively
Little bitterness would have resulted. But now
everybody hiss had time to hear himself talked
of for important place or to
learn from some congressional gossip
that some person with whom he was on friendly
terms is TO have a better place than he, and the
more members have log-rolIed for good posi-
tions the more of them will be disappointed and
Will get very angry ebou- it and always lay it up
IL. - y
inent member said to-day that the rivalry be-
tween Cox and Belmont for the foreign relation
chairmanshlp was exceedingly injurious to party
interests, and LIZ. Carlisle ought to have ssen it
and stopped it at once by making up his
mind and letting the fact be known. Had
he done that there would not have bean half the
hard feeling that viii result now, whatever is
done. Mr. Cox is too distin guished and able a
man for the Democrats to snub, and he has been
In the service for quarter of century, while
Mr. Belment is only 81, aud this is the second
term in congress, but his father is well known
to have ''bar'l," and some of the veterans
who cannot speak patiently of his aspirations,
say that the move to crafty him is nothing but
an effort to conciliate August Bel
nont with view to getting
liberal contribution to the Democratic cam
caign fund. At the same time Belnont's
friends are claiming that Cox is already out of
the race, and that there IS little doubt about
Belmont's getting the coveted chairmanship.
There is alsu a good deal of talk about the
speakers having kitchen cabinet, and taking
the advice of few chums instead of consulting
the Recognized leaders of the majority in the
house. The speakers critics also complain
that he doesn't take control of
matters as Blaine or Randall used to
and dispatch business promptly, but drifts
along with the current, and allows the house
frequently 20 get away from him. The re is
ais good asal of talk about the erganiz alton
Of the committees in the interest of Col. Nor
rison's presidential aspirations, and of ths un-
favorable effect the tardiness and indecision of
tae Democratic majority will hsvs on party
prospects next yesr. Altogether the Democrats
are nervous about their ability to manage the
session in such way as to distinguish them
selves and capture the White house. So
many congressman have left the city that Speak.
er Carlisle has had chance to devote a COM
paratively quiet day to work on the committee
lists. His lsbors have also been facilitated by
the action ef the house by creating few COM
mittees and adding ffty-th1ee memberships to
some of the old standing committees. Strong
efforts have been made lately to persuade Nj.
Tucker, of Virginia, to let the benefit of his
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