The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-07-18
WASHINGTON L ETTRR
Frem our regular correspondent.l
WASHINGTON, juno 2sth, 1884.

4 W ~ go1 - sA " sAANVNs - 49,
do a great deal of wsrk In q short
time, and when Il simply wants to
talk, u can go to almost interminable
lengths. The manner 10 which the
House disposed OF tho Sundry Civil
Appropriation bill indicated the pres.
ent spirit OF that body. This measure
might have been tampered with for
two weeks, but It's passage without
discussion. was one long bound toward
an early adjournment. Ofcourse the
Democratic Members do not want the
trouble Of coming back 10 Washing
ton after the National ConveRtlon.
There are many things, 10 be sure,
which will not be done this session
even II l. were 10 continue until fall.
But there Is this consoling reflection.
BY next winter, many Members OF
both Houses will know more than
they do now, and will act according-
y. Uuion soldiers, Mexican, sol.
diers pensions, and moro homes for
soldiers are the subjects upon which
statesmen OF the upPcr House have
exI ended their eloquenco this week.
The much abused Mexican veterans
pension bill passed the Senate, but ln
a condition solmutilated that IL could
net be recognized as the bill passed by
the House. Republican Senators
loaded It down with amendments IN
order that Il might DO defeated In The
House, which will doubtless be lis
fate there: This was done 10 make
little political capital, greatly need =
I'd by them jus, now. The Ingalls,
amendment antagonIzed by the DEM
ocrats, dated pensions OF Union SOL
diers from the time Of discharge or
disability. Democratic opposition was
not made because OF an unwillingness
to vote pensions for Northern soldiers
but because the Democrats wante d the
Mexican veterans to go through on
their own merits, unencumbered by
partisan schemes Senator Morgan
explained that the object 10 forcing
the s25, 900 900 amendment on the
bill was political one, to force tae
Democrats to the wall and to max o
IL appear to the country that they
were opposed to pensioning Northern
soldiers. But, said the Alabama or
ator, your present tax laws bear dewn
most heavily upon tho substratum So
ciety. They bear like the waters do
upon the bottom OF the sea, growing
heavier toward tho bottom they
hear like the atmosphere does upon
the earth, growing heavier ~ Il comes
Ia contact with the soil. AS Ameri-
can Senators, IL Is our duty TO look "a
the man who Is receiving bounty
from the Government, and then Il
turn our eyes 10 the man who Is TO b,
taxed TO raise the money 10 pay H.
Senator Morgan said he would b
ashamed OF himself, II no lacked IN,
courage TO vote against bill, the rea
intent of which was to get up a make.
weight 10 the pending political cam
paIgn. When you present pension
: bill IN good faith, which your com
mittee has indorsed, and your people
demand, continued he, "I will vot,
for II, but / shall not be drsgooned To-
to voting for 1t for fear NAV be plac-
ed In a false attitude In the mind O
any man In the world because onct
belonged to the confederate army
In the course OF his remarks Mr.. Nor.
gan said. "TAke your candidate FOL
the Presidency. He was a valiant
war talker but he never went into 1t.
He remained at houe aud acquire d
his millions and his substitute went
TO the war. Ne, he didn't interposed
Senator Williams, his substitute got Q
furlough and remained at home. Wei
he ought to have gone replied the
Senator from Alabama. One Member
OF that combination ought to have
gone.
| Senator Hale got In q resolution
for an investigation Of Department
frauds just In time, and forestall 3
the action which would shortly have
been sprung upon tho Senate from the
Democratic side. While the Senate
from Maine is entitled to the credit
Of having "snuffed the battle from
afar," 1t Is of no cons equence to the
Democratic party where the resolu-
tion comes from. II Is the Republi-
can not the Democratic party that Il
toibe investigated. The committee OF
Expenditures OF Public Money Will
sit on this inquiry during the SUM
mer vacation.