Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1884-06-05
WASHINGTON CITY.
A Resume of Last Weeks Work in
Congress.
/. speciar e6,7espoaae,.cs u Of tie Sentinel.


81 AsHINGTos, May, 3I.-With one
accord the Republicans essay to make
capital out. of the recently contested
election cases, which have resulted in
seating Democratic Members. The
unseating of Republican and the
admission of 4 Democrat in his place
they regard as political crime, and
an outrage on justice. They forget
that the last House of Representa-
tives, which is distinguished from all
other deliberative bodies that ever
existed as, the Keiffer House, role
over the minority to unseat Democrats
who had received from one to five
thousand majority. 1t is true it seat
ed one Democrat before Congress ex-
pired, having had the use of a vote to
which it had not the slightest right
for two years.
The House decided by large ma
jority that Mr.. Wallace instead of
Mr.. Mckinley had an unquestioned
majority of the votes cast in the eigh-
teenth Ohio District. Representative
Turner of Ga. in rapid review of the
questions involved in the case closed
the debate. His argument has been
called the strongest that has ever been
heard in the House on an election
case. His perfect familiarity with ev-
ely fact, and precedent bearing on
the case and his deep conviction of
the justice of Mr.. Wallace's claim,
completely solidifed the doubling Dem
ocrats in support of the committees re-
port 'sThe gentlemen from Massa-
chusetts knows nothing about this
case at all, he but voiced the senti-
ment of the Republican incumbent
who had been led to believe that Mr..
Ranney would so present the McKin-
ley side Of the controversy that the
Democratic majority would not dare
to unseat him." The House was tired
but it applauded Mr.. Turner loud and
long before it proceeded to vote.
Half of the Republican members
are off to the Chicago convention, and
the Democrats are doing the work
They are now engaged on the bill
making appropriations for the legisla-
tive, executive, and judicial expenses
| of the Government for the fiscal year
of 1885 and for other purposes.
In the Senate the Utah bill has had
the right of way, but Senator Hoal
has been prevailed upon to keep his
lobby in abeyance to the Mexican
Pension bill. There has been much
debate on the latter, in the course O.
which number of Senators paid
glowing tributes to the heroes of the
Mexican war. After an unusually Ell
oquent speech Senator Morgan ex
pressed himself as disgusted at the
spectacle presented by this discussion
Senator Van Wyck here said, that a
the Alabama Senator was 80 gloomy
about the debate he would like to ask
him a question. Mr.. Morgan retorted
/ "Don't insult me when you want Il
ask question. Ask it like gentle
man." The Senator from Kansas theI
inquired whether it was just to give {
wealthy man who had been Mexican
soldier eight dollars month, and ,,giv
only that pittance to poor fellow
who had almost to beg his bread. NJ
Morgan thought it would be no com
pliment to the. rich man, but a grea
boon to the poor one.
Senator Beck was opposed to pen
sioning the widows of the soldiers VIII,
had ge-married. He said Mexican
soldiers who may never have heard
hostile gun fired, and who were ricl
and unhurt, might marry women eigh
teen years old, and the Governmen
be called upon to pension them a
long as they live, "For," continued he
"by report. they all seem to be sixty
two years old, and of course, the old
er they get the more certain they ar
to marry very young women if the
can. l believe as rule the olde
m N get the younger the wife the
want" A Senator asked if he mean
the Mexican war soldiers "I mea
all old men," replied the Kentuck,
Senator, 81 should be afraid to trus
some of the old gentlemen in the Sen
ate if they were -widowers.
Congressman are much concerne
about the ventilation of the hall {
Representatives. The plan under f;
vorable. consideration contemplate
taking pure air from point on tn
dome of the Capitol two hundred fee
above the ground, and forcing it dow
through the chamber. The commit
tee on ventilation is earnestly consit
ering this question. FORSYTH.