Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-06-30
WASHINGTON LETTER.
f.pno1A1 ,aRssroNDENc + THE MONITOR
Washington, June 24th.

Washington, Juae 24th.
The past week was characterized
by wild connection in the usually
dignified United States senate. Dis
cord was prevalent, not only on ques-
tions of Importance, but personal Of
fences were paraded before the world,
and allowed to consume some valua-
Bile time. Two senators enacted a
scene that lifted them into ephemeral
distinction Senator Ingalls, charged
in q freezing mannel that few can
assume more thoroughly than he that
the senator from Georgia, had inter
polated in speech, which was print
ed III the record, a sentence which
had not been uttered on the floor of
the senate. There were six words in
this sentence, and they were pre-
diction that Mr.. Ingalls,, who had not
made a certain statement in reply to
y
Mr.. Brown in debate, would not make
it at any future time. The words
looked innocent enough in print, but
Mr.. Ingalls, thought they contained
mine of deprayity. He was willing
to submit to the fortunes of open de-
bate, but wanted to be secure from
Parthian arrows, which flying enc
my might discharge from the safe
ambush of the printing Office. Be
fore closing he compared Senator
Brown to Thug stabbing sleep
ing enemy
The Mexican pension bill has caus-
ed no end of disturbance, for the end
has not yet come. Senator ingalls,
further distinguished himself by lead
ing the senate republican caucus into
adopting his amendment to this bill
giving the union soldiers arrearages
of pension; this will cost the conn
try at least $275, 100000: and the
democrats call it demagoeue Iegisla-
ton. But the anxiety of both par
ties to catch the soldie: vote is 50
great that little opposition is likely
to be developed IN either house. Its
bitterest opponents, so far, have been
Senators Morgan and Williams. The
Alabama senator said it was distinct
ly a republican measure, which the
party felt instructed by their Chicago
platform to carry out but that it
made no claim upon him. The Ken
lucky senator insisted that the bill
could never get through the house in
such shape, and implored the sena-
tors to withdraw the amendment, and
give the Mexican soldiers little boat
all to themselves. "Why swamp and
sink their vessel, said he, ''by put
ting half Il million men In it?' He
claimed that if political capital was
their object, they would not gain 9
vote. The union soldiers had moi
asked for it. They were powerful
enough to go through on their OWL
merits when their time come. They
did not want to be hitched on to tn,
superanuated band of Mexican he
, roeS. 2Gf snr GrE
Senator VanWyck raised gale il
t the senate the other day in a fit o
INSTRUMENTATION He had alluded il
: debate to the action of the othe
: house. Such references are prohibi
Y ted on the principle that each hous
should be left to act independent
: for itself and not be influenced b
such statements The manner an
= bearing of the Nebraska senator hav
/ been irreverently compared to tbs
= of prairie colt, aud for a time b
r did seem to forget, or to fancy hin
. self upon his native heath. I'll
:, chair compelled him TO sit down, bl
he refused to stay down. He aros
and made speech rarely equalled fC
bitterness of inyective, and lun
power. He strobe up ana down tt
aisle, gesticulated wildly, and raise
~ his voice to register that would hay
10 excited the envy of town erie
n His victims were the senate judicial
- committee, which he satirized, al
-, the union Pacific road, which he q
. gued was great criminal.
~ The exposure of several embezzle
90 in department service, last week,
IT. still a general topic of conversatit
- about town, which has grown in i
~ terest since it became known til
Lo some leading business men were co
i cerned in the navy department d
90 velopment. Ii is believed that som
10 body with epaulettes will be hurt b
- fore the matter is ended, for the ma
:, frauds have only been probed on t
= surface. az, shsa a.sss
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10 WASHINGTON, June "a. Genel