New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-06-25
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So little progress was made dur:
ing the last week, with the import,
ant business Of the sessio that the
day for the fnal adjournment q
Congress IS necessarily some dis.
lance off yet.
The House spent most Of the time
in disposing Of the River and iHar:
Dor bill, which ii passed, leaving
ont the Hennipen Canal scheme
The Senate worried over the
Mexican Pension bill for FIVE days,
and has not yet reached a vote on
the measure. Amendments have
been offered to it, involving ques-
tons affecting the presidential
campaign. Having this political
bearing ia as much as all Of the Re
publican Senators did not support
the amendments, they held caucns
in order to avoid mplicatlons, and
reach some understanding. Sena.
tor Hawley was thoroughly
opposed to the doctrine Of service
pensions, and stated, in open de
bate, that he would be unable to
vote for the bill on that account.
He held that every man in this land
owes his labor, his property, aud
his life to his country on demand,
and that they who offered this are
not beggars, nor do they desire to
bankrupt the country that they
were ready to die for. The money,
lie insisted, would come, ultimately,
more from the poor than the rich,
'.for disguise itas you please, said q
he, the burden filters down until il
rests upon the labor Of the scoun-
try He was willing to do what
ever was right, liberal, or even
,oyergenerous 20 the suffering, the
wounded, the disabled, the widow
or the orphen, but to the able bod.
led, he would give nothing. Sena.
tor Salisbury took nearly the same
ground, saying if the revenues I q
the country fell down like the man;
ma Of old, he would vote for this
bill, and for every amendment to It,
but he had some regard for the tau
payers 81 the country as well as TOT
The soldiers. He did not want tho
toilers Of the land to contribute
their hard earned savings for pen
sioning Senators and Represents
tiYes, some Of whom were included
In the provisions ofthe bill.
There has been some talk Of the
Springer committee sitting during
the summer vacation il, order te
continue its post lnortem on the de.
funct star route cases. If there i
anything with which the country
is Disguised it must be this inq Jury,
which was begun, and IS continued
for the purpose Of manufacturing
political capital. There has been
such d conflict Of testimony, that,
after six months Of diligent labor, i
SIS doubtful whether any material
tact has been royed or q OF
The son Of our next President,
Mr.. Walker Blaine, came to this
city yesterday to close his work here
as assistant to Gen Cressville IN
the court Of Alabama Cslaip Is. ZIG
intends to be his fathers principal
secretary during the CAM pal Il
Gen. Logan has gone to Augusta
to visit Mr.. Blaine. It IS his. il.
tention now to spend The snnlmel
at Bar Harder, Mount desert, stop
ping, at the cottage rented by Mr..
Blaine for his family Mrs. logan
sis one ofthe most genial ladies q
Washing ociety and ~ has been
rs general bseryat ton here, since the
nomination, that she will prove al
admirable assistant to Mrs Blaine
ia disc arglng social duties at the
White House. Her husband is the
only soldier Of the late war who
went ID q private and came out !
Major General.