The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1886-06-03
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CONGRESSIONAL DOINGS CARE
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A Washington Letter That Tells the
News of the Week at the Capital,
without Unnecessary Verbfage.
Spec,aI Correspondence of the Sentinel
WASHINGTON, May 31.-The tariff
question looms up quite ominously.
Men who have heretofore always ex-
pressed opinions On every measure
nearing consideration have kept sig
nifcantly silent It is quite impossi-
BILE to say whether recent conferences
have paved the way to harmony. No
body seems to know anything of the
tariff question. Nobody pretends to
know anything of the tariff. From
what everybody pretends TO know,
whether they know it or not, the Nor
rison tariff bill, the Morrison tariff
battle, and the Morrison tariff man
have quite changed shape. Whether
Morrison is humbug, is quite anoth-
er question. But there seems to have
been considerable mutual admiration,
double-dealing, and tomfoolery all
around.
THE SENATE
outdid itself and everybody else in
disposing of a tremendous pile of pen
sion bills The bankruptcy bill was
under consideration Memorials were
received from Norfolk, praying for
ward of ship construction. On Thurs
day, the services to the memory of the
late Senator Miller took place. The
eulogies were quite touching. Senator
Cockrell struck terror into the heart
of the Pension Office by disclosing an
error of Judgment and suggesting that
the unfortunate man be discharged
Senator ingalls, pranced around to no.
body's satisfaction more than his own.
THE HOUSE,
in spite of the gathering shades of ad-
iournment, once more heard the music
of the bills. Representative Bennett
asked that the surplus Uncle Sam has
on hand, June 1st, 1886, be dealt out,
fairly and squarely, to the States and
Territories, for educational purposes.
Stahlnecker sang song of $4,000,
for monument to Gen. Wayne. OIL
eomargarine was again smeared over
everybody. Representative Hatch
added his name to the list of those
who had swallowed too much. Every
body seemed to have had all they
wanted. Representative Reid was
hard at work, meddling with nobody
but his own health
PLENTY OF PENSIONS
had been allowed already, but last
week large number was added. In
fact, it is generally admitted that the
49th Congress has taken the lead. 1t
is no wonder, in the haste to give ev-
erybody his rights, mistakes enough
have been made to wiring several We
toes from Grover Cleveland's heart.
It is we'll there are too many on the
pension roll who ought to be on the
roll of the penitentiary. In the glad
hour when mistakes have been of the
head rather than the heart, 1t speaks
little for Senator ingalls, to attack the
official record of Commissioner Black,
or caricature the magnanimity of the
Democratic party. The
COMMISSIONERS OF PENSIONS,
in his official capacity, is quite another
man from John Black, pensioner. It
was The SENTINEL who first called
attention to the double compensation
John Black and U. S. Pension Agent
Wilson were receiving from Uncle
Sam. The fact was especially worthy
of attension, becavse either compensa-
ton, or the pension alone, was hand.
some enough to support John Black
or Sidney Wilson in idleness. AS ii
was, and as it is to-day, John Black
and Sidney Wilson, thanks to old,
foolish Uncle Sam, are living in lux.
ury. Of course, everybody everywhere
knows some poor devil is suffering
But this does not make John Black s
or Sidney Wilson's official record bad
A GENEROUS DEMOCRACY
has sought to deal out Justice, regard
less of politics. It may be that the
Republican party is lost in surprise
it is quite natural that anything like
justice should take Senator Ingalls,
breath away. But in discovering
what, we insist, THE SENTINEL dis
covered long before him, Senator In
gals unearths a method pursued by
the Republican party, and slaps thai
wicked old concern in the face The
day may come when pensioners mu-1
be satisfied with their pensions so long
as they are large enough to keep the
wolf from the door. At last, it is most
time Uncle Sam had given poor, starv
ing devils chance to earn theil
bread and butter, and turned these
over-fed cattle out to pasture
s3,0O0,O00
is asked, by genius in the Senate, fol
dry docks. It Is but another of those
small requests that have frequently
been made during the present session