Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-12-13
In the House of Representatives

In the House of Representatives
but few changes were noticeable.
The doors were also draped in black,
and the chairs and desks of the two
members who died during the congress
sional recess, Messrs Beach and Arnot,
were covered with mourning TO de-
note that their former occupants were
dead. But congress is the same
boistrous, restless, turbulant mass
that adjourned last SUNNI r. 1t is
the same heterogeneous mixture of
democrats and republicans, of demo-
cratic free traders and democratic
protectionists, of republican revenue
reformers and republican high tariff
men, of republican and democratic
prohibitionists, labor men and anti
labor men, and men of all kinds of
conflicting aims and schemes and am
Buttons.
For several weeks the air has been
full of predictions that nothing will
be done this winter beyond passing
the necessary appropriation bills.
That sounds pessimistic, and there is
too much that ought to be done to
indulge in such forebodings. 1t will
give you an idea of what congress
will be asked to do, to tell you what
one single territory alone wants. In
answer to some inquiry, delegation
from Dakota, which arrived several
days ago, said, "We are here to Sc
cure from congress the opening to
settlers of 100000 acres of the
/ Sioux reservation. We want Dako-
ia divided this winter, also, and we
need two more judges in the territory,
and need them badly "What else
does Dakota want?'' was asked.
Well, we will wait until we get some
thing before we ask for any more.
There is plenty of time for that
''The virtuous are not resentful. "
This is substantially the plea of al
most every congressman, when inter-
viewed about the scheme of the
Washington police force to keep an
eye on the whole fraternity. None
of them take the attack seriously.
sob, my habits are unimpeachable, %
said certain convivial member from
Indiana, emo detective could get his
telescope eye on me-" 81 lead a
most exemplary life, as everybody
knows" said Representative Nc
Creary of K entucky, with smile and
twinkle in his eye, ''and of course
am not afraid" 81 always keep
carefully indoors, said member
of the district preparations commit.
tee, sand so / am safe" Thus with
varying phrase, all the Lawmakers
place themselves above reproach, an6
declare they are not concerned in the
: scandal.
Among the congressman on the
floor of the House to-day l noticed
Mr.. Pierce of Wisconsin, whose pale
face Indicated the incurable malady
from which he is suffering. He has
recently abandoned all medicines
and placed himself in the hands Of
the s'faith healers," despite the pro
tests of his friends and physicians
If the exercise of the will on the par
of the patient has any effect at all
Mr.. Price would have a better chance
for his life than most sufferers, be
cause of his remarkable force of char
ao.er. lie 10 the oongrcssman who
when the bill putting the widow O.
General Grant on the pension lis
, was proposed, cast the only negative
e vote in spite of the appeals of his as
! sociates to make the gift unanimous
He then declared that so long al
there were claims of private soldiers
E and their families still unadjusted
congress had no right to make spec
ial recognition of the case of an of
ficer's widow, who already had enough
to live upon. He declared be woulC
vote against it if he were the onl.
: citizen in the United States who look
t ed at the matter from his point o
;, view