Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-04-30

| especially Jul Ulu v lNOlCAIOh hUucCuO3
Mr.. Hess. for the:sake Of old times.
OUR WASHINGTON CORRES-
PONDENCE.
| THE PRESIDENT AND THE LABOR TRoUBLEs-TILT
BETWEEN oNEILL AND FoRAN-A KENTUCKY
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. BROWN ON GRANT-FIa-
! UREs ABOUT OFFICE HOLDERS.
| Especial Correspondence of the STAUNToN V1Np1-
CAToRI
WASHINGTON, APRIL 2S.-The special mes
troubles is warmly commended by candid
men of all stripes of political belief as most
| admirable, common sense, and statesmanly
paper. The problem is more difficult of solu-
ton than any other now before the country.
Congressman have been struggling with it for
weeks in the hope of discovery remedy for
the evils that exist. The arbitration bill
passed by the House, and now pending in the
Senate, though unsatisfactory to many, is re-
| garded as good starter" out of which it is
,, hoped will grow something that will reach
the root of the difficulty. 1t is believed that
L
message will prove helpful in this direction.
| The principle of arbitration is generally con-
| sidered to be the correct one; the difficulty is
how to apply it in way that will secure JUS
| tice and prove mutually satisfactory. There
is no more faithful and conscientious member
of the Committee on Labor than Mr.. Daniel
of Virginia He has been studying with great
| care the inter-dependert relations of labor
and capital, and the best means of preventing
! liz diHersrccee tn Aazs 50 disturbed the
peace of the country and the intefessss o. ous-
mess. Mr.. O'Ferrall is also much interestsse.9
in the subject, and is giving it much thought.
Both these gentlemen will prove useful in
finding the long sought for remedy.
| CHAMPIONS AT LoGGERHEADs.
The liveliest scene of this session of Con-
gress occurred yesterday in the House, the
parties being Mr.. O'Neill of Missouri, and Mr..
Foran, of Ohio. Both these gentlemen are
champions of the cause of labor. Mr.. Foran
! who lives in Cleveland, worked at the trade
of cooper for some years, before he became
a lawyer, and was President of the National
!
wanted to be Chairman of the Committee on
Labor, and in making up his list Speaker
Carlisle was greatly puzzled which to appoint.
| He finally conferred the honor upon O'Neill,
and Foran has ever since been more less
sour. There has been constant friction between
them in the committee, and upon the floor of
the House, and not little bad feeling has
been engendered. Yesterday Mr.. :Foran rose
to question of privilege and proceeded to
vindicate himself by sailing into Mr.. O'Neill
The latter was granted time to reply, and as
sailed Mr.. Foran with all the bitterness and
invactive that were possible within parlia-
/ mentary rules. They sit near one another
and during the tilt four-Gfths of the members
| left their seats and crowded around the dis
putants The trouble between them is not
likely to be assuaged by the Explanations
made yesterday.
KENTUCKY STEW.
For week or two past the Kentucky con.
tingent in Washington has been in state Of
very active fermentation, and it is all about 8
woman. Mrs. Virginia Thompson was post
/ mistress at Louisville for several years under
the Republican regime. A large fraction Of
the white male residents over 81 want the
place, as it pays good salary. Ever since
Mr.. Cleveland's inauguration they have beer
making spasmodic efforts to have her dis
placed, but without avail. The President
turned deaf ear to all entreaties, and Mrs
Thompson held the fort. Her official tern
has just expired, and the President has reap
pointed her. This is what has caused all the
trouble, not only at Louisville. but among the
! Kentucky congressman and others here. Mrs
Thompson was strongly backed by Senator
Beck, and Congressman Willis, the member
from that district; while Senator Blackburn
and all the rest of the statesmen stood around
under the caves of the White House and lifted
up their voices against her continuance il
office. Mr.. Willis claims that she is a Demo
crat, but this does not appease the objections
because she can't vote, nor help ''the boys.
At present, however, Mrs. Thompson seems te
'have the bulge" on her opponents, by de-
cided majority 1t is not quite clear what, il
anything, the latter are going to do about it
Mr. Henry Watterson, of the Couriea'-J oelrasaz
is the head and front of the opposition to the
Presidents action. 1t is limited that he il
going to call out his old army of a hundred
thousand men and lead them to Washington
to bring Mr.. Cleveland to terms. Judging
from the sulphurous talk of the Kentucky
Congressman the head of the hostile column
may be hourly expected to enter the city and
march to the White House.
| ''JoEn BROWN ON GRANT.
There can be no question that the war is
over when ''Old Joe" Brown, the "war Gov.
ernor of Georgia." and now Senator from
that State-makes speech in public meet
ing in Washington, eulogizing Gen. U. S.
Grant That is what Senator Brown did last
evening The occasion was large assem-
blage at the Metropolitan Methodist church
to commemorate Grants Gath birthday. Mr..
Browns speech was good one, too After
making due allowance for the 'sgood luck'
that seemed always to wait on Gen. Grant in
his career, the speaker accorded him the full
need of praise for his military genius, which.
he said, made him q foeman worthy of that