Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1886-06-04
Official Paper Of Griggs County
Our Washington Letter.
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WASHINGTON, Nav 81.
The weather is glorious. and WASH
ington is happy. Congress is still i'm
session. and there is no certainty as to
its adjournment. 1t does not look as if
much more will be accomplished in the
way of legislating for the good of the
people. Five thousand dollars per am
mum and q "good time" seems to be the
height of ambition With MANY. Ii is to
be hoped that a better day will dawn bv
and by Ii the people do not awake to
the necessities of the case, and elect bet
ter men. the next Congress may tlegen-
crate into Il back-woods legislature. AS
it is. it is Il disgrace to Il great people.
The strike question agitates Congress-
men no longer They are tllnking
about their political fepces and how
they can get back here,
To marry OF not to marry. is the ques-
ton the President MAJ be bedlsc,lssing just
now. For about a month the newspapers
have given publicity to many items
about the reported contemplated mar
rage OF the President to Miss Folsom, OF
Buffalo, but there has been NO deinate
statement made by those who ought to
know, except that MIR. Carlisle. Speaker
of the House, has said that he don't
Know anything about such an event to
take place, and it seems certain that the
Presidents Official advisers have had no
information on this point. 1t is Il fact
though that Miss Folsom arrived at
NewY ork on Thursdy night, and it is
also fact that the marriage will take
place at the Executive Mansion, i'm this
city on "Wednesday evening, June I'd.
The ceremony will be performed by Rev.
DR.. Sunderland.
Decoration Day is here, and ali the
great people have left the city. The
President has gone to New York, and
nearly all the Senators and Congress-
men are out of the city. They seem to
take life easy. and who blames them.
The discussion on the oleomargarne
bill assumed on Thursday last a beer
garden shape. Think, if you please,
withcomplacency, of the representatives
of great people laughing, jeering, and
making fun OF the efforts Of the farmers
and dairymen of this country to obtain
protection from class of men who are
engaged in the manufacture Of an arti-
Gle which they will not sell under it's
true name, and which they know hum
drcds of retail dealers will sell fol what
it is not. Is it possible that money can
secure the setting aside of the peoples
wishes iii regard to the making and sell
ling of 'hog" and ''bull'' butter? 1t be-
gins to look that way.
The State Department claims to be
very busy looking after our rights i'm
Canadian waters. but it begins to look
like if there is anything accomplished in
our behalf in the fishery question, it will
be by American sailors. independent Of
the authorities. Gladstone's latest ac-
ton on the home rule bill meets with APP
proval among Irishmen of this CITY.
His name is praised by all, and it is
now believed that success will crown his
efforts iii behalf of the Irish people
The meeting of the knights of Labor
at Cleveland last week. attracted but lit
tie attention, and it is not thonght Mr.
Powderly will ever be able to control the
organization. One thing is certain. and
that is, that TO body of men in this coun-
try, who recognize anarchy in any form,
Will have the respect Of the people.
The country will hearafter have 10
patience with socialism, or any other
ism that teaches disobedience to the or
ganic OF statute laws Of the land
Congress is doing but little, and it will
do less as the summer approaches.
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