St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-07-24
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, July IL, 1886.


count of his pension vetoes. But the
vetoes are too we'll supported by facts
ana common sense to furnish material
+ for partisan appeals. 1t was to be ex-
pected however, that the, private pen
sion gift Senators and Representatives
would grow wrathy as the kind OF
work they were engaged in was brought
to light. The failure of their little
schemes together with their exposure
melted them to reckless pitch OF de-
termination to secure the adoption OF
these bills anyhow, though there is
little prospect of their success.
The Democratic leaders, are resolved
to stay here all summer, as one OF them
said, before abandoning their position
in ,the matter. But the Republicans
have proposed compromise which will
probably be accepted. Under its
terms two hours will be allowed for
debate upon such of the vetoed bills as
NAV be selected, and at the expiration
Of the time an aye and nay vote will
lie taken the result of which is to be
regarded final as to the other vetoes.
The report of the Senate Pension
Committee upon the vetoed bills, was
little more than ii long and ill-concealed
howl of batfled rage. 1t even accused
the President Of casting a slur upon
The chastity of a woman and OF sneer-
ing at wounds received in the service
p,,t nj thnSp
orivate measures are obviously without
merit, and mere attempts to bestow
alatuities upon favored persons who
have no real claim upon the bounty OF
the Government, that the Presidents
action will be more applaraed the more
attention is called to the grounds upon
which it is based.
The Republicans of the House OF
Representatives made speeches upon
this issue that were intended to be
sery' severe upon the President, but
they were more plainly bids for poiti
cal support than evidence of patriot
ism. They proceeded npon the as
sumption that the vetoes of private
pension bills are unpopular and Will
not be sustained by public sentiment.
One answer made by Representative
Matsou to some of their complaints
was interesting. He called attention
to the fact that many OF the cases re-
iected by Mr.. Cleveland had already
been vetoed by Republican Commls-
sioper of Pensions. The rejection y
the Senate of Mr.. Goode to be SoiiG-
tor-General was the subject of much
DISCUSSION at the Capitol on Saturday
The unanimous verdict was that the
ouposition all centered in Senator Ma
hone, and the vote of the Republican
Senators was their way of helping the
tl,warted, scheming little politician to
assert himself in Virginia. As no
Democrat opposed the nomination.,
many Congressman think the proper
thing for the President to do would be
to renominate Mr.. Goode. He might
have done this if the Senate had mere
" neglected to confirm, but since the
Senate had rejected, he will not be
likely to renominate.
The Senators were determined to
have MIR. Goodies case all to themselves,
for when it came up they held strictly
Star Chamber Session lasting six hours.
The Sergeant at Arms visited the floor
on which the galleries, the document
and a large number OF committee
rooms are located, and ordered the
employees and visitors to vacate.
These rooms were locked and then the
correspondents, telegraph operators,
and representatives OF the Associated
Press were driven out of their portion
of the building. Deep and loud COM
plants were heard on all sides at being
SO summarily ordered away from posts
OF duty, and much Inconvenience was
experienced by the sudden ejectment,
but all had to go. Sentinels Were
placed at the stairways and doors lead
ing to the galleries which had to be
left open in order to prevent the Sena
tors from suffocating.
The new broom of this Administra-
ton is sweeping clean everywhere.
The expenditures of the Government
Departments here have been found to
he 1922 100000 less during the fiscal
year just past than in the one preced-
ing it. and better results may be expect
ed for the fiscal year which has begun.
By the persistency of several Demo