The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-07-14
LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.
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From our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON y. G.. July 9. tSS6.
For years the Senate and House of Repre-
scntatives AVE been drifting apart. and the
separation becomes constantly wider. Moth
ing can be palmer than the Lack Of coriiality
| might almost say lack of respect which eX-
lists between the member of the House.
Ten YEAR ago nothing was more common
than To SET twenty or twenty-five seniors ON
the floor OF The House engaged either in bu~
iness or suciaI conversation with member Of
that body. And similar visits of member of
the House 10 the other end of the Capitol
were just n frequent. Ever since tien such
intercourse has been growing les and les
each year and now q member of the Senate
on the floor of the House, or a member Of
the House on the floor of the Senate, j. a
rarity. The most frequent visitors To the
HouSc from the other end IF the Capitol are
the Texas and Kentucky Senators, but even
they are seldom seen there.
| asked u Democratic Congressman the
cause 0fthese strained relations, There are
many said he. land laughinglyl "one prob
ably ought not to be told. But you r~ecollect
that the senate used To- make rather free of
It's contingent fund. Ii had coGlers of LEM
onade and tubs of A~pollinaris water always
On hand during warm weather. Well we
on this side were more economical. We did
not have cpolerS Of lemonade or tubs of iced
~Aloilinars, and We acquired a habit of
Jr,priDr ,,-o p, rb. S.t,,f. aud ,arfaEfpga f
what was there. We were rathe regular in
that habit. Finally the senate shut down
on H. and that made some of H. mad, But
of cuurse. that was a little thing. Another
little, but Vet larger cause of goodness be
tween the members ufthe two bodies was the
refusal Of the Senate L. admit ex- members Of
the House to it, Hoor. We followed by re-
fusiug 20 admit ex-Senator> To the privile>e>
Of our floor. A. laid. those are small
things in themselves. but they showed q
growing exclusiyene-> on the part gfthe sen
ate, WHICH was yery irritating 10 the House,
which i certainly Q very depaocratic body.
But he held that the main cause Of the
breach between the two houses rested in the
fact that while the House l. directly from
the people. the Senator, are not chosen by
the people, but by the States. The Sena-
torS. he said have become the representa-
tive Of the Interest,", not Of the people; AMI
added he. they have become the representa-
lives of corporations too.
There i deep mutiuy in Congress over the
Presidents wholesale bombardment of pen
sion bills. Ahvely time i expected to-day
when an effort will be made To override hi,
yefQeS While the Rre-ideui's e2urse VA,
being criticised in the House q few days since.
Representative Conger of Ioga. resented the
language used bY the President in his veto
message, "a throwing SUR upon the motives
Of CungBe-s. and A. insulting 10 the Union
Mr.. Bayne, Of Pennsylvania took
the same view. and suggested that the Demo
Gratis who stood by the yetoeS would have
their manhood very severely taxed
Mr.. Cannon. of Illinois. read in the vetoes
the story that. while Cleveland was Presi-
dent. there would be no further pension leg
i%slation. There were great questions in this
country calling for the attention Of the exec
utiye, vet the President brushed them all
aside and appeared anxious 10 cater To no
body except that little solid knot hat came
from the solid south. He wanted to get
heir applause: they cast solid votes in nom
conventions. There he stood looking
a gimlet hole with 4 magnifying
glass hunting for excuses and heaping deri-
ZION upon the heads Of the poor men who
their health in the service ofthc country.
That was ,yatesmanship. ~Oh, yes. contin-
iel Mr.. cannon and l tell YOU that you
VII have 20 defend il heiore November. The
gentlemen who are eIapBing lheiI hands can
defend il. they have the kind Of oaRstitu-
ents who believe in it, These men who are
tn their pensions, with their friends
with public opinion and a sense uf jul.
ice in thi- country viii send a Congress here
will pass these bills and other proper
pension legislation over the Presidents
The President has sent in twenty-one
nnrc vetoes this week. making in all one
There viii be a number Of dipIo-
appointments a. soon u Congress all
About seventy five consulates are
vet to be filled. while there are thirty or more
that will not be changed. Several hundred Of
the faithfnl are locking with longing eyes
1t the golden apple ofthe Partisan consulate.
General Walker j. the incumbent. and >ince
he has a large law practice in Paris. MAY a.
ate there.
The consul general At Florence and Mum
ich may not be moleSted. The former i
held by Mr.. LoWber Welsh OF Philadelphia,
of the late james Welsh. who was min
ster Ia England under Hays. His family
supported Cleveland in the last campaign.
md this saves him, The post at Munich j.
held by ! younger brother If the HarTers. of
Y. and lac viii na, be disturbed with the
.reat weekly at his hack. The Partisan mis-
Is stiIl an aching void. Among the
many applicants is Col. Challai Long. of
Md. who served on General Gorien's staff
in the Sotnian.