Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1886-05-28
Official Paper of Griggs County
Our Washington Letter.
MAs1llNGTMN. MAY

AS1uNGTNN. May II.
Decoration day is almost here. and
When it comes. nearly everybody. who
Is anNbodN will be out of town. The
President is going to Brooklyn. and will
hsten To the sllNerlVn@iied Villas: and
thousands OF the 'DoNs' VIII 90 to New
\ "rN TO hear the swarthy Illinois Sena-
tor. Logan. talk ly the side of Grant $
tomb. Ii is believed that there will l,,
a Very general attention given Ia
the ceremonies of the tl;,v everywhere.
'Ae President has everything his owm
way, as regards appointments. No one
seems Inclined 10 interfere.
The prospect of trouble IN Europc
grows not out OF the little slllrmisl be-
tween Turkey and Greese. but because
there is Il fear That Russia is pulling
the Wires. If Home rule should fail i'm
lie English parliament, and Gladstone
Should resign. thege is no telling wla,
might be the result on the Cestinies of
Europe. y War minister i'm England
might cause trouble OH both sides of
the Atlantic
The weather is growing warmer. and
congressman are slipping out one by
one, just for a short absence
The shocking death of Mrs. Geo. IT.
Pendleton, in New York, on THURSDAY
last, has cast q gloom over the hearts of
her many friends i'll this city. Ii is
thought that if she had retained pres
snce OF MIND to have remained i'm tho
carriage. she would not have been hurl
She was sjXty-one years Old. and was
married in 1916 She was Miss Alice
Key. daughter of Francis Scott Key.
the author of The Star Spangled Bap-
ner, and sister of Philip Barton Kew.
who was killed by General Sickles,
She was niece of Chief Justice
Roger b. Taney. The family have fine
houses in Washington and Cincinnati
and cottage III Newport.
There is growing feeling of dissatls.
factlon at the conduct of Canadian YES
sells i'll connection with the fisheries. II
would not be surprising to hear of bit
Oh hight between some of our fishing
smacks and the vessels that are guard.
ing our coasts.
There is still much interest felt in the
llome rule question i'm England. and
lreland's friends are in good hopes
that there is silver lining to the darl;
cloud. 1t is evident that Gladstone is
still on top.
The conviction and sentence of ,Jaeh-
ne. the Doodle alderman i'm New York.
last week. is an event that the country
is to be congratulated on. 1t is certain
~ an indication that there are men. as
Judge Barrett says. who have not then
price. 1t is to be hoped that this is
only the beginning of the punishment
OF corruption in New York and other
cities. The defeat of the $500. 600 i'm the
way OF foreign mail subsidy. by the
house, is step in the right direction.
and the country Will be pleased at it.
There are numerous cases like this all
ways on hand here, waiting to take adj
vantage. and rob the people without re-
gard to their good. regret to say that
republicans did not all see this in the
light your correspondent does.
The River and Han Dor bill is growing
Ill amendments until 1t is Iike!v that il
will be so loaded down that it's friends
won't know it when 1t leaves tie sem
ate. There are now about forty. and if
adopted will add several millions to the
appropriation. /: will not be surprising
il the bill, When adopted is We tccd by
the President. Democratic presidents
nave never had mach love foY river and
harbol' bills. In fact democrats are op-
pGset! 10 internal improvements.
ii is just beginning to appear that the
appropriations made at this session Of
Congress are assuming wonderful di-
mensiGns. and When the people get a
chance to look over the ground It is
likely they will howl.
Culloln's bill on Interstate COM
merce has been killed III the house COM