The National tribune., 1886-04-29


relations covering, among others the fixing OF the
unit value of the days work and days pay. dur
ing the inevitable fluctuations of values in general,
| every wise man will perceive the necessity OF
equitabiy satisfying the interests OF all, as upon
| the happiness and prosperity of each member OF
the body corporate depends the health and life OF
the whole system. 1t becomes the duty of all men.
public and private in such contingencies as now
exist TO inquire most carefully into the precise ma
ture and causes of the danger threatening the So
cial system, and to lend his best efforts TO promote
an adjustment of interests upon basis OF equity.
| justice and pernanence. Further than thls II
seems to me that your organization should become
great factor in the preservation OF peace and mar
mony in the adjustment Of questions between capt.
! tai and labor. The methQasEof peace and law
should constitute the msa2( flor the settlement
! this method be adopted IN al cases. Let US all
/ agree that arbitration upon just and equitable
/ basis shall become the unvarying rule OF rile fu-
ture. Let no blood be shed, nor property destroyed
III any case. Neither means nor the other con-
stitutes an efficient remedy. Equitable laws, con-
cessons and good faith. both in the observance OF
laws and obligations constitute the infallib!e pana-
| cea for such domestic ills.
| Very respectfully, JOHN A. LOGAN.
KENTUCKY STEW.
The Kentucky contingent in Washington has
| been for few days past in state of active
! fermentation, and it is all about woman. Mrs.
! Virginia Thompson was Postmistress at Louis
! vile for several years, under the Republican
regime. A large fraction of the white male
residents over 2l years of age want the place,
as it pays a good salary. Ever since Mr..
Cieyeland's inauguration they have been max
ing spasmodic efforts to have her displaced, but
| without avail. The President turned deaf
ear TO all entreaties and Mrs. Thompson has
held the fort. Her official term has just ex-
| pired and the President has reappointed her.
| This is what has caused ali the trouble, not
only at Louisville, bat among the Kentucky
1 Congressman and others here. Mrs. Thompson
was strongly backed by Senator Beck and
4 Congressman Willis, the Member from that
1 l.
rest OF the statesmen stood around under the
1 caves of the White House and Joined in a
chorus Of proteStations against her continuance
4 in Office. Mr.. Willis claims that she is Demo
crat, but even if this be true, her sex prevents
/ her from voting or rendering efficient service
/ TO the party. At present Mrs Thompson seems
very decidedly to have the bulge " on her OPP
ponents. 1t is not quite clear what, if any
thing, the latter are going to do about 1t. Mr..
| Henry WatteTson, editor of the Coagiey'-.j0a,Ra,
is leading the forces that opposing the lady.
| It has been limited that he would call into
service the army of hundred thousand men
| with which he proposed, few years ago, to
inaugurate Mr.. JTlden. Judging from the talk
among the Kentucky congressman, the head Of
the hostile column may be hourly expected to
/ enter the city and march to the White House.
GEN. GRANTS BIRTHDAY
On Tuesday evening the 6ith anniversary
| of Gen. Z. S Grants birthday was celebrated
at the Metropolitan III. E. Church. The ami
versary took place under the auspices of the
| friends OF the Grant Memorial University of
| Tennessee. Chief Justice Waite presided. Ad-
dresses were delivered as follows: Senator
Joseph E. Brown, Grant, Life Sketch y;
! Gen. John a. Logan, Grant, the Soldier;
! Hon. John Sherman, Grant and the New
| South y; Hon. William III. Evarts, Grant and
| Education; President John F. Spence, of Ten
ncSsee, Grant Memorial University; Hon.
LII, II g
Citizen; Gen. s. S. Burdett, Grant and the
! Grand Army; Gen. James A. Negley, of Penn
| syivania. Grant and the Volunteer Soldier;
Rev. J. p. Newman, ID. d.. " Grants Last Hours"
The Board OF Directors of the East Tennessee
Wesleyan University, located at Athens, Icnn
in the mountains OF the Central South, have
/ amended their charter, changing the name of
| the institution to that OF the Grant Memorial
! University. The importance of the Grant Uni
versty in the South cannot be overestmated.
! The Board OF Regents desire TO secure for each
/ OF the departments $4,000 an endowment
/ fund. They also seek 10 strengthen by endow
/ ment every department of the university, and
| they appeal TO the friends of liberal educa-
j ton to aid them TO secure that object.
JONES, OF FLORIDA.
The case OF Senator Jones' of Florida, shows
no Improvement He is still in Detroit, trying
| TO melt the stony heart of that obdurate girl,
and seems TO have enlisted for the war. Like
/ Grant in the Wilderness, he proposes to fight
it out on that line if it takes the remainder Of
| his natural life. The fact is, Senator Jones is
in very much the same fix as a boy who has
run away from school to go a-fshing, and is
afraid to 90 back for fear of the tanning that
awaits him. So much has been said and writ
| ten about Mr.. Joness ainatory assiduity that he
dare not face his fellow statesmen in Washing
ton. There being no visible prospect of his re-
turn. the Senate has temporarily filled, by the
,1rafr1 Of fhnr for fta
that was caused by his absence, in one of the
important committees. One Of these days the
people of Florida will declare vacancy in the
Senate Chamber, and proceed to fill it with some
! man who has wife, or who will give heavy
| bonds not to 60 wooing during his term Of
| Office.
THE PRESIDENT AND THE PAPERS.
The President is much annoyed by the
| freedom with which the newspapers COM
menting upon his marriage, which is believed
to be near at hand. He does not deny the truth
of the main proposition, but he objects most
| vigorously to the particularly of detail which
fills columns in the daily press concerning the
| lady in question. Events of her life which
should be held sacred are brought forth and
paraded before the public eye in manner that
cannot but be painful to her and her friends
Mr.. Cleveland has an antipathy to newspapers
on general principles. This feeling has shown
itself more than once since he became PreSi-
| dent His latest grievance seems to have been
| the straw that threatens to break the camel's
back. Dir. Cleveland has declared that if the
newspaper men do not restrain their impatient
pencils he will lock the doors of the White
| House against the entire fraternity.
| MR.. HoLMAN's COMPETITOR
Congressman Beach, of New York, is very
seriously encroaching upon the prerogative
that has hitherto been conceded 20 Mr.. Hol-
man, of lDdiana-that of cbccting to every
thing that gives him chance to do So Now
a-days, whenever there is an opportunity for
an objection it is always a contest between
Beach and Holman which shall get there first
Beach is a small man, with little gray mus
tache and large eyes that stand out with unus-
ual prominence, as if to enable him to see in all
directions at once. Holman is tall and very
lean. His violent ideas of economy seem to
have prevailed in the mind of Nature when he
was formed of clay. There was no more clay
used than was absolutely necessary TO keep his
bones out of sight. Both these members are
conspicuous for the quantity of tobacco they
consume.
| EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.
The feeling in favor of abolshing the execu-
tive session nonsense i'll the Senate seems to
be growing among the members of that body
Advocates OF the change claim that they only
lack half dozen or so of ma ority. The
resolution for open sessions has been under dis
cussiOn for several days. Its friends hope to
gain enough in strength to carry il when il
comes TO q vote. There does not seem to be