The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-07-24
From Washington.
From our Regular Correspondent

oes But the vetoes are too well supported
by facts and common sense 10 furnish mi'cr
ial for partisan appeals. 1t was to be eH
pccled however, that the private pension On
Senators and Representatives would gro"
wrathy as the kind Of work they we're en-
gagged in was brought to light. The ialur,
Of their little schemes together with thcir
exposure melted them to n reckless pitch OF
determination to secure the adoplonc Of these
bills anyhow though there is littIe F. peel
oftheir success
The democratic leaders are resolved To
stay here all summer, as one Of them said
before Abandoning their position in the mat
ter, but the Republicans have proposed a
compromise which will probably be accepted,
Under its terms two hours will be allowed
for debate upon such of the vetoed bills rs
may be selected, and at the expiration Of
the time an aye and nay vote will be taken
the result Of which is to be regarded final as
10 the other vetoes.
The report Of the Senate Pension Commit
tee upon the vetoed bills, was little more
than long and i'll concealed howl Of battIei
rage. IL even accused the President Of cast
ing slur upon the chastity Of n woman and
of sneering at wounds received in the service
of The country. But so many Of these priv.
ate measures are obviously without merit,
and mere attempts to bestow gratuites upon
favored persons who have no real claim
upon the bounty of the Government, that the
Presidents action will be more applauded
the more attention is called TO the grounds
upon which il is ased
The Republicans of the House of Repre-.
sentatives made speeches upon this issue
that were ntendel TO be very severe upon
the President but they were more plainly
bids for political support than evidence of
patriotism. They proceeded upon the as
sumption that the vetOes Of private pension
bills are UNI oular and will not be sustained
by public sentiment. One answer made by
Representative Matson to some Of their com
plants was Interesting He called attention
10 the fact that many Of the cases rejected
by Mr.. Cleveland had already been vetoed
by Republican Commissioner Of Pensions
The rejection by the Senate of Mr. Goode to
be Solicitor. General was the subject of much
discussion at the Capitol on Saturday. The
unanimous verdict was that the opposition
all centerel in Senator Mohone and the
veto of the Republican Senator was their
way of helping the thwarted, scheming little
no Democrat opposed the nomination. many
Congressman think the proper thing for the
President to do would be to re-nominate Mr.
Goode He might do this il the Senate had
merely neglected to confirm, bat since the
Senate had rejected, he will not be likely to
renominate.
The Senators were determined 20 have Mr.
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 large number Of commit
tee rooms are located, and ordered the en-
pioyes and visitors 10 vsoate. 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 beiag 10
summarily ordered away from posts Of duty,
and much inconvenience was experienced by
the sudden ejectment, but all had TO 90. Sen.
tinels were placed at the stairways and doors
leading to the galleries which had to be left
open in order to prevent the Senators from
suifocating.
The new broom of this Administration is
sweeping clean everywhere. The expendi
lures Of the Government Departments here
have been found to be So, 500 900 less dur
ing the fiscal year just passed then in the
enc preceding it, and better results may be
expected for the fiscal year which has begun
BY the persistency of several Democrats in
the House of Representatives, the latest at
tempt salary grab has just been averted, ]
sllude to the gratuity to House and Senate
employees who are pad liberal salaries for
easy work on less than half time. 1t had
been agreed to give them months extra pay
because they would like to have it. but Rep
resentative Reagan Of Texas, Price of Wis.
Campbell of S. c., McAdoo Of N. j., Holman
Of Ind, and others emphasized their disap
proval of the thief, in such manner as to
defeat it. The scheme would have extorted
at least 5000, 900 from taxpayers to be given
as a gratuity TO men who were already re
ceiving high salaries.
The warm weather often has a depress-
ing and debiliating effect HOODS Sarsa
parilla overcomes all languor and lassltude.