The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-12-10

! ing the Congressional recess, Messrs.
1 Beach and Armut, were covered with mourn
! i;se 10 denote that their former occupants
+ we're Il, adj But Congress is the same
( boistt rous. restless, turbulent mass that
adjourned last summer 1t is the same
| heterogeneous mixture OF Democrats and
/ Republicans, of Democratic free traders
/ and Democratic protectioniSts, Of Repnbii-
I can revenue reformers and Republican high
tariff ntn, of Republican and Democratic
| prohibtionists and nli-prnlibitiouistS, la
| Dor men ard anti-ltbpr men, and men Of
all other kinds Of conflicting aims and
( schemes aud ambitions
For several weeks the air has been full
of predictions that motlilng Viii he doHe
this 5, inter beyond passing tie necessary
appropriation bills That sounds pessiiIiis-
tie. aud there IS too much that ought to be
done to indulge IN such fore9oings. 1t
will give you an idea Of y hat Congress will
be asked To do. 10 tell you " lat one single
Territory alone wants In answer 10 some
inquiry delegation from Dakota. which
arrived several days ago, said I'VE are
her. ie secure from Congress the opening
to settlers Of 10, 000. 900 acres vi the Sioux
reservation. We 81. nj Dakota divided
this winter, also. and We need two more
Judges in the Territory and need them
badly
"What else does Dakota WANT" was
asked
'.Well. We xii! wait until we get some
thing before We ask for any more. There
is plenty of time for that.
'''The yirtuous are not resentful. This
is substantially the plea of almost every
Congressman, v hen interviewed about the
scheme OF the Washington police force to
keep an eye upon the whole fraternity.
None of them take the attack seriously.
''Oh, my habits are unimpeachable, said
a certain conyiyial member from Indiana,
mo detective could get his telescope eye
on me. lead q most exemplary life, as
everybody knows. said Representative
y
am not afraid" Il always keep care
fully in doors. said member OF the Dis
trict Appropriations Committee. 'and SO l
am safe Thus with varying phrase, all
the lawmakers place themselves above re-
preach. and declare they are not concerned
ia the scandal.
Among the Congressman Oh the hoor Of
the House to-day I noticed Mr.. Price, Of
W iscoIsin. whose pale face indicated the
iucufable maIady from which he is suffer
ing. He las recently abandoned all medi-
cines and placed himself III tie hands of
the Faith healcrs.' despite the protests
Of his friends and physicians. II the ex-
cTcise oil the will on the part of the patient
has any effect at all. Mr.. Price would have
better CHARGE for his life than most suf-
fefers, because of his remarkable force Of
character. He is the Congressman who,
when the bill putting the widow ef Gen
eral Grant upon the pension list was pro-
posed, cast the only negative vote in spite
of the apl Gals Of his associates 20 make
the gift unanimous. He then declared that
SO long As there were claims Of private
soldiers and their families still unadjusted,
Congress had no right to make special rec
1 ogniti0n of the case of ali officers widow,
who already had cnougi to live upon. He
declared he would vote against it if he
were the only citizen in the United States
who looked at the matter from his point
| of view.
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