The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-07-21
LETTER.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., July 16.--It looks
now as if Congress will not finish work
and go home before August. AT least the
contest over the vetoed pension bills and
the situation of the appropriation bills in
the Senate have caused our lawmakers in
both ends of the Capitol to settle down TO
the idea of such Il fate. The prospect of
sitting three weeks yet, and possibly longer,
has n rather depressing effect upon most of
them. The obvious improperly of resort
ing TO their shirt sleeves or of taking off
their collars and cuffs when they find it
necessary to make Il speech, makes n long
summer session very trying to many who
are in the habit Of taking their ease in their
own way when at home.
A summer session generally mcltS away
the meeting beginning with the collar.
The Speaker secs collars dropping down
one after another, and knows that the mem
bcrS will soon disappear. Two or three
weeks of hot weather, and more than half
the House has dissolved SO that there is not
II quorum present. The forty-fourth Con
gross remained in session, / remember,
until the 10Th of August. The Democrats
had cotton the ~aSCcndcncy for the first time
after The war, and the impeachment of
Bclknap and other matters kept them here,
WV NliNN IlsAl t AL llIIlC ClllsI IL llO L
The members had to he sent for and com
PEELED to attend the sessions.
Death has been busy in Congress since
the present Administration came into
power. lie has not respected parties, and
ooth sides ana eolh branches OF Congress
have suffered. Nicc-p President Hendricks
and senator Miller, OF California, have
passed away from the Senate Chamber,
while from the House were called Repre-
sentatlVCs Evans, tankin, Elwood, Dun
can, liam Colc. This is probably as
long Il dcath roHa us any previous sessions
can snow.
licrc has been much exciting discussion
III Congress over TIC vetoed pension bills.
during one OF the Siormics' sessions OF the
House, one Kcpublican member after
another had arraigncd tic President in
ahS"a2c more poSiuNc IMAM parliamentary
o Curlln, OF l,chiSyiVania, poured OIL
upon inc 'roubiCu waters ny ,luolilS an
anc!cnt filyhle. lie iIrSt bespoke the lrrs'
ldcit "Cccht respect ana decent speech,
Saiu ne ana hot kho what inc pending blll
was ABOUT, p"t !tic House lad resolved
itSeli mo II poilllcaI meeting. suppose
lhat mehlncrS quit quarrclihg. and turn
,hclf a''eh'ioh TO puh!lc business. Let
mem rchcihper lilal tiiclr molherS Taught
mem:
nv ''sN' 'N'Sh' =" 'N'N "''' ~
For God has made them SO.
Let bears and lions growl and fight
For It's their nature, too:
But little clildrcn's LITTLE hands wcrc
never made TO scratch each oilers ewes out
ETC." When the laughter had subsidized Mr.
Allen, of Missis>ipDi, spoke, lie said hc
thought he oughtto n]pologizr for discuesinr
pcnsi0n matters. rs he had been q ConrrG.
crate private. 1t was said That Corfrlrr
atcs ought to have ,hounht OF this matter of
pensions twenty-five ycor, 400 lie
| acknowledged tEot. nj nc b~rwinnin~ Of tbr
war, he had no, rivcn the matter tIot dine
| consideration TO which i, had probably bccn
| entitled. Uau~htcrO He had been Gui,c n
Young boy then. hui nlonr nbou, The ibi,I
| wear Of the war he began to thind seriously
of it, and so mach had he been impressed
with the fact that the course he was nur-
suing would bankrupl The United States
Government, in rcnsioninr the widows ol
The soldiers he was killing, That finally. run
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