St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-05-29
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, May II, 1886.

differently about coming back. A few
of them say they would not make an
effort to return. They claim that the
position Of Representative is not
profitable, and that, for mere experience,
Il single term is sufficient. A Western
Member, who will not be returned by
bis constituents, said lie fully appre-
ciated the honor OF being in Congress,
but his business at home had suffered
an much by this honor, that with all the
fascination of the beautiful city OF
Washington, he did not enjoy living in
his trunk.
On the other hand there are many
members of the Forty Ninth who de-
sire above everything else to be men,
hers of the Fittieth Congress. These
arr, nov on the anxious bench, nervous
II honine to secure the re-indorse-
neut of their constituents. Several
members have been made happy IN tins
way during the past few days.
All week loug the House Judiciary
COMMITTEE has been listening to argu-
lnents for and against additional legls-
iatien in Utah. The longest OF these
ALIENS was that of the distinguished
.iauyer. Mr.. JEFF. Chandler. He had
sueeial indignation to bestow on those
neoule who go to Utah. who do not
i've there, yet stir up strife and lnf1ame
the country in order to gain notouety.
Said he: Are We 10 be driven 10y
storm af nrcjudice9 Prejudice has
aaikened the history of this country
from the beginning.
Miss Eate Field, who sat by and
s.eard ai fIaak was SAID upon the sub
ject, iiaA made some caustlc remarks
inreply. According to this reasoning
aa,d she. let.ause | do not have my
own throat CUT / must raise no cry
when my neigllboras throat is cut She
savsi if this country is q nation, what
.goncerns one portion. concerns all, and
sit il about time for the people to realize
that rher tlle Rocky Mountains take
nnison, the Atlantic sea-board must
call in the doctors. She also thinks
that people living ontslde OF utah'
who ask for legislation to do away
with treason and polygamy in that
Territory, may be more unselfiish ID
their opposition TO the Mormon chursh
than the attorneys paid to defend it.
\ Congressman who was discussing
the labor troubles said; make it a
business to vote for every labor bill or
resolution that comes up. 1t makes no
difference to me what it's merits are.
cannot afford to do anything else HE
added that large numbers OF his coDstl-
tuents are members of labor organiza-
tions, and if he took any other course
ha would have to spend all of his time
in explanation that would not be salts
factory. He thinks the most exas-
peratng thing in our politics IS the
tendency to misrepresent motives and
actions and that the only self protec-
tion is to be in opposition to popular
sentiment as little as possible. tie
acknowledged that it was not self
respecting confession, but, continued
he, yen can only protect yourself from
tlemagogues by being q modified dema-
gegue yonrself.
Nothing resurrects like pension
bill to pay an additional pension to the
Survivors Of the Revolutionary war
there is very little doubt but that more
survivors would turn up Ill couple
of months than there were men iu the
Continental army. IT the bill should
be enlarged so as to include those left
aver from the French and Indian war,
it is not entirely unfair TO suppose that
- goodly number of these veterans OF
the last century would come ont OF the
past loaded down with papers and
petitions.
1t would perhaps be going to far to
say that one third OF the immense
draft which is being annually made
upon the public treasury for this pur-
pose is paid out to claims fraudulently |
based, but that great deal OF money
goes in this way is beyond question.
Senator Vest, of Missouri, has been
expressing himself to the Senate in re- !
gard to pensions. He thinks the ankle !
ty of both political parties and the Gu
pidity of pension claim agents are res
ponsible for SO much pension legisla-
ison. He does not believe it is deman-