Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-12-03

WASHINGTON. Nov. 30. 1886

Senate, and Representative JOHN GRIF-
FIN CARLISLE of Kentucky, Speaker OF
the House of Representatives. The
Appropriation Committee of the House
with its sub Committees has been al
ready busily at work, and is said to
have made such good Roadway that the
Appropriation Bills will be offered 10
the House unusually early. THIS will
probably prove good beginning, aud
if properly followed up without too
much dawdling and TOO long Christmas
holidays. may help to make the coming
short session an exceptionally servicea-
bic one. The newspapers of the princi-
pal cities have been quite earnestly dis
cussing the subject Of the great and
growing surplus of money in the Treas
ury and how TO dispose Of it. Unfortu-
nately, these newspapers imply that the
United States, rs Il nation, are out oil
debt, which is a considerable way from
being the case. Before the very tiatter-
ing JUNCTION is applied to the national
soul that all the money in the Treasury
is its own. let the national debts be hon
estly and uprightly adjuGicated and
paid, and not be permitted to accumu-
late Congress after Congress and age
after age with no appreciable discrimi-
nation. So long have have these hon
est private debts been accommodating
that an amount has gathered which the
existing Court of Claims cannot Work
off. A second Court ought to be estab-
lished that some semblance of justice
might be accorded 10 the hundreds upon
hundreds of good cases OF claim, saying
nothing about the bad ones. Such Sec
ond Court ought to be instituted before
the Christmas holidays, as there is
Bill before Congress for the purpose.
Numerous bills and accompanying re.
ports were introduced at the last session
from men of both parties, calling for an
honorable disposition of the immense
number ofprivate claims. But nothing
was done with them. The payment of
such claims. honestly due, would be
boon TO the Thousands Of claimants in
all parts of the country, and furnish
some relief to the overstuffed Treasury.
That Police snowflake has turned out
to be an avalanche, and pretty disas-
trous one to several parties. The Dis
trict Commissioners, or deliberate coh-
sideration of the voluminous testimony
i'm the case, concluded to call for Chief
Walkers resignation; to dismiss Lieut..
Arnold and Private Edelin,; to suspend
Lieut.. Kelly for three months without
pay and reduce Sergeant Diggins 10 the
ranks. The officer who told the ludi-
crous story about the Southern Senator
that when down at Colonial Beach in
Westmoreland County, Virginia, called
for Seventh Street Kyar." goes un-
scathed. Walker is very angry and be-
rates the Commissioners but he ac-
knowledged having more or less coun-
lenanced Il surveillance of Congressman
| for police objects, which was certainly
wrong. Had Walker been thoughtful
enough TO warn the meeting in October
that what was SAID there WAS tor no
ears but their own, all trouble might
have been prevented. But Walker, like
more than Que OF the Federal dignitar-
! les in our midst, was under the head
swelling influence of over-weening con-
ceit, and had not the full use of his fac
ulties. The compliment paid him by
the Commissioners in accepting his es-
Inmates almost without change, was too
much for his untutored brain; so he felt
| like all-sail and no balla;t. Capt. Aus
Tin takes Walkers place for the present,
aud perhaps permanently, if he too does
not puff out too large for his proper nat
ural proportions. If he is a man Of
sense he will learn something for his
own good from the weaknesses and fol-
lies of late so plentifully developed
around him. Just now, by the way, he
is suffering from al attack Of pneumO-
nia.
Major General the Rev. John p. New
man. now once more pastor of the Meth
olist Episcopal Metropolitan Church.
with chimes attached-on Four and
half Street, walked the welkin on
Thanksgiving day in Sermon, or Lee
lure, Oh "America for Americans"
There was certainly gap wide open
| for strong remark, and he stood in the
breach. He wants 20 extend the period
of probation and admission to citizen
ship to not less than fifteen years, and
that only for reputable applicants. He
is "down" on the vile tendency of cur
rent politicians to pander to foreign sem
timent and foreign purposes for the
sake of "the Irish Vote," or "the Ger
man Vote," or any other foreign vote,
object, or interest. He might have
pushed his criticisms further than the
pOiitiIihHSy III ilOb q iO" VI Jul
papers keep in their pay certain foreign
factionists whose design is to engage
American moneys, votes and sympathies
on behalf of perpetrating not curse
but system of curses of which man.
kind have right to hope to be perma
nently rid. Let us then join the Rev.
Newman in once more putting WASH
ington's great query, "Why should we
quit our own to stand on foreign
ground?"
A singular spirit of discord got into
Mr.. Ex-President Arthur's residence
whilst his remains were yet unburied.
Senator Edmunds approached Mr.. Blaine
with extended hand and Chow do you
do, Mr.. Blaine?' Blaine, probably