The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-04-15

| uCdsiCu lidb are ptfsDIicaily uSiiFeTtu ny oui
| worthy hut, l think, misguided President"
| This gentleman went over from the House to
| the Senate Chamber to listen to Mr. Vance.
! He warmly congratulated the Senator, after he
| had finished, and told him that speech would
make him " the most popular Democrat in the
! country" THE fact is" said the Virginia
man 10 the writer. the sO-Called reform is a
delusi0n and snare. It is wholly undemo-
cratic, and not in accord with the fundamental
principles upon which political parties are or
gained. l should be glad 70 see the whole
business abolished. | believe our civil service
was just efficient under the old system as it
Is now. The Democrats are in and they ought
to have the 'spois,' if you wish to use that
word. When the Republicans get in-l mean
If they do-lct them have 'em!"
SAD CASE
New York Democrat in Washington, who
evidently thinks these be cold days for men,
bers of his party, publishes over his name in
the Post of this city a statement of his griey-
ances that ought TO melt a heart of stone. The
Republican, whoever he is, that holds the place
| the New York man wants ought to resign at
once and give him chance. The writer OF
the card " states his case with a degree of
candor and ingenuousues5 rarely exceeded. He
says:
/ came here last Spring with my family and a
limited amount of means with the vain hope that,
having been all my life consistent and hard
man, might obtain respectable position IN one
OF the Government Departments. applied for the
position OF Chief of Division in the Treasury, pre-
seniing strong political and business rccomtnenGa-
tons from cN-Gov. Seymour, Attorney-Gcncral
O'Bricn. the WateTtown On. " Bank. and other
prominent parties ia New York State with the in
dorscment of Vice President Hendricks, the Iowa
delegation III Congress, and ether Western parties.
Like many other good Democrats have been
disappointed in my application and have been lit
orally = starved out, while the hosts of Repuhli-
cans whom we have been lighting for years to dis
lodge smingy hold their fat-salarcd positions
w:th feeling Of security, under The protection OF
that greatest of frauds and swind!es the civil serv
ice law. voted for Gen. Jackson in 1872, and for
every regular Democratic nominee for the PreSi-
dency ever since including Mr.. Cleveland to whom
and my SOILS and my SonS-ln-iaw gave SIX votes
have held many prominent positions IL nay party
in York State, rs Chairman of my County Commit
tee, n member of the State Committee, delegate
to State Conventions, and q nominee Tor Ire9ioen-
tlal elec;or and in my prosperous days SPenIhg
my means literally in its behalf; and, though often
influencing the appointment OF others 10 positions
under President Buchanan and Gov. Seymour,
Sought no patronage for myself until now, IN my
advanced years ami Enlightened circumstances. it
Is left for this Administration 10 refuse the small
p!ttance have valnIy sought.
FARRAGUT VETERAN ASSOCIATION.
There is still large amount of money due
from the United States as prize-money TO the
surviving members, and heirs of those dcceas-
ed, of the Gulf Squadron, under Admiral Far
ragut, for capture of vessels and property at
New Orleans. The total amount decTeed by the
courts TO those who served on this fleet, for
prize, bounty and salvage money, was 81 $780,
600 Three installments have been paid: June,
1874, $527. 7735; August, 1879, $3I7 063.31; No
vember, 1891, 436i4.47-a total of $685., i42-
IS. 4 bill is now pending in Congress, intro
duced by IIr. O'Neill PA, to appropriate
1892, i57 for the payment of the balance still
due.
\ delegation of IL members Of the Farragut
Veteran Association Of Philade phia-survivors
of the Gulf Squadron men who passed Forts
Jackson and 81. Philip under a murderous fire
and appeared before the city of New Orleans
"a years ago-visited Washington last week and
urged their case before the House Committee
on War Claims. The following comrades COM
posed the delegation, the names of the steam
ers on which they served being also given:
George l.. Varnck Richmond; William
CLAM, Harriet Lane; c. J. Vowinkle, Wis
5ahickon; ]. p. Farney, William Simmons
Brooklyn; r. J, IcQaillen, Owen kaney,
Itasca; John o. Hen, Thomas Sisk, B. +.
o. Brien, Sciota. s. A Risch, Hartford; George
Price, Iroquo' IF. Ii. Grove, Pensacola; J.
Hadfeld, Yer q.
Saturday, April q, is the anniversary of the
capture of New Orleans. A call has been made
for All hands to muster" at Naval Post Hail.
Philadelphia on that day. 1t will be the
annual Reunion of the association, and an oc-
casiOn of unusual interest is expected.
HE NOICE VI NOhhON WOMEN
There is a delegation of Mormon women now
in Washington to endeavor to correct erroneous
impressions which they claim exist in the minds
of Congressman, as we'll as the people at large,
in regard TO the Mormons of Utah. At the
head OF the delegation is Mrs. Emeline 3. Wells
editor of the H0man'S Exponent, paper pub
lished at Salt Lake City. Mrs. Wells is one of
the wives Of Gen. ]. II. Wells, who was counsel
to Brigham Young. She was born in Massa-
rhnCn+ts Of Puritan stuck bI;t hnpann an aarIp
convert to the Mormon religion, and went to
Nauvoo, H.. in 1874. Mrs Ellen b. Ferguson,
another Of the party, is of English birth. She
came to this country in 1860, and settled in
Illinois She embraced Mormonism and went
to Salt Lake in 1875. The others, Mrs. Rich
ards and Mrs. West, were born in the Mormon
church, but have never lived in polygamy.
These ladies protest vigorously against what is
known as the Edmunds law as the cause of
great hardship to the Mormon people. break
ing up families, desOlating homes, disgracing
women and making their children outcasts."
Mrs. Richards said: MormOns believe that
man can love more than one woman, just as a
mothers love is not confined to one child. My
husband and [ talked the matter all over be-
fore our marriage We both came from parents
who lived in polygamy, but we were the chill
dren of the first wives No Mormon youth
would marry girl who was not good Nor
mon, with all that that implies. We were born
and brought up in the church, and when we
arrived at years of responsibility we adopted
its faith as our own. We have seen the power
given to the saints that the Lord prospered
them in temporal as we'll as in spiritual things"
A NATIONAL LIBRARY.
The passage by both Houses of Congress
without a dissenting voice in the Senate-of
the bill 10 purchase site and erect building
for a National Library, is matter for congrat-
ulation. Nothing in the way of public
pudding is so much needed. What is known as
the Congressional Library was established many
years ago. and assigned quarters adjoining the
main rotunda, Oh the west side of the Capitol.
With Its hundreds of thousands of volumes,
newspaper files, pamphlets and manuscripts, it
has long since far Outgrown its allotted space. |
There are great heaps of literature lying about |
for which there is no shelf room, and the chaos |
Is daily becoming more COMPOUNDED. The |
building to be erected will be one worthy of its
object. 1t will be built for all time and sutfi-
GENTLY large to meet the wants Of the next |
century. The plan will be SO arranged, how |
ever that the building may be enlarged, when. |
in the distant future, this may become neces-
sary. The site has not yet been fully deter |
mined upon, but il Will be near the Capitol. 1t !
is intended to push the work with all convenient
speed. The special champions of this bill |
for some years have been Mr. Morrill, of YER |
ment, and Mr. Voorhees,, Of Indiana in the |
Senate, and Mr.. Singleton, of Mississippi, in
the House.
RESIGNATION OF A CONGRESSMAN.
The versatility Of Hon. Joseph Pulitzer of
New York, does not seem to have proved equal