Nevada County picayune., 1886-06-02
WASHINGTON LETTER.


 From our Regular Correspondent.
 The President continues his good work ot critically examining, dissecting and vctoing private pension bills. If he cannot defend the Governments treasure vaults against avarice and fraud, he is at least narrowing the opening through which the money is drag gcd out.
 For each vote sent to the Sen ate, the President has given con- elusive reasons, and he added that he was by no meals insensible to that influence which leads the judgment townrds the allowance of every claim alleged to be founded upon patriotic service in the nation's cause. Yet he did not believe it to be a duty or a kindness to the worthy citizens for whose benefit the scheme of pensions was provided, to permit the division of the nations bounty among objects not within it's scope aud purpose.
 The Republicans have no intcn- ton of trying to pass these bills against the veto, but they hope to make some political capital ont of them. Some of them have been written to applicants that it is usc less to present their claims to Congress as the president will not let them become laws. Their idea is that the would-be.pensioners will not be likely 10 vote for anoth, CT Democratic President.
 This is the way in which the Senate Pension committee is ena, bled to report fifty private pension DIIlS NtCN. rCHahoi '1ahySi o' Wis. is its most active member. He employs two men, to look over and arrange the papers in each case referred to him by tho com mitteo. The Senator only slances at them to decide how they are to be reported. It is not surprising that to some of the pension bills which the Senate passes on MT. Sawyer's favorable reports, the President is unwilling to attach his signature.
 It was during the discussion of private pension bill that Senator Ingslls took occasion to mako a yenomous attack upon Gen. Black, the present Commissioner of Pen sions. Tho Republican Senators and Representatives have been very desirous of finding fault with the Commissioner since he accus- ed his Republican predecessor of, and proved that he used the Pon- sion office as a party machine.
 After Mir. Ingalls, had charged that Con. Black was not now and never had been entitled to the pension now drawn by Linn, and that he had willingly slandercd Col. Dudley, word passed quickly through the Capitol that he was stirring up the Senate with ' sharp personal spe. ch. Senators hur- ried to their seats. Representa- tives came into the Chamber and additional visitors appeared in the galleries.
 The kansas Senator with his characteristic recklessneSs in the use of words, made one of the most bitter dsnunciations ever heard in the Senate. He paced back and forth rapidly as if impa. tient Of the restriction of Parlia- mentary language, and the veins of his forehead stood out as he de- clared over And over again that Gen, Black was an imposter.
 The face of Senator Voorhees, also flushed when he arose to de- fend Gen. Black and squarcly de. nied the truth ot Senator Ingalls, accusations. He mentioned that Gen. Black never new the cessa- ton Of pain for a moment, bones ! had been removed from both his 1, arms, rendering them useless, and that to this day his wounds had to be dressed daily by a physician. It was in this condition that Gen. Black was performing his official duties. and the Indian Senator thought if the Senator from Kan sas felt any pride in assaulting a man who was suffering thus, he should be allowed 10 enjoy it.