Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-04
A Senate Committee Finds It Hard
Work to Restrain Itself from At
lacking President Cleveland.
Mrs. Cleveland Pays Her First Visit to
the Senate and House OF Rep
resentatiyess
q. ~pster- General vilas Knows Precisely
D, 12b, the Agitatora Among the
'Rhc. sSSyo. = clerks Are Dong.

granting a ncntiOn "a Mary J NottaRc, says |
SO great has become the number Of such vetoes |
interpofed by the present executive, all within /
n few weeks past. and so extraordinary the |
censpre sometimes rudely expressed, and In |
nearly every instance severely implied, OF the |
action OF the two houses OF congress and thu ir |
committees upon which hiss developed tho |
wegrisome and generally unappreclated labor |
OF investigating these eli aims accom- anied In |
many cases by snch ridicule of evident |
disgust with the claims themselves. that your |
committee feols they are justified In brief re
view of the cir 'umstances lnvolyed. In doing !
this, a strong ctiort viii DO made To restrain a
not unnatural feeling Of indignation witch, II |
permitted to ass me the proportions which the
proyocatlon iustifes, wouli wholly destroy
those respectful forms OF expression whicn |
must be maintained IN Official intercourse DO
tween tho different officers and depar .mentB OF
tho government. This becomes more neces
cary In proportion as n II rendered more dn.
cul. by reason OF the u,iust and unexaupled
style IN which some Of the mes. ages OF the
president are expressed. II shan be the
effort of the committee to get GU
In this dincult manner without VIC.
lating the courtesies OF Official intercourse by
initiating an example which, 90 far as we are
aware q without precedent, aud which also, as
committee proceeded to show that g per cent.
of the senate bills and only 20 per cent OF the
house bills submitted 70 the president had been
vetoed, ana Gays it rs not ineensible TO The
epocial condemnation which this contrast In.
lllcts. Much criticism, the report continues
has been INDUCED In by the president Of the
gress, and uniformed on the subject, and
however uni tentionally, by reason of the
knowledge III may have misrcpresent d TO the
country The methods OF |, gisl lion which have
been pursued on like cases ever since CON
gry es and parllamcnts have existed, and
which have since parliament became fr, o
been eAte FROM kngly aud presidential
interf renee. Al tho same, the people are
lniaied by the unwarrAnted statements Of the
president az TO the manner In which legisla-
tlon upon penslon claims, and the Ike IT, and
OF necessity must be, conducted The pension
business of The senate has never been better
done than during this session. Those Nom.
bcrs of the committee who have performed the
work have been as careful ss any, and derision
| Of their patent an cXhaustng labors TO help
! along those noblcst and best portions of Gods
4 people and the countr ebe0efactors can origin
/ ate only In wise and noble nature which IL
needs reconstruction recreation
| Tho report emhodies copy of tho
/ Instructions by the assistant secretary
/ Of he Interior " the commissioner OF pens ms
I rs follow
"Please causo the same 10 be critically exam.
ined and report to this department wheth r, In
/ your opinion, any objections u their appr val
| are known 10 eXat In cases where objections
| exist they should be especially set forth.r This
| indicates, the committee says, Enthusiastically
| that tho president relies upon tho commits
/ eioner for facts The report continues; "Wby
| tho president should initiate this game Of
| shuttlecock and pelt co coordinate department
! of the government with vetOes ba, ed upon the
reviewed action Of CONFESS by some stbordi
| VII oh will bear thonght, but perhaps may DC
| left without di cussion hhy the finding Of
| the two houses Of congress should be dlscTed
lted ana Attributt TO unworthy mott, es
| indifference or lncaphcty, while the leAsser,
| tlon by the pension clerk that he is right and
G ngress wrong Is accepted as a basis of fact.
In these numer, us vetocs there seems to run
the IA lacy that the power Of CONGRESS to grant
| pensions Is limited TO what may already DO
| done by the pension Office under the penernI
| law. Its dlnicult 10 write in that rudimentary
| way upon the nature Of tensions, and that the
| various srounde of compensation, charity and
puzzle policy, which Is necessary In order to re-
| move this impression. IL Is sufficient 10 observe
that the jurisdiction OF the legislative power OF
this government Is larger than that of the com.
mis- Toner OF eneions, and that sooner or later,
although II may cost the country a prolonged
and steady effort, this truth will become Appa.
parent. But Is should be remembered that
| In very large number Of these hi ls passed by
| congress, important original written evidence
| ie He'd with The committee or presented verb.
ally as IN the hearings before other committees
| upon public questions, which como before leg
isla I've bodice, and often the applicant lie pres.
emf with his statement, and his palpable disa-
bilities, and this evidence Is not Observable 10
| the executive, ut least without the asking
never has been In possession OF the pensl "a
onccr, ana consequently In nearly every case
| stronger proof than tho nnuing Of the facts
| the bill.
VISIT TO CONGRESS-.
WAsHINGToN, July 3.--Mrs. Cleveland paid
her 1est visit TO the house gallery THIS morning
| She occupied seat In tho executive gall ny
mont aod Capt Fades, The parry rem aimed
about twenty minutes and absoIbcd the atten.
tion OF the house, to the neglect OF the dun dis
| cusson in progress Many Republican men.
! beers whose seats being Immediately under the
1 gallery could not get q good View OF Mrs.
| Cleveland turned d mocrnts for once and took
| where the view was unobstructod. The par y
| also paid brief visit 10 tho
oT Se SSy ia the '9 p
! vate gallery. Il their presence was known TO
the occupants Of the door they did not make It
conepicuously manifest.
Villas AND THE POSTAL CLERKS.
WAsHIs GToH, July The attention of Post.
master General Vi'hs was today called 10 the
statement telegraphed from Indiana, oils that
lhe grand lodge OF Railroad Postal Clerks, In
session there, had telegraphed him asking II no
| wonld receive a comm tee In the hope OF
| securing an Amicable settlement OF the trou-
bes. zen. Villas said he had received no tele-
| gram iron the postal clerks, but some one out
| size OF the servt3e had telegraphed him on the
subject, and as he did not recognize this partJ'a
right 70 speak for he clerks awonld not reilly.
The postmaster general said what little
noise is being made out West is
directly traceable to the clerks recently
\ dihmisfed from service for good and sufficient
cause, They we're trying, by n little blustar, he
EAid, 70 create dietrust and uneastness am ng
other clerks. BIT teey are not succeeding ~
! OF their by laws, and know TO a man who
are the instigatoIs and what 10 being said
and done, know me names Of the
Il
and am constantly inform us 10 every
movement made by the discharged clerks
and do not attach the least importance TO theIs
l utteranceg or movements. The efficient
! clerks" said AIR villas, 'wto attic ded atfietIy
TO their dulles. need have no fear OF being dis-
| iurbed In theif positions, bat those who at
tempt 81 dictate rule Of action for tue depart
ment will certainly find they have made
| great mistake"
Az Old SERVANT DKtD.
WARRINGTON, July 3-Horace whitley OF
New York, cashier IN the treaauref's cnce, died
suddenly his mo- nirg from an attack OF apo
| pleNy, ~ his resi- ence. He was esnploFed IN
the each room about twenIy-one ye r., add
was prom oted 70 the oniee OF eAshler little
over year ago. He was on duty yesterday ne
ntuAl and slemed 50 particularly good spirits.
PROMOTIONS
NAsHlRGrOs. July a.---Ihc following promo
tons we're made In the 0flre " the United
states treaaltry O-dAy y. r. True 70 DC CASH
ior Jamea ~ Mciene to be assistant aHhier, and
Daniel A. Ritter 10 be CHIEF clerk
FLOODED WITH rErffIONB.
WARRINGTON, July a.--The headquarters Of
the national Legislative committee Of the
knights Of Labor In this cliy ara being GoOdod
with pefliione from local aeeefatiies ~ be pre-
secuted 10 CollHraNs ufEinE action urou meas
ores nEncd ~ the rFeant lisi suDmiltfid By the /
national cOIumIflne. Tho nofIIfnna rcfdiY0N ]
~ dag bora about 1of0Q hlFnh1uHdD ~ lhn a.
Efnauie. Iheaa rtiflfonn are HI9Ad III fofN1. 4
h4piNg bEfn ptinieo and dialFiuoffd ~ tH1
local oI1rinhIItg tor ttanhtnrs4. has many 81
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