Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-05-11
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Written and compiled tor the HERALD.

i"N" N"tiOhdi iCoS uC VI luli
city. 1t is in recognition of The
service to the republican party
which he performed last Tuesday
in the Senate Chamber by showing
up the hypocrisy OF such copper
heads as Senator Voorhees, of In
diana, who, during the rebellion
devoted all their energi ! to put
ting obstacles in the W. Of The
Government.
SO we'll did the Kansas Senator
do his work that Mr.. Voorhees,
completely disgraced himself IN the
eyes of all respectable people by
using language unbecOming a
gentleman, such as, "lIar, scoun
drel, dirty dog etc. Truth very
often hurts, but Senator ingalls,
has the courage to tell it when oc
casion demands it, no matter who
is hit thereby.
f. Z. Nash, General Superin
tendent of the Railway mail ser
vice has rendered his resignation,
to take effect upon the appoint
ment of his successor. He was
one of Mr.. Villas appointments.
A delegation representing the
manned soldiers League was be-
fore the House committee on Pen
siOns Friday to urge the early con
sideratiOn of the bills making an
increase in the pensions now paid
to persons who lost an eye, arm OF
leg in the service. Another dele
CATION favored the per diem pen
sion bill.
The Senate committee on Labor
have made a favorable report on
the House bill to prohibit the en-
ployment OF alien labor on public
works.
The silver men in Congress are
complaining bitterly against the
unjust manner in which the adj.
ministration is treating their in
terests. Senator Stewart, Of Neva'
da, has introduced a bill in the
Senate which requires the Secre'
tary of the Treasury to purchase
and coin not less than 100000
worth of silver bullion every
month. The Senator stated that
this bill involved no new question,
but was only intended to compel
the administration to carry ont
laws already upon our statute
book, which had been openly disre
garded by the Secretary of the
Treasury, until the currency of the
country had become contracted to
such an extent that 1t was serious
" felt in all branches of trade and
industry. England was reaplng
the benefit of the present IN.
American financial policy of this
Government, and he hoped some.
time to see an American, who
would put the interests of his own
country at the head Of all others,
directing the affairs of the United
States.
The House was the scene OF o
disgraceful squabble on Saturday
last. Mr.. Woodburn had Just fin
ished his tariff speech in which h o
taxed the democrats with being
members of the Golden Club, and
stated that the resolution intro
duced in the interest of American
citizens confined in British jails
had been suppressed by Mr.. Hewitt
in the Forty-eighth Congress, and
that Mr.. Hewitt had gone to the
British Minister and apOlOgized
for the resolution.
When Mr.. Woodburn concluded,
Mr.. Bryce, Of New York, got mp
and said the statement was false.
This caused some excitement
and brought a dozen republican
mem bers to their feet, and every
1ne of them reaffirmed Mr.. Wood
burns statement.
Mr.. Brumm, of Pa, the author
IF the resolution referred to, re.
asserted Mr.. Woodburn's state
nent and added that Mr.. Bryce
uttered falsehood if he denied it.
Then Messrs, Rrump and Bryce
advanced towards each other in
threatening manner, each giving
he other the lie direct, while the
chairman had difficulty in securing
)rder.
Two such scenes as this in one
week in our National Legislature
s entirely beyond all question. If
he first had not occurred in the |
senate, in the case Of Mr.. Voor-
lees, the chances are that this
would not have taken place Ia the
House. Our Lower House of
lawmakers is much too easily In.
ected by the example of the upper |
or the Latter to be careless regard. |
ng parliamentary rules.
Senator Stewart has introduced /
bill to carry out the provisions
# the Chinese treaty.
The nomination of Melville IVES
on Fuller, of Chicago, as Chief
Justice, has been very we'll reoeiv.
d by the republicans, but as much
annot be truthfully said of the
democrats. Mr.. Fuller was born
nd educated in Maine, but has
,een a resident Of Chicago for
bout 80 years. He is in no sense
man Of national reputation, but
l..