The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-03-08

opportunity to some one of them who
mad lurked back in tho contest over the
bill to throw his shining lance among
the confederate brieadiers," and trys
to carry off the Republican nominations
for the Presidency. The recent dis
patch from Paris had caused Presiden-
tlal candidates to become as thick as IS
leaves IN EalumbroSa." Before that
dispatch had come under the yeastys
waves OF the ocean, the Republican
party had been in the condition of a.
man, who, having gone home some
hours before his usual time in the.
morning and having been asked why.
ne had gone nome so soon, replied that
every, other place in town was shut up.
The doors OF the Republican party were
now opened and Presidential candidates
We're coming to the front without limit
as 10 quantity or locality. The Senate
had been engaged for some days past
in political auction for the soldier
vote.
First had come his friend from Me-
Draska, (Mande1son) backed by the e..
A. r.. and he Vest had listened with
real qualification to his dulect and mod
ulated voice from the beginning to the
end Of his speech. Even that Senator's
Hlngs at the President of the United
States had not detracted from the-gen-
eral merit Of his bid for the soldier vote, 4
and when he received a floral tribute
as token of regard frec' his admirine
constituents behind him, ne (Vest) had
but one single suggestion to make and
that was that the letter should have
been embroidered over the portals Of
the White House. That was the object
OF all the debates, of all the bidding for.
the soldier vote of the country in the
coming contest.
When the Senator from Nebraska
took his seat he, West, had thought
| that the bid was in his favor, but that
the present occupant of the chair, the
Senator form Maine, Frye, had
caught the eye of auctioneer''-the
Grand Army Of the Republic had
gone one better" That Senator was
prepared to vote a pension to every man
who has served day in the Federal
army. .
He, Vest, was about to knock down
the prize to the Senator from Maine bys
an amendment to the bill, which would
increase the expenditure under it fifty
or seventy-fve million dollars. He
| Vest had then been strongly of opinion
that the auction should close and the
prize be given to the Senator FROM
Kansas: but then the Senator from nIi-
nois (Cullom) had come to the front and
made bid from that great prairie
State, which had staggered his (Vest's1s
conviction as to the propriety of closing
| the sale. -
Since that time he had been in a con-
dltion of anxiety, waiting to hear from
the other bidders in the great nationals
auction. The Senate had not yet heard
from his dulcet-toned friend from Iowa,
! (Allison) who had kept his seat and
merely nodded acquiescence to the most
extreme propositions for the benefit of
the ex-soldiers.
Nor had the Senate yet heard from.
the distinguished Senator from Ohio
(Sherman,) who in such contest,
ought certainly to come to the front;
and bid something for the vote, which
candidates thought was to determine,
the contest. Neither has the Senate yet:
heard from presiding officer (Ingalls,@
who has been nominated by the Dis.
trict Of Columbia, and every one knew
that the District Of Columbia only acted
from the most disinterested and unsei-;
fish motives. He, Vest would
rather have nomination from the.
District of Columbia. than from any
state in the Union, because las every
one knew it came from the heart and.
never from the pockets. No man, wo-s
man, or child in the District had any.
other object than the promotion of the
national honor and prosperity. And
so, when he read in Democratic paper.
of Washington last Sunday, (before at.
tending church, that the presiding of
ticer Of the Senate was the nominee Of
the District of Columbia, be said: .sEu-
reka! we have found the man at last,
and the question is finally settled. -
The whole of Senator Vests speech
was listened to with the closest atten-
ton by Senators and by the audience
in the galleries, and his facetious sketch
of the Republican candidates and their
supposed respective bids for the soldier
vote, seemed to be enjoyed with equal
, Zest on both sides Of the chamber. In
concluson, Senator Vest said:
, partisan or no partisan, my convic-
: TONS require me to vote against the blll,
and I say here now that I hope it may
: die the death in the other branch OF
: the National Congress, and if not there
: at the hands of the Executive. If that
= be unparliamentary, make the most OF
2 it."
l After further brief speeches from Sen
| ators Teller and Plumb, Senator VII:
2 son, of Maryland, a member of the COM
l mittee on pensions, declared himself
t opposed to the bill as it now stood
amended. He gave the figures of the
enormous amount paid in pensions, and
l thought that the people were opposed
f to any further extension of the pension
| system. 1t was time to call halt.
: The bill, as it was originally reported,
would make the pension list amount tc
| one hundred million; with the amend
: ments put on it the amount expended
2 would be Sl25,000,000 and probably
5 more. Without taking a vote on the
bill or pending amendment, the Senate
: went into executive business and, at
5 $50, adjourned.
Should be Sent Uninstructed.