Telegram-herald., 1888-10-30
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WASHINGTON correspondent u the
cssFesf iFs5sa.s 30 sAem 80 fsieffsa ss-
e1esg ~ souis Gssas a4a,as seslrsfs f-r
record % Ford : 0alnss lu Congress. hAs
-rttsa as pager = tso column istlsf.
which s1scmallY settles lie plslslsi9as q
ths Litsis 6lans
Hard hs ssys cans 70 W 4<1iaefo1. eita
fas rsplt4lioa 81 Dsins good isllos. Ana
Is aaealar eith me ~loys. out although
sons of ne ioesi s~portsrs aags given biln
soas Dgfs. a. As= eut 30 sspseiai ne1fs "a
tas hsass. "a asz Co lrsf srlFsd ns s-s
Soldering lrsm a. ausek oi eonesis sna
maize a. ooass 8fsskias C4rllsls .of poa-'
toe "a me Co.'s ~ iii iee "a Nays41d Means.
tAs moss lmporfant sousfe ittss 0t e0nzfsss.
sn1 one - saica only Q.l and experienced
msa ars apfo.ntsd ford claimed taaE he
honor sas necessary in order ~ secure = re-
siection ahd save tle district - tAs Demo
crats lie presented LISTERS from Don
Dickinson. III aDls snd l. III. weston,
urging ala appointment aad saying thst In
that Eay oay could the Finn District be
sagsa g. Democracy Mr. Diekinson and
Judge Montgomery als0 made psrs IA sp-
peas based oE he same ground not that
Ford wa ssl calculated f1r the place. bat
t1at tbs District mUag be kep. lemocratlc
By gising hin prominsnce. whether he de-
served Is Or noE But Mr. Carlisle plainly
told -ererT body concerned tasl tae request
va n0t only unFsasor s0's out sssirc. inti
a
Involved m Tie makeup at "a WAYS and
Means Comm.t-ee fhao tAe seetng 0t tae
Gram Rapids district % Defn0cNcg
What Ls wanted, Nr Carliae . reported
a. saFlag 90 one OF tords -peshefs. IS
brain. e19eriencs and character, and not
gibnsss."
Finally. asa compromise. Mr. Carlisle
agreed 20 pat Mr. Ford on two good con-
naittess ana thsn later In tns session. II an
opDounniiy offered, 10 pat him on a select
COMMITTEES.
The immigration Investigation vas sug-
KssJsd % r. ord oy Dr. Foster Pratt. Of ksls-
mazOo. Having made tie subject OF iasan-
ify a special study, the doctor discovered,
astsr a careful inspection Of census sfatis-
tics. that the proportion Of Insane persons
as n nch greater among the .orSign born
han smong the native born. This ed him
TO carefully examine the INN gr- ion laws
matter should - Investigated.
AIR. fOrd introduced the resolution for
ths Commlttee. and speaker Carlisle
vinksd az is reference 20 Fofd's own COM
ulttee party owing % his promise % help
out Ford. and partly oscGass he feared that
n .I Wss referred 90 the Committee on
Russ. TO which The matter properly BE-
lonsed. that committee would make
farther report making The Dependent PEN
.lon bin q special order. The matter was
voted through by the Democrats on the
ground that something must Ds done TO
capture the District. alGhosgh one Demo
erat sudioiy remarked that Il was bun
eomoe and political c.ap-trsp.'
Ths committee went 10 New York and
took ssne testimony. Attention was
ca ed TO some Astonishing revelations" Of
pauperisuo. poverty and crime disclosed BY
the evidences. substantially al Of which had
from tims % time been paolsbed oy the
press OF thst citv. For awhile the matter
occupied public attention, and then when
IL appeared that nothing new had been dis
covered or disclosed. aud that ibe whole
business was piece OF political cisp-trap.
ard that is sole object Nas the advance
msnt Of ne political and personal fortunes
o. ths Democrat party generally and Mel
bourne Il. Ford particularly. the bottom
dropped out % the invests Zalon.
The com uiffss coac. udsd its lab0rs In
short order ard no attempt whatever was
mats 10 frame a report or draw bill to
correct OF remedy tns dreadful state 0i sf-
fairs alleged In the preamble. As the
Fr-uchmsn would say. Wee la humbugl'
RsgareiuE Ar. tords record on the tariff
tie carrsspondent says.
ll = nos Ferg uach % a record, and ID
shows tnas speaker tariislss head was
'svei when be declined 10 put Mr.. Ford on
hs Ways and Means Committee That
IoEeysr seems nos o. have sbsshsd Nr.
Forl rn the slightest degree or csuse5 him
o lossc0nfdeDcs IN nimssif His cock
sud- ball story Of The threat of the PrUtec
i've issgue % spend an immense amount OF
uonsy 70 dsfsst bin would not deceive the
oungsst marine in TIE ssrvice. or the most
.srdsnt c0unfrvuan from Hoop pole
township. PcseY county. Indians. Mr.
Ford il altogether TOO cenceitsd. as il e
cutie unlikely that the Protective lssgue
know u his eSistencs. or Il they DO. that
fnsY care scu soout him or his speech
tE created no stlr--net even a r,ppie-on the
pscid ga Of ConZrsssi0ns. debate st least
. score Of better speeches were made on rhs
Democrat side, snd While &C. undoubtedly y
would have hssn a good speech for an Ar
kansas or kentafk ~ mem Der 10 make IL IA
~ east isbsfsbs question whether IL vas
q proper one Cor Michigan Rspressu tatvs
% meke
Il is quite evident that Mr. Ford rsmen-
berei that part u NJ. Nils speech on the
twenty rst of My last in closing the de-
bzie on fbe so-cai.ed Mills eill IN which
be asserted thst money vas being poured
into his t'sfrict 90 dsfesf him. if was A
silly rsmsrk for Mr.. Nils tD rake and
coufeSs-iif weakened hIs sceeCb. What
then shsl be said o. Mr.. Meihourna H.
Ford- a 1eT and unknown menu hsr 90 the
House repeating such a siiiv sssarfioa for
iag ieiesf - 81 reeeiFs on the 81 n Of No
y-nin~r next 1y tae voters of The Fifth Cor
Ere>sions District raurn ne aas uisrepre-
ssnied b. rs vote on the Mis- biIL