Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-05-12
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, MAY 4,

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ed last Tuesday in the Senate Cham.
Der By showing up the hypocrisy of
such copperheads as Senator Voor
hees of Indiana, who, during the re.
belIion devoted all their energies 10
putting obstacles in the way of the
Government.
So we'll did the Kansas Senator
do his work that Mr.. Voorhees, com
oletely disgraced himself in the eyes
of ali respectable people by using
language unbecoming gentleman,
such as, " liar, scoundrel, dirty dog
cts. Truth very often hurts, but
Senator ingalls, has the courage to
tell it when occasion demands it, no
matter who is hit thereby.
f. E. Nash. General Superinteu
dent of the Railway mail service,
has rendered bis resignation, to take
effect upon the appointment of his
successor. He was one OF Mr.. Villas
appointments.
A delegation representing the
manned soldiers League was before
the house committee on Pensions
Friday to urge the early eonsidera.
ton of the bills making an increase
IN the pensions now paid to persons
who lost an eye, arm or leg IN the
service. Another delegation favor.
ed the per diem bill.
The Senate committee on Labor
have made a favorable report on the
House bill to prohibit the employ.
ment of alien labor on public works.
The silver men in Congress are
complaining bitterly against the I'M.
Just manner in which the admins
tration is treating their interests
Senator Stewart, of Nevada, has in.
troduced bill in the Senate which
requires the Secretary of the Treas,
ury to purchase and coin not less
than S4,OOO,000 worth of silver bul.
lion evey month. The Senator stat.
ed that this bill involved no new
question, but was only intended to
compel the administration to carry
out laws already upon our statute
books, which had been openly disre.
garded by the Secretary OF the
Treasury, until the currency of
the country had become contract.
ed to such an extent that it was ser
iously felt in all branches of trade
and industry. England was reaping
the benefit of the present IN Ameri-
can financial policy of this Govern
ment, and he hoped sometime to try
at the head Of all others, directing
the affairs Of the United States.
The House was the scene eff dis
graceful squabble speech on Satur.
day last. Mr.. Woodburn had just
finished his tariff speech IN which he
taxed the democrats with being
members of the Golden Club, and
stated that the resolution introduced
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 apologlzed for the res.
olution.
When Mr.. Woodbnrn concluded,
Mr.. Bryce, of New York, got up and
said the statement was false.
This caused some excitement and
brought dozen republican mem.
bers to their feet, and every one of
them reaffirmed Mr.. Woodburn's
statement.
Mr.. Brumm, of Pa, the author OF
the resolution referred to, reasserted
Mr.. Woodburn's statement and ad
ded that Mr.. Bryce uttered false
hood if he denied it. Then Messrs.
Brumm and Bryce advanced toward
each other in threatening manner,
each giving the other the lie direct,
while the Chairman had difficulty in
securing order.
Two such scenes as this in one
week in our National Legislature is
entirely beyond all question. II the
first had not occurred in the Senate,
in the case of Mr.. Voorhees,, the
chances are that this would not have
taken place in the House. Our low.
er House of lawmakers Is much too
easily infected by the example of the
upper for the latter to be careless re
gardIng parliamentary rules.
Senator Stewart has introduced q
bill to carry out the provisions Of the
Chinese treaty.
The nomination of Melville Yves
ton Fuller, of Chicago, as Chief Jus.
tice, has been very we'll received by
the republicans, but as much cannot
be truthfully said of the democrats.
Mr.. Fuller was born and educated
in Maine, but has been resident Of
Chicago for about 80 years. He is
in no sense "a man of national repu
tation, but all that is known OF him
is good. 1t is said that both republi-
can Senators from Illinois are heart
lily in favor of Mr.. Fuller. He has
not yet accepted, but he will.
Two new pension bills were intro
dneed last week, Que by Mr.. Ed
munds in the Senate, TO increase the
pensions paid persons who contract
ed heart disease in the service, and
one by Mr.. Burrows in the House, to
pension all persons who served 90
days or longer in the army or navy,
at the rate of one cent per month for
each day of actual service.
Representative Mckinley, of Ohio,
is understood to be at work on
tariff bill which will represent the
views of the republicans. 1t will be
offered as a substitute for Mills tar