River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-03-15
WASHINGTON LETTER.
from our regular correspondent
March 9th, 1888.

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March 9th, 1888.
Senator Ingalls, ringing speech in
the Senate on Tuesday was the politi-
cal event of the week. 1t was straight
from the shoulder, every sentence re-
presenting a knoekdown blow against
the democratic party. 1t was all the
Senate officials could do to keep down
the enthusiastic applause of the crowd
ed galleries during its delivery.
Many old soldiers listened attentive.
ly while the Kansas Senator fayed the
Administration and the democratic
party. and the expression of their
faces was all the evidence needed of
their supreme enjoyment of the well
deserved flagellation. They were
particularly pleased with the Senator's
reference to Cleveland, whose many
slurs upon them in connection with
the pension vetoes last year have nei-
ther been fogotten or forgiven.
Here's the Kansas Senator's opininn
of Cleveland: 1.-The nomination and
election of Grover Cleveland has made
the pretensions of any American cit
lzen to the Presidency respectable.
There is no man in this country whose
Ignorance is so profound, whose OBJ
security so impenetrable, whose
antecedents so degraded, that he has
not the right 70 aspire to the Presi-
Dental nomination-by the democrat
tic party"
Referring to the question asked by
Senator Vest in his speech last week
"where is this Pension business to
stop!" Mr. Ingalls, said, 1T is going
to stop when the arrears of pensions
are paid; when the limitation is remov-
ed and every soldier on the rolls or
who gets on the rolls, is paid from the
day of his disability, or, in case of a
survivor, from the date of the soldiers
death; and when every surviving SOL
dier of the Union Army is put upon
the rolls for service only. That is
when it is going to stop. And if you
do not like it, make the most of il"
Referring to the pending pension bill
he said: Il hope it will pass the other
House of Congress; and if it does, let
the President of the United States We
TO it at his peril.
1t remained for a republican to take
the initiative in stopping the patent
medicine men and cigarette people
from making use of Mrs. Cleveland S
picture as an advertisement. Mr..
Thomas, of ILL.,, has introduced bill in
the House which makes it misde-
meanor punishable by heavy fine for
any person or firm to use a wOman's
likeness as an advertisement without
her written consent.
Here is little specimen of demo.
cratic stupidity. The Secretary of War
reported to the Senate chat so many
errors had been made in printing the
abstract of the militia force of the
country as recently reported to Con-
gress, that the document was worth
less. The Senate has ordered the Pub
lie Printer to reprint the document.
ThaL's the way Benedict economies.
For some days rumor has been
current here that Cleveland has writ.
ten letter, which is now in the hands
of ex-MayOr Cooper, of New York,
who is authorized to make it public
whenever he sees fit, in which he
declines to allow his name to be used
for the nomination, and further, that
he would not accept the nomination
if it should be rendered him. This is
hard to believe.
Another failure in the treaty line is
TO be charged up to the Administra-
ton. This time it is John Chinaman
VINO has euchered little Tommy Bay
ard. The new treaty will be sent to
the Senate at once. 1t prohibits the
importation of Chinese labOrers into
this country in one paragraph, but
opens wide the doors for them in an
other. which it is understood was pre-
pared by the Chinese minister here.
II allows all Chinaman residing in the
United States, who have accumulated
property to the value of $l000or more
to visit China and return to this coun-
try as often as they please. Any one
at all acquainted with Chinese character
will have no conjunction in swearing
that he is worth $1,000 or any other
sum if he can gain privilege by so
doing.
Presidential booms are little quiet
this week. The only one that has
made any Roadway is that of Senator
Sherman.
The republican minority of the
House Ways and Means Committee
have struggled manfully to get hear
ing for the various industries which
are affected by the Mills tariff bill, but
so far in vain. They are afraid that
they might be convinced of the alb
surdity of the hodge-podge they have
cOncOcted.
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Istnd.
The boys are having fun now, as the
crust on the snow is hard enough to
carry then on skates, something that