The Forrest City times., 1888-03-24
Thursday.

SENATE MT Plumb sent to the Clerks desk and had read \ letter written by a Wash ington firm of pension claim eSents to Kansas eN-soldcr, saying that some time ago they had written to him asking to be allowed to take his pension clam to Congress and had not heard from him in reply; that they were conv"rsant with his claim and believed that if properly presented Congress would not refuse a spt ci al pension; that tHeir fec was & Of which Slu was payable in advances that sixty hrec special bills were passed by last Congress and still larger number would probably be passed by the pres ent Congress; that this was the best time for the presentation of cases to Congress. the country as on the eve Of a congressional and presidential election, and on their mettle to mak" recCrI. AIT. riuInb sApresfed ed the belief that large amounts were being obtained tarOugh such representation, although the writers could render no service whatever Not only would an attorney net be permitted to appear bef r. the Pension Comuiittec, but he could perform Eo useful service whatever in connection with special pension cases. [ was an outrage tput ting it mldIy) for men to be imposed upon in that way lie asked that the Pension Committee take the letter and consider it, and make q re- port to the Senate, O that such sWIndling ol eX soldiers should not be ntinued MT iiale asked MT Plumb whether he would not allow the name oi that pension claim firm to be state | so that it would be made known to the country through the press Mir. lumb preferred te wal, Tor the report Of the Pension Committee After iul ther discussion, ill which MT Dolph reierre,l to claim agents agreement which he had seen, to rece ye per cent Oi the amount Of direct tax t0 reiund to certain State, tn. latter was referred to the Committee on Pen sions.
 HousE.-Mr. Thomas of Wisconsin, rising to aquestion oI privilege, sent 70 the Clerks desk and had read an article in the New York Sun relative to the pending raj road legisl alton he article states White dOuDung the truth Of the claim that Major Reddington the proprietor ol bucket-shop in Washing .on, claImed that he controlled such anti -monopolistic Il embers as Messrs Weaver oi Iowa, All, n Of Mississippi, Anderson Of Iowa, snively 9t Indiana and Thomas of Wisconsin. Mir. Thomas d, clared that ne did not know Re1diIgton, had never seen hIm and mad never had any communication with hin directly or indirectly lie was not interested in stocks; and the whole matter, so far as he was concerned. was an absolute false hood nad le But he imagined that Reddin gton had little 10 do with the article The men who were prov ling around tue corridor, interested in land grant legislation as Lobbyists, had in spirgd the article. They had caused it to be published in one Of the greatest and most wide circu. ated papers lu the United States, anu II had gone oycr the land that memDers uf the House were dealing with men who controlled bucket-s!ops 10 influence the stock market for their own beneht. lnese land grnat grabbers- these Pecilie Railroad men @ho had taken rom the Treasury under false prettnses Sl7S, ,0JO, ,0Jo and .6, ,WO, t0J acres ut iand-were seeking now to islander and besInear the character of every man who dared tU stand up for the rights of the people Mir. Ailen Of mississippi, remarked that he was not mad about the matter. The only time he had heard Of k ellington Was some two years aEO. when he learned that some Pacific Railroad people were inter sted In getting some man out ni the office of the CJmmis siOner of Railroads He ha aftcrward met a man who talked nippantly about tue fac.dc Ratlr,ads and whom he presumed to be ReddIngtun. That was the only he he had ever seen him. ht programme seemed make dsreputabl6 character Of this man R ddington and thea l. associate with him every body who ofered any sort Of opposition 10 snch lcgi ,ihtlOn as might bt desired b. the Pac lc Railroad ompantes. Tn, newspaper, or the newspaper correspondents, who iutinuated or insinuated that he (Allenl had ever had any connection with bucket-shops or stock bbefs in any way, form or fashion; that he had ever paced ms conduct or action in this House at the disposal of any man, WAS well. If the ldea should prevail Ieqairng news paper to publish the truth, and oniy the truth, that newspaper, and that newspaper correBpoI- dent, would have 10 go out of the business Innr U l