Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-12-04
Letter Frsa washingts..

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for raw annual letter to the SESrNEl
AVID REFuBLIcAs. Nv lines have bseI
cast these many years past outside
Of nv native county, but / Away
give thanks that / vas born In tn,
highlands Of PENNSYLVANIA Juniat,
IL = good county to be born in. Hsl
representatives. here, as rule are
no discrsdit to her
CoSGnRss AND THE GovElShzIT
are sverything,to Washington. There
Is little business here that has IT,
fountain head outside Of government
al affairs, and tho knowing ones, and
they all think they know, do not
want the ssrly morning business and
late evening hours for work, the rat.
tie, clattsr Of large commercial In.
terssts. There l. leisure connect
ell with holding an Office at Wash
ingtOn that runs itself into family
and social life. There are many cor
rect living people here. but there Is
large swell population that turns
night int day and only begin their
night frirOlities about eleven Ocloek
p. " 1t would be a startling sight
to the people of the Republic II
Washington could be uncovered to
their gaze any night after IL O'Clock
p N, after Congress meets and
when all the departments Of govern
ment are in full blast.
ApArrsGENr HoUsEs-
Apartment house living has be-
come fashionable with rich people.
An apartment house is accessible on
ly to the people who occupy it, aud
such friends as they may invite to
Partske Of their hospitality Vice
Pres Norton has an apartment house
that he h.srsnted Among hi, pso-
pie are those who use wine, &c. The
house has cafe coffe house through
which the occupants obtain meals,
lunch and bibilous rsfreshments-
The Vice President took out license
for the house so that his tenants
could be supplied with wine and
beer, IL they chose 10 imbibe, and
now the cold water poople,are pour
ing in shot and shsn against hin-
sEE PAN kaERIcAs CONGRESS-
The Pan American Congress is not
Az elephant on the hands Of govern
mest As some sss1 to think Coed
will come of the convention. The
thing that has struck the delegates
most is the power Of the corporations,
and particularly railroad corpora
tions Out of this convention will
devslope through railroad down to
Mexico, Central America and South
America, and when such grand
trunk line has been constructed the
Interchange Of commodities between
the respective countries will rapidly
follow. / cannot enter into details
Of this grand International project.
rnk EKvoLurIoS u Brazil
/. claiming . good deal of attention
Of statesmen. 1t came 50 quietly
that everybody Is daxsd- The past
great revolutions of the world came
through great distress, war and &
Harcisl uphesval.
TIE sPEAlKRsHIP
il the al absorbing question among
Congrsssmen Reed is in the lead
and IL the field cannot uaite against
him he Will win the chair.
BORDER RAID CLAIMS.
The border raid claims growing
ont OF damages to personal property
and fences, crops and buildings dur
ing rebel raids will be introduced
for the consideration Of Congress
The Legislature of your state ha,
time and again beon importuned tC
pay tho claims. 1t has never done
so. 1t says it is matter for Con
gress to Srsppls with, and now heal
the question at the door knocking
Every agent in such business will bt
on hand. Atkinson the Congress
man from yosr district is into it FOL
ono end Of tho 18th cougressiona
district, WAS raidsd, Franklin county
and Fulton county suffered the hard
fate of the rush and hurry burly q
contending armies. Both eountie
belong to Atkinson's district. /
Congress SAYS the claims shall be paiC
would not like to predict what vii
take place at the next election
There are men here who look upol
these claims as the entering wedge L
the introduction Of thousands Of mil
lions Of claims from other parts o
the country. A new generation o
men are upon the threshold of social
business and political life and from
tho way they shake their heads whel
they are approached, on the question
OF state or nation, paying for tn
damage that may be done BY an IL
diyidasl or a riot or an army it
plain that it does not suit their in
ohnation to pay damages for an oil
fight In which they had no hand
They do not propose TO be bound b
lot of foxy politicians and CLAIM
agents. In addition to the larg
class Of young mon named it doe
not suit thousands of people VIII
lived through the times of the civ
strife to pay damage for the conf,
cation, for the property destroyedol
the march and for the work of tn
incendiary torch of contendin,
armies. If the claims are persist
emily pushed L should MT wonder i
the next election would send lot o
new men to Congress