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The National tribune., 1890-02-06
TIE TROUBLE IL THE House.

The sober good sense Of the country will
approve of Speaker Reeds course during
the stormy scenes of the past fortnight in
the House of Representatives. The Mem
bers of that body were sent there by the
people TO transact public business-not to
delay il. They cannot successfully plead
any merely factious pretext as an excuse for
not doing their duty. The absence of regu-
larIy-adopted rules was made such n pre-
text Plain, cOmmon-sense people will say
that the House of Representatives should
do as any other deliberative body would
go ahead under the general rules which are
accepted by parliamentary organizations the
world over, until a regular set of rules can
be formulated and adopted. This general
parliamentary law is sufficiently well de-
fined and precise TO meet most requirements.
Certainly under it great amount OF public
business can he satisfactorily transacted
while waiting the consideration and adop-
ton of the regular rules. IL will ncecssa-
and discuss these rules. The rules Of the
last House, which were adopted by il after
long preparation, and wearisome debate,
proved in practice 10 be so unsatislnc-
tory that nobody but thorough obstruc-
tionisis desire anything more to do
with them. Meanwhile public business
must not be brought TO standstill 1t is
ridiculous to say so. The minority in the
House determined on obstruction. They
began it at the first opportunity. The lack
of adopted rules was only e pTetext aud
Speaker Reed awaited himself of the author
ity Of his office TO thwart their obstruction,
just as Speaker Carlisle, in the last House,
ayailed himselfof the power given him by the
rules TO thwart pension legislation Speaker
Reed action in seeing and counting as pres
ent Representatives who were actually in
the House was certainly as justifable, ia
say the least, as Speaker Carisle's repeat
edly-cxpressed declaration in the last House
/ that he would not see nor recognize any
Member who rose for the purpose of moving
any increase in the pension expenditure
! On Monday the majority in the House sue.
ceeded in securing an actual, unquestionabIe
quorum, and hereafter the transaction O
public business will probably proceed with
out serious obstruction by a iactious minor
ity.
The National tribune., 1890-02-06
A GOOD BEGINNING.

During the turmoil last week Maj. T.. N.
Morrill,, the Chairman of the Committee on
Invalid Pensions, thought he saw an oppor-
tunity TO get through n small portion of the
pension legislation desired by the comrades,
so he reported back from his committee the
following bill, which he supported by short
but able speech, and asked for its imme-
date consideration and passage:
That In considering the pension claims of dc.
pendent parents the fact of the soldiers death by
reason Of any wound, injury, casualty or disease
which, under the conditions and limitations of
sections 1862 and 1923, would have entitled him 10
an invalid pension, and the fact that the soldier
lef no widow or minor children having been shown
rs required by law, il shall he necessary only to
show by competent and sufficient evidence that
such parent or parents are without other present
means OF support than their own manual labor or
the contributions of others not legally bound for
their support: Proridod, That no pension allowed
under this act shall commence prior to its passage,
and in case of applications hereafter made under
this act tho pension shall commence from the date
of the filing OF the application In the Pension
Office.
This was passed to third reading with
out serious objection, ordered engrossed and
then passed by the House.
This was the first section Of the depend
ent parents and soldiers bill passed by the
10th Congress and vetoed by President
Cleveland.
II changes the present rule, so rs TO only
require of parents to show that they are now
dependent, and that they have no present
means ofsupport other than their own man
ual labor, or tho contributions of others not
legally bound for their support. 1t will do
away with great amount Of special legsla-
ton, which has been and is being brought
before Congress, to remedy cases of fragrant
injustice.
tits "a measure Of the most obvious justice,
and should have been passed years ago.
Even at this late day it will bring relief
to thousands of parents who gave their sons
TO the country, and have been denied justice
by the cruelty restrictive laws.
The National tribune., 1890-02-06
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE WASHINGTON THURSDAY.

AFFLICTIoN has laid heavy hand upon
this Administration, with three deaths in
President Harrisons family, two in Secre-
tary Blaine's and three in Secretary Tracy's.
All of these have had very distressing feat
ures, but the misfortunes of Secretary Tracy
have been unusually shocking to the public
mind. The fact that fire should break
out in broad daylight, in one of the best
built and commodious homes in the city,
and in few minutes destroy the lives of
three of the inmates, in the midst of what
would seem to be the greatest abundance of
help is appalling. If such catastrophe
could occur at 100 in the morning, in such
residence as Secretary Tracy's, which was
easily accessible from front and rear, and
within few hundred yards Of fire COM
pany, which arrived promptly on the scene,
then all human precautions against such
disasters seem vain.
The National tribune., 1890-02-06
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The National tribune., 1890-02-06
KECnuIr A COMPANY

Comrades, recruit company, platoon, or
squad for the great battle for soldiers
rights which has now opened in the halls of
Congress. In other words, get up club of
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which is in the forefront of the battle
Strengthen it's subscription list and You
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The National tribune., 1890-02-06

ANOTHER GENERAL" ON PENSIONS.
Gen. Lewis B. Parsons, who appears on
the rolls as having been appointed from Mis-
souri, Captain and Assistant Quartermas-
ter Oct. 81, 1861; Colonel, and Additional
Aid-de-Camp Feb. 10, 1862, and Briga-
dier-General May II, 1865, and was, we be-
lieve, Chief of a Division in the Quartermas-
ter-Generals Office at Washington during the
greater part of his service, writes bitter,
partisan letter TO the scurriIous ST. Louis Re
public against pensions. He begins by re-
hashing the old stuff:
When the annual expenses Of our War Depart
mcnt and our Pension Bureau greater than any
of the Rrmy-cursed nations OF Europe are paying
annually for tho support Of standing armies, is 1t
not time for taxpayers (Which for such purposes
includes every man, woman and child, regardless
of party, 70 call halt 10 take breath and inquire
whether generosity has not reached the limit
where "liberality TO the boys" may not result in n
criminal wrong 10 themselves, and 10 ask how
much longer it is prudent 10 permit selfish poll
tioians and pension agents 10 make football OF the
National Treasury
To show how little truth there is in his
statements about our pension expenditures
exceeding the cost of any of the armies of
Europe, we will give the expenditures for
the standing armies last year of the princi-
pal Nations:
The National tribune., 1890-02-06

ANYONE who is really in earnest about
remonetizing silver can help most effectively
by insisting on silver in all the payments of
everyday life. If there is general move
ment in this direction, it will speedily take
out of the Treasury all the silver that is
heaped up in its vaults. If so much as s. a
head of our population is put in circulation
it will take out every dollar now stored in
the vaults. There ought to be at least SO
per head in circulation.
The National tribune., 1890-02-06

of Fireman Busch was not near SO meritOri-
Gus as that of man who lost his legs while
fighting for his country. Yet the jury OF
one of the high courts of the country-a
jury selected presumably with unusual care
and composed of men of more than ordinary
judgment-gives him q sum which, if in
vested at six per cent, will yield him an
income of 81 400 year. The pension the
Government pays man who lost both legs
in battle is 1864 year, and it has been COM
paratively recently that the rate has been
increased to that amount.
The National tribune., 1890-02-06
TEN THOUSAND WATCHES
TO GIVE AWAY.

We have decided upon securing 100000
more subscribers, and 10 do it viii give away
10000 Of the famous Trenton watches TO
club Taiscrs.
We VIII send watch FEE, post paid, TO
every club raiser who sends Us club Of
ONLY TEX subscribers for one year.
This is an opportunity never before
offered, because this watch j. not a cheap
catch-peuny make-shift, but genuine, full
ieweled patent-levcr movement in dia-
In0Dd-silFer case, warranted for Is years.
DiamOnd-s.lver IL a compound metal, as
Its name indicates, composed Of pure silver
and nickel. 10 give il hardness and color.
IL j. not plated bat solid, 50 it wears the
same clear through. and is 50 warranted.
Now, who wants one2 There are just
10000 Of Them TO give away, and We do not
anticipate much trouble IN disposiDg Of them
on these terms.
An hours work viii get one. We hope
our friends Will appreciate the opportunity
The National tribune., 1890-02-06

preposterous is the ex-Assistant Quarter
masters prating about the intolerabe burden
of the penson-roll upon the industrial classes
of the country
They are not ground down with taxes to
pay pensions. The taxes have been main
tanned, and in many instances increased at
their urgent request, and for their benefit.
Every Congress IS besought by them to in
crease the taxes on certain articles, and one
of the strongest influences brought to bear
on Congress to-day is that of the united
farmers of the country asking for an increase
of the duties on wool.
The National tribune., 1890-02-06

orHGNG funnier ever occurred either on
or OF the comic stage than the spectacle of
some $50 Democratic Representatives pro-
testing vigorously from their seats and the
floor that they were not really present in
the House. 1t reminds one of the Irishman
who fell down n well.
"Are ye dead, Jimmie ?" anxiously in
quired his friend, pecring down into the
darkness.
No, Moike," groancd Jimmie, from the
bottom. Not dead, but spacheess"
The Democratic gentlemen, however, were
very far from being "spacheless" On the
contrary however absent from the hall they
might be technically" and construct
ively," their voices were there in full vigor,
and assaied the Speaker with deuunciations
of tyrant," usurper," Gar" " throttler,"
and kindred epiihets Aud the United
States was paying 100000 a day for the
farce
The National tribune., 1890-02-06
s7I4,s72.IO3
last year as follows:


Here was this vast amount paid out to
armies which in three-quarters of cen
fury have not done nearly so much hard
fighting ms the men who are now on the
pensiOn-rolls and those whom they repre-
sent, did in four years. As the purpose of
armies Is TO fight and the only true way of
estimating their value is by the amount of
fighting they are called upon TO do, it will
be seen that our pension-roll-the annual
value of which is but $64, G552.3G-is a
comparatively light sum for our Govern
ment to pay for all that it has received from
its defenders.
The ex-Assistant Quartermaster goes on
to say:
In II years our pension expenses have grown
from s2sl57, 0!9 10 the present enormous sum- One
hundred millions Of money tfxcd charges upon
the National eEchequer beyond repeal or diminu-
ton for long years 10 come, Is mn enormous sum
TO be earned by the toiling masses II seems to bc
quite forgotten that honesty requires that money
must be earned before II can be expended. Toll
and toll alone, can meet the emergency aud sup
ply the needed funds.
This is another Of the stupid falsehoods of
the soIdier-haters. As everybody who is
not wilfully ignorant knows, not a dollar of
the money used to pay pensions is assessed
and collected for that purpose The taxes
were imposed aud are maintained for reasons
entirely independent and disconnected with
the use of the revenue for the payment of
pensions. The main object in their con-
tinuance to-day is the development of our
manufacturing and agricultural Industries,
the regulation Of the whisky traffic, etc
For example, nearly 81 100000 of the money
expended last year for pensions and other
purposes was collected from the tax on oleo-
margarine. The farmers and dairymcn who
/ insisted upon the imposition of this tax
did not care ig what the Government did
with the money accruing from it-they
wanted the tax put on for the protection Of
their interests Similar influences control
the maintenance of the tax on every article
from which the Government derives reve-
nue.. Last year we collected off imported
,g,r;D,,It,,r.f ,.rC1v,cfg % f,It,,..
The National tribune., 1890-02-06
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
WASHINGTON, D. C., FEBRUARY G, 1890
FORTHCOMING ATTRACTIONS.
A List of Good Things in Store
for The Readers of The Ma
tionai Tribune.

We have magnificent LOT of articles of
unusual merit for the readers of THE Ma
T1oNAL TRIBUNE, which viii be presented TO
them in the near future. Among these are:
TRACY TREMMEL; or, THE EXPERT
ENCES OF THE BLUE JAY MESS.
A series Of letters from boy to his mother,
descriptive Of the experiences Of himself
and comrades in the early days Of their
enlistment; their life in camp, adventures
in expeditions, battles, etc BY John
MeElroy, author of Andersonville, q
Story Of Rebel Prisons" "A File of In
fantrymcn.7 The Red Acorn" Reminis-
cences Of an Army Mule" etc
A SERIES OF TEN LETTERS, by Frank
G. Carpenter, whose letters descriptive Of
his journey into the ont-of-the-way places
Of the world proved so acceptable to our
readers last year.
"A GREAT RESOLVE a romantic story
by Olive Logan, one Of the most talented
of American writers.
"REAL RUSSIA" by the author Of THE
Story OF a Cannoneer," descriptive Of his
travels and life in Russia, and the people
be met there.
MASSACHUSETTS MINUTE MEN" by
Lieut. James J.. Sherman, descriptive of
the rallying Of the Massachusetts militia
for the defense Of the National Capital in
April, l-G1.
"BETWEEN TWO FIRES" by William
7. Doyle, being continuation Of the in
teresiing "reminiscences Of an old Yirginian
living in the debatable country on the
Rapidan.
@CAPT. DU POINTS WIDOW" an inter
esiing story by Mrs. u V. p Bash.
"sAyIEG THE LANCASTER" a thrilling
sea story by Maj. f. Y Commagere.
The National tribune., 1890-02-06

NOTHING could be in better contrast than the
course of the present Ways and Means Com
mitteo with that of its predecessor. The Mills
Committee was organized as a raid upon our
manufactures, and packed in tho interests of
Free Trade. Six of its l3 members were from
the far South, where the only manufacturing
done was confined TO the local grist and saw
mills and blacksmith-shops. One Of the North
crn members, w. l.. Scott has an ill-reputa-
tion as n leading manipulation in various un-
savory trusts and combinations The Com
mittce held its sessions in secret, with carefully
guarded doors, excluding from n hearing all
representatives Of the interests which were to
be affected by the raid. except few of the
strictly Southern ones, such as rice sugar.
cotton.seed oil, etc. Tho present Committee.
on the other hand, is made up of men
who represent alike agricultural and
manufacturing Districts. Mills, Carlisle,
and the other Free Traders, who rep
resent Southern Districts are in n decided
minority. Yet tho majority treats them with
"A fairness very much Mt variance with their
course when in power. The sessions Of the
Committee are open, and everybody manufac-
turer. Protectonist and Free Trader. is given
tho fullest aud frcest hearing and the Com
mittoes report when ii is made, will not be
raid upon our manufactures, TO be forced
through under the whip of the caucus, but an
Intelligent discussion of the needs of all our
industries, with business-like suggestions as to
what is best for them aud the country.
The National tribune., 1890-02-06
agricultural products as follows,
s2Ia.I1ns


Every dollar Of this enormous sum
which is more than double the entire ex-
penditure for pensions-was received from
duties imposed for the direct benefit Of the
farmers Of the country. 1t would be a
calamity for them 10 have the duties re-
duced and the Government collect legs
money. II would be an advantage to them
to have the duties made still higher in every
respect, and fewer products brought from
abroad 10 compete with theirs. What becomes
Of the money derived from this source is of
minor importance; the main thing is 10
protect our farmers as far as possible from
injurious foreign competition.
Then, is anybody absurd enough to claim
that the reason We collected last year
SIS, 3O6. lGG Of taxes on spirits and 1913, 324. :
2l5 On fermented liquors, was because the
money was needed 10 pay pensions? The
taxes are maintained because substantially
everybody agrees that liquors should be-
heavily taxed by the Government.
From these three sources alone-duties on
imported agricultural products and taxes
on oleOmaFgarine and liquors - enough
money is received every year to pay The
ordinary running expenses of the Govern.
ment-inclnding Sal 100000 interest ON tn,
public debt-and a liberal sum for the up
building Of the Navy aud for the improve
ment Of rivers and harbors, and still hay.
about $ll2OOO.OOO year for pensions.
In face of these indisputable facts, how
The National tribune., 1890-02-06

No sOLDIER-HATING editor is ever even
accidentally honest when comparing the size
of our pcnsions-expendture with those of
European countries, by accompanying the
same with comparison of the fighting done
by our pensioners and their comrades with
that for which European soldiers are pen
stoned. No, indeed. That would destroy
the whole force of their datribes They
dare not put in comparison the frightful
losses and the terrible marches and priva-
tons endured by our men against all that
European soldiers have endured in the
present century. They cannot point out q
single instance in which European regiment
has lost anything like the number of
men that was customary among our fighting
regiments. They cannot show where any
of them have been called upon to do the
marching, TO endure the cold and storms Of
Winter, the privations and the intense
bodily strains which were customary in our
service. They dare not even contrast the
Franco Prussian war, about which many OF
them speak SO ghbly, with Grants Wilder
ness campaign, which, though but one of
our campaigns, and but part of the service
our men rendered, was more destructive of
life, limb and health than the whole strug-
gle between France and Germany.
The National tribune., 1890-02-06

SINCE Pasteur led the way by discovering
the little comma-shapcd, bar-shaped, semi
colon-shaped and ?-shaped things which
breed cholera, typhoid fever, hydrophobia
and cancer in the blood of man, other scien-
fists have, from time TO time, announced
that they have found out the special baciHii
which have caused other disorders and in
ilctions. We are in daily expectation that
the bacillus which cankers the brain of a
soldier hater will be discovered and described
by some student Of morbid conditions We
will hazard n guess that when found it will
prove TO have two-probably three-forms.
In men living in the seaboard cities, and who
are growing wealthy by the importing busi-
ncss, it will be shaped like S in the South
ern sections ii will resemble flag with -
stars and three bars; in other portions of
the country it will probably resemble a but
ternut or n copperhead snake. We give these
hints for the benefit of such students as may
be examining into the cause Of the rabid,
malignant spasms into which some men are
thrown by the mention OF pension OF the
d bt due the soldiers.
The National tribune., 1890-02-06

THE Canadians are complaining BECAUSE
under the protection given our barley grow
ers we are raising more of the grain our
selves and buying less of Canada. This is
the best of evidence rs to the good results of
that policy. Every dollar that we can keep
at home and put in our own farmers pock-
cts is substantial addition to the general
wealth.
The National tribune., 1890-02-06

Mr.. ROBERT r. PORTER, Superintendent
Of the Census, is having circular sent to all
church officers desiring them TO furnish all
statistics in regard to membership attend
ance, etc. We predict that the results, when
tabulated, will be an astonishment to the
people who claim that the churches are
dying out and infidelity is spreading rapidly
Unquestionably great religious change is
taking place. All churches and all clericals
are losing much of the authority that they
once possessed. But Mt the same time the
true sphere of the church and the minister
and priest is widening The statistics will
show that Il much larger proportion of the
community are communicates Of the various
churches than ever before, and that n larger
proportion of their means find their way into
the Golfers of the different denominations.
The minister and the priest are no longer
semi-magistrates as they were in the early
part of the century; they have nowhere in
Europe or America that share in the civil
Government that they once had, but they are
more than ever the true spiritual guides,
counseIors and CONSIDERS of the greater part
of the community AS body their con-
diton has been vastly improved, and the
membership of the churches is much supe-
rior, numerically and otherwise, to what it
ever was
The National tribune., 1890-02-06

LAST week jury in the United States
Circuit Court at Chicago gave Henry Busch,
fireman on the Northern Pacific Railroad,
$4,000 for the loss of both legs. This shows
something of public sentiment in regard to
what is due men who are disabled in the
the performance of their duties. The case
The National tribune., 1890-02-06

THE "Wild and Woody West can score
big point. Bishop Whitaker lived IL years
among the pistol carrying people of Nevada
without seeing shot fired, or being treated
with anything but the respect due his exalted
clerical position, and returned to the highly
civilized city of Philadelphia to be- fired at
while standing in front of the altar clad in his
Episcopal robes.