The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-02-21

our WASHING TON LETTER
WAsHixerox. y. e.. Feb. isih. 1889
The imperative need 81 more public
buildings IN Washington has been much
talked OF In both ends 81 The Capitol.
since Senator Morrill, brought out the
fact that tl2l. 100 year w.s being paid
cut by the Government to- rcnfs IN this
CITY. anil that owing 10 the overcr"wded
condition Of TIE Government buildings
the amount was continuously increns-
Ing. The sentiment Ia Congress seems
10 be In favor OF erecting The bnildinx-
necessary a. carry on the business Of ths
Government, aud Il y prohsbie that early
action will he tskeu ~ shr matter. tits
IL parficuIar.v necessary IN the case Q
The Government printing Office, ram
shacklsiy. unhealthy old rat-frsp whiri'
will some day tall down aud kill seseT~l
hundred OF ;is sardine-packed occupants
III Is not replaced D, new building.
The hearings In the OHIO ballot box
forgeriss siill ~ merrily on. but II - ex-
pected that this week. will end them
Whatsoever The committee may 10. the im-
martial public has convicted Foraker and
ualstead ~ trying 10 destroy q man :
good name with . pspcr which they
knew u lie forged. even II the Republic
can fe~sher-kite was not guilty OF having
the forgery committed.
BELIEF that the new Rules are TO be
adopted Nv the House has brought q
swarm ~ lobbyists OF sll descriptions 70
Washington in the hope ~ getting part
at the spoils. This is The was THE sil..t-
ter strikes Representative Cr'>p. ~
Georri.. me the most clesr-hessiet men
in The House: "Whrn yon consider The
prs,pn~ifions for Immense expenditures
AZ public money that are being urged mp
on this Congress, aud thai these kuis :
make the way clear Tor them. N,n do not
have 10 be prophet 10 see HAT The
money asked for by Congress i sp' ~
oysrbalance that heni a. the Treasury
lob Ingersoll. who j. here. iniorses
Speaker Reed. but then il must re re-
membcsrd that lngersoii, ike Reed, does
not believe in .iereaicr.
There have been several vo.es upon
amendments 10 the rules reported. which
MI show that the Republicans will stand
solidly hy their raDcn- resolution fhat
not one Of them will have personal in-
depen iehce enough. or encush sense ot
honor or shame. 10 vote his indigisina.
sentiments. ani that The rules. adopted
b. divided vote ia the Republican eau
cus. will be adopted il he House ~ Al
solid vute OF al The Republicans rhe
Democrats thereafter. - minority. can
do nothing more but enter protests
against any vicious sseslage from the
Treasury. whirh j. sure 10 be accom-
plished by The Republican majority mir
der the new rules. II j. said th.y were
-.
the men who furnished the money tol
successful. carry OUT the -o.ocks of
five methods. must be reimbursed from
the pubic treasury, with big interest on
their investments, or they would % over
u the .wicked Democrats Such u
Republican statesInanship under Harri- /
son.
The craven image which Senator
ingalls, has set up for the republican
party u purely brazen. There never
was 90 much brass exhibited Nv poli'i-|
clan. boldly exhibited. before the gaze Of
On entire republic. Henry J. FAM. the
alleged "viciimv Of southern onsrages in
Aberdeen. Mississippi has been here aud
told his story. II is thin ~ game. The
fact OF the matter 10, that FAM did cut
the rope which held the effizy VI Proctor
and did il Intentionally. But not citi-
zen OF Aberdeen moIe-ted him On tii.t
account, aud no one even spoke angrils
TO him.
Will Mcdonald, great big bnr!y TEL
low. v no hsd been looking for FAM tor
several days, in order 20 give him whip
ping for On insult offered several days
before. found FAM on the afternoon OF
The ialliu- OF the efsgy: found him on
the public street and gave him a horse
whipping. Whether FAM deserved q
much 81 the whip Is he received. i not
Sc; known hut il il known tha; Will Nc
Donald did not punish him tor the ct
figy incident; Tor Nc Donsli iii not hear
Of that matter until sner F.nz had len
town. When he went to Memphis,
FAM explained bis bruised condition by
saying that be was whipped for cutting
the rope which held the efiigy Of Proctor.
He seems TO be both a coward and pre-
varicator. Out Of this sort ofa fellow,
Senator ingalls, has made hero and has
Get him up for the wor-hipfull alteration
Of the republican party.