Telegram-herald., 1890-08-04
WASHINGTON ECHOES
A Brief Synopsis OF the Work Done
by Belknap.
ENCLiSD H0RE ALIVE IHlY AMERICA
says IA r. Chareh or Grand Rapids 10 the
"sshingtsa FssE-A Good sAaltAry
Asasars--Fso NaIeabIs Csrfositiss
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WAsAISGToSs Aug. "A short time
ago ! sent you brief synopsis OF the
work done by Gen. Catcheon At this
session Of Congress. I have made a
compilation Of IAe balls, etc, introduced
By Mr.. Bslknap since he has been Ia the
House, which may perhaps be Of inter-
est 70 your readers, as showing hOw he
hc occupied himself since he has rep
resented the Ffth district. The fol-
loving is the record
lie has introduced ffty-nine private
pension balls, nearly al OF which have
become laws.
Seven bills 10 remove charges Of de-
scrtOn- one has become A law.
one general pension oil. partly incor-
poraIed IN the new dependent pension
bill.
one general pension bill to pension
army nurses. On the calendar and vail
become 4 law.
one bill to amend a military record.
One bin 10 place an officer on the re-
tired list of the army.
one bdl 10 extend patent. Report
Cd adversely.
BLI Tor q public building at Grand
Haven. Now on the calendar.
Bin TO establish a lie saving station
at saugatuck. Now under considera-
ton in Committee of Commerce.
These are the bills introduced, hut in
addition Mr.. Belknap has examined
nearly 600 private pension bills and has
made 202 favorable reports. OF these
50 are on the calendar and the rest have
passed the House. There are over 1000
bills which have been examined bv the
Invalid Pensions Committee, of which
Mr.. Belknap Is member, and these
bills Are more than third OF all the
bAls introduced IN tins Congress, and
II al became laws would cost more than
one thousand million dollars annually.
This IS exclusive of the Freedman's 5
bill, which would require an appropri-
alton Of nearly $500 900 900 the first
year. In addition to his other work he
has been called upon TO examine 324l
pension claims IN the pension office and
OF these he has secured the settlement
Of 53S. From tins It Will be seen that
while Mr.. Belknap has not made many
speeches, he has done a good deal OF
work since be has been IN Washington
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The following / clip from the Wash
TgtOn Post of this week. AS the gem
leman who Is quoted IS pretty well
nOwn n Graud Rapids, 1t will doubt
ess interest good many people 10 read
What he says abOut MS travels abroad:
II found England more alive than
America on many business matters, :"
sad MIR. VI. Il. Church, OF Grand
Rapids, MICh.. at the NOrmandie, last
night. "My business led me to look up
Certain matters of sanitary nature,
snd discovered TO my surprise that in
them England was far ahead OF us
For Instance, 1t is against the law to
paper a room without first removing
Inc old paper and cleansing the walls
Over here % - the usual way TO paste
coat after coat of paper. Just think OF
the decaying vegetable and animal
matter IN the paste ana glue with which
room is coated. and the absorbing
power OF the paper itself, and you will
htNfH WNAtANA - ttAE AAWHtA Vi NV4A4Z lOtlN
diseases. The only sanitary wall Is a
bare wall and I am going 70 have the
matter presented 30 several State legis-
atures this fall"
Mr.. Church changed the subject and
produced two curI0s,tiCs. One was an
English copper tw0pence OF 1898. It
was larger aud heavier than a silver
dollar. "N0t many of these are now
ln existence" said he. "They are
called striking pieces, and are used
by country people at the fairs TO strike
bargains, bY q peculiar custom. Here
IS another curiosity be continued q.
producing a stick two feet I'm length
and cur.ously2 aotcbed and split
There are scTeu n0tches," ," said be-
"This IS = certificate of deposit issued
by the Bank OF England over 100 years
ago. A stick was taken. notChed and
split. One piece was gwen 70 the de-
p0st0r. who had to produce it and
notch the other piece 20 get his money.
Il defiod forgery and fraud. This stick
represented 2 deposit of $1,000. 10 and
che striking piece we're gwen me by an
officer in the Bank of England"
The O.. A. r. encampmeut in Boston
IS lust now occupying good deal OF