Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-24
w.,u1yG7pN ,rATTERs.
What "A Journal Reporter Saw and Heard
During the Past week.
special Correspondence.

/, WASHINGTON. Oct. Is, 1880.
Secretary Blaine having declined sever
! al invitations to visit various sections OF
the country on the plea fpressingpublic
business. the know-it-alls, of whom there
is ALWAYS a plentiful supply in Washing
ton. even when congress is not in session,
will have it that we are on the eve OF
great international complications with
this. or that or the other nation. One
will tell you that several foreign minis
ters have entered protests from their
| Governments against the enforcement of
the anti-lottery law, which excludes pub
LEGATIONS from their respective countries
from our mails; another will assure you
with a solemn countenance that the
United States is going to have war with
poor little Guatemala, while still anoth-
er will whisper mysteriously that the
state department is hourly expecting
news of a conflict between ourvessels and
British mcn-of.war in Behring sea. All
of which the late Horace Greedy used to
call :rot'' of the worst kind. 1t is not
strange that Mr. Blaine should find him-
self busy just after returning from IL long
vacation, nor that he should be anxious
to clear up the work which accumulated
during his absence. Busy as he is, how
ever, he expects to find time to make a
speech or two in Representative Mekin-
ley's district before the campaign closes,
us he, like every other good republican,
is deeply interested in seeing Mr.. Mckin-
ley returned to congress.
The official news of the Mormons hav-
ing abandoned polygamy has not made
very profound impression here, as it is
believed to be only a part of the regular
programme to gain admission to the
Union as state. A son of the head of
the Mormon church, who edits n paper
at Salt Lake City, was here when the
news came, and it was believed he was
sent here for the purpose of ascertaining
what effect it had on the prominent gov
eminent officials. There are number of
reasons, aside from the admission of the
territory. why the Mormons are DESTROYS
disappearing to have reformed, not the
least of which is the bill before congress
declaring the property of the Mormon
church confiscated. This bill has been
passed by the senate and favorably re-
ported by the house judiciary committee,
and is now on the house calendar with
good prospects of becoming law, unless
some extraordinary influence shall lie
brought to bear to prevent it, and to
prevent those influences to SO bear is Just
what the Mormons are paving the way
for.
The first pension certificate issued I'M
der the new law was signed Wednesday
by Secretary Noble, The pensioner ia
George E. Dyer, private, Company r.
Seventy-ninth Ohio Volunteers. The
pension commences from the time of fl
ing the application, July 2, of this year,
six days after the passage of the new
pension act.
The event of the week was the visit of
Count of Paris, the so-called heir of the
French throne, that is, if it is possible to
be heir to something that has no exist
ence. He remained here from Tuesday
morning until Wednesday afternoon,
when he left for visit to the Virginia
battle fields. He received no official rec
ognition, but was given warm welcome
by the army officers who knew him dur
ing the year he was member on Gen.
McClelland's staff. He was given a din
ner by Gen. Schofeld. He will return
here next week to remain several days,
and the society are preparing to lionize
him. His son, the Duke of Orleans,
whose fool antics got him into a French
prison not long ago, is with him, also
several other titled Frcnchmen.
1t does one good to visit the head
quarters of the republican congressional
campaign committee and see the cheerful
faces of the men doing the work at this
end of the line. The committee receives
nothing but good news. From every
section comes tidings OF perfect organic
alton, enthusiasm, and determination
to win. Two more weeks will wind up
the sending out of documents, and then
comes the hand to hand conflict which
will decide which party shall control the
next house OF representatives. One of the
most cheerful as well as the most frequent
visitors at the committee rooms is Secre-
tary Rusk, who brought cheering news
when he returned from his recent trip to
Wisconsin.
There is quite a rivalry between the
Ohio and Indiana republican state asso.
Citations of this city to see which can con-
tribute the most money to their respec-
tive campaign funds. The HOLSTERS are
ahead now, but the Buckeyes are close
behind and gaining rapidly.
A prominent New York physician told
me a few days ago that the constant