The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-07-20
FORGET-ME-NOTS.

| took occasion last week to remark that this
was the first session of Congress in many years
that had passed without single day having
been given to labor bills Mr.. H. j. Schulters,
member of the legislative committee of d. A.
&C. K of L., called on Speaker Reed couple
of days ago to make a representation to him
on that score, and Mr.. Reed, so Mr.. Schul-
ters says, promised to have the Committee on
Rules set aside day for the labor committee.
There are several bills on the calendar in which
the labor organizations are deeply Interested,
but especially one to prevent convict labor from
competing with the labor of free men and one
intended TO make effective the eight-hour law,
already on the statute book.
Young Mr.. James G. Blaine is the victim of
some very violent prejudices. There are peo-
pie about Washington who hate him so cor
daily somehow that they would sit up at night
to conspire against him and to concoct stories
for the purpose Of injuring him. This explains
several stories that have recently been pub
Iished, and especially one to the effect that he
had been so disOrderly on the floor of the House
that Speaker Reed had to order his election.
After pretty careful investigation | am con
WINGED that the story did an injustice to this
young man, that it was almost without founda-
ton, and that Mr.. Reed requests the publica-
tion almost as much as young Mr.. Blaine
could. Fair play is a jewel and as l was
led into giving some credit to the story my
self, think it right now to make the correc-
ton as far as possible. Whatever may have been
chargeabe to young Mr.. Blaine in other places
and at other times, his behavior since he be-
came clerk to the House Committee on Foreign
Affairs seems to have been above reprOach. All
who are best capable of testifying in the case
say so.
The articles that have filled the newspaper
press during the past week about the alleged
exhaustion of the Treasury surplus and the al
legged impending bankruptcy of the Treasury
have been, on the whole, the worst specimens
of financial slandering ever written for the
newspaper press. The surplus is not exhausted
Secretary Window says he has enough OF 1T lett
70 pay bills amounting to forty fifty millions OF
dollars yet, and / think we may take his word
for it. There is not the slightest danger, moi
even the slightest possibility, Of deficit in the
Treasury for several years TO come. Besides
the howl is 50 meaningless and inconsistent
The issue made by both political parties, but
especially by the Democrats, in the last cam
paign was that the surplus must be got rid of
Now they say it has been got rid of and they arc
grumbling about it, while the Republicans say
Jhereis quite surplus on hand still. As the Re
pubcans are the custOdians of the Treasury
they certainly ought to know.
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/ wouldn't have it mentioned for the world
but it isn't every woman who could buy S21, rs;
worm Oh ICdl eoLdlc lOI Il IOI4dI Us hIss liar
rison has done at Glen Echo. And Mrs. Harri
son few days ago called attention to the fac
that the District Commissioners were the Pres
idents appointees, and therefore would be yer,
liable to make Improvements in the direction o
the Harrison family real estate interest, Th
old man ought to try and do something
with his better half, or he'll not know what Il
do with all the real estate he'll have on hanC
shortly Supposng Mrs. Harrison, instead of
dollar, should think Of investing 500 in rea