The sun., 1891-02-16
aoudy Of ohicaso In that letter Mr.. Morrison

out ,Why, in MS opinion, no Wou.d not do. When
ward his available man, who ho thought was
in all respects Just the canaidets needed. The
faith aud which was afterward conceded TO be
ani IN syerS %n Je'ps ws
Tor the writer, II found it's way into print soon
,hor s,tnr being Received by S G2udy and Is
politicians of Illinois. His fatal fondness ior
again.
Congress has becn quite liberal Of late In The
matter OF Passing pension bills. and the many
claimants for favors OF this kind are buoyed
with new hope and look for great things dur.
bills that have attracted the most attention re-
contly are those granting tho venerable Gen.
and soon 10 be- prSate citzem
81 psa q cen ustr
list d fh the army @ish :. nSs IaS
he two House: howsSer. ha ' says sSnaHsa man
sea,i s,n e" npon % the retired retired list who was rot
army a the une3 m 3nssr Suites. Gen. fkaRs nnEs
Tas Nus mot not elISib!s tq this honor, there:
s w tesns set Esa ahsp shat
ioundly grateful for the comp lments that have
eebie 1upIy @ oi late asd 1 viii pro5nbs
es WSea e bs aHT ss 5 his bsn
reached the Senate r Dave. was "a ms II, favor saa ot
having the amount Of til. pension increased to
soe sSnsh Sfs Mot G
be. and so the Massachusetts senator with
drsT S his PR WpropEessition. es, .o ,,., .
Increase OF Mrs. Clusters pension rom 80 to
1lO0 . month, there was little belief that It
sions had closed up business for the session.
sSos s1s sG ass sssa S 81 sss
eA5Gns hsssSsf
the 81 n S Ps % saa edrne apon .nss ss
sympathies oi the Indiana obiector with their
!SS and sSs s1I xss s;' SsS
sas ps:fsi RRsy Rely
Who who i0ld the friends Of the BIZ that he would
aSlp fs them s0 Nan pSss IT, And he da Mrs. C%stSr
literary pursuits. which lp to the present tlme
have not remunerated her to . great extent,
sion M Just granted. % j. A''N 'A' 'A'''"'' VI ''A'
Tho presence Of stout. red-facsd. curly.
hatred. prosperous-lookine man in and about
the Senate chamber during the past week has
recalled the days whom Dorsey and Clayton.
the other so-called carpet t-baggers o. that
Senate and whsn the star Route s'ass and
the great fraud Of 1875 stood out pl ominently
Sss RsGR Ts S n sS sn IT,
Sssasr 9sns Ct Ct Nx s Sos. Hss was sso;
@ Ssvn9 Close son II to nas.rs q es
!atiop pending IA Congress-. The man who
9 Gorge E Spencer Of Aistsms., Who. since
he lett the Senate. has become wealthy in com.
men Who was IL the Senate from % s6s south eH IN
the afte5;war days. anu possessed consider
hs YES sn wh
intimate companion Of Roscoe C"nkline. His
hair has become gray since he was Senator.
is the same blud hearty. good-natpred; bust
nesslike man that he was when making South
encourage speeches in 1876.
There has been another ex-senator floating
about tho chamber during the past week who
has attracted more or loss attention. This Is
the Nathaniel P. Hill OF Colorado whose nomi-
@ri. Hi has bsen IN washington II ior ,% week Or
sRs ss 'sa ls tbs
bin ss s.. isn 81
&s:ss sna he 4 S sSd Fl leading
their colleagues whom Mr. HiI entered and
sSoof hands With the other sens.ors ana en
ga9ed In the general conversation.
Tho energy displayed by Congress during
the psst week in action upon tho general sp-
propriation bills has had the result Of placing
these measures In a state OF forwardness that
compares favorably with the record Of the pre-
ceding Congress in tho short session. Although
Army and the Fortihcation) bills have beeu
:ss ss o. 81 %
Mtlitary Academy, the % Pension: an and & the Naval
the n% sSsa 01sss a1
e y, e
ported to the Senate, and the LeRislatye. E1:
scutiye: end @ @yudieisI I ApDropr!s.ton bin and
q the ssnate COMMITTEES on 'Xppfopfi fiatiens.
The Indian Appropriation btll Is under con-
ton 6iiis. the S Post I 6Sce and the Ssrieuisursi.
are on the calendar. thus leaving only one OF
as n ssHs 70 ps
mittee and reported to the House.
Secretary Tracy's name has been mentioned
frequently In connection with tho vacant Sec-
Eets.ysh!p Of the Trsasp1y BY! IN
iican he said point blank that be did not
iabortous to suit his taste. This declaration
would seem to chime In we'll with the recent
semi- official utterance attributed to Private
secretary Halford. that the vacant most in the
Treasury would not be filled by transfers with
IN the Cabinet
Representative Elijah Adams Morse Of
Massachusetts, knows what is meant BY "a
recognition by the Speaker with string to it,
He related an Incident 70 day to illustrate the
9scosS1e s1Rs f1as lin 1e0 se a al .esns
iife.savinK station on tho coast Of Massaohn-
graph Of a v.s.el floating quietly At son.
aud began to give an object lesson
to show the needs OF the ife;saving
station. He had shown It TO Speaker
that this vessel hal been wrecked of the very
point wss1s he bsTs wanted Sas ne ns sS Sic c
wanted something done before any more
this story. when Mr. Cannon objected. and MI.
Morse sat down sems one one tod told him In, llttle
10 MIR. Cannon asking him to nblect. Az soon