Fair play., 1892-01-16
MISSOURI CONGRESSMEH.
\ Little Gossip from Washington Ah 8"i
Them-feter Martins Board Hiii Against
Uncle Sam-A Bill tnr the Relief 81 thc
syracuse Cumberland rr. shyt .cian
thurch-oNcilrs Dredging Eli. ttC.

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ThHre i 4 history to a hili .or s,71' rccr,.:'y
allowed oy the government, AMI despite ~
modest lrctcusi"u> Il has history mere .rtyr-
tsrlne than many morn important relief as-
tres introduced in -ho h''.~. # ri ry>crtatiNcs
When Price was making thJtrs lively f..- 80
rI'on fcrCcs Uud Pilot Knob n i'fi, an
fureSt hut hun, bic lri>Eman Is the uau" "t
Peter Martin. was keel in.: q l,ard.u. house
ms~here in the nriELtuIEouJo ot Plot Knob.
II was not exactly fashionable boarding
house Peter was h,;nsc!: employed rs u sec
ton hand or boss the railr. al. and his wife
turned au honest dollar ly lodging and cooking
Tor a small army Of railroad hands WI" V"rH
fellow lGhurere uf Peters. Price was making
II particularly Int. ting for ~ Gov FleJcaers
command, and ON their match =. Stt ,u; ~ the
way Of Prices guns, hungry and f"v,~oIc, the
command, or NJ least 4 respectable luftlggI
Of the command happened to strike Peter
Martins boarding house Peter and ms good
wife and al the hirci help about the c-tab
lshrnent sat up all night To feed 'hr men.
Everything that was c;,tahlr and everything
that was drInkah,r Ta> rrIuI-tiuned and CON
suTIled. and Peters good nature li-,,Ir,i t!i,'
vIctrlls, When + i.'h.r ami his I'l5''! dcp.irte!
there littl left al,ut th, premises tit tu SIT
before the regular" hoar.rre Peter and his
wife looked a. lhiiosoI ideally upon thr vacuum
created 10y the soldiers &, it was possible for two
Light hearted souls ;n look under such cream
stanCes. but unfortunately. they failed tn ask
Tor a voucher or something "f tiIt surt To- show
the damage they had sustained. and Fletcher
was probably too much in Il hurry To- think of It
hlincsif. So when the way WAS over Martin tri,i
to collect his bill for feeding the union soldiers
amounting to s.. ~, hut somehow or other the
bill was never allowed
When Represg niatiyr D'Ncill ram" To con-
Gress Martin submitted his claim To bin
bNeil trlc,. To collect il hut met with s,.v ri
failures. At last TX Gov. Fletcher came ,n to
Washington and happy Thought struck ~, -.
Louis statesina!i. A. he had helped to "a; p,t.i
Martins fare h. ought 10 help pay for it O'N1iH
oent Ia Fletcher. The latter recalled the mat
ter quite distinctly.
Well. then. governor, scii the congressman,
''if representative from Missouri and IN cx-
governor OF the state can not get Peter Martins
hil allowed, they ought To- go ont OF politics.
Fletcher agreed with him and the two entered
i't" n solemn comIac; to collect Martin hIlL
TX Governor Fletcher promptly made Gu All
d.avit to the correctness Of the arculin, rs rem
dered. O'Neil again pressed; IT, aud h. wi,-
warded by 4 letter from the assistant auditor If
the treasury saying that Peter Martins bill had.
upon Nj. Fletcher affidavit, been allowed and
would be paid
Martin is now Il resident of 81. Louis in any
thing but afucnt circun; tanrcs. The granting
Of his claim after twenty eight years viii cone
tn him Us tardy. though none the less wcle me.
New Year gift.
Congressman Tarsncy has presented a bin
which ,rnv;das tb,+ fr,,,, ma ,f,,r nv
ls!2, the terms of the circuit cuTrtS ot tne
I-nitaa St,ta. for III. w,..t,.,, si.t,i,. ,f ,,i.
souri shall la.,;,, md I brd =, yZn,s, .,;,,. ,,
the fourth MONDAY IN ,I,iI and ,b, tir-t ,i,,.
cav in Nove,nfer aunu,Ilv. nj :, J,ss,,b ,.,, tho
first Monday in N,rrb sni the third T,rd,,. !,
S,n.,ruhar annually. M srri,,.i,Id an tbc t;,.t
Monday in AnriI opi III. erst Vnrlav in octo-
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,ob.r annuary