Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-10-19
From our regular correspondent
WASHINGTON LETTER.

DtNl'tuly WI lIslc 'uSht W i''i
ashamed of having lent himself TO the
trumped-up charge against Mr.. Nor
ton, the republican candidate for gov
ernor of New York, of having violated
the alien contract labtr law, knowing
when he did so thatit was done for no
other purpose than to attempt TO ar
ray the labor organizations of New
York against Mr.. Morton, and that no
attempt was really to be made to con-
Wet Mr.. Morton of the absurd charge,
the idea being merely to keep the mat
ter open until the eeection. The facts
in the case, which were promptly stat
ed by Mr.. Morton as soon as his atten-
ton was called TO the matter, are plain
enough for even the most bigoted dem
ocrat to see. The man in question is
an Englishman who was employed by
Mr.. Morton as a domestic servant-a
class expressly excepted by the alien
contract law, and class in which
white male Americans are seldom found
while he was in London, and who re-
turned with him in that capacity when
he came home. Had Mr.. Morton not
been the candidate for governor Of
New York the case never would have
10, al 4 !. LII,
of such charge is an acknowledge
ment by the democrats of their despcr-
ate condition in New York. and it is
not likely to influence the vote of any
intelligent man against Mr.. Morton
On the contrary, it is more likely TO
make him votes among men who are
are too honorable to countenan"e such
dishonorablc methods on the part of
the democratic, or any other party.
From north, from west, from east,
aye, and from the south, too, nothing
but good news comes to the republican
congressional campaign committee.
The people are thoroughly alive to the
necessity of putting an effectual stop to
democratic legislation before it has
brought the country to even worse
condition than it now finds itself in,
and thev know that the first step need
ed is TO put the republican party in
control of the house, and unless all in
dications are at fault they are going TO
do il next month.
The figures contained in the annual
report of the commissioner of pensions,
for the Year ending June 30, 1894, tell
story OF the manner in which the old
soldiers have been treated by the dem
ocratic officials that ought to make all
democrats blush with shame. The
commissioner covered into the treasury
the enormous amount of $25.205. 7l2.-
65, which remained uneXpended of the
money appropriated for pensions by
congress, while there remained Enacted
upon in the files of the offices applica-
tions for pensions TO the number of
619,027. During the entire twelve
months covered by the report only 3d.
0S5 new pensioners were added to the
rolls, while for death and other causes
81, 95l were dropped. 1t adds TO the
bitterness of the story TO say that only
40,liS of the large number of applica-
tons remaining Enacted upon were
filed during the year And at this
very minute large portion of the cleri-
cal force of the pension bureau, which
should be at work on the Enacted upon
applications, are putting in their time
on work that has no proper connection
with pensions-trying to elect demo-
cratic congressman. Every old soldier
who votes the democratic ticket en-
dorses the pension and other policies of
the administration.
Oh, yes, this administration dispenses
reform IN great big chunks all the time.
1t was democrrtic reform that carried
five members of the cabinet to Batavia.
New York, incidentally to hear another
member of the misunderstanding Car
lisle-deliver an address on Robert
Morris, but principally to try to help
along the tottering democratic cam
paign in that state, and it was also
democratic reform that caused the cab
met party, which included number
of ladies, to allow themselves to be
hauled from Washington to Batavia
and back again in the private cars of
two railroad magnates, furnished gratis
by the railsoads and even provided
with refreshments, liquid and otherwise,
at the expense of the ever big-hearted
Acknowledgements in their dealing
with officials who can be used by them.
A great many people are asking
whether an official opinion rendered by
Solicitor Reeve, of the treasury depart
ment, will result in flood of paper
money, similar to the cred dog" and
"wild cat" currency of state bank days.
The opinion is that any county, the