Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-02-22
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Nov that the Hawaiian and tArih
questtonsare settled 20 tar - tho House
y conceEned, the actton q that body
upon otAor questions q min1r tmpor-
tance compared with the two above
named are matters which are interest
Ing the nembers 81 that body. Of all
the bllls that have been 50 fAr Intro
daced by mesnbOrs OF either paFty, that
introduced BY Representative Moses,
OF Georgia, seems likely TO excite more
sectional strife and bitter feeling than
Any that haye 20 far bsen ~intr0duced.
says q washington correspondents OF
the Chicago journal This bin pro
vtdos that Section 47I6 OF b Revised
Statutes Of the United States which
provides thet no money on account sOt
pension shalt be- paid TO any person or
b wtdow, children or heirs Of any de-
ceased person who Ia any manner
voluntarily engaged In or aided or
abetted the late rebellion against the
authority OF b United States, b and
q same is hereby repealed.
The passage Of this Dill through the
House Will mean the opening Ct the
vaults o. Inc treasury Of 2 United
states 70 those persons who openly
used their energies and wealth In the
destruction OF q Union. Ihousenqs
OF bills are now pending upon the cal-
relief Of these people. III this bill be-
comes . law, Is 1t seems likely 70, IT
VIII admit thousands OF disiOyal
6Outherners 70 the pension rolls OF the
Government and swell them - at 2
O~ne-thtrd more than they al present
amount TO. PETITIONS and
have been coming In from all the Grand
Army posts OF the country protesting
against the passage OF the measure; Az
spite OF all this, however, the lndica,
lions at present ale that this oil! Will
be pas cd through n only the House,
but the Senate. -,
The passage OF this bill will De n
o 0diOus when II - understood that
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the members OF that party In control
are reducing tle expenses OF all bilts
for public improvements to the very
lowest notch. 1t Is safe TO assume that
the Northern States Will ecu IN
appropriation OF any considerable
amount Q the erection or compiotion
OF public buildings during the c0ntinu-
ance OF the Democratic party in power.
This SCENE to be rather q strong state
ment, yet II Is the prediction Of all the
ablest members Of the Republican party
in the House Of Representatives to-day.
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The Champaign Of Education"
The campaign of education which
the Democratic rarity has been carry
ing on for years seems to b. drawing
to . close. In 1892 IL seemed to have
fulllled its purpose in the election Of
Grover Cleveland and q Democratic
Congress, but that was not the end.
II remained for the Democratic party
to educate the people in Democratic
methods OF fulfilling promises. -Four
years more OF Grover n then we'll
be in clover epitomizs % the promises
which the Democratic party exchanged
for good solid votes. We have Grover.
hut the people have been looking In
vain for the clover. The Democrats
promised q tariff for evenue only and
have produced q tariff for deficit only.
They denounced the Mckinley tariff
rs the ~culminating ~atrccity Of class
legislation and are now engaged in
eliminating the elimination by impos-
ing an income tax upon q small cls -
OF American citizens who have been
| thtifty and industrious. They prom
| ised the moor wOrkingman q great re-