Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-04-04
A GREAT REVOLUTION.
Congressman Daniels Thinks That
One is at Hand.


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WASHINGTON, April B. Especial -
Mr.. Prndlcton u Wet Virginia has rcceiy-
I'd. with request 10 urge II through con
gSrss, Ga application for pension which
bai9 the rtsofIi-tfsat II, II the record can
lie beaten. His appealing constituent Is
IN old fellow who volunteered April 3.
1865, rild received large bounty, march
Ell to the county sea. and no farther, as
the news was then and there received that
General Lee hid surrendered on tho 9Th.
Tho rfTniis remained at the county seat
and vicinity b9 days. when they were mus,
tered 0lt under the general order The ap
piicant never cred u shot, ~ far ~ can b.
harmed, even al target, ncyer stood
guard, Bereg Inarrhed ~ niles and was
never cut Of bis county while In the service.
IN fact, his 30 days term was u long and
probably agreeable picnic, as recruits Of
that kind put IN most III their time pitch
ing guoits, wrestling, running foot races
and swapping Lies, as the phrase goes In
West Virginia.
After being discharged he returned to
his labor, and having continued at 1t for
nearly quarter VI u century he finds him
self somewhat feeble In health and fsncies
that said iccbleness was fastened by expo
slirc while sieoping on the courthouse
floor, la M Gid shed and In various places
occupied by the recruits. He nodestly
asks Mr.. Pendleton TO introduce and have
passed through congress bill granting
him pension, as his - days' term was
Just one day too short 20 enable him to
come In under the 80 days clause. OF
course he needs the money, and although
eohgrcss IL very generous IL Is safe to say
that n he depends on Uncle Sam ha will
continue to need It,
The Political whirligig.
Mr. Pendlston's majority for Tho present
house wns only 306 over his Republican
opponent, while tho Prohibitionist candi-
date got 1, 1876 votes and tho Populist 697.
Nevertheless, ~ he got only 10 majority
In 1855 and was nilsoatDd In 1890, he thinks
hc may say that he "a gaining strength,
and II we only had fairly good times Or
prosperity would return before November
the district would DO sHc.ire. The state Of
feeling IN West Virginia, he thinks, il very
much misunderstood In the north. 1t Is
not u great iron making state. Coal Is the
q only product which could be affected by
the Wilson bill, and as to that he Is posi-
tive the people arc In no such state of mind
W represented "Tho state Is surely Dem
ocratic, business IL slowly rcviving, and all
IL well except TINT agriculture cannot Ia
prosperous for long time, ut any rate un
I'll II has Ind time 10 turn Itself
II was quito interesting to hear few
minutes later nh opinion from the Cana
dian border. Hon, Charles Daniels Of the
Buffalo district gave it IA his opinion that
u great political revolution Is ut hand
but IA to practical legislation he thinks
there IL much TO be done which this house
NJ ut present made up cannot do The
whole currency system Of the country must
10 ovorhauled from top to bottom and q
better and more consistent system cstab
lishcd. This Is view, by the way, which
seems to bo gaining ndhcrents rapidly on
both sides Of the house. The silver men,
Of course, arc In an almost savage state OF
mind and declare that tho Inst veto ends
the attempts to como tn any accommoda
ton with Mr.. Cleveland and emphasizes
the sectional division In further CONVEX.
satlon MIR. Daniels said;
Revolution or Evolution.
~ have boon very much interested OF
late In tho present condition and future of
the negro, aud am highly gintiiled at the
signs that he Is reasscrting Himself in the
south and making progress In every re
spect II Is too soon To say whether the
reconstruction act providing for universal
amnesty and universal suffrage was on
was not mistake Only ~ years have
passed since II went into operation. and
surely everybody must SEQ that tho whole
existing condition in the south Is abnor.
NAL and temporary.
II cannot believe that 10 Is long to Ho on
So. The southern men tell mo TINT where
the educational test is applied the ne
grocs arr striving hard to quality them
selves as voters, and 81 do not find so
much fault with that test ~ Some do. All
this talk about sending the nevOes To AT
rica or anywhere else is bosh. They must
stay In this country and must develop along
with the white race, but 1t will I've In the
WAKE Of the whites. 1t takes long long
time for race TO develop, and, while |
would not say that equality between the
races Is an utter impossihiiity, yet II IL
e,or comes IL must hc ut time 10 remote
that we need not now consider il. Suffice
Il to say that II the southern people give
tho negro n chance To develop the best of
his ability they viii bc let alone in so do
ing and probably .itsec criticism he made
And rs to finance, am satisfied that we
have got to reopen the whole thing on en-
tircly new lines, fight it over for some time
perhaps, but at any rate make u complete
change In the system
Our Patent LAVA
The house committee on patents has be
forp IL two very important measures intro.
duoI by Mr.. Hall OF Minnesota but the
patent lawyers of Washington differ 81
radically On the effects Of these measures
and there arc 81 many minor amendments
10 he considered that it will probably he
some time before the bills can bc reported
The first is u very comprehensive bill RI
organizing the whole patent legislation,
II givcs better effect to the rcummendn-
tton Of the commissioners at the World =
fair ON forciHn patents Ii also provides
for the representation of this country at
theooming Brussels conference on patents.
81 that the Unit,d States can ,ret tho full
hcnetlts Of intorna, ienal treaties.
IL also provides for facilitating the
transfer Of foreign patent ris hts to Amer
lean citizens, for making the rights of pat.
rntccs and assisnees the same and con
tains very stringent prov isions against an
,husc which has grown up Of making In.
dsyi,lnal buyers liable for the Infringement