The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-08
MRS. PHIL II. SHERIDAN.

bised. Even the Dockery commission Is
becoming moro popular, and, as for the
numerous bridge bills, private pension
bills, relief bills and things of that sort of
pourse the beneficiaries are pleased. It is
FOX what 1t has failed to do that this con-
Eress is most blamed, and two lapses de-
serve special and severe condemnation.
The government printing office is an hour
ly menace TO every one who sets foot in it,
and if the expected disaster comes it will
make that one at the old Ford's theater
building seem trifle in comparison, yet
The quarrel between the two houses con-
tinues, and the chances are that no action
will be taken till next winter. Neither
This congress nor the Fifty-second has paid
81 on that mass of claims which have been
pronounced valid by every board and court
which has passed on them. The Fifty
first congress paid nearly all that were
proved good, and probably the Fifty fourth
will, for, as one claimant bitterly says,
Democrats are afraid to pay, and Repub-
licans are not, and that is one of the many
things which hurt US at the last election"
BY act of March 3, 1891, 1913, 763 were
passed, and that was the last. Men who
furnished supplies during the war and
men who have perfectly valid claims are
kept out of their money all these years. 1t
should be remembe red, too, that many of
the delayed payments are to be made not
out of the government money, but out of
a fund specially created for the purpose
many years ago. There are still 80 Revo-
1utionary war claims pending, which have
been again and again declared valid. and
claims for Indian depredations as conclu-
sively proved as anything can be by hu-
man testimony, but Uncle Sam is slow
paymaster.
Then and Now.
One year ago Mr.. Wilson, in the house.
and Mr.. Voorhees,, in the senate, were as
surfing us that the new tariff bill would
become law by the LIST of March. Now
Mr.. Wilson is among the left, though with
Judgeship in prospect, and though Mr.
VOORHEES, holds his seat there is no specu-
aation in his eyes. A year ago Mr.. Bland
told us newspaper men that the speedy
triumph of silver was certain. He is now
badly disfigured, but still in the ring and
defiant as ever Willie Breckinridrs
was then going down fast He is now
coming up again, and once more his silverv
voice is heard in the house-occasionally
Mr.. Bryan, the boy orator Of the Platte. ~
then looked forward TO q senatorship. He
nov talks Of permanent work as iour
nalist. Mr.. Bynum has lost interest since
then in politics and is going to Indianap-
Dlis to practice law, but owns to being
rather glad that the new legislature has
put that city and county in a cengression
al district by itself. Champ Clark is I'M
haunted as ever and perfectly confident of
coming back To the Fifty fifth congress.
Judge Culberson is TO be father of the
house next term, but is perceptibly failing
In activity and energy. The amiahle Hugh
Dinsmore, year ago so popular in CON
Eress and society, is in the far south and
30 feeble with pulmonary trouble that
there are grave doubts of his return Hard
Money Harter takes no more interest in
this congress than in the foikthing of
Norway and is ready TO quit public life in
disgust Judge Holman will go home and
write book On his experiences here. LATE
Pence Is as cheerful as the cricket on the
hearth. Jerry Simpson, who was defeated
because 10000 Of his voters moved into
the Cherokee strip, thinks that in all the
states west of Illinois the opposition to the
Republicans will be able TO unite in 1896
on a platform with three short planks,
and, as for the rest of the defeated have
not their sorrows been sufficiently cele-
brated'
Eight MiIlion People Cnrepresented.
AS for the victors. it goes without say
ing that they are in it. for the holdover
Republicans are so few that every one will
oecessaIily be committee leader or some