The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-12-29

land failed to appoint Henry r. Thur
Der, his private secretary, to a similar
| position. Major Howell may have
show. but IL In not as good a show as
| Barnum had.
Plenty OF Statesmen.
Although the congress is not in ses-
| sion there are plenty of statesmen here.
| They are met with In the hotels. on the
streets and in the Capitol corridors.
Many senators and representatives are
chairmen OF committees. and that
gives them exclusive use OF their COM
| mittee rooms. Therefore they go 10
the Capitol daily, as business men go
| To their offices.
Senator White OF California says:
| 1T is practically impossible for the
! senators and representatives who re-
| side west of the Mississippi river to go
| to their homes during the Christmas
holidays. 1t would be impossible for us
| Pacific coast folks to go home. We
would barely have time to ride across
the continent and back again.
Il am in favor of an amendment to
amendment which would fix the date
| for congress TO convene on the second
Monday in January instead of on the
| first Monday in December. That would
! give all of us n chance to be with our
home folks during the holidays. More
over, if there should be any necessity
for an earlier session the president
would still have authority to summon
| nS here nv forOplana fiOp -
When should the congress compul
| sorily adjourn"
About April 80.
II should say about April 80, and that
would be a good day, usually. for presi-
| Dental inaugurations. The present
date, March 4. in this climate, is usual
ly disagreeable day. President Hayes
was inaugurated on a wet day. Presi
dent Garfield was inaugurated I'm a
snowstorm President Harrison deliv-
cred his inaugural in cold rainstorm.
President Clevelands last Inaugural
| ton was in a severe snow and sleet
downfall. BY all means we should
| change the constitutional date for the
beginning of our congressional sessions
and the conclusion of our congressional
terms. / have talked with a number
|
sion and find that there is very little
opposition TO the proposition. I hope
and believe that II will be adopted"
Colonel John s. Mosby, the famous
rebel guerrilla, whose hard riders
| caused the army of the Potomac a
| great deal of trouble during the civil
| war, came here recently 10 prevent the
| passage OF bill to reward Parson
Worsley for services as spy during
the war. Colonel Mosby says: This
| fellow is a rank fraud He ought to
| have been shot by my men or by the
federals. for ne betrayed both OF u.s.
He had a bill introduced during Grants
administration. and again during
| Clevelands second administration. On
both occasions / had the pleasure OF
squelching his bill.
During the summer of 1864 Worsley
secured a permit to go through the
federal lines and sell provisions and
supplies to my men, on the ground
that he would report cur condition and
location to the federal authorities. We
received him, bought his goods and
paid for everything that we got He
made lots of money He probably re-
ported some things about us, but his
! reports did no good, because we were
| always on the go and never remained
where we met him and dealt with him.
/ But he did the Union cause harm, be-
cause he gave me Information which
resulted in several successful raids on
the federal troops The man was MAX
ing money, and he was disloyal to his
country. He will never get the bill
through congress while l am alive or
any Of my men are alive 70 expose his
game"
The appointment of William Penn
! Nixon TO be collector of customs for
the district OF Chicago meets with gen
eral approval in political circles. The
veteran editor is held i'm high esteem
among leading members Of his party
and he has long been regarded with
warm friendship by President McKin-
ley who looks upon him AZ journalist
of highest rank.
Disposition 10 Criticise.
In military circles there is a DISPOSE
ton TO criticism the president and sec
rotary OF war for opening the hospital
at Hot Spings, Ark. That action is not
deemed necessary fro~l military
standpoint. and nobody can understand
why ii was done until an old politician
said: Powell Clayton did great deal
to secure McKinley's nomination, and
Powell Clayton is being we'll cared for
That hospital will bring lots Of money
into Arkansas. and will give employ
ment to Clayton's friends
Thus. you see. we have a government
OF the people. by the people. and for
the people; and those who make presi-
dents may well say: We are the peo-
pie"
Congressman Connolly. the short and
compact congressman from the Seven
teenth district of Illinois, Is preparing
a hill to revise and amend our natural
ization laws. He says that the existing
law was enacted in 1902. and has been
but slightly amended since that time
The bill which he is preparing, with the
aid of the department of state, will pro-
vide that all naturalized citizens shall
send their papers to the state depart
ment for registration before they can
become valid. Furthermore, IL will be
provided that when naturalized citi-
zens return to their original country
for permanent residence their natural
| iZation shall cease, and they cannot
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