Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1897-07-07

Speaker Reed has stated that he
avneets to announce the house com
Ea tee assignments just before
geya ,gsress adjourns.
Sew ator Gallinger has favorably
rsgosspd from the senate pension
xsan,nit,Pe a bill which provides
HAT upoa. the consideration of any
application for pension under
ANY law of the United States the
Eact that the applicant was accept
nj and m 1sterpd into the milit ny
or any naval service of the U. 5.
shall be taken and held as prlma
Faeie proof that the applicant was
of sound tody and mind at the time
hae WAS so accepted and mustered.
Hon. Bel jamin Rutterworth is
g rowing tie truthfulness of the as
- riiou when he was made commits
s=lss<.e,y of patents, th,,t he was just
=e},, ass II to run out the sharks and
xx4>., MA the dishonorable prac tlces
" f6e shyster patent attorneys
~ j h have for sever 4 years been
a.,s ~ FROM bad to worse. Mr..
sssnf rvoth has recently disbarred
sr..asa d, eIice before the U. S. pat
asslA oHirs. eight attorneys found
gailty # fr,nd, and has charged
.John Wedd,.. burr & Co. with en-
gsging ia fraudulent and deceptive
methods aud directed them to show
essgse why they should not also be
III harted from practice.
IL lie debate that preceded the
sReat.ht If Senator Tillman's tariff
ST. .-n,]ment, placing head tax OF
800 on every immigrant, by the
seyerw helming vote of 48 to 8, Mr..
I'lIlman ran against the buzz saw
ARnat is always revolvingln front OF
Sen at or Chandler when that little
gentleman can entice some unsus-
secting Democrat to get close
" aough IT, DE- sacrificed. Mr.. Till
Haan was made donkey of and had
40 acknowledge that he knew that
1t was being done and he made a
8esperate effort to get himself out
aef reach of the teeth of the Chand.
Her buzz saw by thrusting the re-
fnDd figure of Grover Cleveland in
front of him and to cover his con-
Elkion by abusing Mr.. Cleveland
and expressing regret for having
berr fool enough to have helped
slect him president for the second
Lime. The senate had been work
nag hard and had earned the amuse-
'znent which the episode afforded.
Everybody who gets mail in any
will join in wishing that
fhe new departure of the post Of
flee department in requiring that
nail matter sent from third and
Fourth class post o ffces shall be
postmarked will be success
fnL It is a reform that will be es-
appreciated by business
nen who are often put to much
trouble because of illegible post
marks upon letters in which the
81 iters fail to give their post Office.
Sen ators have all been supplied
with printed copies of Senator
Hoar's report in favor of seating
Xxx Senator Corbett in the existing
", eancy from Oregon, but the COM
ssittee on privileges and elections
has not acted upon the report and
Islaging from the talk Of senators
there is little probability that it
viii be fore the regular session.
The success of Senator A llison
in managing the tariff bill in
senate with an anti Republican
has caused that gentle
a,.s "a Is almost pleasant manners to
b. much talked about, but there
have been times when his urbane
nanner has caused men to make
Glze mistake of supposing that he
believes in doing things the easiet
way he would allow himself to be
bnllaozed rather than have row.
One of those times came severall
wears ago when a senator, who was
s21en new member of that body,
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