The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-06-01

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And besides these things, Mr.. Rob
inson secured many pensions and was
conspicuous in the principal debates
Of the house of representatives all
through his term.
SO much for one man who did things
under far less auspicious circumstanc-
es than have been known to Mr.. Nc
Carthv. These things were accom-
plished by Mr.. Robinson not because
he was a democrat, but in spite Of
that fact
And then let us glance at the rec
ord of another individual from Madi-
son county who did things all of the
time while he was in Washington, for
his constituents. In spite of the fact
that he belonged to the minority wing,
= he soon made his name known and
demonstrated clearly that it is pos
sible for the right sort of legislator to
J stand for some sort of principle, and
= to push hard enough to accomplish
his desired ends. This is former Unit
} ed States Senator William V. Allen,
: who lives in Madison today.
) During his term in the United States
senate, Senator Allen was by his early
advocacy of Cuban liberty largely in
. strumental, according to Senator Cor
man and others, in bringing about the
. war between Spain and the United
: States by which the Cuban republic
, was established.
He secured the rebuilding of the In
dian bridge between Niobrara and the
C Ponca reservation across the Niobrara
D He secured more than 1000 pensions
: for old soldiers in Nebraska.
He secured the passage of a great
many bills to quiet the title of settlers
to their lands.
= He forced Coils p. Huntington tC
q reconstruct the Central Pacific rail
way.
He had secured a favorable report
e when he retired from the senate of g
j. bill to convert old FIT. Omaha into ar
!. Indian training school.
He secured the opening to public
settlement of the old military reserva
e tion of Ft Mcpherson and FIT. Sheri
2, dan.
:. He saved the life of Major Genera
Reverb of the Cuban army from dealt
by drum-head court martial by the
s Spanish troops by securing the pass
s. age of a resolution in the senate con
q demning 1t, which was Immediately ca
bled to Madrid Spain.
" He secured free lumber throughou
the United States on the tariff act o
r. 1894, by which the consumer coult
e buy lumber for $14 a thousand whicl
# now costs him from $2S to $50 a thou
sand
II He secured seed grain during tn
S, drouth for the Santee Indians and $40
ID 600 extra money for them
,t He secured free barbed wire on tn
. tariff act of 1894 which was subse
y quently lost by a combination of re
Il publicans and Cleveland democrats.
IN He secured the establishment of tn
"a Mackenzie at Sheridan, Wyoming, an
10 the removal of old Ft Custer.
- He introduced and had favorably r.
"a ported for $750,000 a bill to construC
Up a public building at Lincoln.
is He compelled the new Union Pacif
-, railroad to pay $4,000, 900 more tina
it first bid for the Union Pacific an
lr. Kansas Pacific railways.
so He secured hte establishment of tt
do trans Mississippi and International e
:, position at Omaha in 1898.
10 He secured the establishment
Omaha of the present Indian war
re house, at which supplies for westei
is Indians are being purchased
~, He secured the establishment ar
n0 holding of the Indian congress at ON
lc- ha, in connection VITA the expositio
Ir. in 1S9S
10 90 10
,is with Attorney General Harmon invol
l ing 10000 acres of Burlington liz
'ut land in Nebraska, by which the
ito lands were saved to actual settlers al
lis their titles thereto quieted. Many
these lands lie in the Third congre
sional district.
hu BY securing a charter for CAPITA
is Talbot to maintain a pontoon brid
i've over the Missouri river at Sioux Cit
na he secured the construction of Il
present combinations bridge at tn
'rh place.
ew He defeated a bill to issue COVER
be. ment bonds for $4,5OO,OOO for the D
tbe trict of Columbia.
He secured the passage Of bill
'us the senate to construct the pub
son building at Blair.
I'M He secured the passage of bill
ia resurvey Grant, Hooker and 9th
western counties.
lsh' He secured an appropriation of 81
has 600 to put in the basket work on t
of Nebraska side of the Missouri riy
he. at South Sioux City, and $4,000 ad
tional spent on the Nebraska 81
heh above Sioux City.
nen He secured the purchase by the G,
and ernment of the grounds for pub
ere buildings at Norfolk and Hastings, a
49,, introduced and secured the passage
ioai the bill making appropriations for I
'rds construction of public buildings
, to those places.
,ere He secured the passage of a /
49,, which provided that naval and ar
'uo cadets taken into the academies
ave Annapolis and West Point must,
actual physical residence, have liN
A., for two consecutive wears nracad