Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 September 1889 — AN ENERGETIC OFFICIAL. [ARTICLE]

AN ENERGETIC OFFICIAL.

So far as discovered, Corporal Tanner is the only member of the administration who has shown any disposition to redem pledges made during the campaign. His patri otic sentiment: “The surplus—God he Ip it,” has been his moving tho’t since he went into office, and what he could do to dispose of that white elephant has been done. — The re-rating scheme has been the most successful one. Eleven of the re-rated pensioners have drawn prizes as follows: Geo. W. Clarke, $5,623,99; Henry A. Kircher, s6,** 311,72; Charles Lovely, $6,042,12; Henry Yunkling, $5,231.05; Philo

Bierce, $6,340.72; Cordinio Bruce, 86,341.72; Frank Rose, 86,035.72; Hiram Smith, $6,035.72; Lewis Malin, 86,035-72; John S. Fay, $6,341.85; Lewis Whiting, *Bl2251.59. The aggregataof these is $72,622.92. The totai paid out on re-ratings is estimated to be in the neighborhood of a million dollars. This includes Senator Mandersou’s $4,000, which may be return ed in case Atty-Gen. Miller’s non*, partisan board of examiners sho’d fail to find him sufficiently disa-. bled. Of the amounts allowed thus far, $27,000 has been paid to employes of the pension office, whose positions enabled thorn to re-rate each other.C]At the rate he is going, the corporal will not be enabled to dispose of the entire surplus in foTty-eight months, but with his indorsement at Milwaukee he may accelerate bis movements, and successfully dispose of the financial problem for which Secretary Windom has been unable to find any solution.

The Indianapolis correspondent of the White County Damc'crat writes to that paper: ‘‘The Associated Press dispatches of July stii si tied that the special car of Mrs. benjamin H nv~ sonenrouts to .it. t r Park was at-, tached, to the special train which was conveying 'lie Kilrain party ;o the great prize fight, and that enrouto oi.e of the adorable grand children maliciously mauled the historic baby McKee over the head with a stick, inflicting injuries which seemed to call for medical assistance. Thereupon the “first lady” summoned the t>by ician who was on board ia the service of Kilrain. After an examination the M. D. assured the anxious grandma tha no great harm had been done, and they entered into Conversation on the approaching combat. Mrs. Harrison, it was stated, assured the doctor of her sympathy with Kilrain. and drank a glass off wine with him to the success of the particular bruiser in his charge! Shades of Martha Hayes protect us! There is nj great harm in a glass of wine—providing it is good wiue and the drinker confines himself to one glass—but the spectacle of the only pious and Christian Presi - ent’s wife drinking wine in a so* cial way with tht physician in attendance upon a professional pu gilist is certainly edifying (?) to say the least.. It is to be hoped that the “brethren” who thought the millenium had dawned with the inauguration of Harrison and who blasphemously thanked God for ths success of as fjul a combination as ever gained the ascendancy in American politics, are a i well pleased with this little picture, drawn by H>e ultra Republican Associated Press, as is “yours truly” .

Tariff reform meetings are becoming as popular in the west and porthwest as Sunday school pic** nics. Next to a man’s eternal welfare, his temporal prosperity needs looking after and from this on, those whe plow, sow and reap will pay more attention to that policy of our government which deprives them of their hard earned competence to benefit the few. Tariff reform will become more and moro popular until its adherents tri* umph over monopoly.