Show THE NATIONAL CAPITAL ausse arrears of pensions allt genral again the abt a rom three states aliat liat he glorious ken is doing Butter firs last abul at from our D C jin 23 1879 tho history of tho arrears of pensions tho senate last week without amendment completely disproves the claim that is now net up by general americua Q nice of ohio chairmen of the pension committee eliat to him belongs the credit of having originated tho measure and engineered its passage through congre Cun gre on april sir of lown i alio kipen ii wt alic in alic and tho KS mac of alic bill tho motion wu re baited by the alio rules not two third not voting for mr mr of kunn to cu pend lie rules and pa ii Mr Cummings bill again was op portion pod tion developed from alio democratic hid gentril ditico obstructed iti mid endeavored to detent it bavery by very in his it will thus be observe d that mr rice artive foes general lainee lai nei who lias anat liven elc tI to nil ali closing boga s oil etli of march next the present senator armstrong li the position by appointment had had a very remarkable career having been elected to lie united states senate from three state lie was born in ireland in 1810 and came to this country in in 1832 he settled at kaskaskia Ka kaskia illinois and engaged in the practice of law in 1830 lie was elected illinois legislature he TOK auditor of state and juds of the supreme court in in wn appointed commissioner if ali aind kofl ice at Wai hington of alio ans appointed by i brigadier general in the ly army and was eoon to brevet major general in IS in wa governor of oregon but declined the position in 18 ay iy lio was d to alio llio united states senate illinois for six at the cloie of his term lift removed to minnesota and two years afterward was elected to the senate from eliat state during the lato watho served with distinction on alio union ride ho also came very near being elected doorkeeper of the present house to succeed polk remarkable as liis career lias been to far I would not be at all surprised if lie turned up a a dangerous dark horse for some important position under the new organization ortho people ask why gen butler neglects tho interests of his in congress ho is paying clo v attention to his practice tica with a vuew to recovering the minis lio spent in the massachusetts election he it i t engaged in new york in alio salo of colonel craiggs Craig go tract of i in colorado on which he lias a mort gigo the tract has ald for and the litigation lus cot co t butler is a poor lawyer he spends upends his time on a case in feeling around like a newspaper iii until ho gets tho point ho wants and then he hiroi another fellow at less price to hunt up lie law on it in alio departments of the government ho enters a certain portent of fear that lie has cd people to feel tho clerks and bureau officers to him he speaks afi them with much suavity as if deferring to their judgment and meantime quietly argued alio point ho has made M that they often adopt his views and arc nattered to them original at liis house in lio holdi a levco you can vico presidents senators and governors waiting outside while butler is nearing with much attention tho story of one ione i irish woman alio has lot her husband nobody lias yet found out whether butler is interested in lie irish women or keeps her there to impress alib outside rr with hi peculiarity li he w eaid to bo in alio knowledge of law by buch meu as and even jerry wilbon alio yut small foes while he makes about a year oon cratl butler in Is a mat proficient manager in politics lio 11 the ann barlow of tho republican pirty ho keeps around him 11 ret of men who okill go instantly on distant errands to ii mine in alu south of california to throw costly litigation into a stock and take in both contestant f to wll a grant of lind in europe to obtain pay from tonio foreign for arun to put an coin kiy oi alm bloor in aliu alv jami ac aidi it |