New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-23
cooKIAG AT WEST POINE
now n HAS IMPROVED IN RECENT YEARS.

TIE INTERSTATE COMMERCE BILL-sihA' N0'A'
ABOUT THE CAPITAL
=, CORRESPONDENT or TnT TErBuSFl
,.r,~ Dec 22-General Egbert l. Nlele' VINO
-. vcs, Pointer himself once noted Win pleasure AT
,,s1ast visit to the Military Academy 'he narAeu oNse
A.. hos taken place the qralty OF the 1000 furnished
IN In his opinion there is nothing connected
H ~. ~, q, the soldier upon which much depends
a.. ,ro,er cooking Of his ratOns In this respect he
a. ,,,. xeroleon. who considered that an army Ike
te moved mon its belly. General Nicle says that the
cooks are the curse OF the Army. that they destroy more
Hives than the cannon OF the enemy anu
,aD do more TO disable an army than a
,,hed hattie General yiele found his recent visit
10 Vest Point that the furnished 10 the cadets was
OF reasonably nuve character and so prepared as 70 ne
readily deested. This as he knows from his own eApe-
rience has always been the case at the Ac"oeinl
For number OF years the furnishing OF food 10 inc ce
was LET ont by contract with the result says ne h'
,anv look back upon with other feeling than disgust
meals served in filthy manner nauseating Siops IN
sead OF properly prepared coffee and tea rancid butter
ana sour bread These some of the remnisoshces
which older cadets retain in their memories OF their ca
detship To the table hungry and IN disgust was
common occurrence This is all changed now. The meals
are served in a clearly, orderly and refined manner
and the former offensive surroundings exist no longer
The Interstate Commerce bill is fast becoming ham
die by hich stock spectators hope to bun or bear the
market at their viii on Monday the wires running out
NJ Washington were burdened with dispatches predicting
the Intimate fate Of the the dangers besettng II ana
the majority by which it might pass can iihu no
indication Of a large railroad lobby, which III he
imagination Of some newspaper correspondents Is
gathering here with a view TO defeating the DILL some
very ticlish questions been submitted by practical
railroad men from all parts Of the country to members OF
,be conference committee which brought in the bill last
week These questions remain for the most part IN
answered because they are uuanswerabe. prominent
member OF the committee said to me to-day;
several problems have been submitted to me within
the last few DAYS by president of Of our Western
roads confess that they present features OF
the whole question which never had considered ID
discussing the bill, and which own am unable 10
answer"
This same member felt sanguine about the ultimate
tate of some bill tins Of Congress- but not
the hill as reported by the conference committee
good many Senators will vote in favor of the BILL not
becaue they are convinced that is good measure but
because their constituents desire ii o. as one OF them eA
messed II TO me: vote against the measure
it would rest of my days to explain my vote 10
my constituents" A New-England senator said
Il know Of a who is a director in three manuiac'-
rrnc concerns which buy annually 1000 bales cotton
The freight This cotton from Teas Is Incurred GoT 20
low that the profit 10 the rail- DADS amounts ~
nothing. II compel the roads 10 revise theI thIou-
T raj :, e ta ' ms cotton now mSnuiacred in
land viii shipped Liverpool and lid down on me
ehnsetfs The same holds good with Western wheat
Russian wheat even with the duty added VIII ne 9es
to raise it in Minnesota and ship East
Senator Morgan. who introduced resolution IN the Sen
ate Yesterday asking for the correspondence on file in the
State Department reatinto the Ncaraguan Treaty ana
10 the Canal Concession forgot probably for the moment
md so did the that the Ncaraguan Treaty slh
remans technically speaking. a profound eXecu-
tive secret the injunction OF secrecy not having been
removed vet Last year the Senate soleIrny removed
the inj action Of secrecy from message written ne
Heye by General Jackson aht soue d We noi %
vatve fac,Ders unable 90 undertand why the news
viii do when they wake up 70 realize what MT Morgan
has one secretary Bayard meAt in this instance cast
aside aud cOpys fees 10 the Government
BY seIdin. 10 the senate certified copy OF IHE NV
YORK TRIRCNE OF December Is, 1854 winch contained
copy OF the aforesaid treaty.
Eugene situg the man to whose vote General Logan
con be said in certain his reelection to the
scnaorsip is in tie city At the beginning Of thar re-
markabe struggle he declared that he would never vote
for General Logan. When the contest however mar
roved down to and his he having been elected
by Republican constituency. must decide the contest
he did not allow resentment interfere with the dury he
owed party Mr. sittig Of those who may 9e
was poor New-Fnglaud school teacher, who
set ont for Cleaso IN the seIieheho of tbe
brewer throughout the United states Without much man,
agemeut his part this paper made his fortune
nnd he is considered a very reh man
The claor in the Matthews has materially abatea
The comment Of the local press mild compared with
what il was when Mr. Matthew's appointment was first
announced The papers admit that he has performed te
nj everybody doing the Recorder Office Inc
npposifssn il based upon what they cau inc flcs
6ents etIre of the senate and his violation OF cos
furioual provision The residents o. the DISTRICT as such
seen 10 have lost all Interest IN the case
Ihear from Western man that William NJ stewart Is
not only ambitious to the United states senate
in Fairs place that he wants to have the stIte Of
Nevada enlarged by the annexation thereto OF daho Ter
rtorv or so much thereof would naturally iall 10
yashn In case Territorial organization OF idho
should be broken up III his speeches during the canvass
Stewart advocated this scheme which Is SAID 10 ma
strong supporters Idaho well as in Nevada About
The only opposition thus far is said to come from
Idaho men who do not to DE linked u state the
population OF which does increase. In the popn
fafiou al Nevada g.. 26 Increase OF less thah
kOOCO ia years. while tlie population OF idtno IN
creased from $1,000 in 1870 10 nearly 5000 IN Ic7V
Neyada contains of llO,7OO square miles. II
lie whole OF Idaho should be added the state would con
tain an area square miles. or 1O-OO square
miles less Texas, and about $1,000 square mics
more than California
FxCongessman Lamb Of Indiana, who has been IN the
city for some days. has returned to HoOserdom with III
structuns undo stand bring about the defeat OF
Senator Harrison for at all hazards and with
xroises from Administration quarters that IN case OF
success ie shall be rewarded in manner mat Will NOT
make Il possiDl for the senate to say nay