The National tribune., 1886-10-14
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
The Weeks DOingS at the Ma
tiOnal Capital


attended The crowd that throngs the East
room and the ycstibuie az half past enc O'Clock
rarely numbers less than 200, and n frequently
much larger. One day last week there were
over zoe. Among them were about 4o0 eAcur-
sianists from North Carolina. Mr. Vance As
siztaut Commissioner Of Patents, introduced
The FIRST few individually, but an the rest were
allowed to walk up IN the general stream 10
grasp Inc Presidents hand without any partic-
ular introduction. but they made mp their
minds that they would not be mistaken for
Others, and each rs he passed shouted " Tar
Heel at the President who took II all IN good
part A matron with a baby ~ her arms pre-
scented the BABY for a Presidential carcss aud
made some remark in which occurred the
words baby yourself sir" The rest OF this
sentence was not audible, and there was good
deal of curiosity among the bystandcrs as 10
what il really was that the lady said.
A few more North Carolina excursionists
passed in line. each shouting out +" Tar Heel
al the President as he passed, and then came
tall, thin, gaunt man carrying fat baby. This
babys foot was more prominent than IFS hand,
80 the President shook the baby by the foot
rcmarlling rs he did so, Another little Tar
Heel, ] suppose" The tail man was not from
North Carolina, and apparently did not under
stand the exact meaning of Tar Heel, Tor he
passed on with a look ON his face which lndl-
Gated that he felt the baby had been insultcd
line Just like a common mortal and not as II he
had the privilege of being United States Com
missioner of Railroads. As lac shook the Pres
ident warmly BY the hand and looked into his
face he said he was glad TO see there the good
effects OF fresh air. The Columbian Command
cry. knights Templar No. 4, OF Norwich, Conn.,
to the number of 90 or more, and in kuighty
uniform, were among the visitors. A delega-
tion Of gentlemen from Alabama, headed by
Mayor Reece of Montgomery, waited on the
President and invited him TO attend the State
fair TO be held in Montgomery early in No
vember The President said he would consider
the invitation and inform them OF his decision
by letter.
CHEF JUSTICE CHAsE's REMAINS.
The remains OF the late Chief Justice salmon
r. Chase, the great Wan Secretary of the Treas
ury, were this week removed from Washington
10 Cincinnati O., for final iutermont This
was done in accordance with the earnest de-
sire OF his daughter, Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague,
ms well rs of Mr.. Chase's great number of
friends I'm Ohio whose Governor he was before
the war, and which State claims him as her
own. The remains were escorted TO the depot
here hy Justices Of the Supreme Court COM
mittee of the Bar of the District Of COlum-
bia, and large number of officials and citizens
who ayailed themselves of the opportunity to
testify their respect for the memory of the
honored dead. The remains, accompanied by
q number of friends. left by the Baltimore q
Ohio Railroad Wednesday afternoon reaching
Cincinnati on Thursday. The memorial serv-
ice was held in the forenoon of that day, in the
great Music Hall. GOV. Hoadly delivered the
memorial address, and Justice Matthews and
Others also spoke. The funeral services were
held in the chapel of the Spring Grove Gene
terry on Thursday afternoon.
ESTABLISHING A SILK INDUSTRY.
At its last session Congress passed law ap-
propriating sum OF money 10 enable the Com
missioner of Agriculture TO test the most inn
proved machinery for converting silk cOcOOns
into raw silk. Ina pursuance of this law the
Commissioner is now setting mp in one of the
Department buildings of this city six Serrell
automatic silk reels, which he proposes 10 ope-
rate during the coming year. Commissioner
Colman says that last year this country inn
ported, duty free of Teeled silk nearly S20,000-
600 worth. III the c0e0ons which entered into
this silk had been produced in this country il
would have added Sl5000,000 10 the income of
the farming class, and il would have required
nearly 1900 persons 70 operate the machinery
necessary to convert Them into raw silk.
GEN. MILES AND THE WAR DEPARTMENT.
Gen. Miles claims in an interview that his
course in connection with the Indian campaign
has been uniustly criticized and that lac was
given full discretion Ia the matter Of the con-
1t is learned however, at the War Department
that when he succeeded Gen. Crook i'm com
mand Of the Department Of Arizona the Lieu
tenant General directed that operations look
ing TO the destruction or capture Of the hostile
Indians be ceaselessly carried on" In this
order he was not in any way instructed in re-
gard TO his military operations but was directed
TO continue the pursuit with U. :. troops instead
of Indians. IL is held that no army officer
could have considered that he had discretion
in accepting a conditional surrender, for cap
ture is not surrender. In order 10 empha-
size the special instructions i'm the order the
lines relating TO the destruction or capture of
the Indians were underscored. Gen. Miles's In
structions on this point did not differ from those
given 10 Gen. Crook, 10 whom Geronimo would
have surrendered conditionally. il Is not I'M
derstoOd how Gen. Miles could have regarded a
surrender on the terms which lac acknowledges
10 have been In accordance with the specific
orders sent 10 him.
"THE MORMON MONSTER"
The Utah Commission, by its Chairman. A.
Ii. Carlton, has filed with the Secretary Of the
Interior its annual report, of which the fol-
lowing is a synopsis During the past year
the law relating 10 the dsfranchisement Of
polyRamists aud those living in unlawful CO.
hahitati0n has been fully and successfully en-
forced. All such persons, with very few ii any
exceptions, have been excluded from voting and
holding Office During this period, as in the
preceding year, criminal prosecutions for viola
lions Of the law of Congress have been numer-
Ous A large number have been fined and i'm
prisonee In the penitentiary for polygamy or
unlawful cohabtation, chiefly for the latter
Ofieuse.n
Referring to the ioint resolution now pending
I'm both ll0uscs of Congress- proposing an
amendment 20 the Constitution Of the United
States prohibiting and furnishing polygamy in
all the States and Territories, extending the
judicial power Of the Federal Government 10
she prosecution Of such ogensas, the report
says: While we are Of opinion that this should
not supersede other measures we are satisfied
that 10 would be an efficient factor Ia cflectuat-
ing the desired result, namely, the abrogation
OF poiygamy wherever il exists IN the juris-
dic.ion Of the United States.
+" Before closing this report we wish 10 i'm
press upDn the Government aud tie people the
magnitude OF The evil with which We have 10
contend The total number Of Mnrmons
throughout the world j over 200 O09 a large
majority OF whom reside in Utah While OF
these a great majority Of the adults arc not
living ln polSgamy, set every orthodox mem
Der OF that church Processes 10 believe la il
as a divine revelation The people have been
taught This dogma Ia their temples, tsbcrnaclcs
meeting houses and Sunday schools for a third
OF century. Ia such "a condition there is no
remedy that would be immediate in its effects
except military force, and this cannot now be
applied, because no civilized government in this
age VIII wage "A war Of determination against
uDarmod men, women, and children But The
evils existing IN Utah cannot be ignored by The
Government Devoted rs the American people
are to religious liberty, by education. tradition
and sfitutipnal sanction they Nyiu po,..,