New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-11
MAKING LERARNks An ISSUE.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 10 tSpeciab.-It seems that
the removal Of J. W. Lebarnes. a law clerk In the
General Land Office. has aroused the hery fndig-
nation of General Sparks, and also of certain
land reformsrs in the House Of Representatives
Sparks, wboremains in Washin gton a. committee
of to observe the COURSE of political events and 70
prepare for next summers political campaign. had
been keeping reasonably quiet be Is qniet no
.onger. He does not hesitate openly 20 denonnce
the late Secretary Of the Interior and 10 declare
slept on his wrath. but II did
not COOL aud he communicated SO mag, ,sl
of his Indignation 10 Chairman Holman and MI:
Payson of the Public Lands Committee, ana 70
Representatives Springer and Neaver thaf tney
formed hollow sauire this morning and advanced
Oh the White House.
given at present. but the visiting statesmen seemed
10 be angrier when they retained than
when they advanced on the enemys
works. Ii is known that IN a general way they
protested against the removal OF Lebarnes, " no,
they declared. was martyr 20 principle. lie,
barnes they and had been SPARKS nalnsfa ~ and
moyal, they declared. was public shame
Much more 10 the same effect. was
poured into the nnsympatheiic ear of the
President. IL Is darkly Intimated that unless Le-
barnes shall ne relnstated IN his old place the
House COMMITTEES Will knew the reason why. Ex-
actiy why Messrs. Springer and Weaver shonld
manifest deep ndIgnation and interest In this
particular may be mex plieabe to persons who
DO not understand the true inwardness Of the Ok
lanoma boomers scheme.
WHAT ARE URGENT" DEFICIEN
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 Special. In the House
to-day, more than five weeks after the convening
of the Lth Congress, Mr. Burnes reported from the
Appropriations Committee what he styled the
" urgency deficiency BILL AS the ungrammatical
phrase discloses the bill is one to provide money
TO meet urgent needs of the Government, yet
it is a bill which comes over from the last Con-
grcss when il was proposed to meet the same
urgent" demands now 10 be provided for ana
other items not included in the blu reported to-
day Among the items in the Dill are several
hundred thousand dollars for the payment OF nd
Indicated claims of Union veterans Of the late
War as well as AREA RACES Of pay, bounty etc,
due to the widows and families of deceased Union
twenty years and at last having been settled and
allowed, were certified for payment more than
a year go.
The Treasury is plcthoric, but the poor claimants
are still kept waiting Other items consist of
judgments by the courts in favor of claimants.
Some of the judgments are included in the bill
reported to-day, and some are not On more than
50 600 900 of such judgments, which the Appro-
priations Committee Of Democratic House stub
bornly refuses TO recommend or allow the payment
of. the Government must pay interest at the rate
Of per cent per annum until the judgments are
this at a time when the Government
could borrow any amount of money IL might need
at . l-2 per cent. Such is Democratic statesman
ship, on the eve OF a Presidential election when
the party must be kept on an even keel to avoid
shi Dwreck'
1t is reported that the bill will be considered in
the House tomorrow.