The National tribune., 1888-08-30

other three congressman elected we're Demo-
crate. Mr.. Wilson had but so plurality sny-
der, s95 plurality, and Hogg TAT plurality.
There were Prohibition voters enough In e2oh
district TO have changed the result.
Mr.. GOf has been seonspicuous man Ia Con
gEess for some years. He became known in
Washington first as lIr. Hsyes's Secretary Of
the Navy toward the close Of his adaInislIS-
ton, when Uncle Dick Thompson resigned TO
take the American Presidency Of tbs Panans
Canal Company.
Ez-senstor Barnum, Of Seven Mule fame. has
been this week actively consulting the South
ern politicians, and it is understood that hia
eye il on Golf and West Virginia.
GEN. sIMPsoN's RETIREREEr.
Brevet Maj Gen. Marcus D. L. Simpson,
Colonel and Assistant Comm iEsary General,
was placed on the Army retired liES Tuesday
last. Aug. % on reaching 81 years Of aga. Is
graduated into the Cd Art. ia 1886 and served
with that regiment until 1866. when he was
promoted to Captain and Gommi5asTY. When
the war Of the rebellion ended he YVES tieu-
tonant-Colonel, end became Colonel in 1874
kle received two brevets during the Mexican
war FOR gRllantry az Contreras Cherubugo0 and
thapuitePec, but his breEsts for the Teballion
were Of the CREST batch Of s62I brevcts Of
/ 5isreh IL, 1865. His retirement promotes
I Gen. Amos Beckwith to Colonel Gen. Michael
(. Morgan to LieutenGnt-Co Colonel, ana Maj.
Samuel q, Cnsbing to Major. In 5Isy, 1863,
sitter the Senate refused to confirm Dr.. Albert
J. hyo7 az Majors and Chief Signal Officer of the
hhny, Cushing was offered the appointment,
5at declined it, IS he had just bsen appointed
captain and Com nissary. EoN, altar moTe
than 25 years service as CAPTAIN, he Is proulot-
CO to the grade TO refused ia 1863.
FRAUDULENT CLAIM ron PEEgE0N.
The Commissioner Of Pensions hes been sd
yise'i tast Joseph CaTDo YVES arrested on the
Glst inst AID brought before United STATES
! Commissioner =. g Bentley, ElUirR, n. Y,
upon the charge Of having made 2 false claim
Tor pension and Tor perjury He was held TO
bal ia the sum of $1,000 for examination on
the % OF September. One Of she witnesses IN
| this csse Horace II. Peters, was arrested st the
saLle tIme on the charge Of perjury and held to
| bail IN the sum of 500.
Mr.. RANDALL C0EvALEBcEET.
| Mr. Randall's physician, Dr. MalIen, ssys
! that he receives frequent letters from the dis
| tiagBished patient, written By his Own hand,
! BE says the conyglescanoa Of Mr. Randall viii
/ be slow, but sure. He believes that he will re-
! turn to the Fall nesting of Congress. It seems
! that the story started by 3 sensational New
| York paper, and 50 pessistently maintained, to
/ OEe GIIect JhaG h0 had cancer OF tha stomach,
| had no foundation in fact.
| oUR LAWMAKERS
/ another soldier has been norainated for Con-
! gFess in the Fifth Ohio District in the person
] Of Capt. Wilson j. Vance, Of Fndlay. The
nominee is well and favorably known in Wash
Ingt0n, where he was for years one of the leading
correspondents on Newspaper Row" Sub
! seguentiy ne was clerk Of Senator Miiler's
! Committee On Foreign Relations, sad is there
! fore es well yersed in the bGsinesG of Congress
/ 81 though he had bsen q Mem Der. He entered
! the seTvice as q private in the 21st Ohio, and
/ for good conduct wss promoted to be Second
| Lieutenant and then First Lieutenant of his
company. Hs is the suthcr Of s novel entitled
Princes FavOIs," which deals with certain
| phases q Washington life lie has been one OF
| the most active men in tbs recent development
| Of the Hstural gag interests Of Eindlay.
! The Hen. II. P. Haugan has been rsnoHi-
1 mated Tor Congress IN the Eighth Wisconsin
| District ~ scclamation. Nt. HeuEen ia q
! Motive Of Norway, but has lived in this c0un-
/ try FROM childhood, and is q very bright Mem
/ Der CT tho HCugs. His speech Ia opposition to
the Mills bin lagt Spring 1aade him quite q
lion, and 1t is being largely circulated IN both
/ the English aud Norwegian languages. He vas
graduate CT the Law department Of Michigan
University II the class Of 1874, and IN 1879 and
1850 was in the Wisconsin Legislature From
| 1892 to 1887 n 9ss State Railroad Commission
er. His district is one Of these where tbs Pro
| ni5iti0nists help the Democrats By running a
candidate for Congress to draw Republican
! votes. If the soldier-hatinF, ex-rebel cabal
now ia control Of Congress ia TO be overturned,
it FAUST be by the return of such Members "a
BIZ. HGugen, and the Union veteran who
| throws away his vote in the Eighth Wisconsin
District On 2 eide issue Is blind TO lis own in
EeFest.
Nal. Edwin q. Conger, Of tie ssvsnfh Iowa
| District, h&5 bssn TeDonIin2ted for Congress.
/ Sci. Conger lives at Des Moiaes. lie vss born
In Knox County, Ill, and graduated at LON
/ bard University 1T Galesourg IN that State In
/ 1852. lie ct once enlisted az G private ia CO.
| /, IG2d ILL.,, Ia which he served to the end of
| thu var, bsing promoted to the rsuk of Captain
| and being breyettsd bGaioI By the President
| for gallant and rneritorioug conduct Ia the
| field" After tbs war he studied lay and be-
| gan practice st Gaiosburg, H., but Ia 1888
moved to lows and engaged in farming stock
| growing and banking. He was elected Treas
urer of Dallas County in 1877, and again in
| 1879. He was promoted By the people Of Iowa
/ 60 be State Treasurer in 1885, and reelected ia
! 1882. lie vas elected TO the A9th and 50Eh
| Congresses ss q Republican. He lis sound on
the soldier question aud his comrades Of the
| Grand army Can depend on him.
The Hon. Joseph B. Cbeadle of the Ninth
Indiana District, hGs received the denomination
| for Congress at the hands Of his constituents
I15 Is 0agiF6 OF 1AalaHRJ and 10 yeerB cid thia
month. lie is a Union veteran. He enlisted
rs private in Co. K, list Ind, and served
through till the elose Of the war. After the
war he Guided law, graduating from the In
dianepolis Law College in 1867. OF late years
he has been an editor. He is serving his FIRST
| term ii Congress- ana is a very ugsful man
| He is true to tho bronze bntt0n OF the Grand
Army which be wears, and il the kind Of man
the veterans need IL Congress
VETERANS IN THE CITY.
Maj. Merritt Barber, Assistant Adiutant.
General, U. s. h., is in the city on leave 10,
two months from Los Angeles CAL. where b
Is stationed on the staff Of Gen. Nelson A. Miles
aud is located ST the Hamilton House. He en-.