Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-16
The CONTEST IN MONTANA.
II is Attracting Much Attention in
Washington.
THE LANesToN MALONE ROW.
Virginia's Colored Orator Indignantly
Leaves the state TO Fight For For-
aker in Ohio Harrison to
Teach Sunday School.
WASHINGTON BUREAU THE OMAHA BEB, !
Ent~uTrrN.rn
WAsH1NdroN, d. O., oct, 10.


5l3 FoURTEENTH STREET,
WASHINGTON, ID. O., Oct, 10. J
The contest over the election Of members
OF the legislature in Montana is attracting
much attention from both the national com.
mittees and the members of the admnistra.
ton
Several long teegraphic dispatches, some
of them in cipher, have been received here,
in which 1t is charged both sides are attempt
ing to steal the legislature The republicans
are confident now that they will ultimately
get tho two United States senators. 1t has
been suggested that compromise might be
effected by which each party should have a
senator, which would settle the difficulty.
LANGsToN's QUARREL WITH MALONE.
Hon. John NJ. Lanston, Virginias colored
orator, who has had a dispute with General
Malone and refused to participate in the
campaign in his native state, is here on his
way to Ohio, where he will speak for Gov
ernor Foraker.
Mr.. Langston is out IN long interview
this evening in which he rectcs the differ
euce between himself and General Malone
and gives what he alleges to be the real his
tory of all the trouble.
In NUTSHELL Mr.. Langston charges that
General Malone wants TO throw him out of
the party simply because he is a negro, but
he goes on to say that he bases this opinion
on the disincllnation of Malone to work in
the interest of HIS Langston's) contested
election at the approaching session of
congress. 1t will be remembered that
Laugston was defeated, although he claims
to have had a very large majority. He ran
for congress in Mahone's district, which is
heavily negro district and which should re-
turn a safe republican majority.
HARRISON TO TEACH SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Among the notices read en- last Sunday
after the morning services at the Church of
the Covenant, where President Har-
rison worships, was one to the eff
feet that a gentleman Every promi-
nently connected with the government and
who had 'only recently moved to Washing
ton" ana who was "a member of the
church, - had intended to form a bible class
composed of adults now in the Sunday
school. He therefore solicited applications
for membership to be left with the pastor,
Rev. DR.. Hamln. The preacher added that
"for certain reasons the founder of the pro-
posed class did not care to have his name
made public just yet. A class was made up
Immediately after the services, 1t being sur
missed that Private Secretary Halford was
the gentleman in question. AS "a matter of
fact Mr.. Halford is a lifelong Methodist,
and ever since he has been IN Washington he
has worshiped at the M. h. church with very
rare exceptions. The only other member of
the administration who attends the Church
of the Covenant Is President Harrison Gen
bible class for many years at his church in
indianapolis, and it is the general belief that
there will be soon bible class at the Church
of the Covenant with the president of the
United States as its teacher.
ARMY NEWS.
Army men are agitatng the question of
the adoption of Senator Manderson's bill,
introduced two yeaas ago, looking 10 the ad-
ditlon of fifty companies to the iu-
fantry, with view to giving
IT, twp1Vn tlran lDttnlliOO
organization like that of the cavalry and az
tllllery. They contend that the bill will pass,
as it has passed the most severe criticism
and a long examination by the most expert
army authorities in the country. They an
ticpate, however, that the Steele bill will
be agitated vigorously. This measure, while
preserving the feature of the twelve COM
panies for the infantry. makes much more
original change by providing that in time of
peace each of the regiments of cavalry, ar
tillery and infantry, although at all times
fully offiCered, is to have only eight COM
pauies manned 1t is held that instead of
increasing the expenses Of the military
establishment, like the Henderson bill, the
Steele measure would actually reduce it,
but as an Offset there would be a large re-
ductiOn in the enlisted strength of the in
fantry regiments, while there would be Il
large increase in the line as a whole of 1876
commissioned officers including fifty majors,
sixty captains and forty-6ve lieutenants.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The president this afternoon appointed 10.
seph p. Troop collector OF the Seventh dis.
tr!ct OF Indiana; l.. S. Metcalf, appraiser of
the port of st. Louis; Charles f.. Wenneker,
collector of the First district of Missouri.
Park Davis, of Sioux Falls, OAK, has been
admitted to practice before the United States
supreme court.
Land Commissioner Croft has rented a
comfortable and commodious residence at
the corner of Nineteenth ana NJ streets,
which is known as the northwest quarter
Ia, riSNt,n ng III
shortly remove his family here. Judge and
Mrs. Croft arc very well pleased with Wash
ington.
William H. Chappel was to-day appointed
postmaster at Verdigris, Knox county, Neb
PERRY S. HEATH.