Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-12-20
WASHINGTON RUM0Rs.
RESULT OF THE 1NvEsTIGAr1oN OF
THE sILCOTT DErALCATION.

THE SILCOTT DEFALCATION.
Losing Members Have No Remedy Against
the GOvernment-Pan-Am Excur-
sions Arrnnged-Rurnors Of Mobiles Re-
Observation-Disclosures Silver Plan.
Washington dispatch: The COMMITTEES
Investigating the Silcott defalcation have
come to the conclusion that members OF
Congress have no redress against the
government or against Leedom, and that
nothing can be done, except to lock the
stable door after the horse has peen stolen
Leedom's bond. such as it was, expired
with the Fiftieth Congress, on the 18th Of
last March, and he has been acting with
out bond ever since.
Congressman Payne, on behalf of the
committee, will introduce a bill in the
House establishing a similar system of
paying the salaries of members to that
which now prevails in the Senate There
the Secretary is the disbErsing officer He
draws the money from the United States
treasury for the salaries of Senator's and
is accountable to the government for
every cent.
Mr.. Payne's bill will make the sergeant
alarms Disturbing officer of the House
and accountable to the government just as
the secretary of the Senate is. This bill
will be put upon passage at once The
committee will report Silcott as guilty of
grand larceny in stealing about $40, OOD Of
Laedom's private funds and forgery as to
the notes he got discounted at the Metro
politan bank here, and they will call upon
the district attorney to get him indicted
and extradited.
Congressman Hit, of Illinois, is tho
him 5000. Mills, of Texas, loses So, 900.
The pan-American Congress has begun
steady work, though not much will be done
until after the holidays. Chairman Blair has
sixteen committees to appoint from thirty
four members-no slight task. AS soon
as the committees are appointed tho
Congress will hold sessions Mondays
Wednesdays, Fridays, all the other days
except Sunday being devoted to com
mittee work. Arrangements for visit to.
New York have beer perfected The
party will leave here Monday, Dec. IL,
arriving in Jersey City at $3.50 p. M,
where they will be met by reception COM
mittee and escorted to the city hall, New
York where Mayor Grant will deliver an
address of welcome, after which the party
will be escorted to the Fifth Avenue
hotel for dinner. They will remain in New
York visiting the objects Of interest until
Saturday, when an early train will be-
taken for Wilmington, Del, where the
day will be spent and return here that
night.
The arrangements for their southern
Is known is that the party will leave here
early in February on a special train, visit
ing Richmond, Charleston, Savannah,
Jacksonville, Pensacola, Atlanta, Birming-
ham, Mobile and New Orleans. The trip
will be SO arranged as to reach New Or
leans in time for the Mardi-Gras festivi-
ties, which commence February Is. The
return trip will be via Memphis and Nast.
Vile.
big political sensation will soon attract
attention, if rumor is to be credited.
1t is here given for what it is worth.
1t is said that serious disagreement has
occurred between President Harrison and
Secretary of the Interior Noble and that
the latter will in three weeks retire tc
private life. The man who is expected to
succeed Mr.. Noble as head of the Interior
Department is j. s. Clarkson of Iowa, the
first assistant postmaster general. 1t has
long been known that the President has
desired to reward Mr. Clarkson with a
position of greater dignity than the one
he now fills, and with the retirement of
Mr.. Noble the opportunity will arise. The
Iowa man has won the admiration of the
administration by his executive ability,
and the reports that he was weary Of the
arduous and unpleasant work of the POST
office Department may play part in con-
Meeting his name with the distinguished
Office held by Mr.. Noble.
Director of the Mint Leecn, speaking of
Secretary Windom's silver measure. says:
II am thoroughly familiar with the meas
ure, probably more so than any person
except the Secretary himself It COM
mends itself to my judgment not only as
the best plan for the present utilization of
silver but I believe it contains in itself
the solution of the silver problem;
that it will afford ready market
for the surplus silver product of
the world, the normal effect of which will
be to gradually Aand permanently enhance
the value Of silver until it reaches point
SO nearly corresponding with its value in
coinage that we can with safety do away
with all temporary measures and restore
the law as it existed from the foundation
of the government to 1878. have not
seen single objection in newspaper COM
ments which was not fully considered by
the Secretary in the preparation of his
report"
It is stated that tobacco manufacturers
are preparing to resist any iattempt that
may be made to repeal the tobacco tax. An
organized lobby will be on hand to exert
influence against any change in the inter-
| nal revenue laws. Not a few prominent
Republican members are opposed to the
| repeal of the tobacco tax on the ground
that the tax is paid by the consumer and
is therefore hardship on no one.
Among the bills introduced in Congress
is one for the immediate retirement OF
about 100 officers of the army who are in
capacitated for active duty on account of
Sickness or disability. Ths present salar.
les aggregate 100000, which will be
materially reduced by their retirement
and at the same time cause general
promotion along the line.
| A MAN OF VIVID IMAGINATION