Omaha daily bee., 1890-05-17
THE CENSUS OFFICE PUZZLED.
No Provision Made for the Sioux Strip in
Nebraska.
AN. UNSATISFACTORY VERDICT.
Commander McCaIla's Sentence
Causes Unfavorable Comment on
the Ways of Courts Martial
The Tin Plate Duty.
WASHINGTON BUREAU TIE OMAHA BEE, !
5l3 FOURTEENTH STREET, ?


"What is to be done with the strip in north
ern Nebraska which was thrown open to
settlement with the Sioux Indian reservation,
in connection with the taking of the ccnsusm
1t appears that the Sioux strip in Nebraska
does not belong to any county or district, and
no provisions have been made for taking the
census upon it, although from 5000 to 20 900
persons have settled on the lands since the
reservation was opened. Mr.. Dorsey was at
the census Office today in connection with the
question and believes that the strip will be
annexed to Knox county for census purposes
A decision will be made in a few days The
list of enumerators which will take the census
in Nebraska and Iowa have been completed
and approved and the appointments will be
made this week. 1t is too late to have any
change made.
AN UNSATISFACTORY VERDICT
There is very general dissatisfaction over
the verdict of the court-martial in the Com
mander McCalla case. 1t is very much like
the result of the trial of Judge Advocate Gen
eral Swain of the army about three years
ago. Swain was found guilty of firregularity
in his business with private persons and sus-
pended on pay for period which will bring
him up to the time when he goes on the re-
tired list. He receives no punishment fur
thcr than deprivation from performing any
official duty, and Furthermore his position
| cannot be filled by another and must remain
vacant. 'Ef he was guilty he ought to have
been dismissed If innocent acquitted, - was
the popular verdict.
Col Lydecler of the army was recently
| found guilty of negligence-criminal negli
gence-in supervising the work of building
an aqueduct tunnel for this city, whereby the
government lost several hundred thousand
dollars, but his punishment was no more SER
| ious than that of Swain or McCala.
This evenings Star, the conservative news
paper of the city, reflects public sentiment
| by saying cditorially: The McCalla trial is
| evidently destined to take Il prominent place
| with the celebrated cases among the records
| of curious cOurt-martials. The McCalla
cOurt-martial is not to be outdOne by any of
| it's predecessors. 1t finds the accused guilty
| of all the charges against him, such as cut
ting down a sailor with his sword, 'tricing
| sailors to the Jacobs ladder" gaggng
them, causing them to ''toe Scam,n ironing
them together and threatening to take what
was left of their miserable lives, and then
sentences him to three years suspension from
rank and duty and tenderly recommends him
to mercy on a salary of $500 q year and
allowances. 1t seems impossible to secure
such punishment at the hands of Il court
martial as is dealt out to private citizens in
courts of justice, and it is likely that congress
will take the question in hand and see if
| tribunal cannot be created outside of the
army and navy to hear and determine such
cases as these in times of peace.
poRsEY's AMENDMENT.
Representative Dorsey has offered an
amendment to the Mckinley tariff bill placing
lumber on the free list and says he will fight
for its adoption. Inquiry by THE BEE cor
respondent among the republican members
leads to the belief that the amendment will
be promptly voted down. The bill makes a
reduction of the present duty of ;? to $3.50
per 900 feet, and al strong stand is being
made to prevent further reduction.
BUTTERwoRTH GIVES THE COMPANY.
Tn, hn
ButterwOrth asserted that one corporation
had during its existence of nineteen years
divided profit of S6l 100000 on its original
investment of only Sl,250,000. This state
ment led to a great deal of comment and it
was emphaticaly denied by number of the
New York papers. Mr.. Butterworth said to-
day that his statement was true and that the
Calumet ~ Hecta copper mining company
was the corporation to which he referred.
PADDOCK OBJECTS
The committee on agriculture of which
Senator Paddock is chairman, held a pro-
tracted meeting this afternoon and listened
to members of the Legislative committee of the
National Farmers alliance adduce argu-
ments in favor of the bill providing for the
issue of treasury notes on deposits of grain
and other farm products. Mr.. Wardell of
South Dakota, in the course of his remarks,
stated that the farmers of the west We're
bankrupt, and that in Nebraska the FARMS
stock. etc, of the farmers would not sell under
the hammer for enough to pay their debts.
Senator Paddock thereupOn made a state
ment to the committee denying very vigor-
ously Mr. Wardelps statement. he said from
his own personal knowledge that the state
most of the foreclosures which
were spoken of by Mr.. Wardell were on spec
ulatiye lands in the far western portion. He
asked that Mr.. Wardel be allowed to speak
for South Dakota where conditions were
very different from what they were in the
prosperous state of Nebraska. Senator Pad
dock added that he was heartily in favor of
any bill which would afford relief to the
farmers and he hoped that measure would
be passed.
In concluding his rcmarks Mr. Wardcn
stated that he scarcely hoped that the bill
which they presented would secure favorable
consideration but they were anxious to have
it brought before congress even with an adj
verse report in order that discussion should
be afforded from which he hoped some legis-
lation would finally follow.
FIGHTING THE TIN PLATE DUTY.
The delegation from the tin plate importers
and the National Canned Goods association
still remains here despite the absolute re
fusal of the ways and means committee to
give them any hope of II reduction of the pro-
posed duty on tin plate. The delegation is
still interviewing individual members and
claim that Notwithstanding the opposition of
the ways and means committee there is still
hope of putting tin on the free list or at least
OF securing reduction OF the present rate.
IL - Sull ludJ NH bulltlWOIlu Will OlItf an
amendment placing tin plate on the free list
If he does not Mr.. Rusk of Maryland will do
so. The Interested people naturally would
much prefer that the amendment should
come from republican Mr., Mudd, Mary
land republican, states that he will vote for
the amendment, but it is doubtful if there
are enough others who will defy the ways
and means committee.
NEBRASKA PoSTMAsTERs.
Everett Dodge county +. j. NJ Smith vice
G. A. Wilson, resigned; Polander, Howard
county j, Blazey, vice s. Baduera, removed.
D. r. Anderson of Knoxville, Ia, is ut the
Langham.
MISCELLANEOUS,
Assistant Secretary Chandler of the in
terror department has decided that the COM
missioner of the land Office was correct in dis
missing the contest of Christaua j. Bower
against the homestead entry OF Franklin
Abcmathy for the northwest i of section 90,
township % north range i3 west Aberdeen,
5. d.. land district.
Colonel w. W. Dudley, who is one of the
members of the national republican commit
tee, said today that the next meeting of the
committee will be held on MAY % He said