The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-03-17

ing OF the naGS loaned. In lIs dmehueu ioi IA
the committee recommend the passage of the
bill, which has received the approval OF the
War Department. The amendment proposed
authorizes the Secretaries of the War and Navy
Departments to make the loan of such hags,
without the interposition of the President OF
the United States, as in their Judgment
can be spared and are not in use by the
Government at the time of the National En-
campment The Citizens Executive Com
mittee is required to indemnify the Depart
ments for any loss or damage to the flags not
necessarily incident to the use thereof.
Sc
There has been considerable squabblIng
among the politicians of Pennsylvania IN WASH
ington and in the western part of the Keystone
State over the Collectorship of Internal Reve-
nue. for the Twenty third District of that State.
Collector Warmcastle was removed some months
ago. and since then the Quay and anti-Quay
factions (tbe first led by the Junior PennsyiVa-
MIA Senator and the latter by Congressman
Dalzell and Chris. Magee) have been using all
the wiles of the practiced politician to beat
each other and have the President appoint their
man. The question was definitely settled on
"Wednesday, March 8, President Harrison ap-
pointing George w. Miller, of Plttsburg, 10
the ColIectorship Mr.. Miller was urged by the
anti-Quay faction and also by nearly all the city
officials of Pittsburg and those of Allegany
County, as well as a very large number of rep
resentative business men of Pittsburg. Inns
is considered a back of some magnitude, po-
litically speaking, for Senator Quay, and 1t Is
now thought that Congressman DalzeH Will
give the Senator g hard rub for reelection, as
Mr.. Dalzell is a candidate for the SenatorshIp
which becomes vacant by the expiration of SEN
ator Quay's term, March 3, 1893.
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A colored messenger in the employ of one OF
the Assistant Attorneys-General was arrested
by the Postoffice authorities charged with tam
pering with the mail of his employer For some
time letters containing money had been lost IN
the mails and suspicion attached to the mes
senger. The usual method of marked money
was sent through the pouch, which no one but
the messenger had touched, and the marked
bills were found in his possession. He was
promptly jailed, and will soon be tried tor tam
pering with the United States mails, and as
there is abundant proof Of his guilt, will wear
a striped suit and board at the Governments
expense for couple of years.
IS.
1t appears that we have two Senatorial fight
ers in Congress at the present time, both being
men who have spent most of their lives in the
widest parts of the distant frontier and who
have grown strong fighting the wild Indians
and the still wilder and more uncouth des-
peradoes. These men are Senators George l..
Shoup, Of Idaho, and Wilbur F. Sanders. of
Montana Senator Shoup is tall, broad-shoul-
dered, straight, and blue-eyed, without hair on
the top Of his head, not even scalp-lock, but
he lost his hair naturally, although he has been
in many places where he could easily have had it
raised" He went to Pixies Peak in 1853, dur
ing the gold excitement, and was a Lieuten-
ant in Capt Baekus's Independent Company of
Colorado Scouts. he afterwards was assigned to
the Cd Colo but still did duty with the cavalry.
He also served with the LIST and Sd Colo. Cav.
He encountered nearly all the tribes of Indians
in the West while connected with the army,
AMI since then has met all the noted despera-
does of that wild section of the country. He
left the Governorship Of Idaho to take his seat
in the Senate. Senator Sanders is noted as
having rid Montana of the noted gang of ruff
fans which oyerran the Northwest some years
ago. He was at the head of the vigilantes and
has number of times looked death in the
face. He has made many speech in his State
with his pistol in his pocket, and while he was
speaking pistols have come out before his eyes
in the hands of his audience. During the re-
bellion he was in the army as an officer of the
64th Ohio, and it was through failing health
that he had to resign and 90 West. In the
camp where he settled there was a band of
Southern sympathizers and these undertook to
haul down the Stars and Stripes from the flag
pole in the public square with the idea of rails
ing the stars and bars. As they caught hold
Of the rope, Sanders, who was standing near
by, pulled out revolver and said to them
"No one shall haul that flag down while /
live.n The mob looked at the flag and then at
the revolver, and into the eyes of the deter
mined young man who held it, and they de-
cided to let the Gag stand.