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

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latter used official means to hound him down.
letter from the Commissioner was read, in
which he recommended that Taylor terminate
his connection with the Office by reason of the
| limitation of the term for which he was ap-
| pointed. Judge Payson cross-exatfined APP
| pointment Clerk Tanner and brought out the
fact that the position held by young Raum rs
| Appointment Officer of the Bureau was not
created for his special benefit, hut he was app
! pointed as Assistant Chief Clerk AMI the work
coming under the former position was placed
| under his supervision. 1t was also shown that
| the resignation of Mr. Reeves, the predecessor
of young Raum, was voluntary. The commit
| tee then adjourned.
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| Commissioner Raum, of the Pension Bureau.
| has replied TO the communication of Secretary
| Noble regarding the drawing of cases from the
files at the request of members of Congress- thus
| placing these cases ahead of other claims of
| longer standing, which was published in full in
the last issue Of The NATIONAL TRIBUNE
| The Commissioner says in his answer that the
| drawing Of cases from the files for members of
| Congress upon their calls for status constitutes
an exception to the orderly rule of drawing
| cases according to their dates of fling and
| completion. 1t has not been my intention that
| any claim should be allowed before its turn,
| and to prevent recurrence of the evil COM
IF hav TOD hot GIa nI.r lyc
| place upon each claim drawn from the files for
status out of its order, before being sent to an
Examiners desk a card with the following
device upon it: This claim is drawn out of
it's turn for adjudication. When the call for
status is answered, it shall be returned to the
files"
The ladies do not propose to be behind the
sterner sex in furnishing information on vari-
| Gus items of proposed legislation Mrs. Charlotte
Smith, editor of the Working Woman, and
Madam Yale, of the Temple of Beauty, appeared
before the Committee on Agriculture of the
House. the first filing statement in support of
an amendment she desires made to the pure
food bill, which will compel manufacturers of
cosmetics aud face powders to state the ingre-
dients OF their compounds on the labels and to
provide penalties for its violation; while Madam
Yale was allowed to say that she coveted the
most rigid investigation Of her method of
Identifying the complexion. Her system,
which is steamihg process. has been patented,
| and she had no fear that an investigation of the
compounds used by her would be found dele
ferrous to either the complexion or the system
n or inpt mn IF, hon, cbo Jo6
in Washington, and would testify to the happy
effects she produced on bad compilations. Mrs.
Smith says if Madam Yales system was what
she represented it to be, she would make no
fight on her, but she proposed to wage relent-
less warfare upon those who were dispensing
| injurious concoctons under the guise of cos
metics. This is decidedly queer subject to
| legislate upon; but the ladies who use certain
| brands ofbeautfers will hardly forgo their USE
| even by an act of Congress- If they think it i'm
| proves their appearance, were all tho ingre-
dents of which 1t is composed declared highly
| Injurious by the most competent critics, and
| this fact fully set forth upon the label.
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| Speaker Crisp's con fdence that the course pur-
sued by him in ruling that 1t was not necessary
| for the transaction OF business that the journal
of the previous day should be read and ap-
| proved was right was considerably shaken by
| events which have since happened. Gen.
Tracey, of New York, who led the disastrous
| eight of the antisiver men in the House, when
the resolution Of the Committee on Rules was
up for consideration, to set apart three days for
debating the Bland silver bill, made that point
l af r1a ba ~ ,h,
! cred good parliamentarians were much aston
| ished at the Speakers ruling. Upon the ad-
| vice OF friends Speaker Crisp has been locking
| up presidents for his ruling. Some of his
warmest friends have advised him to make &C
| acknowledgement of his mistake and reverse his
decision. What has shaken the confidence of
the Speaker in the right Of that ruling more
| than any other thing was question asked by
| DIR. Wilson, of West Virginia. (who Is consid-
| cred sound parlamentarian,) whether the
| Speakers decision would stand if, after the
journal was approved, 1t should show that the
very rule under which the Speaker claimed
authority for his decision might have been alb
rogatedf When this question was asked Mr.
| Crisp he made very evasiye reply, and has
felt mighty uncomfortable ever since. The Re-
| PuDicdbS u0 hob bn1nk Nc Will reverse MS de-
cision. but rather that he will stand by it and
keep the business of the House for the balance
Of this Congress absolutely in the hands of
himself and the Committee on Rules
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Congressman Weadock Of Michigan, proposes
| to introduce bill in the House of Representa-
tives to remove the political disabilities of all
persons who participated in the late war of the
! rebellion. Shortly after the war number of
| x-rebes had their disabilities removed, and
| since then Southern members have frequently
introduced bills to complete the work, but they
have invariably failed to pass This will be
| The first bill introduced by Northern member
for nearly Is years. Mr.. Weadock thinks that
his bill will receive favorable consideration.
| sss
The House Committee on Territories has
been for some time considering Delegate
Joseph's bill for the admission of the Territory
of New Mexico into the Union as State, and
they will undoubtedly make favorable report
on the bill in short time. 1t has been shown
that New Mexico has sufficient population to
become State, and the chances are that before
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