The sun., 1892-02-14

Point district maze despe!ate euott " eess
% to rs The committee had also reduced luce the the
salaries Of tive cerk tG the m
to have these salaries restored
BR1DLE BITS AND SADDLE CLOTHS.
The again aI a5oussd ss1cSase Tnse
tensely aroused. He said that he haP.
s4 81: en"h ' for i these @ bits. He advised III.
Sass to @a him st Hey
were patent bits. and that they could not get
them for fss Here the to
take the risk OF possibly fatal injury to the
cadets in their daring a,alry exercises rather
than Am Psy S s"s 2t Saddle
cloths for the use oi the cadets: when read:
hensh to Cost not ha
81 apiece. He said that he used saddle blan-
kets and he could hHy item at frcm s125 ito to
Hntsa ahfy w'5S Gen. tn" whse ssis
law provided that these saddle cloths should
charge Of the matter at West Point would hay
S sHHs nf haYa Tns sdded ess that haah hs
exercises. and unless The best were were fqrnist.ed
dent that the economists had never seen the
cavalry exercises at the Point, aed did not
Mr. 10y Loud 81 California sarcastIcally sug-
eested that The discarded linen q the cadets
ns oS FarMers Alliance ere 81 moned to
amend by proydlngE that At the e,xpratop
OF the House OF Representatives be shipped to
West Point and furnished to the cadets for
6 Gen was to the
amendment M rsdnnecing ne the amount appropriated
cnsslng this question OF saddle cloths: ses:
$4,000 q day. including the salaries OF men,
bers; II was il session th,s :,%s day Aye hours;
ton on for , saddle cloths from $500 to s2555.
now THE CADETS WERE TREATED
I, The Watchdog,,s grip was 40 great that tho
to kn9fk n out cbs3 m
iRs n saaSs a sF Af Rsy e in fon a!
Whltewash stf the barracts clean the bath tubs
and sinks. and have the general policing OF the
s Ssyffs viii 81 aess %
s % 5 o%s he9 onE TsSs ssa .hss ss
Msst pent ns he ny iorced to "a make dsposs
81 as
IL sorEbbtng the rooms. ana tn0 cauets Will DC
hereafter required to furnish II. unless the
Senate secs tt to interfere.
Mr.. Livingston thought It would be 'promo-
ti:e O! the health OF the cadets to do the scrub
b!nR themselves. 1t seemed to be forgotten
that the course at the Academy Is very strict.
Gad so exhaustive physically and mentally that
many OF the cadets break down under It.
BLOW AT ORGANIZED LABOR
An amendment forcing the Government to
pay It's West Poiot printers the came rate OF
wages as is paid to Typographical! union
Voted down, 20 TO 6$ The reader win bear In
mind that this 10 IN Committee Of the Whole,
IN that COMMITTEES. II 10 thus impossibIe Tor
organized labor TO- ascertain how members
vote on many Questtons affecting their inter-
ests. The discussion developed the fact that
sockless Jerry was friend Of the printers. He
Insisted that the Government ought to employ
printers and pay them printers wages. instead
OF eElisting them as soldiers and then detail
Ing them as printers at starvation wages.
Immediately afterwnrd Mr.. Livingston OBJ
jected to an item paying an enlisted man.
employed as u saddler. fifty cents per day extra.
Gen wheeler said that the Secretary OF the
Treasury had recommended it. Here Is the
Generals exact language:
In view OF this II was deemed best In
y. line q p.y lSo eSr. e, shs sssy,Sss
m msnts nj ' Costing I several thousand dolsrs -~-''
The proposition was carried. 1t will thus be
seen that the Government prtdes itself upon