The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-04-07

Hill, who was present, and who thus far has
been willy enough to evade an expression OF
opinion on the silver question, was the OBJ
| served of all observers, and he did not seem to
exactly like to be the target for all the eyes
on the floor of the Senate and the galleries.
Perhaps Senator Morgan will be more success
full than was Congressman Harter in forcing
Mr.. Hill to show his hand on this question,
and perhaps he won't.
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A joins caucus of Republican Senators and
members of Congress was held in the Hall OF
the Senate on Thursday evening, March 81.
Senator Cullom, of Illinois, was elected to pre-
side over tho caucus, and Representative Dali
zell, of Pennsylvania, was chosen Secretary.
1t was agreed that as each State was called,
the delegation should present the name OK its
representative on the Republican Congressional
Campaign Committee, and where no name was
presented from any State at the meeting,
liberty should be given to present the name to
the Secretary at some future time. The fol-
lowing names wero handed in at the caucus
meeting: California John T. Cutting; Della
ware, Senator Higgins; Idaho, Willis Sweet |;
Illinois. Robert r. HIT; Indiana, Henry N.
Johnson; Iowa, John A. T. Hull; Kansas,
Senator Perkins; Kentucky, John II. Wilson {;
Maine, Charles A. Boutelle; Michigan, James
O'DonnelI; Montana, Senator Saunders; Now
Hampshire, Senator Chandler; Now York,
John H. Ketcham; North Carolina, Henry z.
| Cheatham; North Dakota. NJ. N. Johnson !;
| Ohio John A. CALDWELL Pennsylvania, Myron
B. Wright; South Dakota, Senator Pettigrew |;
| Tennessee, John e. Houk Vermont, William
NJ. Grout Washington John L. Wilson: Wis
consin, N. p. Haugen; Wyoming, Senator
Carey, and Oklahoma, Delegate David A. Har-
vey.
| The Senate Committee on the District OF
Columbia have been considering the bill intro.
duced some days ago by Senator Mcmillan,
which appropriates S1O0O for the entertain
ment of the Grand Army National Encamp-
ment. There was strong opposition to the
bill, and this has caused the committee to
recommend reduction in the amount appro-
priated. The decision was reached by strict
party vote. All the Republicans of tho COM
mittes favored the bill, but they were not
unit as to the amount it should carry. A COM
promise on this point was finally effected,
|
$4,000. a proviso was also attached to the
bill when it was be reported to the Senate by
the committee on Monday, April 4, which pro-
vides that no part OF the above appropriation
shall be available It'll the sum of $50, 900 shall
have been subscribed by popular subscription,
and said money 30 subscribed shall be first ex-
pended" The Senators who voted in commit
tee for this appropriation were Mcmillan, Hig-
| gins, Gallingcr, Hansbrough, and Perkins;
and those voting in the negative were Harris,
! Vance, Barbour, and Gibson. Those in the az
frmative are Republicans, while those in the
negative are Democrats.
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The urgent deficiency appropriation bill
was reported from the Committee on Appro-
priations of the House on Friday, April /, and
is of unusual interest to old soldiers, as it
carries the interesting item of S2l1 $50 to sup
ply artificial limbs. The bill appropriates in
| the aggregate $685., 630 In the last Congress
| bill was passed reducing the time from five
years to three years the period of renewal of
artificial limbs for soldiers who lost them dur
ing the late war; but no appropriation was
| made, consequently no money was available to
meet the demands of those persons who became
| entitled to artificial limbs or Communication
therefor two years earlier than would other
wise have been the case.
! 4@4
Senator George of Mississippi expressed his
| disgust at the large amount of money which
is annually appropriated for the support of the
various Indian tribes while the Indian appro-
priation bill was under consideration last week.
He went to work figuring up the appropriation
| for Indian schools which he found reached the
snug sum of $2,291, 900. He then asked Sena-
tor Dawes, of Massachusetts,, the Chairman Of
| the Committee on Indian Affairs, how many
Indians there were of school age. Senator
Dawes replied that there were about 10000.
Senator George then figured this out and said it
cost nearly s., 900 head to educate these chill
| dren more than enough to educate young man
| at any Of the largest and best colleges of the
United States The Mississippi Senator was
shown to be very deficient in his mathematics
by Senator Henderson, of Nebraska, who told
him that if the appropriation was So, 100000 it
| would only be 800 head. The MisSissippian
then wanted some one to inform him how many
Indians there were in the country, and was told
by Senator Villas, of Wisconsin, who was Sec
rotary of the Interior during Clevelands Adj
ministration, that very competent authority
had estimated that when this country was first
settled by the whites there were $50, 900 In
| dams on the continent, and that the last CEN
sus showed that there were now but 100000
| Indians of all tribes in the country. At this
| Senator George expressed the belief that the
horny handed tax payers of the country would
no doubt be very glad to know that these In
| dams were decreasing, and he thought they
| would be delighted to hear that they had been
| wiped out of existence altogether if these large
sums of money were continually being required
| for their maintenance.
| That the Governorshp of the Soldiers Home
at Washington is considered q good fat thing
| by officers CT the Regular Army, is evidenced
| by the number of gentleman who are eligible,
or soon will be, who are making exertons to
| to secure the berth. Gen. o. B. Wilcox, who
| has been the Governor for some time, took UNI
| bragg at the action of some of the members of
| the Advisory Board, and resigned to take effect
| April /. There now five prominent candi-
! dates for this pleasant detail. These are Brig
Gen. d. S. Stanley, commanding the Department
of Texas; Brig.-Gen. ]. G. Kelton, Adjutant.