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

| and navy, Win It's naughty commander. ~
was also the headquarters of Gen. Washington,
Gen. Lafayette. and Count De Rochambeau Inn
mediately before and during the time of Corn
walliss surrender. The house is still in good
state of preservation, and during the centennial
celebration of 1881, which was held on this
| farm, the Moore house was elegantly furnished
and turned over to the French guests, de.
scendants of Lafayette and De Rochambeau. A
sum not to exceed 100000 is named in tho
bill for the purchase Of this farm.
| Maj VIM. Mckinley, jr, 23d Ohio. Governor
of Ohio, was on the floor of the House Of Rep
resentatives q short time on Thursday, March
81. The Governor entered the hall Of the
House while member was speaking in defense
of the tariff bill which bears Gov. McKinley's
NAME and when he appeared there was great
outburst of applause from the Republican men,
| bers Tho Governor was accorded quite an
ovation. and was cordially greeted by members
of both sides of the chamber. The Governor Is
on his way to Rhode Island to take part in the
campaign which is now in progress in that
State. Ex-Gov. Campbell, of Ohio, the man
whom Mai. Mckinley defeated last Fall, is at
present in Rhode Island, and the Chairman Of
the Democratic Committee has issued chal-
lenge for o joint debate between Ohio's
ex Governor and present Governor. When
asked If he would accept the challenge. Gov.
Mckinley replied that he had not received
| notice that such a challenge had been issued,
| except what had been printed in the papers,
and consequently did not care to say whether
| he would accept or not until he was officially
notified Of the fact. The Governor goes to
Rhode Island to speak upon the tariff, as we'll as
other matters Before leaving Washington he
| Treasury Foster.
Mrs. Leila Morse Rummell, daughter of Prof.
s. F. B. Morse. has addressed protest to the
| Chairman of the Senate Committee on Library,
against the passage of the bill lately introduced
| by Senator Mcpherson, of Now jersey appro-
| priating $40. 600 for the purchase from Stephen
Vail, of New York, of the original telegraph
| or recording receiver invented by Mr.. Wallis
| father, Alfred Vail. Mrs. Rummell does not
object so much to the appropriation, but says,
Gas the daughter of Professor Morse. the in
| vcntor of the original telegraph instrument,
| been supported and upheld by the United
States Supreme Court, beg to enter my pro-
| test against the language of the preamble Of
| Senator McPherson's bill, with the implication
| that my father enjoyed honors not his own"
80
President Gibson, of the National Yellow
stone Park Association, has made charges
against Gen. John w. Noble. Secretary of the
Interior, which are to the effect that Gen. No
BILE has boon actuatcd by personal and political
| motives in granting leases for hotels and other
privileges in the Yellowstone National Park.
Gen Noble went before the Senate Committee
on Territories on Thursday. March 81. and
made answer to the charges, denying them all.
He said what he had done was for the purpose
of preventing a monopoly and to protect trav
elers from exorbtant charges. He also sub
! mtted statement showing just what he had
done in the way Of granting privileges in the
Park.
silver debate was very unexpectedly
sprung in the Senate by Senator Morgan, of
Alabama, on Thursday morning, March 81, by
the introduction Of series of resolutions which
instructs the Committee On Finance to make
examination and report to the Senate what
had been the effect on the price of silver bull
lion of the act of July A. 1890, which directs
the purchase Of silver and the issue of silver
notes thereon and whether tho said act had
in any manner contributed TO maintain gold
and silver upon parity with each other;
| whether Treasury notes had at any time been
at discount or, on the contrary, whether
they he'd not provided safe currency and
taken tho place of gold shipped to Europe for
speculative purposes and thus saved the people
from dangerous financial crisis; also whether
| the coinage of gold or silver was now actually
authorized by any law Of the United States;
besides several other inquiries of like import.
| He then asked that the resolutions lie over
and be printed, as he desired to address the
| Senate upon them. He also wished to hear
| the opinions Of Senators on these points, and
| to know if there were Senator'S who permitted
| the shadows of the coming heroes of the Presi-
! dental contest to come between them and
| their vote upon what he considered one of the
most important questions Of the day. He
| said 1t made no difference whether Mr. Harri-
| son or anybody else was the candidate Of the
| Republicans, or Mr. Cleveland or anybody else
| tho candidate of the Democrats, it was the
duty OF Congress to take hold of this question.
| He wanted every Senator to be allowed to