The National tribune., 1893-01-26

Judge E. Rock wood Hoar, father of Repre-
sentative Sherman Hoar, of Massachusetts,, and
brother of Senator George F. Hoar, was at the
Capitol one day last week. Judge Hoar was
Attorney General of the United States under
Gen. Grants Administration. He was called
to this city by the illness of his brother Ed
ward, who was taken i'll while on his way to
Florida. He spent some time i'll the United
States Supreme Court chamber, and was sur
prised to find that Of the Justices upon the
bench when no was Attorney General only
one Justice Field. now remains In the House
he chatted with Representatives Blount, Blaud,
ONeiil and Holman, who were among his COL
leagues when he was in the House. Judge
Hoar is n years old, but is remarkably hale
and active for his advanced age.
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The desk left vacant by the death of Senator
Kenna will make q new arrangement of the
seats of several of the members OF the Senate
The desk which the latter Senator occupied
will be taken by Senator Brice, who is now in
one of the extra seats in the last row OF the
chamber on the Democratic side. His new
seat will place him between Mr.. Vance and Mr.
Gray. The desk which Mr.. Brics leaves will
be occupied by Mr.. Gibson, Of Maryland, who
is now in the extreme northwest corner OF the
hall. This seat will remain unoccupied until
Mr.. Murphy comes, and then it will be his. 1t
was suggested to Senator Hill that it would be
good idea for Mr.. Murphy to have the seat
now held by Mr.. Brice, which is next to his
but Mr.. Hill thought that it would be much
better for the New York delegation to be scat
tered
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The fight made against Comrade Brown, late
Superintendent of the Temporary Soldiers
Home. by Superintendent of Charities Warner
who Influenced the District Commissioners
to temporarily withhold the appropriation
for the Home, is thought by comrades of
this Department to be an act of persecu-
ton. Comrade Brown has always been an
| active, hard worker in the Grand Army, and
has devoted a great deal of his time in assisting
needy comrades, and it is the general opinion
in Grand Army circles that he has been very
unjustly treated. That Comrade Browns good
name and character were not assailed, only his
business methods, shows that he came out OF
the controversy with flying colors. 1t is now
simply question as to whether his business
methods were not as good as those of superin-
tendent of Charities Warner.
funny incident happened last week In the
House of Representatives. 1t was during one
of the numerous calls of the House made to
obtain quorum. The Republicans were fill
clustering and ex-Speaker Reed, of Maine, and
Representative Davis, one of the Populist mem
bers from Kansas were selected by the Speaker
as tellers. They took their stations in front of
the Speakers desk, shook hands in the usual
manner and then faced each other. The diff
ference in the size of tho tellers was interest
ing and attracted attention. The ex-Speaker
is one of the larest men in the House, being
over six feet tall and big in proportion, while
the Populist Kansan is small and very lean.
and does not look as though he ever "larded
the lean earth" as he walked along. A wag
remarked that the pair looked very much like
the cuts ia the newspapers showing the ap-
pearance of people before and after taking !"
certain quack medicines.
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"Uncle Billy" McGarrahan. the man who has
the big claim before Congress against the New
Idria Mining Co., OF California, which was
passed at the first session of this Congress by
both Houses, but was vetoed by President Har-
| rison, was very much cast down by his defeat
on Tuesday, Jan. II. when the Senate refused to
pass the bill permitting the claim to go to the
Court of Claims for adjudication. The ease
with which his bill had passed the Senate last
session, and the many pledges that had been
nade of snnnort in the preseut emergency had
| led him to think that the bill would be passed
over the veto. Some of these pledges were not
kept, and once more Uncle Billy" is back
| where he began over 25 years ago. McGar-
| rahan said after the announcement of the vote
| against him that he did not know at present
whether he would make another effort to get
| Justice which is the first note Of discourage
ment he has ever uttered in all the time he
| has been duplicating Congress for relief.