The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-08-17

The Governor of Wyoming is not sure whether
Senator can be appointed by him after the
failure of the State Legislature to elect a man.
80 he must wait for the Senate of the United
States to decide. If the question be settled
negatively special session of the Legislature
must be convened to elect a Senator, and Mr..
New may not become Senator New after all.
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The old as well as the new mem bers had some
difficulty in finding their seats on the second
| day of Congress. When a man has spent the
| better part of two years in one chair he returns
TO 1t from force of habit And he always feels
uncomfortable on his new perch The tangle
of desks in the House of Representatives is
especially bewildering to the member who has
served but part Of one day. Many of the
novices were wrongly placed on Monday and
discovered the mistake only when some person
with bigger bump of locality came along and
moved them out
That eyesore ard object of frequent vitupera-
ton, the Long Bridge again needs repairs 1t
is too bad, but the railroad that owns it is So
SO poor that it cannot stand the expense of
structure. IF the bridge we're across some in
significant creek out in the woods it would be
magnificent structure of granite and iron,
but as it only spans the Potomac at the Ma
TONS Capital it may remain as it is-an eye
sore and constant menace to the city in time
of high water. bridge that needs few piles
here and few nails there to keep it out of
the water.
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Clerk Kerr of the House worked hard last
week. He was trying to find suitable man
Tor leading Clerk. Several candidates were
tried in giving practical illustrations of their
powers by reading manuscript and calling the
roll in the House. A good Reading Clerk must
possess so many qualities of enunciation,
strength of voice. and ability to sustain the
voice, together with quick eye and rapid de-
livery, that the post is a most difficult one
The trials were no ed interestedly by the men,
bers because the Reading Clerk is SO important
a factor in the rapid and correct transaction of
the business of the House.
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1t was something of gracious act on the
part of Mr.. Hurt, the new Doorkeeper of the
House. to appoint his late rival for the honor,
Mr.. E. B. Smith. of Texas, to the Assistant
Doorkeepersbip Mr.. Smith takes the place of
Hr. w. Fl. Nichols, who has been appointed
temporarily to the SUPPLEMENTARY of the
Document Room. In Offering Mr.. Smith the
office, Mr.. Hurt said it was done in recognition
of the eminentIy fair character of the CANVASS
conducted by the Smith forces. aud also in rec
ignition of the fact that the Smith candidacy
exercised nc deleterious effect upon his own.
The House force of officials, so far as consti-
tuted, is regarded as an extremely able one.
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At last the series of bas-relisfs which depict
the principal events in the march of American
progress. and which was begun many years ago
by the noted Brumidi, whe was succeeded by
another Italian artist. Costigin is to be finished.
A blank space had been reserved for one of the
greatest events of all, but the death of one of
the greatest men had to come before it should
be put on record here Leland Stanford WAS
the man, and the driving of the last spike of
the first transcontinental railway was the
event. This picture in dull-gray and white
will for generations stand TO remind the future
American people of the marvellous pluck and
executive ability of this man from the great
West.
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Mr.. o'Neill qualified Speaker Crisp the other
day. and in doing so is finally recognized as
Father Of the House. Philadelphia has fur
nisbed the Father of the House in triple sue
cession, beginning with Kelley, thence to Ram
dali, aad now TO 0Neill. This honor was
once disputed with the great ol.iector, for
0Neill and Holman have been elected to the
same number Of Congresses, and Holman
dates back to the Thirty-sixth Congress, while
0'Seill dates back only to the Thirty-eightL.
but Holman twice dropped out of Congress and
o'Neiil dropped but once for single term. aud
has been continuously elected since 1870. while
Holman has been continuously elected only
since 1880.
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There was a curious incident during the Sec
ond days proceedings in the House. During
the rollca on the Belknap- Richardson contest
the name of Gen. Lilly, one of the members-at.
large from Pennsylvania, was reached. A halt
was made. Gen. Lilly has been an invalid for
long time, and was not at the Capitol when
the other Representatives were sworn in. In
order that he might vote on the pending ques-
took the oath of Office, and responded to his
name. Within the memory of the oldest men,
Der never before had a roll-call been suspended
IN order to swear in member that he might
vote on the question.
An American official now in Paris writes tn
friend in this city as follows: See how fame
gets wrecked when you give distance a chance.
saw the following in Partisan newspaper
yesterday, and think it is too good to be lost
The Paris trsnscriber of the dispatch takes
our friend Bland for member of the extreme
left of the Central Labor Union in favor of free
ferries, free street-cars." etc. The clippinp
from the newspaper is as follows: Sherman
Law Repeal - Free Carriage Bland ON the
Crisis. st. Louis, No., July 22-Mr. Bland the
famous free carriage leader, says that Con-
gress viii balance the repeal of the Sherman
law by passing free-carriage measure"
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President Cleveland returned TO find thu
White House put in better condition than IL
has been since Mrs. Harrison turned IL INSIDE
do TN emit har