The National tribune., 1893-12-14

! massive shoulders all the wood that is burned
| in the open freplaces of the various rooms OF
| the Senate wing. are all said to be looking up
| their "infooence"
| We will probably have the appropriations fora
! new National Museum building soon. The Mu-
| scum is already the finest we have in the coun-
! try, which is saying a good DEAL and when 1T
| is remembered that its magnificent collection
| is the result of donations from outsiders, and
Of the most painstaking and Jealous collecting
! of the Smithsonian Institution experts. it will
| he conceded that it is an establishment well
| worth fostering Senator Morrill, ntrodnc in
the Senate a bill the other day providing Tor an
additional freproof building 300 feet square
and two stories high, aud appropriating $780,
600 for its erection.
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Another bill which Senator Morrill, intro
duced is one providing for site for Supreme
! Court building. 1t seems strange that the
! highest Federal Court in the country has no
! building of its own. 1t has sat in the Supreme
| Court room in the Capitol for years. aud there
| is 10 good reason why magnificent building
| should not be built for the accommodation of
| that branch of the Judiciary as well as the
/ different branches Of the Executive aud Legis-
| lative Departments. The ground desired is ex-
acty opposite to the new library building on
East Capitol street. As yet no appropriation
is made TOR the building.
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Washington has the ideal Fat Mems Club.
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ceprionaly severe. One must weigh 200 pounds
| at least, and measure 40 inches in girth. When
one has fulfilled these conditions he must
needs he a fellow of infinite jest, or he will
| feel lonesome. The star fat mau weighs 429
pounds another 384. This club gave dinner
and dance the other evening. aud rare scene
they presented. When you get an aggrega ion
of weighiy men like these together, you are in
the presence of an amount of good humOr. jol-
hty and capacity such rs is exceedingly for
| eign 10 the ordinary individuals who don't
waldle when they walk.
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The new method of engrossng bills in the
House was put into operation for the first time
last week. deficiency bill passed by the
House furnished the first subject. The old
method OF engrossng with pen abolished
| and the first draft of the bill was rushed down
to the Government Printing Office, where it
! was set w in type. One copy only was printed
! and il was sent back to the House as he official
! engrossed bill. The promoters of the new plan
were very much pleased with its successful
operation. 1t may be found necessary. how
ever, as the session draws TO q close to establish
a printing press at the Capitol to save time in
the printing.
In compliance with the law passed by the
| Legislature of New Hampshire, providing for
the placing of statues OF Gen. John Stark aud
Daniel Webster in Statusry Hall Of the Capitol
| at Washington. the Governor and Council have
just awarded to the celebrated sculptor, Charles
Conrads, the contract to make models in clay
| after the statues in bronze which are now
standing IN the Statehousc yard at Concord,
n. H., and the statues are to be cut in the best
quality OF Carrara statuary marble in Italy by
Prot. Com. Carlo NieolI The pedestals are TO
be Concord granite. the quality Of the material
and work to equal in texture and finish ths
best in the corridors Of the Hotel Waldorf. in
New York city. The statues aud pedestals are
to be completed and delivered at Washington
within eight months.
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Last week there was introduced bill I'm the
House by Mr.. Beltzhooysr. of Pennsylvania,
provia ng for the transfer of the Pension Bureau
from the Interior to the War Department.
This pan lie not a new one and is revived
periodically. The Record aud Pension
Bureau is q part Of tile War Department
Bureau as part Of this on the last day of June,
1894 The bill provides that the Secretary oil
War is hereafter TO perform all duties under
the pension law now exercised by the Secretary
Of the Interior. The President is to designate
an Army officer as Commissioner of Pensions
with rank. pay, aud allowances of a Brgadier
: General. The Offices of the First and Second
Deputy Commissioners of Pensions are abol.
ished. and Army officers Of the rank of Colonel
are to be detailed to fill them.
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Jerry Simpson is one of these optimists VIII,
do ones heart good in discoursgng times, /
one happens to be OF bis political faith. Sale
he the other day: The Populist party i
stronger than ever. We were the only part,
that made gains in the last election. w,
polled 1900 votes in Virginia in 1892 Thi
: year our total was 10000. We gained every
. where except in Kansas" "Shall you increas
your representation in the House mex
Autumn" was asked. "Our present repre-
sentation in the House is IL. and five in the Sen
+ ate. Next year we ought to gain one Congress
: man in Kansas aud another in Minnesota. w
4 ought also TO develop strength in the South
:. particularly ia Georgia, Alabama, and Texa.
!. There is great dissatisfaction in Texas. Men,
Is beers of Congress tell me that we will sho,
h surprising results there" "To what do 20
y attribute this dissatisfaction 2" ITO til
). education the farmers have had through til
Il Alliance movement. 1t has led them ava
z from both the old parties. We want more GU
y rency. lower tariff duties aud cheaper trans
i poriation rates The people see that they ca
70 secure these remedies ouly through us. an
Of that's why they'-e coming to u.s."
ID Ex-Speaker Reed manages to get good de,
of fun out OF the political situation at one tim
or another. Just now it is the scattering
is sentiment among his friends on the other sid
~ of the chamber over the new tariff bill. I'll
- other day he was entertaining some of his ass
as GATES including Democrats and Republican