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the War Office. and Mr.. Sherman finally con-
cluded that brother of his, named William
Tacumsch, who was Brigadier. General, and
was being wildly denounced by certain Ohio
editors as an idiot and insane man because he
said the war would not end in 80 days, and it
would take 100000 men to hold the Ohio
River and Mississippi terrain alone, could hold
up the military reputation of tho family while
he looked after its civic honors. That Senator
Sherman would have made an admirable gen.
eral officer anyone who knows him at all can
not doubt. He is clear. headed, unexcitable,
and excellent and safe in counsel. They might
have gone farther and Jared much worse than
| make Senator Sherman o Brigadier-Gen-
| eral. His regiments did excellent service in
the Army of the Tennessee under his brother,
the "crazy Sherman" 1t would have been
much better for the Union cause had the views
of the man they deemed half-cracked been
| considered instead of jeered at
X
| The pending measure to reorganize the ac-
| counting system of the Treasury Department
| is so radical in its methods that it will meet
with considerable opposition, undergo lengthy
debate before its final passage, and likely bo
| much amended. The Commission of three
Senators and three Representatives which had
the formulating of the new system delegated
| the working ont Of the details to experts en-
| ployed for the express purpose. The bill meets
| the approval Of the Commission, but the experts
will be subject to good deal of adverse criti-
cism, and the Congressional Commission must be
ready to answer the assaults by proving that
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guarantee that the results of the adoption of
the new system will prove of practical benefit
and will be economical as well as sure to do
away with the voluminous d-tape that now
exists
Affairs in the Indian Territory are very un-
| satisfactory, according to the statements OF the
Senate Committee, Messrs. Teller and Platt,
which has been out West investigating the re-
lations between the red men and his white.
brother settler. In some parts of the Territory
there are ten white men to one Indian, and the
whites have no rights of citizenship at all
They are not even permitted to send their chill
dren to Indian schools, which, outside Of the
towns, are the only schools. If the Indians
had not invited the whites into the Territory
they could have continued their present sys
tenn, but as 1t is, something must be done for
the improvement of their condition. Senator
Teller favors the establishment of Govern
ment upon the ordinary lines of a Territorial
FORM and thinks the lands should be divided
into severalty among the Indians and part of
each mans estate holdings made inalienable.
X
Great satisfaction is felt at the Agricultural
Department over the adoption by the House
Committee on Agriculture of an amendment
to the Department estimates covering the
annual appropriation of $4,000 for the
State agricultural experiment stations with
proviso requiring stations to report all expendi-
lures. The provision, as changed from that
submitted by Secretary Morton, and finally
agreed upon, is as follows: "And the Secretary
of Agriculture shall prescribe the form of annual
financial statement required by section B of
said act of March 2, 1887; shall ascertain
whether the expenditures under the appropria-
tion hereby made are in accordance with the
provisions Of the said act, and shall make report
thereon to Congress"
The Printing Office bill may yet get through
Congress this session. A new proposition has
just been made which it is hoped by the COM
mittee will result in appropriation for the
purchase Of the site recommended by the COM
mittee for the erection of the required build
ing. The plan is to offer the bill presented by
Mr. Vest as an amendment to the sundry civil
bill when that measure is reported back TO the
Senate by the Committee on Appropriations.
If this should fail, the original bill will still be
preserved with the pending questions on Mr.
Harris's motion to reconsider the vote by which
the Malone site amendment was adopted by
the Senate.
Not many Southern Senators can afford to
possess houses in Washington in keeping with
the traditional dignity of their position.
Senator Morgan, OF Alabama, owns brown
stone front on Four and half street, opposite
DIR. Sunderlands church. The locality was
fashionable 20 years ago, but is not so any
longer. Vest Cockrell and Jones, OF Arkansas,
hold title deeds to the houses they occupy.
But most of the new Senators are poor men.
The upper House is losing its character a
millionaire club, anyway. Senators from other
sections, however. own real estate. Perkins, Of
California, is very wealthy, but he rents house
on Connecticut avenue. Gorl1an and Quay
have bought lOts recently, and purpose TO build.
Years ago Boss Shepherd bnilt block of hand.
some structures, one OF which was leased by the
late Senator Stanford After the Senator's
death his widow rented it to Senator Murphy,
of New York. The interior OF the house looks
much the same as when it did in the times
when the old railroader used to gather Phil
Sheridan and other friends and enjoy a com
Portable smoke in its bright hooks. Secretary
Herbert lives now in the fine Old house on the
corner of L and Twentieth streets. But few
Cabinet officers live so well as those of the last
Administration. No member Of the present
Cabinet owns a fine house. Secretary Lamont
rents historic building next to the Corcoran
House, which was occupied at one time by
Senator Slidell before he was the rebel Ambas-
sador to France.
A SERVICE PENSION BILL.
Senator Turpie Ind., d. has introduced
service pension bill. 1t provides that any Off
car nr nri xata who served in the civil war shall