The National tribune., 1894-05-03

black and very fat colored citizen who he
| thought had occupied one of the benches long
enough and putting his hand on his shoulder,
said: "Come, now, you move on; you've been
| here long enough" The black man protested
that he was not tramp, but the new police
man, proud of his brass buttons. couldn't be
fooled, and replied: THAT'S all right. know
my business You have sat here for more than
| half an hour. That's the limit, see?" and
escorted the sitter out of the building. The
unoffending man of color was Charles II. J.
Taylor, of Kansas.
Representative T. J. Campbell, of New York.
wants Congress to meet on the first Monday III
March, instead of on the first Monday i'll De-
| cember. Mr.. Campbell says there is no sense
in having Congress meet 13 months after an
election when the issue on which the election
was held has probably given way to some other
more vital issue. He also thinks it extrava-
gance to pay members salary from the 4th of
March when he does not begin his services
until the following December. So the Con-
gresham has introduced bill to this effect,
which bill will doubtless be ruled out as UNI
constitutional or lost in the wilderness of the
committee room.
\
Delegate Joseph says the status of the bill
admitting New Mexico to Statehood is not
helped by the new quorum-eounting rule.
This Statehood measure has been delayed for
many weeks in order to secure n quorum to
pass it. But now that the new quorum count
ing rule is secured the discovery is made that
it does not fit the New Mexico case. The new
rule nsures quorum only on an aye and nay
vote But the New Mexico bill is pending
under a special order, made last December,
giving it the right of way during the second
morning hour. This requires vote by telers,
and the new quorum counting rule does not
apply to a vote by tellers. This parliamentary
situation makes it impossible TO pass the New
Mexico bill for the present, and it also discloses
weakness in the new rule 1t is understood
that the rule will be strengthened to cover the
New Mexico case when the appropriation bills
are out of The way.
II
Several snug fortunes lie in the Treasury
building here waiting for their owners. The
money is due OH bonds long ago called in
Some of them have never been cashed by their
holders. On the "old debt" which embraces
all loans made to this Government up to 1887,
1921 900 is still owing. Since that date more
than S1,Oo0000 has accumulated, being un-
called for by the persons entitled to it, whether
through negligence or for other reasons.
X
United States bonds, prosaic enough in them
selves. have been the keynote to many
romance. About 20 years ago $4,000 worth
Of the consoIs of 1866 and 1867 were stolen
in Havana. The thief altered them Icy eras-
ing the name from the face, and sold them
to ignorant persons. They were for 81 900
each. Ever since then they have been COM
ing into the Treasury through banks and
otherwise. OF course they were useless to the
holders, being registered, and only payable to
the original owner. Not long ago lawyer
in Portland. Ne, wrote to Washington about
one of these bonds. Being informed that it
was no good, he would not give it up, and
it was only secured by employing the secret
service. 1t had been purchased long ago by
sea Captain, who left it to his widow when he
died. Nearly all of these stolen consols have
been recovered.
Few palaces are finer than the dwellings OF
some public men in Washington. The resi-'
dences OF score of great politicians here are0
among the most magnificent in the world.
Perhaps the handsomest of them all belongs
TO Senator Hale Of Maine. who married lack
Chambers daughter. 1t was built by his
mother in-law. Most of the beautiful houses
in Washington, it is said, were paid for with
wives money. The mansion is in the colonial
style, fronting 100 feet on Sixteenth street,
with a courtyard in the rear. So large and
imposing is it that strangers often mistake 1t
for a public building. The cost of it was
sl25,000.
One OF the most conspicuous dwellings in
Washington is that of the late Senator Stock
bridge. This is large house of brown stone.
handsomely carved, with a tower and roof Of
red tiles, most deliberately decorated within
Hard woods are lavishiy used, and the walls of
some of the rooms are adorned with friezes
composed of paintings on canvas. This resi-
dence was built by philetus Sawyer during his
period of service as Senator for Michigan. He
cared nothing for "style " himself but followed
the taste OF his daughter, Mrs. White who cut
a considerable social figure here. At the end of
his term Sawyer leased the house to Stock
bridge. giving an option of purchase at SIPS, 900.
X
A good story is told of Stockb bridge He
made money in lumber. and when his pile had
assumed enormous proportions he put $500 600
Of it, at his wife's request into palace at Kali
amazoo. for which he had little substantial re-
gard himself. being plain man. One day a
friend came in to look it over, aud stood OPEN
mouthed at its gorgeousncss. Suddenly Stock
bridge said very earnestly:
Jim, old man. there's only one thing lack
"a parrot"
ga parrot?" replied the visitor. astonished;
what do you want with parrot?"
"Pn tell you, JIM" said Stockbridge. az
want him to perch over the door and say every
time come in, Here comes the id fool
who built this shanty'"
In the Third Ohio Congressional District,
where thcre is to be a special election soon to
I'LL the vacancy caused by the death of Repre-
sentative Houk. the struggle is becoming very