The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-08-23

! cial It seems, too, to be tradition in Wash
! ington TO deny every newspaper story not pub
| lisfed by official permission. 1t makes no
difference if the facts have to be officially con-
! frncd week later.
During the session about 5000 bills were in
troduced in the House and referred to the
various committees. These measures covered
every conceivable subject of legislation. The
committees acted on about 1,J00 OF these, and
there are still about 500 bills on the calendar.
The later issues of the Congressional Record
are full of the revisons of speeches, and with
speeches which were never delivered, but
which the orators had leave to print" Among
them is another of Senator Quay's bete-noirs of
the Senate, and which the Democrats managed
TO steer into the printing-office in place of
having TO sit for days and listen to its delivery.
TIE average member does not trouble about
his remarks: he relies on the reporter and is
usually safe in doing so. provided he is capa-
bic of using the Presidents American as it
should be spoken. If he read his speech from
manuscript the reporter still follows his re-
marks, and then uses the manuscript as guide
to verify the notes. The leading members
revise the typewriter report before it goes to
the Record printing-office There are usually
eight or ten trips for the two messengers to
make to members houses each night for revises
which were not made at the time of adjourn
meut.
Statesmen vary as to revision Of their re-
marks. Wide latitude is allowed them in the
line OF contraction and expansion. They can
insert, interpolate. change, erase so long
as they do not run into personalities or put
fellow-member into a hole The privilege
is seldom carried to abuse. Representative J.
D. Taylor, OF Ohio, damned some remarks con-
corning his colleague, Gen. A. J. Warner, some
years ago into the last number of the Record
Of that session, and they went into the bound
volume that way. All Gen. Warner could do
was to have the remarks, as actually delivered
by his colleague, printed the next scssio
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The speech that Mr. Quay would have de-
livered to his Democratic friends in the Senate
consisted of pile of closely written manuscript
two yards high, and was made up of statistical
and historical matter on the various articles
affected By tariff legislation. According to the
rumor this would have taken, as Senator Quay
admitted, fully 40 days to dispose Of. In ono
instance an article of 920 pages had been sub
mitted to the Pennsylvania Senator from one
Philadelphia firm on one matter alone. Large
concerns all over the State had been appealed
to by Senator Qnay to furnish matter of a SINH
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to secure concessions if necessary.
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Speaking of Mr. Quay, he and Mr.. Vest are
the closest of friends for men in hostile camps,
and scheme OF one usually gets the support Of
the other by a system Of comfy which prevails
in higher politics. Both are good story telers
and have quiet, droll way of putting things
that carries point with little difficulty. Mr.
Quay's little amendments" and "brief re-
marks" are by-word now on the Democratic
side, but the Pennsylvania Senator knows how
TO use them in way TO get what he wants. If
succeeding makes success. Mr. Quay fills the
program nicely.
table showing the growth of the Retired
List of the Army was prepared recently. In
1889 there were 400 names and on JAN /, 1894
there were COG. But the number in 1894 is one
less than it was last year. OF the total vote in
1894 there are 344 names on the limited list
and 256 on the unlimited list, while 10 officers,
such as Gems. William Z. (' Badly y Smith and
Fitz-Jobn Porter. have been put on the Re-
tired List by special acts of Congress OF the
coo officers. 40 are graduates of the Military
Academy, 81 were promoted from the ranks,
and 405 were appointed from civil life. All ex-
cept "a have war service, mostly in the vol
untcers, to their credit. OF the officers on the
Retired List the West Point graduates, though
fewer in number rose TO higher rank than
those from civil life, and only six or seven with
the rank of Major or above rose from the ranks.
Two Democratic Congressman str0lled dowB
Pennsylvania avenue one night last week, Just
after the House adjourned, talking over the
tariff situation and endeavoring TO convince
themselves that they did the right thing in sur
rendering to the Senate. They stopped at
cafe to get drink.
"What will you have, Allen ?" inquired the
host.
"Well," replied the Mississippi private with
his characteristic drawl, Iguess I'll take a
little House bill with Senate amendments"
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The Postmastership at the National Home
near Dayton, o., is one of the best Offices under
the Presidential class. Heretofore the Repub-
licsns have always managed to secure one of
their own political complexion for the place,
but Congressman Sorg this year rejoices in being
! the first to install a Democratic Postmaster
| Mr. Galloway was brave boy in blue, and
! spent many months in a rebel prison pen.
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The National salute for the Army and the
| Navy Of the United States is 81 guns. A salute
/ to the Union, commemorative of the Declare
| ton of Independence. consisting of one gun for
each State is fred at noon on July at every
| post provided with artillery. The President,
| both on his arrival at and departure from a
military post, or when passing its vicinity, re-
ceives salute Of 81 guns. No other salute is
fired in his presence. The Vice President and
President of the Senate receives salnte of 10
guns; members of the Cabinet, the Chief JUS
! tice, the Speaker of the House of Representa-.
tives, committee of Congress officially visit
ing a military post, and Governors, within
their respective States and territories, receive
II guns. The Assistant Secretary Of War re-
ceives 10 guns.
The Marine Band is an institution that the
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