The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-06-16
WASHINGTON NEWS.
Interesting Notes and Personals of
Men and Affairs at the
Capital.

that upon motion OF Senator Villas
the Senate passed the bill authoriz-
ing the President to appoint addi-
tional circuit Judges in the 7th, Sth
and 9th districts.
There is room in the army for on
ly two-thiras of the class that has
just graduated from West Point
Military Academy, and the rest of
them will have to be assigned as ad-
ditional second ieutenants wherev-
er men are needed until some Of
the older officers in theupper grades
are retired or die
Most of the Southern and West
ern members of Congress, particu-
larly the Democrats who voted for
the repeal of the Sherman law last
summer, are exceedingly anxious to
get home, and they are now talking
of an adjournment by Aug 10. It
is expected that the tariff bill will
pass the Senate within the next ten
days, perhaps by June 20, and then
the appropriation bills will be rush
ed out of the way
For some time past rumors of
Congressman W, c. P. Breckin-
ridges withdrawal from the contest
for reelection from the Seventh
Kentucky district have been rife at
the Capital. When questioned as
to the truth of same the doughty
Colonel denounced the story of his
withdrawal as a malicious lie. II
have entered the campaign for the
denomination and ! propose to con-
tinue to the end Nothing but
death, said the Colonel, will take
me out of the race, and | would
like to make an end of all these sto-
rles
Secretary Carlisle has sent to the
Senate, in answer to a resolution of
inquiry, a statement showing that
there have been 739 appointments
in the treasury department since
March 4, 1898, Y re-appointments,
385 promotions, l60 reduction, 271
designations and 565 removals. The
statement from the treasury differs
somewhat from a similar one fur
nished by the interior department
the other day, as it contains the
amount of salaries attached to the
positions in which changes have
been made 1t should be said, how
ever, that most of the designations
were not voluntary, but were offer
ed at the request of Secretary Car
lisle. OF the 739 appointments
made by the Secretary since March
4, 1898, "a we're soldiers in the I'm
ion army and q were widows or
sons or daughters of soldiers, OF
the 565 removals l05 were soldiers
in the Union army, 8 were widows,
sons or daughters of soldiers. Of
the 27l designations 6S were sol
diers in the Union army and 9 were
sons of soldiers.
Senator Villas has given notice of
an amendment which he proposes
to offer to the sundry civil bill au-
thorizing the President of the Unit
ed States to express in some appro-
pirate manner to the rulers of for
eign countries the appreciation and
gratitude of the people of the
United States for the interest tax
en- and the efforts made by foreign
nations in promoting the success of
the Worlds Columbian Exposition.
OF course the President might send
communication of this kind with
out formal authority, but it was
considered best to give it the sane
tion of Congress,
One of the liveliest swells about
Washington is Prince Iturbide,
whose grandfather was Emperor of
Mexico in 1921, and who was adopt
ed by Emperor Maximillian and EN-
press Carlotta, who were denied
children of their own, and intended
to make him their heir His moth
er was a Georgetown woman and
was married to his father when the
latter was a student at the Catho-
lie University there, The young
Prince is a handsome but dissipated
fellow and has disposed Of a large
fortune. He has a record of losing
100000 at baccarat in a single
night.
The Republican leaders are COM
ing around pretty rapidly on the
silver question, and it would not be
surprising il President Cleveland
is spared to see the two parties
change places on that issue. He
will certainly not back down from
the position he has taken In con-
versation with Representatives Of
silver tendencies the other day he