The Bessemer indicator., 1894-04-28
wAsnINoroM NOTES
WhAs csaersss n Dssas-Dspersnsas'
aAA Social 0oss,p.


A large number Of prominent men
at Warrington are sick.
]. T. Jarvis will succeed the late
Senator Vance of South Carolina in
the Senate.
Large parties Of workingmen are
coming to the city to protest against
the tariff bill.
Many members Of the House are op-
posed to being docked for absence and
there is likelihood that the old rule
will be repealed.
A great deal Of attention is being
given to plans for recognizing the
Union Pacific railroad so as to protect
the governments interest.
Represen entative Boen of Minnesota
has introduced bill providing that
tents and other accommodations be
given the Coxeyites when they reach
Washington.
Frank Hatton, editor Of the Wash
ington Post, was stricken with paraly-
sis on the 25th. There seems little
likelihood that he can recover, per-
manently.
President Cleveland, in replying to
a recent letter from Democratic clubs,
emphasizes the Importance of fulfilling
the pledges for tariff reform as speed
lily as possible.
The first base ball game Of the sea-
son on last Thursday resulted in an
empty House of Representatives. The
members were unable to resist the at
fractions of the sport.
The Senate proposes to amend the
income tax clause of the tariff bill SO
as to exempt persons who invest in
building and loan associations for the
purpose of securing homes.
Mr.. Teller says that the Western
senators will help the Democrats to
maintain quorum in the tariff fight
although they will vote against the
bill. He favors the income tax.
In response to the resolution intro
duced in the Senate by Senator Shoup,
the attorney general sent to the Senate
a list Of claims and judgments in In
dian depredations since June 30, 1891.
The aggregate Of the claims is 5000,
l19 and Of the judgments 1916, 1924.
Free silver men scored big victory
Wednesday. The House committee
on coinage, weights and measures
side-tracked the so-called Meyer COM
promise bill for this session with the
result that the committee will report
to the House fsvorably Chairman
Bland's bill providing for the free and
unlimited coinage of silver.
Mr.. Hepburn Of Iowa stated in the
House the other day that he proposed
in the future to retaliate upon the
Democrats for blocking pension legis-
lation at the Friday night sessions by
refusing all requests in the House for
the passage Of bill by unanimous
consent. All members have greater
or less number Of small bills to pass in
this way. Mr.. Hepburn's announce
ment created quite furry.
The treasury officials are preparing
for raid. A rule has been made for
bidding anyone but employees from
going into the rooms where money il.
kept or handled. Several hundred
stands of small arms and repeating
rifles were delivered at the treasury
The email arms were
turned over to Captain Putnam Of the
treasury watch, and the repeating
rifles were placed at convenient points
about the treasury end Of the build
ing.
Eugene +. Gaddis, who was dis
missed from the treasury department
last winter for political reasons and
whose case was made the subject of a
report to Congress by the civil service
committee, has filed petition in the
Supreme Court of the District OF
Columbia for mandamus compelling
Secretary Carlisle to retore him to hi.
place, under the civil service law
which was passed by Congress in Janu-
ary, 1888. This is the case in which
Secretary Carlisle took the ground that
there was nothing in the statutes to
prohibit him from dismissing a man
for political reasons.
Representative Davis (Populist
kansas) has introduced in the House
a long bill reciting the woes Of the un,
employed and directing the secretary
of war to Immediately enlist 500, 900
men in an industrial volunteer army
to serve for the period of one year
after enlistment. The army is to be
fed, and paid as regular soldiers. They
are to be employed on public works,
such as canals, rivers and harbors,
public highways, etc. To defray the
expenses of this army the secretary Of
the treasury is to issue $50, 900, 600 Of
legal tender notes and certain other
forms of currency.
The commissioners of the District
of Columbia, after consultation, have
issued a proclamation aimed at the
various Coxey armies. They say that
mo possible good can come of such a
gathering and with no proper prepara-