The National tribune., 1894-04-12

THE NATIONAL TRlBU
FIRE and against superior force drove back
the enemy and recaptured the battery. which
resulted in victory that seemed impossible
before.
The debate on the tarig bill began in the
Senate last week, but the end will not come for
at least five weeks. Mr.. Voorhees, is, of course,
acting for the prompt disposition of the bill.
and although he states that he expects the
question voted upon in the time indicated, it
will be remembered that the Senator's expec
tations of similar sort in regard to the silver
bill were hardly realized. Mr.. Voorhees, Demo-
cratic colleagues not so sanguine as he, and
of course no Republican is willing to fix so short
| period, or, indeed, one less than that of two
| months.
Although the seigniorage bill failed to pass
over the veto, the silver men are anxious 10
continue the fight Their next move will
| likely be free coinage bill. Mr.. Bland and his
people believe they can pass such measure.
and it will be introduced. The vote on the
seiginorage bill indicated that none of the
Democrats from the South and West have modi-
fed their views regarding silver. There was
not a member present who had voted for this
bill upon its passage that did not vote against
the veto, and when Speaker Crisp added his vote
| to that of the silver men there was an out
| burst of applause upon the Democratic side
| Had the Republicans refrained from voting, as
| they threatened to do, the bill would probably
| have passed by two.thirds vote.
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Ex-Consul-General John c. New was here
last week. but not on political mission. Said
he, when this was suggested to him, There
are times when it is good to be in politics. and
there times when it is not good to be in
politics. This is one of the times when it is
not good, so am out. ] have never been very
closely connected with State politics in In
diana, and for that reason would not be good
man to make predictions on the approaching
conventions or the campaign. My business
here is altogether of business nature"
The old Kearsarge is no more. Lieut.. G. T.
Forse, who the representative of the Navy
Department on the steamer Orion, which went
to Roncador Reef to endeavor to save the Kear-
Little could be seen of the Kearsarge on arrival
off the reef but small charred piece of her
stem and about one-third of her boilers Every
thing above the floor timbers had been carried
away; not piece of her poop, forecastle SPAR
deck or berthdeck could be found. The vessel
had been set on fire by wreckers from the
neighhoring islands. The fire had burned eff
the topsides down to point one foot below the
spardeck, and the vessel. thus weakened, was
readily broken up by the heavy seas. Some
two tons of her old oak frames were secured as
relics.
number of important Presidential appoint
ments were made last week. George A. How |
ard, of Tennessee, for Sixth Auditor, was the !
Clerk of the Postoffice Department. In ac- |
cOrdance with the presidents Of the Office, the |
Recordershp of Deeds was given 10 a colored |
man. The appointment seems satisfactory to |
all but the District people, who do not sec why |
a man from Kansas should take precedence of |
available candidates from the National Capital, |
of which there number. The choice of |
Mr.. Benedict as Public Printer seems to have
been sop to the Hill faction, or at least secc-
ton least likely to be refused confirmation
through the efforts of Senator Hill and his
people. The nomination of James d.. .YeomHns
to be Interstate Commerce Commissioner was a
personal one with the President. Tic nominee
formerly lived in Buffalo.
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The newspaper profession was remembered
last week in the selection by Gov. Nortben of
Patrick Walsh to succeed the late Senator
Colquitt. Col. Walsh has for years been emf
nent in his profession, and Is a sturdy man of
strong will-power. He is what may be termed
a Randall Democrat, although he will probably
vote with his party on the tariff bill. He
owns Georgia paper, and is General Manager
of the Southern Associated Press
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Georgia member tells of Wals!l's famous
speech in nominating the late Alfred II. Col
quit for the Governorship the second time
The convention had been in session several
days, and was getting tired of it. Mr.. Walsh
arose and said with pause of about 30 seconds
between each word: We-have-comc-he
-to-nomnate-Alfred II. Colquitt - for
Governor and - by-the-eternal-Go
-intend-to-do-it." The fight lasted nearly
week longer, but they t" did " it,
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