West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-11-07

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WASHINGTON, ID. c.,
November 3, 1895.
Representative Forman, of ILL.,, i,
who has been on the stump in
Kentucky, Maryland and New
Jersey. arrived in Washington this
week. He says he hasn't the
slightest doubt that all three States
will go Democratic.
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SIR Julian Pauncefote, the
British Ambassador, aud Secretary
Olney are engaged in negotiating a
convention to determine the amount
of damages sustained by the owners
of Canadian sealing vessels which
were seized in Behring Sea by this
Government before the arbitration
OF the two countries. 1t is expected
that it will be completed before
Congress meets.
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Secretary Olney has received a
copy OF the proceedings of the
French Court Martial which SEN
fenced the negro Waller, who is an
ex-U. s. Counsel, to twenty years
Imprisonment under the charge of
having betrayed Frenth Military
movements in Madagascar, aud the
wife Of the imprisoned man has
given the Secretary all the infor-
nation in her possession, documen-
tary and otherwise. 1t cannot be
stated what Mr.. 0lney thinks OF
the case, but others who have had
access TO the information regard
the outlook for Waller as bad one,
and say that the case has been mis-
represented for political effect by
certain Republican newspapers.
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IL proof were needed that the
real purpose of the public meeting
held last night. for the avowed pur.
pose of expressing the sympathy OF
the citizens of Washington for the
Cuban rcvolutionists. was to en-
barrass the administration an d
make Republican partisan capital
it was furnished in great big chunks
by the names of those who controll.
ed the meeting, made the speeches
and wrote the resolutions adopted
Every man Of them was Repub-
lican. The presiding officer was
the notorious corporal" Tanner;
the writer of the resolutions was
DR.. Rankin, President Of Howard
University, the negro college which
is partly maintained at public ex-
pense, and the only woman speaker
was Mrs. John A. Logan.
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| Elk Congressman Bynum, of In
diana. is one OF the few men who
regards Mr.. Harrson's chances for
the Republican nomination as be.
ing ahead of either those of Reed,
Mckinley or Allison. lie says Mr..
Harrison Is stronger with his party
in Indiana than ever before, and
that the Indiana Republicans are
going to get him nominated, il such
a thing Is possible. Speaking OF
the Democratic nomination, Mr..
Bynum said: "On the democratic
side there is much talk in favor oil
Col. Morrison, and he has many
friends in all parts of the country.
My opinion is that eventually Dem.
ocratic sentiment will center on
Secretary Carlisle. He is well liked
in the North and East, and in the
South his nomination would create
tremendous enthusiasm.
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Judge Lochren, Commissioner oi
Pensions, has . paragraph in his
annual report headed patriotism
and Pensions" in which he says
"Those men who enlisted early and
fought the battles Of the war were
not moved by merceuary considera
tions, and unless actually disabled
did not show the haste i'm applying
/ for pensions manifested by those
who enlisted near the close Of The
war for large bounties, aud did lit
tie actual service. and who ere nov
the noisiest in clamoring for more
pensions. As compared with tn,
latter class the real soldiers Of the
war nave been more modest i'm pre-
ferring claims for PENSIONS" The
figures in the report are interesting
June 30, 1894, there were on the
rolls 800, 544 pensioners; during the
} year following 39,1S5 new name;
+ we're added, and 4.2O5 names which
bad been dropped we're restored
, There we're 27,sl6 deaths, and H.
575 names we're dropped for Other
causes, making the net increase oi
the total number OF pensioners foi
} the fiscal year ending June 30 last,
$50. The appropriation for the yeal
covered by the report was $780,
100000, and Judge Lochreu's csti
mate for tho next fiscal year j,
$40, 900, 900.
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President Cleveland has, In ac-
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