The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-03-14
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE WASHINGTON c. THURSDAY.

another speech of over 10000 words, on TIL
subject of the unconstitutional and unwar
ranted action of the President in sending Fed
ersl troops to Chicago" The date of thi
speech is given as Jan. 26, 1895.
1.-THE next Democratic Convention" sale
| Representative Hatch, of Missouri, the othe
day, will nominate a candidate standing on
free silver platform, pledged to the free and
| unlimited coinage of silver. The money ques
| ton will be the overshadowing issue in the
next campaign. There will be no other ISSUE
| / don't care wha' other views our candidate
may hold upon any economic question so long
as he faithfully represents the free silver ssnti-
ment The tariff has been relegatcd to the
background. care not what our candidate's
position may be upon the tariff question. 1t is
an important question, but it has been settled
for the next few years and it must now be held
in allegiance. The money question must be the
sole issue. The opposition to free silver in the
next Convention" added Bfr. Hatch, Twill be
immaterial. 1t will be in hopeless minority.
| / think that the three Eastern Democratic
! States, New York. Connecticut and New
| jersey, will have fair representation in their
| delegations of free coinage men. 1t doesn't
matter SO much how the delegates from the
safe Republican States stand, for we have no
hope of securing their electoral vote. But you
can't state it too strongly, the next Democratic
candidate for the Presidency will be pledged
to the free and unlimited use of silver"
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There is ore man elected to the next House
who has tried to demonstrate that even in Kan
sas a man can get along without being dema.
cog. w. A. Calderhead, who defeated Davis,
the Populist for Congress, is Republican who
was nominated on free coinage platform and
who Immediately on accepting the nomination
declared that he would not accept the platform.
He said that be believed in single gold stand
ard and that he favored trusts and combina
tions, because they served to cheaper produc
tion. His friends were very much alarmed
lest these utterances would cause his defeat
and they tried to make him suppress them, but
be refused to do So He said they were his
sentiments and that he would rather be de-
feated on the platform of his own making than
to be elected on any demagogical chatter about
free silver and abuse of trusts. To the great
establishment of his opponents he was elected
He is tall. spare man. with iron-gray beard
and hair. with firm expression OF countenance.
strong partisan, and prides himself on never
trying to deceive anybody as to his opinions.
II
Texas sends a new man to the House in tho
place Of Gresham. who will probably soon be.
come as Familiarity known to the public as
"Buck " Kilgore. He ia not native Texan,
but comes nearer the popular idea of what
Texan ought to be than most of the natives DO.
He is hustler aud a rustler. rough and ready,
Of the stage cowboy style. His name is Miles
Crowley. He is known locally as "Sir Miles,"
Texans refer to him quite character"
and that means great deal from the mouth of
Texan. He is man Of about 40, of rugged
appearance. with a manner and expression of
countenance indicating great force of charac-
ter, and it is predicted that he will hold his
own in Congress.
Geo. Fl. Noonan, the Republican elected from
Twelfth District of Texas to succeed Pascha
is decidedly the reverse Of Crowley. He is
spoken OF as the mugwump, the silk stocking
Of the new delegation. He is straightout
Republican, who is highly esteemed by the best
class of people in both parties. He is lawyer,
has been District Judge, and is famous locally
for the relentless war he made on gambling in
San Antonio.
There are many chess players in Washington.
and Senator Villas is one of the most ardent
and successful.
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Senator Harris, Of Tennessee, was made the
recipient of graceful testimonial last week
in the shape of beautiful watch charm as a
memento of recent reception given him here
in honor of his fourth election to the Senate
On one face of the charm is engraved
the coat-ofarms of Tennessee, while on the
other shows the diagram OF the Senate
chamber engraved in exceedingly attractive
style. The charm is IN the form of locket,
which, when opened, displays an appropriate
inscription.
The Doc<ery Joint Department Commission
expired with the SD Congress. Inasmuch as
the reforms which the Commission brought
about caused a considerable reduction of cleri-
cal force in some Departments, and created a
feeling of uneasiness among the clerks of all
Departments, the announcement of the close
of its official career was a relief to those in
terested. The act creating the Commission
provided that it should live only through Con-
gress- Mr.. Dockery will return to Missouri in
few days, and the experts who have made in.
vestigations in the Departments and recon-
mended changes will no longer have authority
to do anything in the way of advocating
further changes.
The Census Office has ceased<to exist as a
Bureau, and hereafter, until tho work of the
18th census is completed, viii merely consti-
tute a division of the Interior Department.
The division now consists of 80 clerks three
special agents, with George L. DonnelI of Mis-
sissippi, the former Chief Clerk Of the Bureau,
as Division Chief at a reduced salary of 81 900.
The work will not be closed for some time yet.
About q score OF census volumes are yet to be
published. OF these I2 are now ready for issu-
ance
Il
Representative Cateling's constituents will
not recognize him at 6rst sight when he arrives
at home. He has just had his beautiful long
red beard cut off
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