The National tribune., 1895-04-04

not appear any more than he can help in neigh
borhaods where the hungry office seeker holds
| forth"
Dr. Joel d. Hubbard. who beat Bland for
Congress, is represented rs an itnerant doctor,
"horse doctor" and a peddler of patent medi-
cine. He was born in 1850, graduated in medi-
cine in 1888. He gave up medicine to go to
railroading, and, as his biographer says re-
l turned after a time to the practice OF medicine
and succeeded Admiralty. Among the Mis-
souri, delegation be is known SIS having served
through two or three terms rs County Clerk,
and as having been the President of the Morgan
County Bank, aud at present being the editor
OF the Statesman. His election to Congress was
no less a surprise to him than to anyone else.
he took the nomination to Gil out the ticket,
sll other prominent Republicans having de-
elned TO make the hopeless" race against
Bland.
There is a story now agog about Senator
Palmer. 1t was in the early days of the war,
while the Illinois laws forbidding the bringing
of slave into the State. and making negro
incompetent to testify in a court of justice
were still in force. Gen. Palmer had come
home from the front, wounded, bringing with
him a negro nurse. His political enemies took
offense at this, and the General was arrested
on a charge of bringing a slave into the State.
or something of the Sort There was a trial.
The accused defended himself He heard the
testimony against him, and then he arose and
said: May it please the court. there is only
urboca ax,;1 ;cbA
prove this charge, and pointing to the ne
gro" he is by the law of the State not COM
petent witness. ] rest my case" And the
case was dismissed.
Secretary Lamont has awarded a medal of
honor to Capt. J. c. Gresham, OF the 9TH Cav,
for distinguished gallautry at Wounded Knee.
S. D., in December. 1890 In this engagement
Capt Gresham voluntarily led party into
a ravine and dislodSci band of Indians.
X
The case Of "Rickety" Dan Benton, alleged
TO be William Newly of an Illinois regiment,
who had been thought killed and buried at
Shiloh, was decided adversely and finally in
the Supreme Court Of the United States last
week in the denial of an appeal on motion for
new trial. The trial, it will be remembered, in
the Southern District of Illinois was very ex-
citing The proceedings occupied ii days.
The defense brought whole train load of PEG.
pie 20 testify in the claimants behalf, includ-
ing liberal sprinkling Of the population of
White County, in which Carmi is located. All
of them were ready to swear that the defend
ant was Newly and nobody else. The defense
,cadO CO. l.o,s
There was almost riot in and about the court
room. Attempts were made to intimidate the
Jurors Nevertheless. the claimant was found
guilty of perjury and of making a false claim
for pension.
1t looks now as if Gen. Robert Lowery is
the Democrat who will develop the greatest
strength as successor to Senator George in Mis-
sissippi He served two terms as Governor.
He was in the rebel army.
II
Senator Allison. of Iowa, might be called
Allison the Strong, from the massive head pre-
scented and the sturdy and powerful franc car
ried with solid strength about the Senate floor.
lie was last session seldom seen joining any of
the little knots of Senators who frequently
gather about the rear of the floor, chatting and
laughing over some cartoon or caricature in the
papers; nor is he often found on the "other
side of the chamber" comforting with his
Democratic colleagues. His long coat hangs
loosely and comfortably on his shoulders, which
are square and powerful, but as he walks the
casual observer notices that his toes turn
slightly inward.