The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-01-31

| almost unsullied sheets, and others raise Cain
| with the copy. The messengers take these re-
| yised folos directly TO the Record printing
office. 1t surprises some public men to learn
! that at the Government Printing Office they
are measured by different standard from that to
/ which they are accustomed. There the manner
in VII ch their speeches are sent in counts points
| Promptness is appreciated, and delay is the
cause of undigni6ed objurgation. Good copy
eleyates the statesman and bad debases him.
! The newspaper men in Congress usually pre-
pare good copy. Representative Dingey, OF
Maine. though an old newspaper man, is terror
| on copy. He runs clear to the head OF the
! sheet, and does not hesitate to interline and
write around the margins. Senator Call. of
| Florida has the uneuviable reputation of get
ting up the worst copy of any man in public
life. He writes a poor hand, and Representa-.
tive Holman is a close second. Gen. Hooker,
of Mississippi. sends in copy which it is pleas
! ure TO behold.
The Interior Department - ~ Il was
called upon to adjust comical case involving
i6 Usage Indians in the Indian Territory.
; These Indians were having war dance and
wanted, as far as possible TO make it realistic
without doing murder. In looking about for
/ victim they seized whom they sus-
1 pected of being horse-thief and commenced
an imitation of scalping him. They shaved
! his hair about the scalp and added few smuts
! of paint TO give a CORY appearance and then
released him. The man Immediately brought
/ suit for damages against them, but before the
Joo "A l;e IN IN
! promise the matter The agent Of the Osages
I presented the facts before the Indian Bureau,
which recommended that the victim be paid
cut of the tribal fund, but the Secretary of the
! Interior decided that the amount asked for
must be paid out of each Indians per capita
allowance.
One of the features of Washington social life
each year is the ball Of the Chinese Legation.
| The one a few years ago by former Minister at
! Stewart Castle, where the Legation was located
! 1t the time was one Of the most disgraceful
| exhibitions of greed and bad manners ever wit
messed in Washington. The affair was one OF
! Oriental maguifcence and splendor. and the
pushing, curious throngs who rush after every
thing of foreign character made themselves
/ thoroughly obnoxious, particularly at the sup
per table, which was the scene of some most
disgusting exhibitions. Since that time, how
ever the American hog has not been able to
! invade the sanctity of the Legation precincts.
for the lines are very strictly drawn now as to
invitations.
Messrs c. w. Haskins and +. w. Sells, the
experts at work under the Dccaery Commits
sion, have been investigating the business
methods in vogue in the Interior Department
the past six months, and, incidentally thereto,
the whole field of Government surveys, land
and marine. The results of their abors is seen
in four bills which were introduced into the
| House last week by Mr.. Dockcry. aud which
/ are now under consideration by The Commits
sion. The most important bill provides for
| consolidation of the various surveys now con-
! Quoted by the Government into two bureaus.
4 The experts recommend that Bcreau OF the
/ Interior Department be constituted by law, TO
1 be called the United States Survey, and that to
/ it shall be transferred all the functions and
necessary force of the Coast and Geodetic Sur
vey, with the exception of the tidal, hydro
! graphic. coast, pilot, drawing, engraving and
chart divisions. and the division of weights and
measures and that the photographic work of
! the Coast aud Geodetic Survey be transferred
! to the Bureau of the Navy Department to be
called the photographic Bureau, and there be
/ consolidated With the work OF the present Hy-
/ geographic Office. These changes. the experts
/ estimate, wosld result in net saving of $ll9,-
600 year.
n
prominent politician of Washington State
/ last week reviewed the Senatorial situation in
| his State. The State is divided almost in half
/ by the Cascade Range of tho Rocky Mount
aims. Senator Squire comes from west of this
range. SO naturally candidates from the east
ern half are in line for the Senatorial vacancy
These candidates up 10 this time have been
/ three in number Congressman John l.. Wilson,
! Of Spokane: ex-senator John Is. Allen, and
| Hon. Levi r. Ankeny, of Walla Walla The
/ Legislature is locked, with % votes for Ankeny
1 90 for Wilson, and IA for Allen. Aukeny is
| the man who has the organized Republican
| forces and wealth behind him, yet cannotwin.
1 III be out of the race il the politicians
belief that Wilson would win. but the machine
msa insist Ankeny's continuing in the
hear of dark horse being entered in the race,
he said.
The Senate is full of baldhcads. Gallinger
and Sboup arc very nearly devoid Of hirsute
sdornment. Senator Perkins has only stray
lock which stretches across from side TO side of
his tophead. Mr.. Hill is accorded the honor of
being the most bald man in the Upper House.
Senator Davis. OF Minnesota, wears light,
/ fluffy fringe of brown hair on the back of his
head, which is bridged over the top by small
! lock extending from ear to ear. Senator Hale
has singular h0rseshoe-like bald crown merg-
ing into the middle part. Senator Cole has
very thin suit Of struggling locks surrounding
a good sized full moon, and Senator Gray is
similarly adorned. The badness, the spectacles
and the hands of the great American lights
play a most important part in tho scenes of the
Senate.
The Swedish Government has permitted its
Minister at Washington, Mr.. Grip. to accept
the Craftsmanship OF the Venezuelan Claims
Commission, vacated by Senior Romero, who
| was compelled TO resign on account Of onerous
! duties imposed upon him by the complications
| between Mexico and Guatemala