The National tribune., 1896-02-20

The lad took advantage of Secretary Cariisics
bond-issue notice, and now he is wealthy, ac-
cording to the small boys standard. When he
read the bond notice he saw his opportunity,
and put in a bid for $l50, 900 of the bonds at
price which assured an award TO him. He sold
his right to receive the bonds for $4,000. The
only expense he incurred was two cents for
postage-stamp to send his bid to the Treasury.
II
Thomas J. Murrey. who had the House res
taurant in Washington for several years. has
announced that he is making ready to write 3
book my experience has taught ne, said
he, something more than when eggs have
passed the poaching period and got into the
omeette class While / was in the House
restaurant was q close student of the diet OF
Congressman who used TO frequent my tables.
/ kept tab on the meal checks. with the idea
of discovering whateffect eating had on legis-
lation. / am sure have established rela-
tion between diet and legislation, and that is
what am going to treat on in my book. Take
the case of the Wilson Tariff bill. Gould you
expect tariff measure that would be true to
the declarations of the Democratic platform to
emanate from a man who lunehed on custard
pie and a bottle of beer? That mans meal
checks made me a proteetionist. This is
great subject By the application OF my
theory I can tell just what it was certain
Representative put into his stomach which
made him 20 on TO the floor OF the House and
introduce a bill for the erection OF serpentine
hagrole on every Government building in the
land This is merely a suggestion Of the plan
and scope Of the work"
II
When Joseph II. Choate was IN Washington
recently 20 argue the California irrigation cases
before the Supreme Court. he attended dinner
where he met several public men who thsm-
selves enjoy 4 high reputation for wit. A few
of them were chatting together after dinner.
when Mr. Choste surprised them with the state.
ment that he had never seen a game of poker
played. never attended horse race, and never
travelled on pass. Senator in the group re-
gretfully said: "I wish j could say that"
why notP Choate does" quickly replied
Speaker Reed, and all the party. including the
Senator, saw the point of his joke.
The friends of ambassador Eustis claim that
! the full report of his course in the Waller case
shows an unusually bright piece of diplomatic
work, rejecting much credit upon him and the
country and strongly contrasting with many
of our recent diplomatic failures.
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! Representative Blue, of Kansas, is making q
| fire record. He attends closely to his legisla-
lative duties, informs himself on all subjects
likely to come up; speaks pertinently, and
lodges nothing. Whenever he rises he is
listened to with marked attention, for he has
always something to say worth hearing.
The resolution censuring Embassador Bay
ard will come up as soon as the Appropriation
bills are out OF the way.
r
The resolution which the Foreign Affairs
Committee will report will probably declare
that state Of war exists in Cuba. and call
upon the President to recognize the insurgeni:
as beiligerents.
The House will probably take mp this week
the report Of the Committee on the Tarsney-
Van Horn election case. and adopt it, declaring
that Van Horn is entitled TO the seat on account
OF gross frauds praciiced on behalf of TarsRey
This will remove one particularly oGensiv,
solo ier-haier from place where he has dcn'
the soldiers immense harm.
1T turns out that Senator-elect Wellington il
German, aud, very oddly. the only German ia
the Senate in that body there are thre,
EngIish-born, ore Irish [scwelll. two Cana
dian. and one Norwegian. Nine OF tho Sena
ters are natives OF Ohio. aud eight OF New
York.
Wisconsin. which las larger proportion o.
German voters than any other State, is repre-
scented in Congress by six native Americans
two Canadians, one Englishnan. and one Irish
man.
, Tho struggle for the Georgia seDatorshil
entered into The debate in the House on Free
Silver coinage. Ex-Speaker Crisp. who is
J candidate for Senator G0rdon's seat, led TN
Free Silver forces, and Judge Turner. whom
the Administration favors for the position, mad
strong speech against free silver, which close'
the debate. Both Crisp and Turner mad
speeches which their supporters declare wer
I Tue bcSt ci iuclE alhSS-
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1 The decisive defeat Of Free Silver in tn
House is regarded as settling the question 70
this session.
BY the new assignment for circuit duty {
the Justices of the Supreme Court OF th
c United States, consequent upon tho accessio
Of Mr.. Justice Peckham, an important chang
> is made in the Chicago circuit. Mr.. Justic
v Harlan, who has for nearly 90 years been allo
= ted To this circuit. goes to the Sixth Circui
70 and Mr. Justice Brown succeeds him.
4
Every time there is a vacancy rs Cbaplai
: ia one of the regiments there is a scramb
among the ministers for the place. A Chapiai
= has an easy enough time Of il, which fact
- duly appreciated, Judging by the fact that &
:" q vacancy now existing there are more tina
- 200 applicants. The salary aud perquistes
"a the Office are fair. The Chaplain has the ran
OF Captain on entering and il he behaves hin
self he will be privileged to retire on reachiI
n, 81 years OF age on fhree-qnartcrs pay. For
~ number of years tho cases OF Army Chaplain
rs, VINO have been in trouble with the authorti
ey were remarkably large, and probably more
pe in comparison 10 its strength than in 9th
lh branches of the service. One or two VIC
p' court -maftialei and one was dismissed Z
service Secretary Lamont las considered I
various applications in the present case a