The times., 1897-03-28
CAPITOL NEWS AND GOSSIP.

Senator Warren, Of wyoming. is rnalfn,,
an effort 70 secure Government aid for the
mining schools or the Western States. H..
says he 10 hopeful that the biz ne mas intro
duced looking to that end may become a
law. II is based on the MorriH Iaw for
I the assistance Of agricultural colleges. and
the kindred bill providing for aiding Ger
/ tain scientific institutions He saws he
| believes that if the mining schools can h.
| placed o1 the same basis as the agricultural
institutions each state OF the mountain
West can and will support a first-clYss
mining school The Senator's bill pra-
vides that hereafter If any STAT. shan
establish a school Of mines it snaH te
placed On the same basis as established bv
the law relating to Government support
as the State agricultural colleges. This
provides that the Governments shall raw
each Of these institutions 81 5000 the first
year after adoption. increasing the an
Preparations each year after passage by
$1,000 year until the sum
reaches S25, 900 per year. and
continuing after that time animal
appropriations at that sum. The Senator
says that bill to this same effect was
introduced in the last Congress and favor
ably reported b. the House Committee On
Mines and Mining, but was not acted upon.
He says thar he IS confident thaJ Congress
Will yet determine in favor Of extending the
same aid to schools OF mining as are az
forded State agricultural and scientific
schools
Many States outside Of the West, like
Pennsylvania, West Virginia, North Caro-
Ina, Georgia, and Alabama are also ex,
pected TO establish similar schools If Gov
ernment aid can be depended upon
Hon. william R Bates. a member Of
tie Michigan legislature and we'll known
member Of the Republican party. is in
the city. Mr- Bates is Familiarity remem-
bered in Washington as having formerly
been secretary to Senator Mcmillan.
Representative Bates is one OF the best
known and most active members OF
the legislature. A quarter OF a century
ago. when in his twenty-first year, be
was first elected TO the legislature Last
fall he went back TO Lansing, after twsn-
ty-five years absence.
Yes" said Nj Bates yesterday, Il
have got the legislative habit. 1 am going
TO make it a business to be elected to
the legislature every twenty-five years.
was there that long ago, 1 am there
now, and L assure you I would be quite
willing TO go there every twenty five
years for the next 5000 years"
Judge Martin Y Montgomery. formerly
of the District supreme court, is at Cham
berlin's- He was a gold Democrat in the
late campaign, but declares himself to be,
in spirit and principle. a bimetalHst- Hs
admits that he does not yet see his way
clear to any hope Of the harmonious re-
union of the Democratic wings He finds
10th to be siagIarly and unusually stub
born He says he would be glad to see har-
mony restored, for be is a Democrat and
not a Republican. This ridiculous DingleJ
bill makes me worse than tired" he says,
but 1 60 not propose to vote for any
population party. A few years ago
would have been very angry il any man
had tried to convince me that shossid ever
Fote for a Republican President But I
lived to vote for Mckinley and the straight
Republican ticket, and have to say that
,haH neverr again vote for any Democratic
tickets while they are headed as they ara
low In my State e-Democratic-P eOple's-
Union Silver ticket am not a Populist
,r a Republican,