The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-09
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.


frie,,ds Of Judge waddill are already cir
oulating petitions to tho president asking
that he be appointed In Cons place. But
any one who assumes that Justice Field
intends to retro until death takes him
| Is much mistaken.
And he intends to live until tho ieth OF
next August. when he will break tho record
| by sitting on tho supreme bench longer
than any other Justice In the list.
Tie has already served longer than any
other man except Chief Justice Marshal,
and his ambition is TO Guido him. Justice
Field is worry feeble and Is seldom strong
| enough to attend the sittings OF tho court.
He Will no, 30 to his circuit when the
court adjourns, for he Is unable to endure
Journey 10 the Pacific coast Some o; tho
other Judges Will have to take his place
but nevertheless he has no intention OF
| retiring.
Aftor six years of experience. the attempt
to mako soldiers out Of the Indians will be
| abandoned. and the Inst company will be
mustered out at Fort Sill on tho 3ist OF
May. Tho trouble has been that tho In
| dams Will not endure discipline and can
not be taught regular habits. They refuse
to get mp at the roveille call In the morn
Ing. and Will not 30 to bed when taps arc
sounded at night. They neglect guard duty
and will not perform the many little ser
| vices that are expected of enlisted men
| In the regular army. When punished for
| peccadillus they invariably rebel. and their
| friends support thom in mutiny and insub-
| ordination. In short, the untutnred mind
| or The red man can not comprehend tho
| usefulness OF army regulations, and while
no 10 all right as scout on a go-as-y you
| please commission, he Ia useless when tied
| down TO the dull routine OF garrison
or camp The failure OF this experiment,
| IL n great disappointment to many humunl-
| tarians. who hoped that a career might be
| found FOR the Indians In the military SER
vice OF the United States.
Senator Foraker strolled across TO the
desk of Senator Hanna yesterday Just aftcr
the tarir bill had been reported.
81 say. Mark" said hc MS tho chairman
OF the republican National committee and
Junior esnator from Ohio looked up. "you
told mo your principal object In wanting
TO come to the senate was to see that we
got a good tariff bill. Now. don't You
think our beer and wool industries have
been hit pretty hardG"
Senator Hanna took the question as a
good Joke. hut after awhile he began to
wonder II hts colleague didn't mean 10
inter that he hadn't accomplished SO very
much after all.
There was quite laugh In tho house
the other day at tho expense OF General
Wheeler Of Alabama. Every one knows
that General Wheeler will make n speech
at tho slightest rrovoc,tiou, and some
times without any provocation at all When
ho can not be heard In the house no util,
ICES the record. and the time when he
printed several pages OF speech that only
occupied two or three minutes In delivery
| is still remembered
In the course OF the discussion OF the
speakers nop,appointment of committees
last Monday. General Wheeler was granted
hnlt minutes timG undoterrea by this
minimum allowance, the Alabama repre-
sentative proceeded to enter upon an adj
uTesS covering the whole question of tho
larlH Ho was promptly brought 10 A
matt by the rap of tho speakers savel.
Then no asked permission 10 round out"
ms reinarks in tho record.
Tho gentleman from Alabama" oh
served Mr. Reed. drily, ASKS unanimous
consent to round out his remarks In the
record. Is there objection?"
Il won't object" observed Mr. Gros-
venor, III he VIII keep his remarks in
"
or in i've - .,Id ,ro,,,o. -
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member ol,iected w '' s"''e haru hearted
and the record yesterday conIaIn.d al,
me few words which tho congressman
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