New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-15
WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES
Washington. May u.

Treasury Bureau OF Statistics Tor the r'ha"cs S""-
mi,e. wa Issued to-day II contains much vaiu'
able information, but is necessarily incomplete W
several important particulars where data were miss
ing either for a comparison between Dingley Din
"a es and those proposed by the Finance Commttee.
or for estimates Of revenue on the basis OF last
years importations. The lack OF such data a'so
MADE 1t Impossible to furnish recapitulation show
irg he estimated amount OF revenue under eacn OF
the dutiabIe schedules from the Dingiey Dill ana ts
Toposed bill respectively The work OF revision ana
esry have been done more thoroughly and salts
fIci Orily Data are given which made II practicaoe
in some cases blunders remain uncorrected For ex-
amp e. in Paragraph 50 the proposed senate rae on
paipabe error that anybody will detect and correct
for himself but II begeis Or suggests ;, suspicion
that other errors exist when II may not De 30 eaSy
TO detect or correct
WHAT SOME KENTUCKIANs wANT.-Blus
Grass pilgrims from Kentucky TO be seen at
every turn In Washington nowadays. 1t Is said
they came UP without any delay on the nrst 'raih
following that which brought the new senator,
Mr. Deboe. the scene OF his duties. Among the
number Is Bruus Clay, son OF Cassius NJ Gay
who was Minister at st. Petersburg. he also
aspres diplomatic honors. and desires to be ap-
pointed Minister to Switzerland. d. j. Burch'tt
would Ike to be appointed Minister to BOLIVIA.
Though full diplomatic posts. both Switzeriand
and Bolivia fourth-class missions. the salary
of the former being 1850. and Of the latter $500
year. The expense Of living In these countries.
however is comparatively small. and there are few
social demands Leslie coombs, another Blue
Grass pilgrim, wants to be United States Marshal,
and there AR, Others" two dozen at least, who
want the place. John Yerkes would Ike
to be Collector of the With District. So far
harmony prevails, though. Of course disappont-
ment later and will go
home sadder. II not wiser men. In the mean time
while properly ambitious 70 serve their country
Office seeking by social life and STORYTELLING one
of the stories Is Il little episode In which sam
Mr. Morningstar last year app.s red In Washing
ton just at the time when campaign feeling was
high and partsans Of the opposing candidates
were throwing their hottest shot. Though Demo-
crat Mr. Morninsstar dskes Party aseuss Ions
free Alverites and all who lay claim 10 the name
Of Democracy With the Lat senator asT Hi' am M
DSmoera Nataray, his visit 70 Washington
G and asns
the public receptions In the East Room. MI MORN
lnEsa aGs Wild S" dash at Mt Cleveland grasp
ing both his hands and exeiaimng IN h, t,
tones that rung from one end OF the Dig East
Room to the other:
"Mr President. I've come TO tell you that the
boys in the trenches are with you-with you. sir.
and with Billy Bryan-the two no6lest Democrats
since the days of Andrew Jackson
"I'NCLE JOE" CANNON ON THE WHEEL
Representative Cannon of Illinois passed his sixty
FIRST brt ,day ca H.. rft .aeuth Unlike many
colleagues
Partly for this reason. and PARTLY because ne has
been In the House nearly twenty-four years, he Is
usually styled Uncle Joe" Cannon The veteran
member. however, Is active. and apparently ne
means to his youth II the bicycle Will DO IT,
Uncle Joe" has a fine wheel, and ne Is as enthusi-
asts it boy. and no cyclist In Congress
is expert In riding TO and from the CapitoI
Heretofore he has patronized the streetears. but
cable and electric both are too SLOW Tor nim now;
Mr. Cannon has net yet taken TO golf trousers win
long stockings turned over just below the Knee.
but he fastens his everyday trousers ABOUT INC
giving the appearance OF having tucked them in hi.
n0nd hs wfee Gh on or like
but he has not yet attempted to ride down me wsss
eral Putnam when he escaped from the British sol
a sns n Mr. ver teeth f II TIM and
time h az y he p en9SH however ns that
ut is not so tarnal easy as 1T looks to De
DAMAGE TO THE CAPIToL-The heavy rain
storm yesterday forcibly demonstrated that the
roof of the Capitol Is sorely in need OF repair.
There were leaks I'm half a dozen places In the
rotunda two of the frescoes-the Landing OF
Columbus and the Burial Of De Soto I'm the Ms
sssippi"-were damaged by a stream Of dirty
water and several of the historic paintings were
threatened, the water dripping from the roof
through crevice dang erously near them. In the
House there was a leak almost directly over the
the leakage before he called the House to order
and he gave orders to have IL stopped II possible.
House had adjourned Another leak started on the
West side OF hs Hogse WINS almost drsst over
the wall, entitled Westward the Course OF Empire
door within few feet OF this Beautiful work Of
art. and attendant was stationed there 10 mop
the up painting The ieakase through the roof Is
no doubt caused by decay.
HE LIKES AMERICAN RAILWAYS Isaac N.
Van Apen delegate from South Africa to the
Universal Postal Congress. is the PostmasterCien
era OF the TransvaaL Mr. Van Alpen has tho
physique Of the typical Boer and is a figure to be
gates he Is most impressed by American railways
while have not been here long enough TO
study the customs and people. many things have
come under my observation which have impressed
most favorably." he said. The railway trains
are magnificent There is nothing like them on the
other side 1t is pleasure to travel over here.
The review of the knights Tempar few days
ago was the grandest Masonic display ever saw.
| am Mason. and enjoyed 1t All the more In
there The Uitlanders who dissatisfied with
the rate OF taxation would be Just as dissatisfied
standing army scarcely four hundred men. but the
hey are ave WAT t You ea Am sarm
given the burgher saddles his horse. takes his
a permanent institution"
STATESMEN THEN AND NOVA North Caro-
lima man, A. A. Campbell. who has not been IN
Washington for thirty-seven years. went up to the
Capitol the other day. and then had this to say
about the statesmen there:
"rhirty-seven years ago this month was In
Washington, with Andrew Johnson. who then
In the Senate. l cannot help but draw contrasts
between the men who made up both branches OF
Congress then and the Senators and Representa-
tiyes OF to-day. From my point OF view the COM
parson Is altogether In favor Of the statesmen OF
the earlier period, Ii seems TO me that our Sem
ators and Representatives. particularly Senators,
are too far from the people In their feelings
and mode of life. Some Senators hard to
get word with though they were royalty
ITSELF
COLORADO MINING PROSPERITY-W. w.
Conner Of Colorado. miner OF long experience 10
In Washington, and gives some interesting facts
about the mines out there. Said Mr. Conner
THE output OF the Cripple Creek gold mines for