New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-09
WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES.

Washington. June 0.
LUCKY coMMTTTEE.-Two Congressmen
were comparing notes and exchanging conHue".
yesterday about the committee assignments WIZ"
they respectively desired and hoped 10 OBTAIN
After they mad gone over the ground pretty 'nv
ourhly one of them said to the other with ssn.
John the place I really wanted mas a"e'''
been filed and shall never get II.
'"Nhv not JiIn?" What place was II!
.Wol IT was n place on the Ways and Means
Committee" r
"Eut YOU couldn't expect to get that In your
FIRST term. - s,o so
crd r,oic II the stepping stone to higher faihe
Look at Mckinley. for example lie pec""
member Of the ways ard Means Co'n"''''ee " US
first or second term through Garheids so"o''a''o"
and influence. Speaker Reed appoihteu nm - ,
man OF tn. committee in the List Congress anu
| that led to his nomination and election 10 inc
| presidency In 1896 | tell you, John. IT'S iucHy
| committee Just look back few years heea
was member OF il In the LIN a Gong LgVth as
hp is In the Lvth Mills of Texas. was Chairman
OF the committee in the L tn IfIa and now oc
cupes a seat in the Senate. Among ms coI1 az the
@S n an Se GiI s GoD McLauTn
who was member OF 1t ,in tnhs p Flower. an
oSnr member Of the committee in the LIS! TSn
gross has since been Governor oI Ha is now
Attornoy General Of Unitd States 2 ni1fr Judge
years service as United nios chairman OF the COM
mtti - hc lila Congress afterward pec Gir
ter "nd IN sP Phe Ella nId
| Tarsney who was n member oI or ~ OF United
Id sfe down in the Indian country YES
IFS q lucky committee
o.cr c,rrrs IN WASHINGTON.-Scverai
| oaaoo rrdiaps from Oklahoma are In Wosi''s'o"
on business with the Great Father 49,.
| named by their interpreter. they W. eooro-
White House and had an interVie" VIZ, t,e,
tary Porter. and they expect 10 S.a'' ..r, Noeb
| res IN the President his return from 90
| ,,, u T. understood that. besides loohihs az
| ,t]tr money interests with the Government ."e
| Indians will use their influence IL" p Thev
candidate for Assistant Indian Com'hiSso". ,i.a,
| ro,.or hama rue and have selected c'iu.uas
| ho .bov cav has long been a resident Vi NV
| IT, ard will care for their interests lHey
| arc retcent about the name OF the man my 80
| annoioted and decline to give II cut UNI, ,.'
| their talk with the President. IN lne DO
are two chiefs Of much fame sra men Of magn
| rant nhysinue and great dignity OF nialiel, I'D
bankes ogaqt orhamens Of dress make them
decidedly picturesque hgures "a ,tention but they
carry themselves with certain ar, ar evervbody
Indifference If unconscious ,Ia' are termed
,mrned 70 look at them. The Osages are "i Innd
the muonaires OF Oklahoma ara they az, ,bai not
their wealth The deiega rn0ey per- capita than
any; other indians but more than the white peO
a"o i've in houses and have taken kindly 10 c',h
ization in many lines. Bur If they nave ~ w
f faign to regular I farming us respect hls
Heart and Back Bear o say sse Wno also prefer
the white men in the far NeS'' WIN 49,
| raising cattle to raising wheat.
| THE NAME AGAINST IT.-Though Albuquerque
| in New Mexico is 4 live and progressive 'o"'' Wv
nconla there give an odd why 1t Is not more
| uidoIv known. They declare that their town "
| bandicapped by its name. The percentage Oh p'o
| ne outside the Territory who can speil the name
| l. small; ard II often worries home man 10 ee' l"
| lust right 50 ne day, when New Mexico peCo''es
State the Ne?T- Mexicans are going 70 chahSe VIC
name Of the town from Albuquerque 20 something
shorter and more easily spelled The hrst th'is an,
of interest above all others just now Is Statehood
for the Territory IF this could be accomplished,
W F Mclaughlin. OF Albuquerque says !, wru
mean an immedif development OF our ltsouiIi.s'
| an Increase OF population ana certain prosperity,
There is a deep-seated sentiment in favor oi nome
arsd arr from omts.fe while statehood is eagerly
prayed for out way, II is recoghlzeu ta' , ,ir
prcsen. chances OF obtaining 1t are extremely snt'
n "cnont of the pro-silver sentiment in the Terri
| tory on other grounds there coJd be no ODE.
ton for there IS the requisite popuIaton r nnnia
| been for twenty years. We have greater Popuia,
| ton to-day than Wyoming or idaho Ut ->e'a""' ~
| are ebout equal TO Montana.
| FROM CONGRESS TO THE PIE BUSINESS
| Colonel Pat" Hawes. of Nebraska pohuca'
| worker in that State has had varied careei' TIC
| was in Washington recently and was wei re'ie"i-
| hered by members Of the House OF Representatives
bocouse OF his efforts get into Congress twenty
| wears ago 1t was in the XL1Nh Congress that
Colonel Halves applied for admission. on the srouhu
that Nebraska had become entitled 10 larger rep
resentation than the State then had, OWING 10 III
| croascd population since the preceding census Inc
| House however. never recognized the claim OF the
Colonel but through acquaintance with the door
keepers he enjoyed the privileges OF the tloor LOT
! the Whole session. Finally realizing that he was
not to get the fame and salary Of Representative,
| att arqe from the "cyclone-cear State" Colonel
Halves made application for permission 70 SCI up
| "a ME stand on the Courthouse steps III New ORR
| civ Here the would-be statesman carried on
| hourshIng business in pie the privilege AT that
time was said 10 be worth much as the salary or
| a member of Congress. After few years IN the
| pe business Colonel dawes returned TO NeDraska,
and ever since has been more or less prominent III
| the politics of the State.