New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-20
WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES.

break In the Maine delegation IN congress lot ioui
teen years This remarkable record has never been
eouaIled by any other State In the Union. Session
after session the four members OF the lower house
Reed Dingley Milliken and Boutelle-have reap
peared while the Senators-tlale and Frye-haVe
been retained in service until the Maine delegation
had acquired top rank in the National ssIlen
to these have proven the great importance anu
duties and d" of retaining them long their per
formanccs warrant their continuance IN once; ne
power and prestige. Names delegation that has
Just been broken BY DEATH. says "Ihe star 10
ginning of irst-class men. with an unusually high
average of ability and public spirit MI Mllsik I,
death many deep regrets not only IN ms ma
tive State, that he had served so long and fahiriy
but in the District Of which he was practically n
citizen through his residence here for seven terms
RED TAPE IN TIE TREAsURY-Secretary
Gage has received a letter from a Milwaukee bank
or containing an earnest protest against the manner
in which business is done in his department The
complaint is based on the history Of n check for
$50 issued by the Government TO the state OF WIS
consin The check reached Madison. was signed oy
Governor Scofeld. and was then sent 10 the Mil
waukee bank where State funds are kept The
bank sent It to the Assistant Treasurer OF the
United States at Chicago for collection. a few
days later the check came back to Milwaukee re-
could no, he paid until the Secretary OF state in
Wisconsin furnished affidavit to this office that
Wisconsin when he was elected such. and how
long he was elected for" This was too much ior
the banker. and he at wrote 70 Secretary
Gage His decision Is awaited with much interest
ICY" Representative Sulloway OF
New-Hampshire bears a strong resemblance 10 the
late Justice Lamar. He is about the age that Mr.
Lamar was when the latter left the Senate TO
enter President Ccvclands first Cabinet. MT SUI
ioways head has the same contour his long hair
is thrown back In the same careless manner. as II
he had run his fingers through It instead of brush
over it, and he wears his beard In the same un-
trimmed. struggling fashion. II is when he Is sit
ting down that the resemblance is most striking
as his figure then has the same lack OF greatness
and his shoulders show the same slouching stoop
characteristic of Mr.. Lamar. When the New
Hampshire member rises. however. tho likeness is
almos, lost in the typical Yankee tall and angular.
with the shuning. loose jonted gait that marks the
rural New Highlander "Cy' Sulloway, "a his
neighbors call him. has practised law in Manches-
ter " H.. for the last thirty years and he Is re-
garded as one OF the best fury lawyers in the state
with a reputation for great nights OF eioquenoe,
Not many years ago he had client VINO VA
defendapt in liquor case The evidence hedlnSt
him was the testimony of two witnesses VINO uhuel
bs ssUse the fine soway who above
six feet Strengthened up 10 his iu hegnt t peioor
and gentlemen OF the jury before whom client
rests his case with supreme confidence OF veruicI
have ms cawed up to this bar Of justice With what
de,esiabe objects can Sne M Terra Del Fuego
who eats his haf-raw fish; with the Digger Indian
SW0 bodT or or Win the wa"Wa mother who drags
from the embers the roasted body OF her DanS ~
these two walking epidemics, whose pestilentHtaal
touch M soR IN ne eoPP STfd s With an
apology for OBTAINING the judge ana me July. anu anu
s shen WHiie Withheld from him the liberty which
he is about TO receive from this enlightened DQ1y
Ave " minutes i Mr. sideways client was pronounced
guilty.
PROFESSOR MANATT AND THE GREEK MIS-
sION.-There are several American citizens who
desire to serve their country at the Court OF King
George OF Greece. 1t is one OF the small missions
with salary of only $4,000 year. though the rank
is that of a full-fedged Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary. besides the duties OF Con-
sul-GeneraI which the Minister performs. In con-
nection with this subject one Is reminded OF Pro-
fessor j. Irving Manatt of Brown University. who
has been in Washington recently. Professor Manatt
was not in quest of the Greek Mission. however.
but there is the general impression that he would
be especially well fitted for the place. He is stu
dent and teacher OF the Greek language and liter
AZURE some years age ne ~nnoinIm%nt n prt
which may said 10 be unusual The professor
French and German at once studied modern Greek,
and acquired a fuency which made them welcome
in Athenian circles. This made him doubly ac-
ceptable the country to which he accredited:
and, il need hardly be added. exceedingly useful
pleasure the hospitabe courteses received from the
professor and his family while at Athens. 1t was
Manatt as "Ar,emis" During his residence In
Greece Professor Manatt made thorough and wide
studies which he is working up In permanent liter
allure at Brown University. where he s established
in one Of the most famous Greek chairs In New
England.
SENATOR PLATT AND THE PRESIDENT-"Is
Robert A. Sharkey 10 be appointed Collector OF In
ternal Revenue I'm Brooklyn" asked one New-York
Congressman Of another to-day.
81 do not think So" was the reply.
Well" responded the first. Il hope that the
President will not make an appointment there that
will be offensive to Senator Plat. and he wants
Sharkey appointed"
LAS that" said the other. II have no idea that
President Mckinley desires TO do say anything
that will be offensive 10 the Senator to treat
would not. in my opinion feel tempted under any
circumstances, for example. TO Initiate the Senator
fore the St Louis Convention you may perhaps re-
member sun ! 40 not think ne VIII appoint Mr.
why the appointment OF another man TO
that place should be regarded offensive by SEN
ator Patt
AN ORGAN OF THE SILVER PARTY.-Silver
Democrats from Kentucky announce that they are
10 have an organ. 10 be called The Dispatch" II
will appear at Louisville tomorrow. Ex-COngress-
man Enloe is named as the editor.
NORTH CAROLINA MICA.-Representative Pear
son. of North Carolina. is watching the tariff in
Of his constituents. at mercy OF the
Senate Committee Finance. No member Of the
House probably. worked harder than did Mr. Pearson
10 get a good show for mica with the Committee on
Ways and Means. Finally after much persistent eff
fort. he succeeded IN getting the committee to place
specific duties mica. and II he can keep them
there Mr. Pearson will receive the unalloyed thanks
OF about 10000 people in the mica-producing dis
tricis North Carolina. Mica about which
there l. little general knowledge Is peculiar article
Of commerce. Its value increases in fabulous ratio
IL increases In size. Mica in sheets :Wo inches
square would be worth 10 cents pound, while In
ehees three by five inches square il would be worth
81 80 a pound When the duty mica the
ad valorem plan. II was all valued at a low price
The change from ad valorem TO specific duties which
Representative Pearson obtained in the Dingley bill
Will keep out foreign mica make IT pay ade