The Lamar register., 1900-03-07

cred as soon as the conference reDor
on the finance bill shall have been dis
posed Of, next Tuesday.
The proceedings OF the Senate com,
mittee on privileges and elections ii
the case OF Senator Clark of AIuntnnu
Tuesday dealt with the bank account,
OF some of the members OF the Mon
tana Legislature. One of these accounts
was that of Representative Stephen
BSwater of Elnthead county, who de
posted $4,000 in the Bank of Mon
tata at Helena on the Bird of las
March, after the Adjournment of rht
Legislature. Mr.. Bywntcr was nut on
the stand. He said that he had brought
5000 OF this sum to Helena with him
| and kept 1t In his trunk all winter.
while $4,000 had been received from
his brother Rs purchase money on q
sale of mining stock. He declared thai
ne had not received any pay for his
vote for Mr.. Clark for the Senate. but
said that Mr.. Whiteside had told him
that he could get 5000 for supporting
Mr.. Clark, but he refused IL.
General Greedy. chief OF the signal
corps Of the army. Is finding difficulty
In securing efficient men to ill the VA
caucies in his branch of the serYfce
signal corps Is less than 1000 officers
and men. more than sixty vacancies
exist. The difficulty In making enlist
ments IS probably due to the rigid re.
quirenents aud low pay. PriYaies and
non-commissloBed officers receive the
pay Of corresponding rank in the in.
foDtry. IL Is not so difficult to secure
sccond-class prtyutes, because they
need not be telegraph operators. Ii
win be readily seen that the salaries.
ranging from that OF a secOnd-class prl.
yh;e Mt siI month TO that OF first
sergeant at s5I, are hardly sufficient to
induce competent Operators 10 enlist,
especially in view Of the uncertainty OF
the assignments they may receive
II is the intention Of the Treasury
Department as soon as the pending
financial bill b+3 mes law, 10 expe.
dits as fast as possible the coinage of
silver bullion purchased under the
sherman act. stili remaining in the
treasury. There = sim on hand buE
lion purchased under this act costing
STs,so,0S and represented by that
amount Of treasury Notes outstanding
The department has been coinInz tht.
bullion into dollars at the ratet Of 81.
10000 pcr month. The financial bill
authorizes the coinage OF enough Of
this bullion into subsidiary coin 90
bring the total subsidiary coins up to
Slpo.enn.oD. This will require aboui
S25.crn.oco In subsidiary coins and II
VIII b. coined rs rapidly rs possible
In addition 10 this the department pro
poses to Increase the coinage OF silver
dollars TO 100000 per month, and an
Effort win be made TO have all this bul-
lion coined and all treasury notes re
tired 10 year and half
The Cutted States supreme Court has
denied the application OF Captain Obcr.
lin VI, Carter. rec~gfly convicted by
court martial OF defrauding the gov
ernmeDt. for a review OF his cuse by
that tribunal. and thus ended one of
the most desperate contests 10 the his.
tory OF military law Although the
punishment Imposed upon Captain Car,
ter Is one OF the seyerest sentences
ever recorded, aud the members Of the
court have consistently refused 10 nee
ommrnd clemency. his attorneys and
many loyal friends still assert his In.
nOcence and consider him the victim
OF a conspiracy. No defendant In IL
criminal case. however, had better or
laora influential counsel, and they have
exhausted every resource that could
E-s devised. Nothing eNceptthe pardon Of
the President now remains between
Captain Carter and the pcnitentiary.
Carter win probably be taken to Leay-
euworth. Kansas al once, under u
guard, TO begin serving his hve-yenr
sentence in the military prison there.
Major General John Il. Brooke. who
has been la Washington since his re-
cent detachment from duty as COVER
nor general Of Cuba. has been slated
for the command OF the military de-
partment OF the East. WITH headauar-
terS at New York City. The change In
that command will not occur until
Iunc next, when Major General Wc~-
ley Merritt will retire. General
Brooke was offered his choice Of the
commands OF the Department OF the
Lakes and the Department Of the East.
and expressed his preference for the
latter assignment. General Merritrs
retirement viii result In the promo
ton OF Brigndier General L. :. Otis
umaIor general United States yoiun-
teersl, commanding the military forces
In the Philippines, TO the grade of ma
ior general In the regular establish
msnt. II will also make a vacancy In
the list or brlgadier generals OF regu-
lars, which viii be Oiled by the ap-
poIntInent Of some officer who has rem
tIered distinguished services in the
Philippine campaign.
Mr.. Tfllmnn has been trying to jus