The Holly chieftain., 1900-04-20
CONGRESSIONAL GRIST
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.

almost hourly from all parts Of the \
country; portrait painters and other art
lists, including the famous ChartraD,
who painted the Pope, are appealing
to both the admiral and his wife for
sittings; souvenirs of all kinds are
coming In from every direction; the let.
ters and kilograms are extremely com 4
plimentary. and TO Mrs. Dewey It locks
as if the admiral is as good as elected
president already, although she Is
quite put out because Theodore Roose-
welt declined the second place on the
ticket with something that sounded
very much like scornful sneer.
Representative Wilson of Idaho has
introduced bill to amend the act Gre
ating forest reserves. 1t provides that
land taken outside of reservations in
lieu of timber on other lands within q
reservation, shall be of a character
similar to the original selections. II
further provides that where timber
lands are taken, they shall be for sim
liar lands within forest reservations
and that when lands in reservations
have been denuded of timber. no tim
ber lands can be taken in lieu thereof.
Another provision Of the bill is thar
claimants themselves must make the
location of lieu lands, and such loca-
ton cannot be made by power Of attor-
ney. The object of the bill is to pre-
vent the railroad companies from re-
linquishing their lands after they have
been denuded of timber. and getting
valuable lands elsewhere instead.
Efforts are to be made by the Grand
Army of the Republic to secure legis-
In III M fnr In ion NJ
pension court of appeals. which is to
pass finally on applications for PEN
sions rejected by the pension office and
Interior Department. General A. D.
Shaw, COMMUNICATIVE Of the
Grand Army. and General Daniel
Sickles have the matter in charge and
are in Washington preparing the final
draft Of the bill, which is to be sub
mitted to the President and to other
legal authority before its presentation
to Congress. This will be done In
very short time. There are 1900 cases
which have been rejected by the in
terror department and these, in addi-
tion to others that arise from time to
time, will be referred to the new court.
General Shaw believes that favorable
action can be secured on the measure
at the present session of Congress.
Judge Henry C. Caldwell of Arkan-
sas, who has been extensively spoken
of as candidate for vice president,
and who has received a great number
of letters urging him to agree to accept
that position in case 1t should be ten
dered him, has written a letter to Sem
ator Jones of Arkansas, who is his per-
sonal friend, saying that he cannot
consent to such use of his name and
that his resolution in this matter Is
absolutely irrevocable. In speaking
OF the judges attitude, Senator Jones
said: Judge Caldwells tastes are all
judicial. He has never had any active
connection with politics and, with a
modesty which has always character
lied him, he thinks his field of useful
ness is on the bench and not In po-
lftical position. He is man OF fine
character and firm believer in the
principles which the supporters of Mr..
Bryan, Populists. Silver Republicans
and Democrats. believe in."
The resignation of Webster Davis MS
assistant secretary of the interior has
precipitated fierce conflict which
may result ultimately in the resigna-
ton OF Pension Commissioner Henry
Y. Evans and Secretary of the Interior
hitchcock. While Mr.. Davis explains
thaf he resigns from the Interior De
partment to give his entire time and at
tention to the BOer cause, it is under
stood that the friction between himself
on the one hand and Secretary Hitch
COCK and Commissioner Evans ON the
other had reached such a point that
designations were imperative. Pension
commissioner Evans, it seems, after
having his work passed upon by As
sistant Secretary Davis, appealed near
iy every case to the secretary. who sup
ported Evans and humiliated Davis by
such action. Pension Commissioner
Evans is the known foe to the pension
er, while Davis believes in liberal ap-
Preparations for the old soldier. The
Grand Army has frequently urged
President Mckinley to demand Evans
resignation, but the President has not
done SO.
In view of Secretary Cages M
nouncement of the growing surpl1
Importance attaches to bill intro.
duced in the House by Repre-
sentative Tawney of Minnesota to re-
peal the following provisions of thea
war revenue act, to take effect July I,
1900: Brokers note or memorandum
of sale of any goods, 10 cents; conveyt
ances, deeds, etc. when the consideru.
tion or value exceeds 500 and does not
exceed $500, so cents, and for each adj.
ditional 500 or fractional part there
of in excess of $780, 80 cents; leasa
agreement, etc, for n period of one
year, 20 cents; exceeding one year and
not exceeding three years. so cents:
for period exceeding five years. 81;
mortgage or pledge, etc, exceeding