The National tribune., 1900-12-13
CHAT OF THE CORRIDORS.

triotic League, said to Il representative
of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
''Of one thing you can be sure: There
will be two Republican Senators elected
from Nebraska. Who they will be is an
other question. We have number of
candidates, all good men. There's As
sistant Secretary Meiklejohn, Representa-
tive Mercer; ex-Goy. Crounsc. formerly
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury; Ed
ward ROscwater, editor of the Omaha
Bee; ID. Il. Thompson. of Lincoln, and
possibly others. You know it is our Gus
tom to elect one Senator from south of
the Platte and one from the north. The
veterans generally seem to strongly favor
ID. II. Thompson for the Senator from the
south of the river. He is too young to
have been in the army, but he has always
had very warm side for the comrades,
and they like him. He is first-class man
in every way. He grew up as Il railroad
man, and became one of the leading men
in the c., h. & Q. II. Il. He left the
road about 10 years ago to go into pri-
vate business, and has been very success
full. He has large interests in the State,
is man of broad views, and would make
an excellent Senator"
In bulky volume of 292 pages, which
the Secretary of War has sent to Con
gress. he estimates the amount which Mai.
+. G. Rathbone illegally, cOrruptly and
eXtrayagantly" took ont of the Cuban pos
tai revenues at S69,G19.21. This does not
include the money stolen by NeeIy and
others, and for which no account is rem
dered. The details of expenditures show
that Rathbone took the Cuban funds to
supply all his personal wants. even to the
furnishing of his house and the repairing
and improving of other peoples houses.
For instance. one Nine. Jorrins was given
hail
hold necessities, while Rathbones coach
man must have lived like Il prince. The
coachman's house rent. amounting to S110
each month, was paid by Rathbonc, and
he was also supplied with clothes. hats
and boots. Rathbone's footman also Jared
sumptuously, the Cuban funds being lib
orally drawn upon for his expenses.
+
Washington is suffering an unusually
high death rate from t-phoid fever, due,
it is believed from microbes in the Po-
tOmac water.
Mrs. Washington Mclean died NJ her
residence on Connecticut avenue and X
street last Sunday morning, at the age of
-. She was the widow of Washington
Mclean, owner of the Cincinnati Enquirer,
and mother of John II. Mclean. the pres
ent owner. One Of the daughters is the
wife of Rear-AdmiraI Ludlow, and the
other the wife Of Admiral Dewey.
The Presbyterian Revision Committee.
Of which eX-President Harrison is MEM
Der, was in session in Washington last
week, and unanimously concluded that the
Church desires some change in It's credal
statement, but that this shall in no WA
impair the integrity of the system of doc
trine contained in the Confession Of
Faith" Many Presbyteries desire a re-
vision of the present Confession. The
matter now goes to the General Assembly.
next Spring.
The total receipts Of the Post Office De
uartmcnt last year We're S1O2.:5l4 90. and
the expenditures S107, 740, 2G7. leaving n
deficit of S5,3S5, 6SS.
Dec. the entire Iowa delegation in
Congress, including Speaker Henderson.
united in a petition TO the Secretary of
the Navy to name one of the new gun
boats Dubuque.
The bill authorizing the appointment of
Representative Boutclle. of Maine. n; n
Captain on the retired list of the Navy,
upon his resignation from Congress, was
favoraby reported Dec : nv the House
Committee on Naval Affairs. over which,
Capt. Boutelle presided until his prespn;
iliiiction. Capt. Boutelle was one of the
most gallant of the VOLUNTEER officers Of the
Navy during the rebellion. He was Sail
NJ Master of the double-ender Sassacns
II the time of her famous raInmnS of the
,ebel ram Albemarle. which exploit came
80 near being browning success. He was
IN early advocate of the project of ram
ming the rebel terror, and received high
praise for his bravery and activity dur
pg the encounter. The pay of Il retired
Captain is $4,125 year.
Senator Harris, of Kansas, who is a
member Of the Senate Committee on Mill
AIRY Affairs, is opposed to permanent in
reaSe of the standing army of the United
States, but is inclined to favor as a sub
Stitute for such increase an extension for
two years of the law under which the
present military organization was estab-
lished.
While the Postoffice Department has
not made an announcement of policy to
govern changes of fOurth-class poStmas-
iers during the next four years, it can be
stated that the Department prefers that
here be no more changes than the inter
estS of the service require. and that eS-
pccially in the Southern States fourth
lass poStmasters will continue to serve
Turing the next four years of the admin
stratiOn. unless there is some good cause
FOR making a change. 1t is understood
that no fixed policy will be adopted to gov
arn changes among Presidential postmas-
terS.
Commander John Reese, of the Depart
ment of Nebraska, G. \. r., was in the
city last week with the delegation of the
Veterans Patriotic League, in which he
rendered splendid service in the last cam
paign. He served in the 18th Ohio and
is a lawyer by profession. He resides at
Broken Bow, Neb.
Comrade William B. Cox, LIST ID. c.,
died at Providence Hospital. in this city,
November %. He came of patriotic an
cestry. His grandfather, Richard
Anderson, was Il Lieutenant in the Mary
land troops in the Revolution, and his
father and grandfather served in the war
Of 1872. He was one of the loyal men of
the District who took up arms ut the be-
| ginning of the rebellion and served through
| the war. He was Il member of Lincoln
Post.
Senator Pettigrew says that he is going
| to talk the Subsidy Bill to death. The
Constitution ought to be drawn on him.
| 1t prohibits cruel and unusual punish
ments, and this will be inflicted on the
whole country.
Senator Jones, of Arkansas, says that
| there is a '.revulsion of sentiment about
retaining the Philippines" The revulsion
| is in the nature of the Irishman's 'retrate
toward the inimy.'
4 r:. w C,lyort Assistant SiIr-