New-York tribune., 1901-08-30
NATIONAL CAPITAL TOPICS.
-.,,1, nAKoTA's NEW SENAToR-TUTU-
MAS STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE.
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washington. August q.
r,,,-rFsT UNITED STATES SENATOR.
IhE -I...-esee the new Senator from South Da-
- .,r.o,nted by the Governor 10 succeed Inc
kol1 later Kyle who died on July l. came 10
late 50 ,,esrerday When he was graduated
v 1sl-I- Lsls IN 1852 with Senator L G Platts son
from - K,rtredge who had just attained his
FrahA' t,uoUed the advice Of Horace Greeley
maJo-1- q Dakota to practise law. He is a ma
tHo :, av,-Hampshire, where his parents are now
- b,,t thought chances Tor success petter In
h'lns, I-ntil his appointment TO the Senate he
the 5 A., general practice He was in Wash
was ,o,,r TWO years ago. in a case before the
I,.s .ne states Supreme Court. ana nnaliy won,
ln.sIr through his good grasp OF iesal pilhcIpIes
&sss' lover courts on the rehearlnS about month
n me as the case Of the Chicago, Milwaukee and
seO psrl Railroad against the t!lree hsllroao oohl-
sLIsoners - Of South Dakota. VINO were aoont 20 ss-
errsir rates for freight and passengers The
aHH-.osds contention was that the proposeo Tades
Eoua ga 'stdczholders Of the road constitutional
snf being raised 10 tns eef' &c ropertv rn in 3b
could n 70 csTtain earnings The supreme Court re-
way q .Se decision Of the lower tE1ounal ana or
verseo tne n IA which has resulted in a victory
isreo Lgnora-ion - Senator Kittredge is a man Of
sf-Ong cogn!eIlaiSg iornorai is not TAN What he
hke IN ~ height IS made up IN aroirdupols. by an
ODDS he VII ts Ibs prime of life only forty years
sssre and stll eligible bachelor-
-.nfNANYrs CANDIDATE-Naval officers here
aoe5ence Of Lewis Nixon express the con-
N N b.. -be former naval constructor. de-
49, =, the Oregon and other warships viii be
ss.,r,-s So nominee for the mayoralty. Nixon
has nany close friends IN he Afthogh they take
bis care a, nolftics and Tsmmany methods are
no Pa-lL par ~ repugnant 10 them they show great
ViYcn's remarkable success since he left
he service
LOOKING UP-surgeon Blackwell OF
TO- who has Just returned from Tutuila,
- ,. snent some time on the Abarenca al
nsro pago gives g good account OF that isIano'
-. one of the principal naval stations OF the
r-s,ss States is now rapidly nearing coTnpIeIoh-
- .asl shed for the coaling station has about
..sn Anished and the pier VIII re reaoy ior use III
sew months" he says. II extends three nun
- ,as+ into the bay Of Pago Pago. one OF the
-. a. .ha world The harbor IS rooTny, and as
.-sgnable as that of Manila or santiago Win
.o,rh+s On both sides OF the entrance which may
~ +orri6ea with guns which would Keep out the
oorhsned navies OF the world since the recent
.~oI1,csI change the islands west OF the INST
--ss,.- helong 10 Germany, and those east. in
80. 11,+,,ra 10 the United States. II IS not
,,o-+ant commercially. but wonderfully so stra-
,.gscsrv Vessels bound for Australia from San
Francisco stop there, as well as al Honolulu aho
rsx-zesIand The Oceanic Line has three new
,..,,srs-,be Ventura the Sierra and the Sonoma
which stop twice every three weeks Inc! are
sneeSy and carry the English malls 10 Austraha,
eir sIgs' ou % come from Great Britain and Ireland
WINCH - ~ - hurried across the continent
and thrown upon the vessels at San Francisco In
-ndInr the four stops made they cover the cis-
@ e.os ,wo ssvs Quicker than steamers taking the
suez rnTts England no longer has much influence
IN Samoa having obtained concessions elsewhere
S-orn germany The climate IS excellent, and many
FOREIGNERS are beginning 10 visit the Islands. spend
ing months al a time in the mountains
rNo1JJMENrs OF PATRIOTISM. - General
Daniel E sickles constitutes conspicuous contra
dicon Of the notion that public service pauperizes
men pisburssng officers records show that the
government has paid him in salary nearly $4,000.
at rates ranging from 5000 10 $1,000 annually AS
colonel OF the 18th New-York Volunteer Infantry
and the 90 Regular Infantry for seven years he re-
oeived sA5O a year OF s45o. As major-general
retired FOR thirty-ve years he has received S,S25
a year sggregating Hss. .S5. As Representative In
Congress from New-York for four years he re-
ceived $500 year, or 5000 and minister 10
Spain be received s125 year. General Sickles is
one OF the few for whom the double salary re-
striction clause OF the constitution has been set
aside