El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-16

WASHINGTON, u. c.. Feb. 10
The Invest thing in town last week was
the Grand Army pension committee,
headed by Communicated Chief Leo
Rassieur of st. Louis. Mr.. Rassieur
is pretty lively himself OF mixed
French and German blood-the old
Hugenot strain-he has the impulsive
ways of the one with the hard fibre
of the other. all overlaid by sub
stantial coating of Americanism- Ges-
lures are a part of his argument al
WAYS. He was taken ill Friday night.
put recovered sufficiently to attend the
Grand Army banquet last night. which
was a big affair. The president was
not present nor were Henry Clay Ev-
ans, commissioner OF pensions, ana
his superior, the secretary OF the 1nte-
rior. For the absence of the last two
there was ample reason. Evans and
Secretary Hitchcock are probably the
best abused men in Washington r1gnt
about now and it would have been in
convenient were they there. Also II
would have interfered with the free
dom OF discussion CThere rs no Cd
lection TO your stripping "dis(cuss)-
ion" of its externals as Thackery did
when he made "a jest" of ''m(ajestyD'.
The row over the proposed court OF
pension appeals is not much nearer a
solution A friend of mine. being al
so perverSe and Irish, introduced
new element of trouble into the mater
by suggesting to the attorney OF the U.
A. R. that he work to have the new
court handle both pensions and pat
ert.,. As the patent people are inllu-
entail and want special court any
way. the Interior Department is not
happy at the suggestion
Senatorial Night Sessions
The senate has been working at
night recently. trying to handle the
shin subsidy. AS a recipe for a night |
session. take a quorum of disgruntled
republican senators. all anxious TO get
away to their other engagements,
Iounging around half asleep and whoi-
Nv unhappy. together with Tillman and
some others of his stripe. sltting
around poking them at intervals and
occasionally calling mo Quorum.
That's about the way it looked from
the gallery. Whatever the Senators
NAV have thought about subsidies,
thew didn't talk about them at the
night sessions Ship subsidy Is dead
for this congress
Where the Shoe Pinches-
The war department has issued an
order under the recent army Dill, stop
ping the sale of all alcoholic drinks
on military reservations. And it has
had a regular Mrs. Carrie-Nation time
Consideration ali around The OFF,
GERS posts have had to stop selling
drinks as we'll as the soldiers can
teens and the officers are not we'll
pleased for some reason This, in 1T
self would not create so much disturb
ance because the officers at army
posts have no great political infiu-
ence Otherwise they would have staff
positions in Washington, where wine.
whiskey beer and so forth can be had
without great exertion. But it has al
so put a taboo on the big hotels at
Fortress Monroe which are built on
government land and which are filled
with folks of senatorial affiliations
not to speak of staff connections, which
are more important-and great is the
moan. IL
Cameras and Tramps. l.
Also there is a moan about photo Il
graphy-amateur variety. Among 9TH
er concessions sold for the Inaugural
ton is one for photographing the pro-
the use Of private cameras will not be
allowed. Which is autocratic in its
way. There is a standing prohibition {
of photography iE some of the parks I
already: by whose order l have never {
known. Any man with temerlty to Z
u II .
least he used to be-once,
and if he tries it again, his camera is
.onfiscated. 1t is we'll governed city,
but sometimes it is gov
.rned too much. Another and more
idea is keeping mounted
policemen stationed in the various
ountry roads leading to town. On the
lpproach of a professional hObo-orI
Inyone looking like one-he is warned
hat the environment is unpropituousI
nd requested to reverse his laggingI
New Revenue Bill.
Chairman Payne-SerenC Payne of
lew York-of the house ways and
leans committee has made himself I'M
opular by voting with the democrats. | r
or the house bill providing for a re- n
uction OF the war revenues revenue u
ill which by the constitution must
riginate in the house-the senate sub
tituted another. The house feels like
landing on its dignity and refusing to
low the senate to draft revenue bills
ven in this indirect manner. but the
minority of the committed
Dted in favor of asking a conference
18th the senate. thus recognizing thel
Institute bill. and Payne voted with
lem.
The senate bill is easier on the to-
acco men than the house measure and
is charged that the Tobacco trust is
sing influence. Wherefore the row.
that the democrats should vote for
lything in favor of the trust and b.
lat Payne should vote with them.
The jam of appointment seekers
uniting for places in the new army
'ntinues up at the White House
of Il