New-York tribune., 1901-09-06
NATIONAL CAPITAL TOPICS.
CASE OF JUDGE MOVES TO BE HEARD
NEXT WEEK-SENATORSHIP FIGHT
IN NISSOURI-OHIO RIVER
IMPROVEMENT.
IMPROVEMENT.
GBY TELEGRAPH TO The rR1BuNE-l

THE TROUBLESOME MOVES CASE.-AttoIHeS
General Knox confesses in a tone almost OF oe-
spair that nothing with which he has ever had 10
deal. officially unoffically. has been so trouoe-
some and in a sense nerve racking as the case VI
Judge Noyes. of Alaska. According TO the AT
torney-G General. it is of those will-o'the-wisp
things best described by the homely old phrase
Now you see IL and now you don't" IF single
one of the serious charges made against Judge
Noyes by about half of the lawyers in the Nome
district is true Judge Noyes should be dismissed
from the bench and otherwise summarny dealt
with" declared Mr. Knox to-day But, on the
other hand" the Attorney General went on TO say
by wire and mail I receive assurances rom 6ni
fore him, and from other people who know him
intimately and have watched his course for Years
that Judge Moves Is a capable, uprlght Juuse- er
Between these fires I have been standing eyer yer
the life Of me / cannot determine this time
which side is right. However, at the formal hear
/ hope to be able to arrive at a hnal and definite
conclusion. The Noyes hearing will open at the
Department of Justice about the same hour next
Thursday that the Schley court of inquiry oegThs
Noyes hearing promises to attract nearly as much
attention as the Schley trial. 1t will not last so
long. of course, but in way it will create nearly
as much excitement and news for the papers.
AS TO AFTER DINNER sPEAKING-Assistant
Attoney-General Beck has attained such fame as
a postprandial orator that he is considered
an authority on that difficult subject He has
recipe which. If followed may be found ef1cacious
Like most other recipes for good things. it is sim
adept Two experiences I had at big dinners IN
New-York last winter" said Mr. Beck. taught me
a valuable lesson in after dinner speaking. was
invited to attend the annual banquet of the Ameri-
Publishers Association at the Waldorf-Astor1a
and deliver of the principal addresses 1 never
worked harder speech i'll my life than dlo
on that. devoting my thought to 1t at odd times
for about two weeks. I realized that my audience
was to be unusually intelligent and critical one
and I put the highest polish on that speech OF
which I capable. I memoriZed 1t letter per-
feet. as the stage folks would say. and rehearseu
II in nv rooms two or three times. Notwithstand-
ing all my hard work of preparation never mace
a worse failure than on that occasion with my
carefully thought out and labortously prepared
speech About two weeks afterward I was hur-
riedIy summoned from Washington to attend the
annual dinner of the Pennsylvania Society. which
was given in the hall at the Waldorf-Asto-
ria hestated about accepting the invitation Dut
was so urgently pressed to come that hnaliy ac-
cepted Just In time to catch train here tnat
landed me in New-York when the banquet was
nearly half over. I didn't know that was ex-
gone Imagine my embarrassment. therefore when
was b6 SAILED P0eq S0 fGT m s5 Rx es the dis
tinguished prelate rallied me good deal and the
arose arose to repiy. had spoken only few words
when Andrew Carnegie whom ! had never seen seen
and forth the badnage few between Mr. Carnegie
and myself until in SefdeIenfe self FIsn Ionno m tor
mentors let me alone and for half hour or so
ofT spoke tx mn m hearers My 'n' or myse BELIEVE
made the best speech Of my life on that occasion
body made a worse speech
GREAT STRUGGLE IN Observation-Disclosures
tonians are watching with keen interest the pre-
liminary movements in the great struggle ahead IN
the Missouri Democracy. Senator Vests term eN-
pres in March 1903, and on the day OF his last
election he made a speech 10 the Missouri 'egis-
lature in which he pledged himself not 10 ask for
tors health has become seriously impaired. ana
thus he is removed from the race. While the egis-
lature which will choose his successor Will not oe
elected for more than year still the field already is
full of candidates for his toga- The fight however
Is between two ex Governors OF the State william
J. Stone and David r. Francis. Stone is not wholly
unknown 10 fame in the East since Il was ne
who nominally conducted the Bryan campaign III
this region from the Hoffman House last year
Francis served in Clevelands Cabinet as secre-
tarv of the Interior for a few months toward the
close of Mr.. CIevelands last administration
Naturally, when the free silver wave swept over
the Missouri Democracy in 1893. Francis was en-
quilted while Stone became a bigger figure that
wear than even the late "Silver Dick" Bland the
father of the movement Therefore, the real
struggle is between the silver and ant-siiVer eie
meuts of the Democracy. This gives It a natonal
interest since Missouri only is the biggest
Democratic State in the Union. but for years mas
been a greater free silver stronghold even than
Colorado In announcing his candidacy stone TOOK
pains TO declare his belief that bimetIlism Sui Is
an issue, and that William jennings Bryan Is tne
most powerful man in the party. Franclss organ
.oThe St Louis Republic" is artfuly combating
tbis declaration as heresy. Thus the issue In the
Missouri Democracy once more Is sharpIy ue'H rrSa
between silver and gold as primary m@oneS, @ ,o,JdIv
most influential newspapers In the state arr Js nd
arrayed against Stone. So are the Tallr0aus r ailr
the large corporate interests generalIS. iae,her
Dockery is on the side OF Francis. and the eaInes
lunged Champ Clark, a one time lGS'1r Iai1ns 70
be Candidate for the Senate himself ~hHes MesrlY IN
reality his is intended to help FRANCS Fran ane
and are known TO be friendly TO krancls cne1nr
Unst NAV decide TO enter the lists again in the
hope Of saving the legislature from iNePtCa 49,
that his opponents declare they woula r@'H stone's
a Republican succeed Vest than TO nav" oloAeo
ambition gratfed.
GREAT OHIO RIVER sCHEME.-Representa
tive James Hemenway. of Indiana. one OF the pest
informed and hardest working members Of the APP
pronriations Committee of the House, made some
interesting statements to-day to Tribune repre-
sentative concerning the present tonnage Oh tt'e
Ohio River and the comprehensive scheme lol .
Improvement of that stream which VIII siea'-'
increase its volume of traffic he declareu '''"
the tonnage originating in the harbor OF Plttspute
alone which has no other outlet than the Ohio' =.
GREATER than that OF any other harbor in the "hoie
world-a statement which will surprise nearly
everybody who reads this paragraph ne says
IT is true that the tonnage OF Saut Ste. Marie eA
ceeds that at the Pittsburg harbor. but ne points
out that this tonnage is drawn from vast scope
of country and does not originate at Detroit. while
il is so heavy the Sault Ste Marie as 10 DC ''7
most notable feature OF the commerce ana business
OF that city. The unequaned volume OF the llsei
tonnage originating at Pittsburg is. of course uue
TO the peculiar situation of that city at the con-
fuence of the Monongahea and Allegheny L rivers h;
which form the Ohio and to the furtner laCt ;
these a nstres ans In the world The general
scheme of the improvement OF tue Cit 70 Iocks and