The National tribune., 1903-01-01

CONGRESS.
Bills That Will Be Considered
After Holiday Recess-Per.
SOnaI Mention.

sOnaI Mention.
Senator McComas, Of Maryland, de-
clined to speak in eulogy of the late SEN
ator Sewell, of New Jersey, when the
Memorial exercises were held in the
United States Senate the other day, and
gave as his excuse that he would make
the 18th Senator who had spoken, and
there were no more to follow, and he posi-
lively refused to invite disaster to himself
or anybody else in that manner. And this
is the 10th century of advanced and ad-
vancing civilization!
Judge J. NJ. Miller, Of the 4th Kansas
District, made a speech the other day, on
an elections case, and reused the greatest
enthusiasm because of the splendid man
ner in which he handled his subject. and
for his oratory. Judge Miller is closing his
first term in the House, and has been
elected by the largest majority ever given
in his district, to serve in the 5Sth Con-
gress, but his speech is his maiden effort.
Nobody in Congress had ever guessed that
he was talker from way back, but he
is, just the same. Out there in Kansas,
Judge Miller has been a wheel-horse i'll
~
one of the most effective stump speakers
in State that grows more stump speak
erS to the square mile than any other
State in the Union. But Judge Miller
never talks until he has something to say,
and then he says it well. He will now be
counted one of the orators of the House.
When Mr.. Heatwole, of Minnesota, re-
tires from the 51th Congress, it will not be
to private life, but to put up fences
around the nomination for Governor of
the Gopher State, two years hence. He
would have accepted the nomination this
year, but Gov. Van SAINT had the call. He
proposes to begin in time this round.
Representative Brown, of Wisconsin,
has constituent. veteran of the war Of
the rebellion, who wants an increase of
pension. He bases his application on the
fact that the injury to his hand in the SER
vice, for which he now draws a small
pension, became aggravated some time
ago, and he was forced to have the same
amputated. lie preserved it for long
time in alcohol, but when his claim for
more pension was not granted as soon as
he thought it ought to be, he took the hand
from the alcohol and doing it up in neat
package, posted it to Mr.. Brown. The
high-smelling parcel landed in Mr..
Browns hands Friday, and on undoing it
the gruesome thing dropped out. 1t is
evidence, all right, but pretty badly spoil
ed.
Mrs. Emma Cadwallader Guild has
made bronze portrait bust of President
Mckinley, and Congress proposes to pay
her $1,000 for it to place in the Executive
Mansion.
Maryland is after "a permanent military
camp" which she wants to locate in the
vicinity of Oakland, in Garrett County.
Juneau County, Wis, is also after one of
these military camps.
There is little old Methodist Episco-
pal church (colored) down in Rome, Ca,
which is after the Government to the tune
of $4,000, in which sum the church was
damaged by the military forces of the
United States during the war of the rebel
lion. This claim was first presented in
1867, and had the o. X. of Gen. Howard.
yet it has been hanging fire all these years.
Senator Morgan, of Alabama, has been
stirring things up about the Isthmian
Commission salaries. This Commission
did not quite two weeks real work, but
for about a year now has been drawing.
individually. salaries of 1000 a month.
Senator Morgan has introduced bill set
ting the compensation Of these very hard
worked gentlemen at $1,000 year.
Senator Foraker has introduced a bill
to provide a Government for the Island of
Guam. This is the little old Ladrone
Island which we got from Spain for n
coal;ng station, or something of that kind.
1t is about as big as the average Western
County. The laws which are to govern
it are longer than the Constitution of the
United States. There are only handful
of people on the island.
Mr.. Miers, of Indiana, proposes to have
National Theater' erected in Washing
ton. If Mr.. Miers will also provide that
the Government shall pay Bernhardts seat
prices, or those of any of the other celeb
rites who may happen to be engaged at
this National Theater doubtless the bill
will go through with rush. 1t may be
that the bill is designed to furnish a
theater for Congress to attend. 1t does
not limit itself in the manner Of junkets
and other bric-a-brac, so why not
theater?
The expense of the Revenue Cutter Ser
vice for the past year nets goodly sum,
tudt IOT coal aiOue DeiHS TlUU,sif. ne
whole cost was $1.255, 991.
The House has very appropriately tabled
the resolutions presented by several mem
bers asking Investigation of the claims of
Great Britain and Germany against Venez-
uela. When the time comes the matter
will be looked into fully and thoroughly.
But there are always little boys who
want to know" before the time comes
that they should know.
Under authority OF the Secretary of
War a monument was erected in May,
1888. at cost Of $500 on the Big Hole
Montana, to mark the burial
place of the soldiers who fell in the en-
gagement with Indians Aug. 8, 1877. The
site is remote from lines of transportation,
and the monument has fallen into neglect,
reports indicating that it has been Sc
riously damaged by relic hunters. To ef-
feet its restoration and to inclose it with
q suitable iron or steel fence an appropria- |
ton of 81 200 is asked-this being cohsid- |
cred sufficient to pay all expenses, includ- |
ing transportation and the cost Of a sur
vey. The land in question is reported by |
the Interior Department as unsurveyed |
public land. A bill has been introduced |
to appropriate the $1,000 necessary.