Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-25
WASHINGTON.
ZEN. BUTLER rs 4 VISITOR TO TIE
UNITED STATES SEN4TE.
How He Wears His HOnors as Il FuIr-
pledged Governor = Nominations and
COnfirmations-The Women SufDragists-
Departmental Gossip.
Especial Telegram to the Globe. !

owing TO the complete ODScuratlOn OF one
of the heavenly bodies it did not occur.
This event was the conjunction ON the floor
of the senate of two Massachusetts stars of
the first magnitude, Gen. Butler and Sen
ator Hoar. The governor made his first
contact about 2 o'clock, from the Repub-
lican side door, and after casting his well
eye around the chamber he sat down in a
chair next to Senator Dawes, who was in
dustriously writing, and did not look up.
Not even the odor from the rose in the
governors button hole reached the nose of
the Massachusetts senator. The governor
seemed unwilling to punch Mr.. Dawes in
the ribs or shout in his ear and he waited
impatiently and little neryously until
Mr.. Dawes completed his writing and
looked around. The moment the senator
saw the governor he arose and shook hands
with him, and then resuming his seat,
the two gentleman engaged in an
animated and apparently amusing
conversation. Up to this time no other
senator had taken any notice of the gov
ernor, but after Mr.. Dawes had entered
into conversation with him most of the
presence of his excelIency, and greeted
him cordially. Senator Davis, of Illinois,.
remarked playfully on his rose, and alto
gether the gentleman had an agreeable
| levee. But by some curious mischance-
| Senator Hoar had been called away from
the senate just before the governor came
In, and he was absent during the whole
| From tho eiJ
| Butler passed into the Democratic cloak
room, and after time left the chamber.
but without seeing the statesman whom, it
is rumored, he came all the way from Bos-
ton to congratulate on his reelection to-
the senate. Soon after the governor went
away Mr.. Hoar reappeared in the senate,
and remained till the adjournment.
Butler is as frisky as a three-year old
colt. He evidently visited the senate
just to let the old plugs see how he felt as
Governor Butler of Massachusetts. He
subsequently argued a case for client be-
fore the District of Columbia commission
ers. Pending the proceedings in the
Women's convention here to-day, one of
the suffrage shriekers said: 'Can there be,
woman who is not glad that Butler is
governor of Massachusetts, ?"
THE TELEPHONE BUSINESS.
The controlling interest in the tel
ephone stock of this city has,
been purchased by an eastern
syndicate, taking possession, to-day. The
new management will improve the service,
in many particulars. They will first build
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trunk lines to other points throughout the,
country are possibilities in the near future
The syndicate has secured the controlling
interest in telephone companies in vari-
Gus places, and their object is to form one
general company, which shall control tele-
phones in much the same way as the
Western Union does the telegraph wires.
THE BoTTLERs' ASSOCIATION.
R. F. Scannell, of Boston, as arepesenta-
tive of the National Bottlers' association
lately in session in Pittsburg, has submit
ted an argument for an ad valorem duty of
25 per cent. upon all waters, exclusive of
duty upon bottles. He says that many
| thousands of skilled workmen
| including manufacturing chemists are en-
| ployed in the mineral water industry in the
United States and the prQposed protection
| to this class of skilled labor is not in pro-
portion to that afforded to other branches
of industry.
THE COTTON EXPOSITION.
Mr.. Garland's bill, 10 encourage the
holding of cotton exposition in 1884,
provides that the exposition be held at the
time and place to be designat-
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of the National Cotton Growers associa-
ton, under the management of a board of
thirteen persons to be appointed by the
president on recommendation of the as
ISOLATION and subscribers to the expenses
of the exposition, who are to cooperate
withthe board OF commissioners, consist
ing of one from each state and territory,
to be appointed by the president on the
recommendation of the governor of each
state or territory. The title is to be ''The
Worlds Industrial and Cotton Centennial
Exposition"
CROOKED CHIEF CLERK.
The special committee to investigate
the chief clerk of the house of representa-
tives held meeting to-day. A man named
Harmon, who was formerly a newspaper.
publisher in Detroit, was examined. After
questioning him some tune the committee
concluded that he was of no consequence.
and were about to dismiss him when he
volunteered to make statement, which,
when made, caused some excited comment.
Harmon is reported to have informed the
committee that had placed so low an esti-
mate upon him that he was in the employ
ment of the Washington Gas Light COM
pany at an annual salary of $4,000; that
his duties were to watch the progress of
legislation likely to effect the interests of
the company and endeavor to assist or de-
feat it as such interests might require.
he furthermore said that the
terms on which he entered tbs service of
the Gas company were arranged at the
residence of Jno. Baily, chief clerk of the,
house.
UNCLE SAM VS.. THE UNION PACIFIC.
The commissioner of railroads is pre-
pairing papers to enable the attorney gen
eral to bring suit against the Union Pa
cifc Railroad company to recover bal
ance of about $1,O0O,O00 alleged to be due
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