Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-24
WASHINGTON.
THE DEMOCRATIC POSITION OK
QUESTIONS OF THRIFT.
Everybody Anxious to Get the Matter
Settled-The Senator Who Was Guilty of
Indiscretion-Ben. Butler Decidedly IN
communicative.
Especial Telegram to the Globe. ]

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.-By the end of
the week both branches of congress will be
hammering away on the tariff bill, each
house acting Independently of the other
and with but little respect for each others
bill. How long the debate will run and
what the harvest will be, no one can pre-
dict. Opinions as to whether or not a
tariff bill can be put through, shift like the
weather cock. One day there is an enthu-
siasm among those who honestly want
tariff revision, and the next day this gives
way to depression. The hope on the
part of the Democrats to have something
done at this session of congress comes
from desire to take the question out of
national politics rather than from much
concern as to how the revision shall be
made. These reason that the Democracy
will have much easier sailing with the
matter settled rather than agitated, and
there are Democrats taking such a view of
affairs who will support any bill which is
brought to final vote. The tariff bill, save
to those who feel its weight or relief,
is one of the most uninteresting
of subjects. Few public men give the
matter sufficient study to thoroughly I'M
derstand it. They take few superficial
bearings, and have no inclination to pro-
coed further. In the senate to-day, there
are not five Democratic senators who are
sufficiently posted to cope in debate with
Republicans. This, however, is not unnat-
ural. The Republican states of the North
are interested in divers interests. Beck,
Bayard and Vance thus far have con-
Quoted the debate in the senate from
the Democratic standpoint The real
danger which surrounds the passage of
any bill is the fact that the senate has no
confidence in the house bill, nor has the
house an Astounding confidence in the bill
of the senate. Both have been thrown to-
gether loosely, jumbled as it were. The
| house is jealous of the senate, too, because
it does not have the patience to wait for a
bill to be sent, but under the pretext OF
amending a house revenue bill framed one
of its own.
THE APPROPRIATION BILLS.
The house has passed all of
the regular appropriation bills but six,
viz: The naval, the sundry civil, the leg
islative, the deficiency, the river and har-
Dor and the pension bills. With the naval
bill out of the way, the tariff bill can be
proceeded with. The other bills can be
passed at intervals without serious antago-
nism.
"A SINGULAR INCIDENT.
A circumstance connected with the
defaIcation of State Treasurer Polk, of
Tennessee. is noted. II. l.. Gaslin was
nominated by Judge Freeman, then a
member of the state legislature, as the Re-
publican candidate for the Office
of treasurer, but was defeated By Polk, the
Democratic nominee. Just six years later
Gaslin, now a United States marshal, ar
rested and brought back to Tennessee his
old opponent, Polk.
THE SENATOR FROM WEST VIRGINIA.
will on Thursday tender his resignation as
member of the Forty -eighth congress, to
which he was elected last fall. The gov
ernor will no doubt order special election
to be held next May, at the time of hold
ing of the school elections to
choose Mr.. Kenna's successor in
the house of representatives.. He
will remain member of the present con-
gress until it expires on March 4th next,
and will then walk over to the senate to be
sworn in as senator.
WHO TIE GUILTY SENATOR WAS.
Miss Clara s. Scott, who filed the ramb-
ling petition in the house asking for recon-
pense because of alleged wrongs done her
by senator, relieves Senator Lapham of
the imputation that he had done her any
wrong in the premises. Miss Scott is now
in the city. She has no hesitancy in say
ing that the senator she alluded to in her
petition is the late Fl. s. Lane. While here
after a postmastership she became ac-
quainted with Mr.. Lane, who, on the state
ment that his wife was dying and afterward
that she was dead, paid her attentions.
He pursued her from one place to another
and at the steps of the st. Charles hotel
she slapped his face for insulting her.
This was on the eve of his reelection and
he had it telegraphed away that he
had been struck by strumpet. He Of
fered her $4,000 to suppress the real facts,
and she took $75 on the understanding
that he was never to speak to her again
or pay her money without the
presence of third party. He afterward
bounded her with spies and even paid
woman 500 to get her to his room.
BUTLER INTERVIEWED.
Gov. Butler, of Massachusetts, is n The
city. He was visited to-day by your cor
respondent. He refused to be interviewed
on general topics. He was here, he said,
simply on business before the supreme
court and did not like to be permanently
projected before the public. He was t.
new governor, he said, and wanted to go
easy. He was asked about the Hoar-Crapo
election business.
There" he said, Il viii give an opinion.