The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-02-07
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.


plosious Of Indignation relative to the
crimes recently committed in London,
Senator Hoar thought that in voting
for the dynamite resolution lie express
ed the wish Of lrish-AmericI citizens
among his constituents in the old Bay
State. The senator from Louisiana,
Nr. Gibson, held that dynamiters
placed themselves on Il lcyel with pois-
enors; that they were assasins. Sena-
tor Ingalls, said the explosions Of last
Saturday were declarations of war
against society, They shook the foun-
dations Of every capital in christen-
dom" He proposed to vote for the
resolution, still, he thought there was
something IN society worse than dyna-
mite, namely, The guilt and the
wrongs that made dynamite possible. y
Helpless, hopeless poverty, and the
expressions Of the centuries were the
ingredients Of dynamite. He thought
that these occurrences should teach the
lesson that for nations as well as for
men. there is nothing 50 Improbable
as injustice The junior senator from
Virginia, who has enjoyed the dis
tinction Of being called the handsom-
est man in the upper house, assumed
for the second time this session the
role Of the lone senator. He spoke
and voted against resolutions that
could be construed as sympathy and
fellowship with England, referring to
her IS a government Of cruelty and
tyranny, and he earnestly championed
the cause Of poor, oppressed, strug-
Cling Ireland. Senator Iawley refer
red to the two occasions when the Am
erican people had solemn experience
Of assassination and from every tribe
and nation, savage and civilized, came
I Indignation The crimes Of dynamic
er8 were far worse than those-tEey
were " An insensate dash at humanl-
ty." He did not know what good The
adoption Of the resolution would do,
but it did him good to curse these
crimes. 1t does every part Of the
world good to hear denunciation from
all other parts.
While this explosive subject WAS be
ing agitated, there was an alarm Of fire
at the capitol, and rush for the doors.
For a moment everybody seemed to
expect an explosion and REPETITION
OF the scene in the British house OF
/ Parliament. The fire proved to be in
the file room Of the House of Repre-
sentatives, and many valuable records
narrowly escaped destruction.
While combustibles were in order,
Congressman White INDUCED in an
explosion intended to blow up the
Speaker Of the House. lie claimed
that Mr.. Carlisle had Disseminated
against him inruling that certain mat
/ ter should not be printed in the Rec
ord referring TO the Speaker as that
creature Of the House" The popu-
larity of the Speaker with both parties
forbade any disrespectful illusions,
and the member from Kentucky was
Kissed from all parts Of the hall with
a vehemence that is unusual even in
that demonstrative body.
Captain Eads has been spoken Of as
the most successful engineer Of schemes
through Congress that the world has
produced His strong point has been
thought to be his ability to talk men
over 10 his way of thinking. He has
Just failed, however, to carry every
thing before him in the matter OF the
Galveston harhor Improvement. The
. wharf owners ring, who have been CO.
operating with him, were made happy
by the promise that he would get an S.
50),000 bill through. The river and
harbor committee propose to grant
about $4,000 for a beginning Of the
work, and to pay Captain Eads sala-
AIRY Of 5000 a year to superintend it,
( and $1,000 for each foot of water gain
ct. In the room of the Senate com
mittee OF naval affairs, for some weeks
Captain Eads displayed extensive
models OF ships, railways and other ap-
planes proposed 10 be employed in
his Nicaraguan ship canal. Only sen
ators, members of the house, and 9TH
ers directly interested were invited to
see the models in operation This was
the alleged trap 10 get congressman in
committee room to talk over the
harbor scheme, for the ship railway
bill was soon withdrawn.
The occupation Of the Lobbyist Is gone
this session. Members Of the third
house hang around, but are not
making enough TO pay their cigar
bills. The session Is too short for their
methods, and besides the congressional
mind IS not inclined to legislation this
winter. It IS directed rather 10 what