The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-06-20
In and About the HauntS OF
the Lawmakers.
PROSPECT OF A LONG SESSION
ConEressmsn Ready 60 speak on ths
Tariff observation-disclosures Carter
Status OF the Mormon Problem
wAsHrSGTos. D. G.. June tain

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From our own Correspondent.
The present Congress is the dulles
that has convened in the Capitol fof
many years. This Is admitted upon
every hand. Not a single measure OF
neutrality-suspicious. has been attempted
TO be passed. Seven months have been
wasted in palt 7, chatter. talk. From
the members of this Democratic Con-
gress the people OF the country asked
for bread and have received q stone.
Almost everything they did not want
has been rammed down their throats
everything they did want has been =
sistently refused. The sub ect of coast
defense has received no consideration
whatever. The question of building d
navy, in response to the demand of the
people, has been entirely neglected
The tariff question has been put off un h
I'll the eleventh hour, and nobody ex-
poets that anything " II De done with
it this session al al. 1t may come "
for discussion. feel convinced it will
and much time will be consumed in
solid talk. A Congressman informed
me last night, tbat no less than PSI
members OF the House had given notics
of thrir intention 10 speak ON the tariff
question, and that over sixty member
were prepared to talk upon the same
subject in the Senate. Talk of an ad-
journmenti Why, If the tariff ques-
ton gets fsirly under discussion, bear
ing IN mind The app opriatiou bills yet
to be passed, the middle OF August
may see Congress still in session, the
fall elections to the contrary notwith-
standing.
Speaking of the vast number Of
speeches 70 be made on the tariff ques-
ton. brings 70 my mind a very familiar
character in Washington. His name Is
coLoEKL CARTER
He can be seen on Pennsylvania
Avenue every day. He frequents and
is well known at all the principal hotels
of the city. The colonel is man, |
should imagine, about 60 years OF
age; tall. well built. long iron-grey
locks hanging over his shoulders;
strongly marked features. which are lit
up with a pair of small steel blue eyes.
Every body knows the colonel and the
colonel seems to know everybody. In
the forenoon he is very frequently seen
standing at the Willard Hotel news
stand, reading the papers and discus
sing with a group of friends the topics
of the day.
What does he do? We'll, his tine is
almost entirely occupied in writing
speeches for Congressman. There are.
as must be well understood, scores o (
men in Congress who couldn't write q
speech upon, say the silver question, to
save their lives. But their constituents
must not know their inability in that
line. They must make speech upon
that subject. and right here is where
the value of Mr.. Carter comes IN. He
is 4 brilliant lawyer; man OF vast re-
search; has been engaged IN literary
work all his life; AID so thoroughly
conversant is he with almost any sub
iect, especially OF q political character.
that he is prepared TO write upon 1t any
way his client desires. IL a Republican
asks him 20 write the Republican view
of n certain question he can be accom-
modated upon short notice. Upon The
same question a Democrat is similarly
suited. In this way Mr.. Carter is very
indispensable man.
ne GEIsDs OUT SPEECHES
by the SC re. The Congressman who