Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1886-04-10
SICK STATESMEN.
Mannlng's Condltlon-The Pres1.
dent Warned.

hibitions of Legislative amenities, one in
the senate, n in the house, and an
other in a committee room all on the
same day, argue something wrong in the
atmosphere Of the Capital and Capitol.
In the senate Messrs. Logan and Tel.
Ter INDUCED in personalities as far as
the dignity Of that body would allow
them. Each said the other was no
statesman, and made several similar re-
marks equally caustic. In the house
two members from Tennessee compared
each other TO the occupants of prison
cells and to criminals who had suffered
death on the gallows. And down in
the basement of the capitol, where the
telephone investigation committee as
sembles daily, a distinguished witness
was informed by a venerable Legislator
that he was impudent, and the witness
(Col. Casey Young) retorted by calling
the Massachusetts congressman (Mr.
Ranney) a "pettifogging lawyer"
The sick administration is GONZALES
cent, with the exception Of Secretary
Manning. His condition still causes
much apprehension. Hope for his re.
covery is only based on the fact that he
becomes no worse. There has been no
recurrence of the rupture of the same
blood vessel, and the paralysis has part
ly disappeared, but the patient does not
gain strength, his voice is husky, and
he frequently doses in the midst Of a
conversation. On awaking, he resumes
talk at the point where he left it. He
complains Of his beef tea and milk diet
and wonders why they do not give him
something solid to build up on.
The president has had a great deal of
advice recently 10 the effect that he
must avoid Mr.. Manning's fate by TAX
ing more recreation and exercise. lie
has gained forty pounds since he has
been at the white house, and his
friends express considerable solicitude
in regard to his physical condition. A
prominent physician remarked that the
present cabinet were working simply
with their heads. They increase in
avoirdupois. and the trouble is that tho
blood vessels will grow soft and habby,
swell up, and then any undue excite
ment will cause them to burst. His adj
wise to the president and his cabinet was
to get patent gymnasiums and use them
morning and night in their rooms if
they would not take outdoor exercise.
Even should Secretary Manning re-
cover, it is fully conceded here that he
will never again dare to resume tho on
crous duties of his Office. As to his sue.
cessor the latest rumor in the corridors
of the treasury department, is that Hon.
w. l.. Scott, the Pennsylvania congress-
man, will be rendered that portfolio.
Mr.. Scott has been prominent in the
financial discussions this session, and he
proposed some plan of his own for set
Ting the silver problem. He is said to
be the richest man in the lower house,
and he lives in q pale stone house be-
side Senator Stanford, of California. who
is said to be the wealthiest senator.
The absence now of stirring political
questions in this country may he per-
ccived in the nature of the congressional
proceedings. The chief topics discussed
are those which effect more or less To-
cally, the business affairs of the different
sections. What We hear most about
just now are the strikes.
Representative Reed, of Kansas, sum-
med up good deal Of common sense
of the situation when he said during the
debate on the arbitration bill in the
house, at may turn out that this legis-
lation may amount to but little. 1t may
turn out that it will amount to much.
Suppose We try it and when we learn
more, do more" The tenor of the de-
bate throughout showed that, however
the partakers of it might differ about de-
tails, they were a unit in recognizing ar
bitration rs the key to the whole labor
problem. Great reforms do not mature
like fungi. Their beginnings are often
feeble and their evolution the work OF
time. AS Mr.. Reed suggests, it is worth
trying even an imperfect measure and
see how it works. When its faults are
apparent they can he corrected. Mean
while, the friends of progress will have
the satisfaction Of seeing the United
States government, by the hand of con-
grcss, set the stamp of its approval on
arbitration as a principle. That of itself
will be q great point gained.
The chaplain of the house has made
no more sensational prayers since a GER
tain congressman from New York, char
actcrized his prayer which referred 70
strikes as an "~incendiary speech" DR..
Milburn said he had no desire to make
speeches before congress, and then it is
stated that Col. Morrison, who is sup.
posed to give all his thought to tariff re.
duction, wrote the chaplain a letter
advising a more conservative course in
his morning invocations.
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