The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-12-19
AT THE CAPITAL.
James Gordon Benefits
Latest Scheme.
THE AFFAIRS OF CONGRESS.
Grover and His Rheumatism-The
Edmunds-Tucker Bill-Its Chances
This Session General Notes.
THR AFFAIRS OF CONGRESS-


A genuine surprise overlook che
Wasaiagtsniars on Monday morning
last. Shortly after O'Clock an
hundreds OF newspaper boys on the
STREETS we're heard shouting, in their
peculiar verracular, This mornings
New York Herald" People could Tot
understand what It meant, some were
inclined 70 believe that the newsboys
were working : y, mendous job Others,
without giving the matter any con-
sheraton. were uOnplusssd as TO the
time OF day. The impression forced
i.self upon almost everybody that it
must be at ,eas, IL n. when II was
OILY little after 8. What was the
matter7 Upon purchasing the Herald
several thousands were sold in q very
short t;me-it was discovered that Mr..
James Gordon Bennett, famous for his
surprises in journalistic enterprise,
mad broken out in q fresh place.
de had concluded, without let
ting his attention be known,
{ anuihLate time and space. For
ne years the New York papers
! nave been Isnded in Washington a. II
! O'Clock every morning, ana this Was
! considered, when distance was taken
| into account, a very smart thing. Ever
! since Pulitzer bscame proprietor OF the
| New York World, the circulation vi
| that paper has steadily increased IN
! Washington, outstrippl.g the Herald,
/ I should say, oy many hundreds. This
4 evidently did not suit the dashing, GO
ahead proprietor of the latter paper, so
| he concluded that something must be
! d me 10 beat the record. Accordingly.
| last Monday morning, he commenced
! TO run a special train between New
| York and Washington, leaving the
! former city at :. Is a. IN, and arriving
| at the latter by a. IL. This gigantic
stroke in journalism will cost the
! Herald s.. so a week. but what Is that
! If lanes Gordon Bennett can only beat
! his rivals in New \ Ork2 II goes without
| saving that the landing of the Herald
! in Washington three hours ahead OF
! any other New York paper will greatly
/ increase the circulation. Several
| thousands can be sold te the depart
| mont clerks on the way to the othce,
while several thousand more can be on
the breakfast table of every Congress
men. merchant, and the rest, a. very
early hour. There is no doubt that the
| Herald. so far as the collection Of news
| is concerned, Is by long odds the great
est paper in this country, II not the
| world. Lately II seems 10 have i'm
proved in every department. the
editorials are stronger: the news Is most
racily written up; and the mechanical
work of the paper IS superb. 1t has
often been said that the management OF
] the Herald has been conducted IN
most { tic style; that there is no
sdIgor iu-chief-nO one man. as IN all
! frst-class newspapers, who has control
overtle entire paper. This Is true to
certain extent. The Herald Is run in
departments, each having a head. The
result is a continual quarrel between
heads OF depai tmentSin their enueaYOrS
to encroa-h on others space and fight
others of their own space. Such in
harmony of action cannot exist where
one man IS chief, and who, being all
powerful, can subordinate one depart
ment to another as occasion requires.
Nevertheless, the Herald manages TO gel
there every time. 1t has certainly 90;
to Washington with 4 bound. Buying
: a Herald the other morning, ] asked
the neWsboy: Has the Herald gone up
in circulation since IL commenced 70
. arrive earlisr2' Yes, san ne replied
"nearly up to the World already" Tt
hold their own, fancy the other great
New York daiiies viii be compelled iC
/ make a move for earlier delivery. lr
: the meantime the Herald holds the fort
5 and it will not be unoarthed withou
5 difficulty. Its Washington bureau i
t run at enormous expense; but when ar
- object is to be attained expense Is both
. ing 10 James Gordon Bennett. He aim
I TO have the greatest newspaper IN thi
q world. At present he is on top.
g The weeks work in Congress has beer
= uneyentfuI. The members OF boti
r Houses very quickly settled down L
= work, and they have been hammeIinl
e away at something all the time, with
- out doing very much good or very mucl
= harm. They are likely TO continue TIN
Y sort of thing to the end of the session
e So far, the Democrats have fixed upol
!, no order of business in the House, an
T it looks at the present time a. II the
/, had no intention OF carrying out an
;. specific plan. There is some talk c
e calling a caucus of the majority of th
House, TO try and settle the order {
/ business. liz is ten 10 one, however
that even If such a caucus is called, the
will be able TO agree among them
' selves. This was the case last session
n The steering" committee. composed {
e the Spesker, Randall and Morrison
b was NOS supported by the House, con
e sequently it ceased to exercise an
20 authority as TO the order of bushes:
n During the present session. therefore,
le The mids. of so macy conflicting int
Y ests, the business that viii be taken al
y discussed and disposed of, or laid TO or
.. side, will depend very much upon Il
u wnims OF the majority. Of course ID
s. appropriation bills must be passed, at q
e sacrifice of everything else: Upon the!
the committees are hard st work. an
they may be ready to report to the HOu
"a early next week. 1t Is doubtful. nov
ever. If they will be passed before Il
II holidays. They generally provoke co
siderable discussion, and there is !
reason to suppose that this sessie
o VII he any exception to thai ri
Very little business 4 -iuIpcr'auC
therefore, will ne ITausa3-e l-I-i al
the holidays, and, indeed. Il the pre,e
IL ..gO-as you-please' pol CO in regard
az The order of business shall continue
exist, it i very doubtful whether -