Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-04-24
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| Ingalls, Estimate or AllisOn-RopuDiic-
ans Agree Upon a Policy on the silver
| Question.
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WASHINGTON. April FL, 1890.
Perhaps the death of no stat esman has
SO stirred the heart OF the v ashington
pub ic as the demise of Hon. Samuel j..
Randall. after a continued service in the
House of Representatives for thitty
years. He was the most conspicuous fig
nre on the floors of Congress for more
than twenty ye irs, and was the acknowl-
edged leader of his party upon the floor.
1t is said of him that he was a MN Of
most wonderful self-control and iron
will. This was displayed to large de-
| gree during the last Congress, when al
most his solid party was aFrayed against
him on the tariff question, and notwith-
standing the gigantic Efforts of the whole
administration to bring him over. Only
future history will tell the almost super
human struggles Mr.. Randall endure I
during this period, aud of the disappo MT
ments brought upon him by his own party
administration, unwilling as it was to heap
them upon him. His judgment upon all
questions was only formed after mature
deliberation, and position once taken
J no power on earth could change. Rep
! resentative Roger @. Mills, one of the
strongest opponents in the last Con-
gress OF Randall's tariff ideas. thus
feelingly and earnestly speaks of the
deceased statesman: "Of unimpeachable
I integrity and natural born leader. He
had more of the elements of leadership
than any man ever came in contact with.
Nothing but his views on the tariff could
have prevented him from being the leader
of the Democratic plrty. If 1t had not
been for that he would have been nomi-
mated for President in 1876, and" said
Mr.. Mills, with emph SIS, "he would have
been elected aud Sc ted, for he would
have asserted his rights. But when he
believed his opinions were right he would
never change them, no matter what might
happen. When our tariff Lill was mp
pleaded with him, urged aud begged him
to make some concessions and COM
promise, but he believed he was right
and could not be moved. When his whole
party, except Sowden and one or two
others, came over he still held out and
would not move. That was the only thing
in which we differed.
| Unless the House OF Representatives
concludes 10 disagree with the actio of
the Senate. the great National Museum
building will be doubled in size, bill
appropriating $500, 900 for that purpose
having passed the latter body. This
addition gives ff cen more exhibition
halls aud an available floor space of 200,-
| 900 square feet. The lack of room at the
| present time is ser Gus drawback to one
| of the grandest institutions of the kind
in the world. No visitor leaves Wash
ington without seeing the magnificent
collection here. 1t contains object les
sons In natural history dating backward
for thousand ye RS, and once seen is
never forgotten.
|
There is a disposition rapidly owing
in the Senate to change the rules govern
ing debates. There are two reasons why
such "a proposition will find favor in the
eyes of the Senators themse and the
country IT large. The proposed change
is to limit the time allo owed for debate on
each question. As 1t now is discussions,
sometimes on trivial questions, TN on for
days. Beyond this. these discussions are
confined 10 half dozen Senator'S on each
side of the chamber. There seems 10 be
o recognition or assent to the saying that
n Senator is to SAY nothing, but saw
wood, until he has served two or more
terms. But few men awe had the DARN G
TO break this rule. Ihdee !, Turpie, of
Indiana, and Spooner, of Wisconsin, are
the only ones / can call to mind who have
had the audacity to trample on this pre-
cedent with impunity and afterward main
tain their position. So that a rule limit
ing the time OF debate on all questions
will be hailed with delight by the younger
branch of Senators, and they are y far
In the majority.
A prominent man in public life who Is
making remarkably little noise this SO -
sion is Allison, of Iowa. Many of his
friends and O good many who are not
particularly friendly to him are wonder
ing what is keeping him SO quiet. But
this reminds me that there is a saying in
Washington that you can't tell very much
what Allison is doing BY what be Says
about il. He is bne OF the closest but
most effective workers IN Congress. Some
years ago on important piece of leRisla-
tion came up before the Senate which
ingalls, had determined to oppose. The
measure passed and then it came to light
that Allison had engineered the whole
thing through. Frank G.. Carpenter, an
old newspaper correspondent, in inter-
view with Ingalls, Gsked him what he
thought of Allison. Hes the slickest
man in the Senate, repl' ed Ingalls,; you
could put bis two hundred pounds into
hob-nailed clogs and drive at ten. mile
pace over a cordu oy road and he
wouldn't make as much noise os a tom
cat slipping across Turkish carpet after
a canary bird"
-.
The proposition Of Mr.. Wanem sker to
have the Government take charge of the
telegraph service of the country is secur-
ing the unqualified in orsement of hun
dreds Of laIor organizations throughout
the country as we'll as an immense num-
Der of country newspapers. The Post
master Generals personal mail is sight
to look at, being rger than any OF the
other Cabinet Offices, He keeps a clerk
for no other purpose than 10 open and
dispose Of letters and newspapers con-
tanning matter relating to the Govern
ment telegraph system. Without at
tempting to discuss the feasibility OF
Mr.. Wanamaker's plan, IL is at all events
seemingly a most popular one.
Representative Mudd, the successful
contestant in the case OF Mudd VS.. Comp
ton for a seat in Congress from Mary
land district, is already becoming ini-
tiated into the trials and tribulat;ons OF
his new position. A coppersmith from
Mudd's district, recently discharged from
the Navy Department, appealed 10 him
for reinstatement. Receiving n discour-
aging reply he began to abuse the mem.
ber most numerically. Mudd "hauled
off," as it were. and struck at him, but
the blow fell short, when they both
clinched. and for a few minutes had 4
razzle-d azzle, rough and tumble sort of a
time. The amusement was interrupted
by the Capitol police.