The Washington critic. (Washington City, D.C.) 1890-1890, 1890-02-14
GOSSIP OF THE CAPITOL.
CAPTAIN GOODMAN AND HIS ROLL OF
MANUSCRIPT.
Views on Senator Blair,s Educational
Bill--Mr. WanamaISer and the
Georgia People-Chats with Mem
bers-Taik of the Corridors.

Georgia PeopIe-Chats with Mem
bers--Talk of the Corridors.
One OF the men TO be seen around the |
Capitol building is small of stature,
1.-the of step, with an erect carriage aud
a formidable roll Of manuscript under
his arm. He wears q tall silk hat also,
and look of shrewdness and cunning
overspreads his aged face, and his
snowy-white mustache bristes with de-
termination. This is Captain Goldman
The Committee on Merchant Marine
and Fisheries, who has charge of the
mail subsidy and bounty line, which is |
causing considerable talk among ship.
builders and steamship owners. are
well acquainted with Captain Goldman,
but just who aud what ne is seems to
be puzzliDg the minds of more people
than the members of the committee.
That he is a lobbyist of the shrcwdest
character has been established, but he
Is also coming in contact with men
who know little themselves. Not
few prominent men who occupy seats
in the House are reaching for their
eyes, ready TO pull down the lower lids
and ask Captain Goldman If he can per.
ceive any tinge of greenness about
them.
Captain Goldman comes ostensibly
from the ship owners of England rela-
tive TO the stand that committee is on
the verge of taking relative to building
American ships and thereby increasing
its revenue on the matter of subsidy,
but that the willy captain is here in the
interest of the English Government to
sell off lot of its old rusty ships which
have lain idle and good for nothing on
the other side.
Postmaster. General Wanamaker is
having considerable trouble with the
Georgia people. THE CRITIC the other
day published somewhat acrimonious
interview between him and Representa-
tive Carlton over the proposed appoint
ment of colored man as postmaster at
Athens, in that State. Since the sew
eral colored postmasters have been ap.
pointed in Georgia, the people down
there are complaining loudly over these
things, and now comes various letters
TO Mr.. Wanamaker from Georgia mer-
chants declaring that If he persists in
pursuing his present policy they will
boycott his business and refuse to buy
goods from his Philadelphia house.
That house has large u,incss in
Georgia.
Congressman James ID. Richardson
| of Tennessee. who is member of the
| Committee on Printing, said to a CRITIC
reporter this afternoon that the fire at
the Government Printing Office
Wednesday demonstrated the fact that
more fire. escapes and additional safe
| guards were imperatively needed. He
favored the erection of fire escapes on
| every floor not now provided and on
every side of the building. Congress,
he said, ought to remedy the evil at
| once.
There is considerable opposition
manifested against the bill reported by
the Committee on Public Buildings
and Grounds to purchase the square at
the corner of Ninth street and Penn
sylvania avenue for the erection of the
ch-needed Postoillce building. Hon.
j. d. Richardson of Tennessee, the
author of the Richardson City Postoffice
bill, in speaking Of the subject, said to
| The CRITIC reporter Today that he was
sorry the committee had reported the
bill for the reason that in his opinion it
would soon be passed. 1t would en-
gender the opposition of every citizen
opposed to the site selected.
Thine and again." said Colonel Rich
ardson, "the House has passed bill
selecting site for the City Postoffice,
but 1t has never reached the President
for the reason that opposition has been
strong enough to always defeat any bill
that proposed to locate its site. The
only way Washington will ever secure
new City Postoffice is by the appoint
ment of commission with full power
10 act in the matter of location and to
have their selection approved by the
President. If Washington is to have
the Worlds Fair, then, certainly, the
Capital of the nation should have q
City Postoffice that will meet the re-
quirements of the people
In speaking of the Blair bill to a
CRITIC reporter Representative Owen
of Indiana said this morning that he did
not think the chances of the bill in the
Senate at present as favorable as they
were four years ago. 81 would, indeed
feel sorry to see the Blair bill defeated, u
said he, because / regard it as in q
direct line toward the solution of the
race problem. Education Is great
force and its widespread influence can,
not be overestimated. You educate the
colored man and you give him an In.
vincible weapon with which to defend
himself You enable him to cast an
intelligent vote. An election law would
cause more or less friction in the South
and would not tend TO solve the diff
Guilty. Some of the opponents of the
bill say it's eXtravagant for the Govern
ment TO spend several millions of dol
lars for educational purposes. / say il
is not eXtravagant; it's economy | am
an advocate of the Blair bill aud want
to see it become q law"
Congressman Thompson of Ohio re,
ceived dispatch to-day, informing
him that the Democrats in the Legisla
ture at Columbus had held caucus and
agreed on scheme to redistrict the
State, which places Thompson and
Grosvenor in the same Congressional
district.
This is an interesting piece of news
for Messrs. Thompson and Grosvenor
and If the scheme is carried out il will
result in lively contest for the nomi
nation next fall 1t may be wortl
mentioning that Judge Thompson i
not giving himself any unnecessary
concern about the matter. He Is very
popular in the District.
Secretary Tracy Doing Well.
Ii was rumored this morning tha
Secretary Tracy had had relapse
Int innuirv at the A rnO 1,