Telegram-herald., 1891-02-02

The ulssttn.s Dlll Permanently
Knocked Out.
How TWO MEN WERE MADE FAMOUS.


F1e3tttui5 AZ ftuihs IA regard 10 the
course Of events ia the Senate has again
heen made sppaIent. Last week ID
looked as il the Elections ball would
long ago have gone through the senate
by thls time, but the unexpected hap
pened, and that bill 10 now as deep At
the bottom Of the legislative sea As ever
the late lamentsd Mr.. MeGinty was.
l. do not believe any further attempt
VIII be made during this session To re-
we the bill. Mr.. Hoar does not, and
be has so expressed himself to that
effect. tie sees the folly OF tying to
nght the enemy when be has to contend
with treaehery IN ms own ranks. Had
The party remained firm the bill could
have been speedily passed. as it now is
the blll Is hopelessly dead, and worse
than that even the Republicans In the
Senate have 10 admit that they are
without discipline and the party plat
form counts for nothing in their eyes.
IL Is an unfortunate state of AFFAIRS and
one which never should have been al
lowed % happen.
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The defeat Of Senator Ingalls,. of Kan
sas, has been subject of general con-
versatlon in Washington this week.
ingalls, IS certainly the most brilliant
man n some respects IN tine Senate at
the present time, ana his loss will re
deeply regretted. Ingalls, is an aggrcs-
slye man. with habit of saving just
what be believes: lie has wonderful
command of language; he is master
OF sarcasm and invective. and he knows
absolutely no fear. Consequently such
man wields an immense power, and
as a result the men who are opposed 10
him politically detest I'm as few men
are hated IN Washington. The Demo-
cratic Senators are rejoiced at his de-
feat, but the Republicans are not.
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Some men remain IN Congress for
years and are scarcely known by
dozen people, while others at once leap
into prominence and gain q national
notoriety. Two conspicuous examples
occur TO me now, although the men are
totally unlike and the causes which
have made them famous are as differ
ent as the men are III appearance,
manners, disposition and intelligence.
Major Martin, of Texas, came to
Washington to ''adorn" seat IN the
lower House, and the second day after
his arrival he woke up to find himself
famous. Beng somewhat unfamiliar
with modern civilization when he re-
tired for the night, he committed the
common but objectionable error OF
blowing out the gas. The idea of
Congressman blowing out the gas was
too funny to long remain a secret, and
IN very short time the news was in
possession of dozen newspaper men
who gave it wide publicity. Since that
time Martin has always been known as
the man who blew out the gas, and
everyone who comes to Washington is
anxious To see him.
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The other man who has acquired sud-
den prominence IS Senator Wolcott, Of
Colorado. He Is u handsome man ~
f3 and looks some years younger. He
is well educated, a graduate of Yale,
he is wealthy and ne has backbone
enough TO act on his convictions He
has always been opposed 10 the federal
elections bill and having no fear OF the
Senate before his eyes, Ike some of his
older colleagues have. he expressed his
opinion freely. lie has had more to do
than any other man IL killsng the cleo
tons biil. From the very outset ne ex-
pressed his objection TO the measure.
and when II came to q contest between
silver and the elections bill a u friend
of silver and the owner of silver mines,
he was naturally to be found on the
side of the free coinage men. The
Democrats think be IS great man be-
cause he has come to their assistance
when they were in y tight place, but the
Republicans have not such high opin-
ION of his virtues or his talents. Still
Wolcott manages To- find the life of i
Senator a rather pleasant one and he il
not at sil worried because some OF his
associates give him the cold shoulder.
Despite the civil service rules there
are all the time stories atioat regarding
a certain class of women who profess to
have ''intluence,' and who manage to
make very comfortable thing by
bleeding female clerks The women
pretend TO have great power. and for
consideration they will secure places
for their victims The victim agrees to
psy a certain percentage of her salary
all the time she - retained IN Office,
and they generally pay for several
months until they find that the sup
posed Influence" IS not very infiuen-
tai and then they rebel. That there Is
quite business IN this industry ia evI-
dent from the fact that you can hardly
pick Ut a copy of a Washington paper
without finding from one to half n
dozen advertisements of men and
women who are wiling TO paw from
ten to twenty FIVE dollars = month to
any person who will secure them a
place in one of the departments. There
are very few places which are now
exempt from the operations OF the civil
service laws. and those are positions
which have only moderate salaries
attached TO them. IL seems almost IN
credible that a man or women drawing
a salary of $50 a month, should hs
wiling TO pav bonus Of from $40 to
them who are only too happy 10 have
chance of doing so.
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Butter at = dollar pound seems ike
a good deal of a luxury. and yet there
are from % 20 30 pounds OF the article
sold IN this city eveTy week which COM
naands that sxtrassgant pr1ce. One
man has the monopoly Of the business
ard his customers are limited 20 two
families, the millionaire Senators from