St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-05-30
Which Bourke Cochran jim
giles When other States
men Talk. v3
Several People Have Wanted
to Crush This Noisy
New Yorker.
Senator Hansbrough Discuss
ing Silver in the North
American Review. u
Washington the Leading City
Of the World for Tip
ping Everybody.

WASHINGTON. May 27.-All native
Washingtonians keep boarding houses,
yet the laws of the town afford them
absolutely no protection whatever. The
reason for that doubtless is chat the
laws which govern the city are not made
by the natives. If you have room in
the city, you can legally be compelled
10 pay for it; but for the things you eat
you are not Obliged to pay unless your
conscience prompts you to do so. You
may go to any restaurant you
know of, order whatever you
please. and walk calmly and col
lectedly out after you have eaten.
without SO much as fec to the waiter.
The proprietor may call you names, but
he can't stop you, nor can he cause
your arrest. He may attempt 10 take
satisfaction out of your skin, but that's
as may be, and you have to take your
chances. Such. good people, is the law,
and the name Of those who guilefully
obtain consolation for the inner man
without money and without price is
legion. Apropos of tipping, it's the
'banu of ones existence i'll ashington.
Here and there in one or two of the
public buildings sign announces that
the employees OF this building do not eX-
pect fees, and before those placardS
touring thousands long 10 bend crate
full knee. Everywhere else. from the
Potomac to the Maryland line, you're
expected to
Fec Walters and Servants, :l
and guides and hackmen and others of
the rObUer clan every time you turn
around. Sometimes there comes one
vino, being after the kind Of the heroes
OF old, pays for what he receives and
takes the change himself; but the rest
OF us. being weak after the manner of
the flesh. give away our dimes and
quarters rather than have the souT-
whitening look that comes ii we 10 not.
OF course, the practice is pernicious,
and Of course we all Of us diSapprOve,
bot we Go it just the same. -
It's very common belief. even in so
cosmopolitan city as the federal cap,
tal, that in the Northwest still is that
Wonderful, romantic. unciyiiZed, myth
zeal country. the frontier. People seem
actually surprised al the civilized peO-
pie who represent the Dakotas, and the
Fact that Senator HanSbrough is writing
an article for the July number of the
North American Review is positively Il
SUBJECT for comment. The silver Ques-
ton IS the topic under discussion. SEN
alter HanSbrough's views Oh silver are,
well known. II am III favor OF free
SILVER" says he, but in the broadcast
sense of the term. | am in favor, of it
for ell the world. but not for the United
States alone. This 25cant piece ought
to be worth 25 cents In any quarter Of
tie civilized world. Free coinage in
the United States alone would be ruin
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ConG.ressioEal Adjoss'rnn efateo1 .
Every day now there are Wild and nh-,
tFaceable rumorS about silver. There
are men in the Fifty-secOnd congress
who scarcely dare vote for measure,
least it be merely an opening wedge for
free silver discussion. 1t is always
darkly limited that the free silver men
are planning some startling coup d 'etat,
but day follows day, and, though the
house cOnveneS All hour. earlier than
usual, legislation joys in its accustomed
channel and the free silver tiger turks.
IN his den. The day of Adjournment
draws nearer. and there are conflicting
opinions as TO when it will be. The
SaHgulne say about the middle of
July. but again there are others who
say: mo, congress will sit all summer
The Republicans cannot afford, on the
eve of a presidential election, to allow
the Democrats to go before the country
from L short congress-" Then, still
others declare that the bulk of the bust
ness is already over, and that both
parties are anxious To get into the field.
Whatever may be the date the Fates
have set for the adjournment of con-
gress, If you have sporting prOclivitieS
you will find men ready and willing to
bet with you, 10 matter what view you
take of the subject.
EXasperalIng Mannerisms.
The manDerismS of congressman dur
ing debate are often commented on, but
some OF them are worthy Of great deal
OF talking about. Now, there's big
B0urke Cochran, of New York. Some
people think lie looks like roaring lion
in the desert. Other people saw he's
like Dutch fishing boat. and that you
can't help thinking SO, too, if you look
at his feet. But he has the most ex-
asperating habit in the world. When
ever anybody talks he sits and smiles
and jingles great big
bunch of keys. He has been known 10 |
make so much noise with his plaything !
that men around have been moved to !
rise and wipe him Off the face of the !
earth; but somehow they have never
done it, and the jingling of those Tam
many keys goes on increasingly. When |
Bland gets up to speak-and Bland is a |
fatherly. Sunday school superintendent
style OF a man-he takes an invisible |
something out of his right vest pocket !
before he begins his remarks, and ever
and anon as he stands on the floor, he |