The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-07-27
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
BRITISH WAR CLOUD LOOMING UP
OVER BEHRING SEA.
MANY Politicians Believe that England Will
Not Abide by the Decision Of the
Commission if Against Her
General Political Gossip.
From our Regular Correspondent.


are hoping that there may be some
thing in it. 1t is not complimentary
to the British government, which Is
pledged by formal treaty to abide by
the decision of the arbitrators In the
Behring sea dispute, that sc many
neople should be willing to believe
thai the massipg of warships and
troops in the Pacific Indicates a dis
,.osition to dispute by force the
decision of the arbitrations should 1t
be against England, as it is generally
believed it will be, bat the British
government has upon more than one
occasion in the past displayed some
very queer ideas of the mea"lnS OF
international honor. 1t has been sug-
rested here that the talk about the
English not accepting the decision is
all originated by the English for the
purpose of influencing the arbi rators
I'm their decision. If so it Is very
foolish proceeding certainly as far as
the American arbitrator are con-
cerned, One of them, Senator Morgan
of Alabama, has more than once
expressed the bel eff that another war
between the United states and En-
gland was inevitable and that the
sooner it came the better for this
country.
Notwithstanding all the sentiment
al talk about the increasing brotherly
relations between the great EDgllsh
epeaking nations, no well Informed
man will deny that there is greater
rivalry between the United States ana
Great Britain today than ever before,
and it Is the rivalry OF commerce
traffic, which has drawn England into
more wars than any other one thing.
The commercial supremacy of the
world lies between the two nations,
Snd that either of them will surrender
the field peaceably to the other lie not
probable. No man can mingle with
the prominent and representative
men from all sections OF the country
who come to Washington without be-
coming convinced that war with
EDRldUu WOulNl NO VOL PVPuioiJ PHA
ticularly if England would be the
aggressor. Nothing would please the
American people more than for Eng
land to refuse to abide by the decision
of the Behring Sea arbitration. Such
q course would justify war and the
Americans would 80 accept 1t.
HERBERT JUNKETING.
Secretary Herbert left last week on
the Dolphin to make visit OF inspec-
tiOn to all of the Atlantic coast navy
yards. He expects to be gone about
two weeks.
SCRAMBLE FOR CLERKsHIPS.
The conte over the house door.
koepership and sergeant alarms is
beginning to get quite spirted. Strong
claims are being made by the friends
of several candidates for both posi-.
tions. There are also several candi-
dates for postmaster of the house, but
only one for the clerkship, and so far
none for chaplain.
WHO WILL BE LEADER
There are number of Democrats
In the house who are in some partlcI-
lars the peers of any men who ever
served therein, but il there Is anyone
of them who possesses per-eminently
all the qualities of good leader he is
not known at this time 1t may be be-
cause there are so many able Demo.
Gratis in the house that no one of them
has distinguished himself above a
score of his colleagues, thus making
it appear that the party lacked a
leader, such as Sam Randall or Or.
pheus Kerr was. Whatever the cause
of this condition of affairs may be, it
offers q splendid opportunity to the
new members to come to the front.
TO sQUELCH FILIBUsTERING.
Representative Catchings of Missis-
sippi, who was a member of the COM
mittee on rules of the last house, and
who will, it is generally believed, oc'
cupy similar position in the next
house, has arrived, and as he expects
to stay long time he brought his
family along. Mr.. Catchings has the
same idea that most OF the Democrats
who served in the last house have
about the necessity for the adoption
of a rule by the next house that will
prevent few men tying the house
up whenever they are 80 inclined and
he agrees with Speaker Crisp in
thinking that the prop + way to dc
this is to adopt rule giving
the majority of the house the
right to decide when vote shall be
taken upon any measure. That such
rule would expedite matters cannot
be doubted, end it would not be oper
to the objections raised against the
obnoxious Reed rules, because II
would place the authority for shut
ting off iilibustering IN the hands of s
majority of the house, instead OF the
committee on rules, which was bu
another name for Reed in the last
Republican house. No Democra
wishes to curtail full and free debate
but filibustering must be put down o
there will be no legislation by thu
house.
ONLY TRUE SEEDS.
Secretary Morton is determined
that the seeds sent out by the depart
ment of agriculture shall be wha
they purport to be, both as to tn
name printed on the package an,
growing qualities, and in accordanc