St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-10
Tawney and MeCleary Have
Not Yet Visited the Ma
tional Capital.
Civil Service Reform Fails to
Save Assistant Secpe-
tary Grant.
Large Appropriations Made
Necessary by the Reed
Congress.
Special TO the Globe

| WASHINGTON, Marcn 9.-Ine talk
| about an extra session of congress is
| being revived but there is general
impression that no one has the least
reason for believing that the president
| favors such thing. Some of the men
who stand very close to the new admin
iStration believe that call will be made
for the Fifty-third congress to assemble
not later than the 1st of October. and
| they cite some very good reasons. polit-
ically speaking, for the faith that is in
| them.
About the first thing to ce done at the
| next session will be the passage of a
tariff reduction measure, which will GER
tainly be delayed until February or
| March of next year, if congress meets
at the regular time. The committees
are never appointed until after Christ
| mas when congress meets in December,
| and there is no reason to believe that
any change would be made next Deem
| Der.
Now, if the two houses are called to
meet on the 1st of October
General Tariff Bill
can be prepared and pushed through
| both houses, so that it will not interfere
with the regular business of the next
session.
Phe Mckinley tariff act was passed
| just on the eve of a congressional cleo
ton, and the Democrats do not propose
| to get into the same kind of fix if they
can help it. OF course, winning cry
could hardly be made out of falling
| prices, as was done when prices were
| put up after the passage of the McKin-
| ley bill. But it is not good politics to
| pass a tariff bill so late, and the Demo-
| Gratis ar6not going to do it.
An extra session in October would be
| good thing for great many new MEM
| berS Of the new house who have failed
to visit Washington up to this time, and
| as several of this class hail from Mime
sofa this state will be to that extent in
| terested. 1t takes time for new mem
| Der to get the run OF the departments,
| as we'll as to learn the rules of doing
! business in the house, and member Is
| or little use to his constituents until he
F! does post himself along these two lines.
Boon and Baldwin.
In the Fifty-third congress, which
| will meet in this city next December
| unless sooner called in extraordinary
session, Minnesota will be represented
by seven members in the lower house.
/ With the exception of Hon. o. NJ. Hall.
of the Third district, all the members
| will have no previous experience as a
| member. Two OF the new six members,
! Mai. NJ. r. Baldwin, of the Sixth dis
| trict, and Hon. Ii. E. Boon, of the Sey-
enth, will come to their duties with
clear aud Intelligent ideas as to what
will be expected of them. Maj. Bald
win attended the meetings of the lower
house during the entire second session,
and is already we'll equipped for his
work, both in committees and in the
| house.
Mr.. Boon, the new member from the
| Seventh district, while not putting III
| his appearance quite so early as his col
| league from the district east, came
almost full month before the close of
| the session, and spent his entire time on
! the floor and in visiting the departments
with the result that he will be ready for
| business when the curtain is rung up
and business commenced in the lower
| house of the Fifty-thrd congress.
Two VIII Have 10 learn.
OF the four Republican members of
the Minnesota delegation in the next
| house, two did not visit Washington
| during the session closed, and will COM
mence their labors at great disadvant-
age. These two are Hon. James A.
Tawney, of the First district. and Prof.
| j. L. McCleary, Orthe Seconds ~ ncle"
| Loren Fletcher, of the Fifth. dropped
into Washington for few days many
| weeks ago, bat left before he had any
| n
! of doing business. Col. Kiefer, of the
! Fourth district. did his level best to
catch on in the last hours of the session,
| but arrived entirely too late. He had
| Just day and half to spend with the
old house.
A new member is not obliged by law
! to do as Congressman Baldwin and Boon
did, but such statute should be passed.
To be sure, the salary of member of
| the next house did not commence until
! March 4. but. inaSmu3h as 1t goes on
during the long summer months and
| until next December without the mem
! Der doing a thing. it can not be set down
as unreasonable for the people to eX-
| pect their members to follow the eX-
| ample set by MeSsrS. Baldwin and
| Boon. As result of the failure of the
| four Republican members to ''learn the
! ropes" in advance, they will need
nearly all the first session for this pur-
pose.
Trying TO Hold On.
Every newspaper that can be reached
by the host of Republicans now ia office
is now engaged in declaring its faith in
| President Cleveland as a civil service
| reformer. Such hogwash, however, will
| do no good, as has been certain all
| along; but the great nerve displayed by
some of the Republican officenolders
| deserves special mention, especially in
| two cases, in one of which Minnesota
man is concerned. The two gentlemen
who have allowed themselves to be
| made ridiculous are l.. A. Grant, of
Minnesota. assistant secretary of war,
and Prof. T. r. Solely, assistant secre-
tary of the navy.
Appeals were made to President
tCCleVeland to retain both of these men
to show his devotion to civil service
reform. These offices are next in i'm
portance to seats in the cabinet, and
the first places to be filled after change
in administration. Both were declared
to be faithful and honest officials and
rather mugwumpish and non-partisan.
A little later investigation revealed the
fact that Prof. Solely went up to Boston
during the last campaign and made sew
eral radical speeches, and when this
fact was published no more was heard
| about the retention of Prof. Solely.
And Gen. Grant will be able to go
home to Minneapolis in few days;
Prof. Solely will practice law in New
York.
Must Bear the Burden.