The Washington times., 1894-12-23
CLOAKRO0M AND GALLERY.


CL0AkR00N AND GALLERY.
Representative Brosius, of Pennsylvania,
] has studied the arts of the elocutionist and
the orator, to such an extent that there is
sometimes tinge OF sarcasm in the tone with
which some OF his colleagues in the House
speak of his speeches.
Whatever the fellows may say Of Brosius,"
1 said somebody ut tne House IA day or two
ago, There is progably not another man in
I Congress Who can boast of having Il tariff
I speech translated into japanese and pub
llshed In the papers OF that country
''Brosius tasiiT speech published IN Japan?'
said an unbeliever. with smile. Come now,
/ what are you giving us!'
Fat, was the reply, ''for l saw in the
Jap papers myself aud had enough OF it read
: TO ne 10 make sure what it was. Don you
I remember that Mr. Brosius made a tarilT speech
. that was COM osei almost entirely OF ALLEGED
poetry. little snatches OF campaign songs, and
( funny bits OF doggerei having pol t,c;ii eat
ing. Well. that speech seems to have caught
the jars. for they published great quantities
/ OF it. | warrant there is not another man in
/ Congress VINO can boast of having several
columns of tariff speech printed in Jap
/ anese."
1t is whispered that one of the Senators
| whose name has been prominently connected
with the sugar trust legislation Of last ses-
sion, and whose home is so near to Wa hing
ton that Christmas presents may reach him
/ by hand has received from one OF his former
heutenants a Christmas present of pair of
/ goid-lined sugar-tongs.
If Mr.. Springer had heard OF Mr.. Coomhs'
| remark OF last Tuesday. II IS hardly probable
that he would have spent much time in the
House while Bfr. Coom was discussing eur
rency yesterday. Mr. Springer. II VIII re re-
membere1, is accused OF having experienced
a change of heart on the State bank currency
Since last session. Mr.. Coomts, the story
goes, listened 10 Mr. Springers speech little
! while on Tuesday. and then secluded him
( self in the clOakroom.
II have some pretty clearly defined views
on this subject" said he, "but if | listen 10
! Springer an hour l shall be so muddled that l
will te worse OF. than now"
Ex-Speaker Reed is inclined to be somewhat
sarcastic about the destinations" which
some OF his alleged rivals for the Presidency
are credited W th having uttered. lie was
reading aper as ne rode up to The Capitol
/ the other day, aud. after glaneing through 1t,
threw il aside with an expression of dissatis-
/ faction.
what's the matter, Mr. Reed?" said one of
/ his friends. who sat beside him.
Why said Mr.. Reed. Il don't see the
usual declination from Mr.. Harrison tits
morning"
They are telling pleasing story of quick
/ retort made by Dave Mercer. of Nebraska,
in the late camraign. Mr. Mercer it will lie
remembered. lately marie a I. faul lady.
a sister, by the WAY, q Commissioner Loch-
ren. He was making a speech at Omaha,
! standing up forths protection peiBcipes ne
f.sr n h1p in l4HN tEaFfl
and that sort OF thing when old man in the
| audience rose and sail:
Mr. Mercer, if YOU believe so much in home
products why did you leave Omaha and go to
Il rival city to get You wife"
'SImple enough, my dear sir, said Mr..
Mercer. after the laugh hal suusided. 4 re-
allied the intense rivalry between Omaha and
ST. Paul and thought | was doing Omaha
great service by reducing the population OF
st. Paul by one and transferring that one TO
Omaha, where she will Become, permanent
resident"
That will be pretty big book that the joint
resolution OF Congress. passed yesterday,
provided. if the Public Printer follows the
orders OF the resolution literally. Ii provides
| as follows:
THAT 800 extra copies of the report of the
Committee on Banking and Currency, together
with the views of the minority and the hear
ings before the committee ON the bill II. r.
Sl49. be printed in one volume, etc.
The reports and testimony referred to make
| q tri lie OF so pages, and if $500 of these are
printed in one volume they would make
book of 3,5l5.C00 pages.
The general opinion at the Capitol seems
TO be that the currency bill. although i'm
proved by the new measure introduced by
| Mr.. Springer, still stands liitle show OF pas
! sage. The fact that il was actually talked out
rf F-Vr- 4
lly Il Secretary OF the Treasury, creates some
very unfavorable comment.
The retiring Statesmen from Maryland who
go out of Congress ON the 18th Of March to re-
sumo the practice of law are being congratu-
lated upon the important classes of litigation
now being brought TO the front in Their
State. subject which is agtating the legal
mind of Maryland and which may be re-
ferred to snch able men as Mr.. Rayner. Mr..
/ HuSk, and Mr.. Talbot, relates to the owner
ship OF a Baltimore cat. The animal is
claimed by Mrs. McCleary, who charges
that it was stolen by Mr.. Friedel. That
gentleman insisted, however. that his eat was
not of the gender asserted by Mrs. McCleary,
as one OF the characteristics of her missing
feline.
committee OF six able gentlemen wa; ap-
pointed to determine this grave question and
Mrs. McCleary triumphed. Now the question
tating the legal minds of Baltimore.
whether at home or temporarily employed in
statesmanship. is as to the property qnalifca-
tiols OF cal. The ma ority opinion seems
to he that the laws OF the State do not reeog
niZe the cat as ''Gomitae natura," or to be
more lain ABOUT it, domestic animals.
4 recently enacted law. with which the
Maryland Legislature struggled few winters
ago reco&ni Cd dogs as property. but did lot
mention eats. The conclusion OF the ablest
IA Hd5 winch have been brought to bear upon
this grave question is that cats are ''ferB
naturE. which they eXpla n to mean an AMI
mai in 4 state Of widne;s. This apaliing con-
clusion is causing !yra anxiety to The minds
o. owners OF pet eats in Baltimore. ard Mr..
| Rusk, Mr.. Rayner and the other retiring
statesmen rom Maryland are likely to have
their hands full Of business after the 18th of
March.
CuTious Belief at Bucharest.
remarkable trial has just ended at Buch-
Arrest. Two boys, one six years and the other
fourteen, were charged upon their own con-
fession with attempting to drown a child two
drought had to be terminated. and that the
crime for which they were on trial was the
only successful method known to accomplish
that end. An explanation OF this curious de-
Tense is that the children of the villages in
times of great drought are made to throw the
clay figure of a child into the water. The
boys threw in the child merely because they
haFno clay figure. The elder was sentenced
to two years Imprisonment and the younger
returned to his mother for chastisemenu.