The Washington times., 1894-05-20
CLOAK ROOM AND GALLERY.


Congressman Dunn, of Elizabeth, N. j., Is
purely by his own persevering efforts. He
suffered good deal Of hardship during his
early years, and at eleven years of age actu-
ally did not know the alphabet. He served
on farm, as sailor boy, and learned iron
molding, brass turning, and silver burnish-
ing. While thus employed he devoted his
evenings, Sundays, and holidays to study, In
the endeavor to complete his limited educa-
tion.
Not satisfied with this, he began the study
Of law, and was admitted to the bar. Then
politics claimed his attention. and he became
an alderman, and then a member, and finally
the speaker Of the New Jersey legislature.
This Is life OF perseverance Of which any
man may we'll feel proud.
sets, has just issued new edition Of his
work on money, Trade, and Banking"
which during the few years 1t has been before
the public has won great success.
Mr.. Walker is practical, clear-headed man
OF business, who believes In sound money and
industrial liberty, and his brief manual is one
Of the most forcible and satisfactory ever
pnt into the hands OF some OF his financially
possibly be suggested.
On Saturdays Senators and Congressman
are more earnest students of the weather
charts in the two Hobbies than on any other
day Of the week. good many are planning
Sunday expeditions-a good tramp or trip
down the river-and they want to know the
weather outlook In advance.
Several OF the justices Of the Supreme Court
went down the river yesterday to the annual
planked shad dinner of the bar OF the District
at Marshall Hall.
They had merry time, as they always do.
History recounts that Justice Brown last year
indulged in shooting clay pipes. and that JUS
tice Gray listened with evident delight to cos
ter songs from an Edison phonograph. Just
what was done yesterday will have to be
chronicled year hence, for R time-honored
custom prevents the intrusion OF any but
parasites of known secretiveness, and 1t takes
year for the news to leak out.
The weather yesterday, by the way, was
very much of the same sort and Of the same
amount that our legal lights were favored
with last year.
Senator Smith, who has been Ill for the past
two or three days and later went to Tren-
ton to try to put an end to another New
Jersey strike, is back again in his seat in the
Senate and hard at work on the paragraph OF
the tariff bill in which his state Is interested.
During his short service In the Senate Sem
ator Smith has made great many friends, for
he Is q genial man, with straight out-and-
out cordiaIity which makes him popular
everywhere
Two Of his best friends in the Senate are
on the Republican side, Redfield Proctor and
Fred Dubois, but he has plenty of others who
think great deal OF him. That appears to
be a large element OF his remarkable success
OF getting what he wants in tariff bills or in
the state he represents.
The House was not In session yesterday,
and that end of the Capitol appeared more
than usually quiet yesterday.
Legislation is SO well advanced, in view Of
the delayed condition OF matters. that there is
promising disposition in the House to take
life easy.
About the only matters that are Of especial
interest TO members are the hearings Of COM
mittees from whom they want favorable
recommendation on a bill for fresh appropri-
atoms in their districts directly. as for Fed
eral buildings, or indirectly beneficial legisla-
ton.
Senator Higgins, OF Delaware. has suddenly
blossomed out as a ready debater. During
the early part OF the tariff discussion he was
not frequently heard from. In the week that
has Just passed he has been In his seat every
day.
At the close Of the present week there ap-
pears good room to believe that the tariff bill
is not only going to go through, but also go
through fairly rapidly. Many Of The Re-
publican leaders are fair enough and
honest enough and patriotic enough to be
unwilling to filibuster against a measure that
must inevitably become law. A few men like
Dolph for instance. a second Stewart, is mar
row enough 10 declare for an obstructionist
policy. But such course, with business at
the low ebb that 1t is. does not meet with ap-
proval or even respect from fair minded
people.
When it comes to the latter paragraph OF
the bill there is going to be trouble. The in
come-tax feature VIII be bitterly and per-
sistentiy fought. But the best view is that it
is going to be adopted.
As time passes the resistance in the House
is rapidly becoming less, and refractory Dem
ocrats there are being gradually swung into
line by the leaders.