The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-07-07
JARVIS WINNING LAURELS
His Ability as a Presiding
Officer.
Short Sessions After The Long Tariff
Session.

Newspaper Correspondent Who Got Tn
the Blue Stocking story-CalIs Him a
"Hired slanderer''-But He Admits Re.
spectfuliy Removing the Shoe.
rom Ia q LOBE Correspondent.
WAsHISuroN, July C-Senator Jarvis
is winning laurels as a presiding officer
of the staid Senate He gave his col
leagues sample Of his tirmness and par
liamentary skill last Monday that nearly
took their breath away and that raised
North Carolina in the estimate of the
average Senator 20 per cent.
Lewis G. Stevenson, son of the vice
president, who was recently appointed
assistant paYmaster of the navy, has
declined the appointment, in Difference
to the wishes of his bride.
They have just returned from wed.
ding trip 10 Europe Arrangements were
made at the navy department for his ex-
animation this week, and it was not
known until the very day set for the ex.
animation that Mr.. Stevenson had
changed his mind and did not want the
appointment
While the rairoad strike is the princi-
pale topic OF conversation in congress,
there is a general disclina;ion on the
part OF members 10 express any opinion
on the merits of the controversy or to
discuss the action taken by the govern.
ment. They feel that nothing they could
say would tend TO solve the problem while
unadVised utterances might possibly
have another effect Even those mem
bers who were disposed at the beginning
of the strike to come to the front with
resolutions and in other ways have be
come impressed with the gravity of the
situation. There is no probability that
i'll the present situation the resolutions
aimed at the sleeping car corporations
will be reported from committee for dis
cussion. 1t is seldom that members of the
House take so conservative stand as they
have just now,o any public event. E, cry
one seems disposed to watch for develop
ments and keep hands off
The best lawyers Of the Senate com
mitlee on education and labor are making
careful study of the question of the
power of the government to make an
effective law for the adjustment of dis
putes between employers and employees
The committee on commerce, of which
Senator Ransom is chairman, was 10 ses
sion all day Yesterday.
The tariff bill was laid before the house
today and referred TO the proper com
mittee without comment
After its long and weary struggle with
the tariff, the Senate is taking a resting
spell. During the tariff debate the body
met at 10 o'clock, but now since the strain
is over the hour Of meeting has been
again placed at II o'clock. Short sessions
are the order of the day. Today the
Senate was in session only an hour and
a half, and then adjourned until Monday
1t took two days holiday for the Fourth
The three resolutions regarding the rail
road strike and boycott were taken up
and referred None of them were dis
posed of.
Senator Call arose to a question of
personal privilege and made the air hot
for the newspaper correspondents
Senator Call said the newspapers all
over the country had recently published
that one morning few days ago he had
come into the Senate chamber, had re
moved his shoes and deliberately placed
his feet, encased in blue stocking on the
chair. lie denounced the author of this
sketch as liar aud hired sanderer"
He admitted carefully but partially re-
moving his shoe on account of lacerated
foot. At the conclusion of his heated
TRADE be offered a resolution providing
that the slanderer be placed and expelled
from the press gallery. His resolution
was referred 10 The committee on rules
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s2S in Four Weeks.