The Washington times., 1894-08-03
CLOAK ROOM AND GALLERY.

Yesterday was one Of those disappointing
days at the Capitol when the tariff revisors
were in rumbling mood. The battle Of the
day before had been printed, and it was evil
dent to everybody that the optimistic prophe-
cies OF 4 settlement so widely circulated had
no substantial foundation to rest on. As o
result the honest tariff reform element were
disguised, but SO much disgusted as to have
the good effect OF making them frmer in their
demands that bill OF some kind be agreed
upon with promptness. Enemies OF tariff leg
islation cannot kill it by delay. That course
only makes the friends of tariff reform more
determined than ever to stand by their guns.
Among the sensational stories afloat yester-
day, of the kind that the enemies Of any kind
OF 9 bill delight to circulate, was one that
Senator Murphy, of New York, had got mad
and was going to leave town for the summer,
determined that he would not stay here
longer in this hot weather If any of his
Concessions were going to be scaled by the
conference. Added to this story was the state
ment thac he had arranged a pair with Sena-
tor Chandler, of New Hampshire, but was
going to leave that Senator free to vote at his
discretion. This, of course, would mean an
other vote lost for the bill. When this nice
story was simmered down il appeared to be
that Senator Murphy was going to take few
days trip to Saratoga or somewhere else to
get cool and had been talking, II he talked at
all, the way he used to in Albany as the chair
man of the Democratic State Committee when
any one wanted ''insids news"
Accompanying the story of Senator Muir
ahxr'c llarY sv.tAr Tow, Ar1r AhA
pearance act" was another that did not touch
the prospects for the tariff bill, but that might
be properly labeled ''imDortant, il true" 1t
was to the effect that Senator Murphy was
mad at Hill for his course during the tariff
fight and was denouncing his first speech as
sensational and absurd" and the latter, de-
Tending the President. as generally "bad
break" a great political mistake, and such
other epithets as a chairman OF Democratic
State committee might be expected to use
This was rigged out into story that Murphy
ana Hill were going to part company, and
that Murphy had said that the Democratic
party had tried to get away from Hill several
times and failed, but the next time he would
not try to prevent it.
Mr.. Springer's caucus call has been
smothered. In the first place 1t has been
stated on what may be regarded as
excellent authority that, in spite OF that gen.
tleman's assertions, no caucus call with forty
five Democratic signatures on 1t has ever
met the gaze Of Chairman Holman. But even
if it did, Judge Holman has announced that
he Is not prepared at this stage of the pro-
ceedings to do anything that would embarass
the conferees. AS long as there is any pro-
spect OF their reaching an agreement, he
thinks they ought to be allowed to do so un-
impeded. But beyond and behind all this,
there has been well founded suspicion for
some few days that the nature of the caucus
scheme was to bring about q surrender to the
Senate bill. and when it was more or less
definitely ascertained that that was the idea
OF some of the members who favored a eau
Gus, their fellow members who had signed the
caucus call, began queitly to look up from
Springer and take their names off his list.
Then the attempt to turn down Mr.. Wilson
gloriously, and the caucus call which threat
ened so much trouble has been ayertsd
quietly and easily.
Chairman Bankhead, Of the House Commit
tee on Public Buildings and Grounds. has re-
turned from Alabama, and dropped in at
yesterdays session OF the House unheralded
and absolutely unexpected.
He says he is going to get a day for his
committee il he can for the consideration of
public buildings at various cities, and as to
the Government printing house he has not
decided whether to let the amendment to the
deficiency bill stand il it will go through the
House or ask for day for special bill.