Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-07-04
GALL AND WORMWOOD.
How Senator Hoar Views the Whole
Democratic Party.
Senator Hills ability as Handle Hand Fight
or Becoming Known.


to close and has left some pretty hard
feelings which only time can assuage The
rather queer action of Senator Hoar has
excited especially venomous criticism. A
Populist member Of the hougc who fol-
lowed the closing debate in the senate very
closely said: THE old man has got to the
age where it comes natural TO him to scold,
and that's sign that he feels himself on
losing ground. 1t isn't strange either. He
entered congress and became prominentat
u time when the Republican party was the
grandcst organization on earth. 1t ruled
so entirely and he was SO important part
of Ii that it became second nature for
him to loOs upon that party as the sole re-
lance for liberty and civilization. 1t is
not "A pretenso with him. He actually
looks upon the Democratic party rs the
embodiment of all that il vile, and now
that he SECS 1t in power it is gall and
worInwood to him In fact, 10 looks upon
all that Is going on now as simpiya rebel
lion which is temporarily successful. No
wonder lt aggrayates him"
An Interesting Period.
just tho same Mr. IIoar has worried the
Popuists In the senate u great deal, and
toward tho last the crowd In the galleries
seemed to sympathizG with him. The pop
ular interest grew intense rs the fiscal year
drew to close. Every word of every lead
ing senator was listened to with strained
attention, and his every movement was
watched. Even the shaking Of Senator
Hill's heed when he heard some statement
he did not like excited whispered com
ment in tho galleries When the final vote
in the senate Ms committee was taken on
the income tax, hundreds of pencils were
out, and one could hear tho half suppressed
but still audible oh and ah Us each doubt
ful senator's vote was recorded. Ono fact
was conclGsivcly demonstrated--tha the
long session and continuous pounding
they have been subjected to have prac-
tically solidiilcd the Democrats. ON this,
which was not strictly party test, only
Senators Hill, Murphy and Smith of the
democrats voted against the tax, while
six Republicans essrs Hansbrough,
Mitchell, Pcttigrcw, Power, Shoup and
Tcller-votcd against tho proposition to
strike it out #5
On one point thcrc IS universal agree
namely, Senator Hill has shown
wonderful ability as hand to hand fighter
and on another there ism decided prcpon-
dcranoo of yiCws-namcly, it is always
IA misfortune for II now senator to dissent
from his party. Whom the Populists had
their little caucus and decided to oppose
the committees schedule on sugar, it was
taken for granted that we should know all
about their intentions rs to the final vote
within an hour or two after they separated,
but they hnvo beaten tho record They &C
tually met, cauouscd and agreed upon Il
each othcrns to thclrlnal action and with
ont botrying their intcntiuns until the
actual voting began. Even the vote of Sen
atOr Irby, who went into caucus, was IN
uncertain quantity to tho last. Old scna.
tors say they have mover known an in
stance whore Tho secrets of caucus were
so well kept and theironly explanation is
that twas because there wcro only four
there.
BusinCss In tho House.
In the house business has Como ON with
very commcndablo speed, and vast
amount has been done, some Of it of great
Importance. The struggle over the pro
posal for erecting hall OF rccords-in 9th
or words, . place ofgcncral storage for old
documcnts--was lively enough to bring up
tho great question of whether we should
build Cor the future or only from tiinoto
time, rs we arc compelled. Another meas
uro which its promoters havo struggled
very hard to bring forward is the SO called
pooling bill from tho committee on inter
state and foreign commerce. Mr.. Stoer of
Cincinnati has takCn n special interest in
this measure, and he is literally loaded
with Information thereon. The bill sim
ply forbids railroads 10 pool their earnings
and Is an amendment to tho interstate
commerce act
Tho special investigation has also dcvcl-
oped good deal of richness, and tho final
report, Mr., Cummings thinks, will bo very
entertaining reading 10 those who can uIl-
derstand II. Superintendent Corric of Car
ncgic * Go. Is armor plato shops furnished
the principal sensation. Tho witnesses be
fore him had been moro or less ovasivc,
but he answered every question with what
might ho called rccklCss frankncss, admit
ting that tho work was "jockeyCd" and
manipulated and tho government OH
Gals deceived in great many ways. A
very curious part of his testimony was
that he and his coadjutofs had tried to i'm
prove tho armor plato by special treatment
after it had been inspected and accepted.
Mr. Corric fatty admitted that he had or
dcrcd fraudulent treatment in the matter
OF stretching plate, and that he had con
scented to tho Justification of some of tho
records of the work done, and that the rec
ortls were SO arranged as to deceive the
government
Universal Peace.
OF tho various committees which nyo
closing up business for the session none
feels better satisfied with itself and the
world in general than that on foreign af-
fairs. At various times during the session
members of the committee have INDUCED
in somo rhetoric over the fact that the
world is In % condition of more complete
peace than ut amy time for IL years, and it
so happens that just as The fiscal year
closes and the end Of the session seems To
be near the few remaining international
troubles have como To an end. Just roll
that globe around" said Mr.. Money,
pointing 10 the largo Flobc in the commit
tee room, and SEQ If you can put the
point of Your pencil on any spot where
,acre is now n war or any very great pros
poet of enc Our friends at the antipodcs
arc perhaps going to hayoascrap in Korea,
and IL they DO wo shall take ten times
as much interest in it as we did in their
last trouble over there, for we arc every
year growing into closer relations with Ja-