Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-12-08
sPARRING FOR POINTS.
Congress Again in Session for the
Purpose OF Doing Nothing.

with us again And very much sad
der and somewhat wiser Congress it
is than it was when it adjourned last
August. One who saw the ending OF
the last and the beginning of the pres
ent session and who was entirely ig-
norant of the intermediate occurrences
would not need to be told that some
thing important had happened, and
i the faces OF the R REPUBLICANS and DEM
ocrats would give him an excellent
clue to guess what that something
was Proportiouate to their number
tie was a better ate rdance of Re-
publicans in both House and Senate
than of Democrats. A witty Demo
cratic member of the House perpetrat-
ed the following just after the Demo
cratic chaplain had concluded his
opening prayer: II say he said in
a stage whisper, turning his head to-
wards the member seated next
to him, ''that fellow has an almighty
poor memory" "Whv?" asked the
gentleman spoken to. "Whye Why
great Scott he omitted to say word
about the great November catastrophe,
just as though the loss of S., 900 a
year by such an awful lot of us was an
insignificant affair already forgotten.
He should have given US a word or
two Of religious consolation; we need
it. The contemplation of the loss Of
his own job ought to have aroused his
sympathy
If Mr. Cleveland really wishes to see
the warning factions of his party in
Congress get together amicably his
wishes are not made apparent by a
hurried reading of his message. On
the contrary, the impression left upon
ones mind is that he merely offers
them choice between accepting his
views and being kicked out OF the
party, and that he doesn't care very
much which they choose. Already
there are mutteringS Of the CO ming
Democratic storm, and it will become
more difficult to keep it from bursting
after Secretary Carlisle's financial
scheme, which is fully endorsed by Mr.
Cleveland, has been submitted to Con
gress and has been fully taken in by
the Democrats. majority oil whom
hold opposite views. The scheme in
all its details is part of Secretary
Carlisle's annual report. which will,
it is expected go to Congress tomor-
row.
The honor of receiving the greatest
ovation extended to any individual
member OF the House upon the open.
| ing day belongs to Hon Thomas
Brackett Reed. whose big face beamed
with a sunny smile which was con.
tagious and who fairly shook his ele-
phantlne sides when he was iocularly
asked if he was ready to take the
I Speakers chair. He was constantly
addressed as "Mr. Speaker, by both
Republican and Democratic members
Some very ugly reports are again
being circulated in connection with
the names of Senator's German, ice,
and Smith, and the sugar trust. 1t is
charged that G. tble Il .al is now OH
hand, which, to put in the language
OF the street, is to catch the public
both going ami coming Tne poor
mouth the sugar trust is putting up
is to stave off further Congressional
legislation and also to force down the
price of sugar stock held by those who
are not in the deal, and in order to aid
the spectators it is said that great
stir and pretense Of diverse legislation
is to be made in the Senate. Verify.
til Fiftythird promises to be known
in history as the Sugar Congress; bat
there seems to be no probability of
anybody's getting punish ID, except
the poor public.
Senator Sherman does not as rule
bother himself about contradicting
ne xspaper stories in which he figures
but he lost no time in informing the
public that there was no truth in the
statement that he helped Mr. Cleve-
land fix up the financial portion of his
message. He doesn't care enough
about ordinary Misrepresentation to
run them down, but he draws the
line at being being charged with act
ing as financial adviser to Secretary
Ca;lisle and Mr. Cleveland He con-
siders that an extraordinary n:srepre-
sentation
Representative Cannon, of Illinois,
isn't man OF vindictive or revenge
ful nature, although when the occa-
sion calls for them he can throw his
share Of oratorical brickbats. When
asked whether the Republicans would
during this session taunt the Demo-
Gratis with their defeat, he sail: IF
they show us their sacrificed backs and
ask us to do some rubbing | think we
can find a little salt and water handy
to touch up the sore spots However,
what with their apologies and expla-
nations and finding fault with Cleve-
land | do not think the Democrats
would give us chance to get in a
wcrd edgewise "
The caliber Of Mr. Cleveland Cabinet
was never more forcibly demonstrated
than by the annual reports which the
members, with the exception of S-ere-
tarv Gresham who makes no report.
have submitted OF course nobody
expects anything thrilling or excit-
ing in these annual reports, but the
public has right to expect something
better than the commonplace work
which was put On them this year.
There isn't a single department in
which score of minor officials could