The National tribune., 1894-07-26


glorious services in the cause of liberty while
adopted country"
While there is no doubt that John Paul
should be recognized, yet it is almost equally
sure that he viii not beat present at least.
| Paul Jones still has his detractors in this
country as well as in England, where the
greatest effect was felt of bis daring and skill
Bat that his memory deserves National honor
from this Government his record of deeds that
accrued benefits to not only tho cause of this
country but to that of liberty will attest Com
modore r. w. Meade is an enthusiast on the
subject of Paul Jones, with whom he has
some distant family connection, and he is
behind the bill which Representative Cum
mings has introduced. Commodore Meade says
of Jones, after an exhaustive study of this
sailors life: IL must ever regard Paul Jones
as the greatest commander, whether seaman or
fighter, that our Navy has had in it's service.
do not hesitate to declare that, had he had a
wider field and greater powers, l believe lie
would have rivallcd, if not distanced, England's
greatest hero, the immortal vicsor Of the Nile
and Trafalgar Bay"
4
The Government Printing Office bill is settled
as far as this session of Congress is concerned
Tho bill is doomed to remain upon the calendar
of the House until next session. Chairman
Buildings and Grounds has left Washington
and gone TO his home in Alabama, and it is
said he will not return during this session.
Dir. Bankhead was very much discouraged
over the prospect of favorable action upon any
public building bill at this session of Con-
gress. He felt that there was TOO much opposi-
ton against the expenditure of money in this
direction To be overcome at this time. He
thought that the failure of the Government
Printing Office bill in the face of the plain ne
cessity for the passage OF such bill demon
strated this fact coBcIusively. 1t is barely pos
sible that some one may attempt to call up the
Printing Office bill before adjournment but
this is not deemed probable. There is general
regret over the failure TO act upon the bill at
this time. Many members realize the danger
which confronts the inmates of the present
building and the necessity for commencing
work at an early date upon new building.
X
This is hot weather in Washington, and the
statesmen in the white building on the Hill
are painfully aware of it. Indeed, they now
look with superior scorn on the old theory
that the dignity Of Representative or Sena-
tor could only be preserved, in no matter what
weather, by his appearance in black frock coat
and choker- collar. Great men like Tom Reed
and Senator Hoar. for instance now present
o1,,f -. ~
In Kentucky homespun. Tho big man from
Maine makes no pretense to fashionable attire,
in the ordinary sense, bat he has set the ultra
style for the House. Ordinarily Gen. Bing-
ham and Maj Franklin Barrett are the SWEETEST
dressed men on the floor, but ever since Tom
Reed illuminated the House with his toweling
suit, that has been the standard hot-weather
goods Many members have adopted il, and the
result seems satisfactory. The stuff is made Of
fax grown in Kentucky and Tennessee. 1t is
coarse and never wears ont. Before the war it
was considered only good enough for negroes,
slaves being commonly dressed in it. Though
scarcely pretty, it is very cool. The web of it
is SO loose that the breezes blow through freely.
\
There is one satisfaction gloomy perhaps
though it may be, in being Senator; that is,
that when one dies, one will be buried with
much pemp and ceremony. When Senator
dies here his romans are put in charge of
Congressional Committee, and escorted to the
place Of burial, as If the deceased had been a
President OF labor union on strike or the
leader of a Coxey Army. But this is on the
outside. The sanctimonious- faced members
who accompany the body of their late col
league are apt to change their faces on retiring