The Washington times., 1894-07-16
CLOAK ROOM AND GALLERY.


| Senator Gray expects to get up the Chinese
treaty some day early this week and send ii
through with rush. Secretary Gresham and
Minister DENLY have been exhibiting con-
siderable restlessness over the delay in nego-
tiations, and have seen almost every member
of the Senate personally in order to help the
chances for tho treaty.
The question Of consideration in open ses-
sion, which some of the Pacific coast Sena-
tors were anxious to do In order TO have an
opportunity to make the treaty unpopular,
has practically blown over and 1t is now be-
lieyed that Il day will be sufficient to secure
the assent of the Senate TO the document.
Senator Gray says it practically secures
ali the protection that the Geary exclusion
law does and at the same time accomplishes
it in diplomatic way. That and the fact
that it secures certain trade concessions has
won its acceptance by the Foreign Relations
Committee.
Senators Gibson and Proctor have not
many points in common, but they do have
one-a fondhess for beer. On the cool
yeranda. attached to one OF Washington s
breweries, located in the northwest section OF
town, the two Senators are often seen, not to-
gether, but each with one or two friends
quaffing the drink which Gambrinus pro-
nounced fit for Kaiser, and which the whole
world has accepted as true verdict ever
since.
While the appropriation bills have been un-
der consideration in the Senate the past week,
a frequent visitor TO the Senate wing has been
Judge Cockrell. of Texas. a brother OF the
Missouri Senator, who holds Uuncle Sans
purse strings.
The Judge takes a great deal Of pride in his
younger brothers career and prominence
the Senator is two years his junior-and ex-
presses his deep admiration for the judgment
which his brother uses in making economical
cuts. Both brothers studied in the famous
old Chapel Hill college, but the judge was at
tracted away from his studies by the Califor-
mia gold fever. From the Pacific he drifled
TO Texas, where he became a real judge. not
an honorary one, and has lived there ever
since.
There are few instances in the Senate
where the two Senators from the same state
are chums. In some cases they represent op-
posite political parties and so are kept apart;
in other cases rivalry makes their relations
exceedingly diplomatic. verging Oh the coolly
courteous. There are two exceptions, how
ever, where the two Senators seem to be great
friends. One Is in the case of the Pennsylva-
mia Senators. Quay and Cameron, who sit to-
gether and are great cronies. Another is that
of Morgan and Pugh, who do not sit to-
gether, but spend on the average half their
time in the Senate in company. A cordial
dislike for the President is said to be a
mutual characteristic which has strengthened
the bond between the two. As to Cameron
and Quay, it is hard TO see what holds them
together-unless it be 4 mutual contempt for
the prevailing opinions OF the state they rep
resent.
Representative Grady, who came from the
old North State, as North Carolina Is known
in the South, and from what is known as the
Turpentine district tells the following story
of a constituent OF his who had lived all his
life in the eastern part of the state, where the
country is perfectly fiat, and as Mr.. Grady
puts it, there isn't a hill as high as your
head" The Carolinian had made a trip on
horseback to the western and mountainous
part of the state, and struck a county which
was nothing but series of hills. Finally he
reached slight plateau where there was
clearing OF a few acres and was seen to ride
around and around it at an increased speed
until he got into breakneck galop. The
mountaineers who happened to be on the
spot gaZed at him in mute astonishment and
finally as he drew up his horse for minutes
rest. asked him what was the matter.
'.Wal, ;" replied the eastern Tarheeler, ''you
see this is the first level patch I've come
across in three days and thought Ia make
the most OF it
One day last week well-known public man
in Washington was standing by the Treasury
talking to one of the Civil Service Commis-
sioners, when Josiah Quincy, who happened
to be in town, stroled by in company with
Logan Carlisle. With humo rous twinkle in
his eye he introduced the two TO the Civil
Service Commissioner and he added "Iou
have great deal in common as civil service
reformers."
Senator Dubois is very confident that the
Republican party will drift at last to silver
and with a sincerity which will be of service
to the cause. With Senators Lodge, Gallinger,
Chandler, and Platt conservative and with
others from the West, he believes the
time is getting ripe for results; while the
outspoken utterances of Reed. OF Maine, is
an indication to the Senator'S mind that
feeling OF frendliness to silver is again be-
coming popular among the eastern Repub-
licans of that body.
The programme now. said the Idaho Sem
ator the other day. lis free coinage pure and
simple at l6 10 lS no half way about it. We
have pursued that course long enough. and
it is now ali or nothing He added that the
production of gold in this country for the
past year had been raised from about S32,-
100000 to nearly $50, 100000 worth.
Representative Straus OF New York, who
has introduced bill for the prevention of
railway wrecking-a very elaborate and care
fully worked out document providing for
examiners" and reports to the Interstate
railway commission and preventing the
of voting trusts, the selling OF Sc
curities of a road shut by its directors or
receivers, the purchase Of stocks or bonds Of
other roads as treasury asset and the ap-
pointment of officers OF the road as receivers,
said the other day that he only expected his
bill to act as an educator for the present.
The subject needs and will now get discus
sion. he said. Reforms of this kind must
come slowly, but when they do come they
will add greatly to the safety of railway in
vestments by small and defenseless stock
holders.
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