The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-07-10
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
ILL WAsHIy6TOS's ATTENTION
 TURNED TOWARD CHICAGO.

IUHAED IoV @AD ShAS~eNS'
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 But Congress Has Much to Do in the Near Future-Tho Personnel of the Com n,ittee.
 tFrom Our Special Correspondent.l
 Washington. July s.-Even the eight sen foot boa constructor at liberty in he sewers of this beautiful city. and he tariff bill now in the hands of the conference committee cause little in- lerest, and every thought is turned to- ward the big strike at Chicago and what the next day or hour may bring forth. The situation is extremely seri- Dus and everything has been forgot. and the talk of the capital is the strike hnd It's probable effect upon the coun- sry. Outside of the strike the interest Dhe coming week will be in the confer nnoe committee appointed by the house md which Is made up of Wilson, Me Milan, Turner and Montgomery. dem pcrats, and Reed, Burrows and Payne. republicans. All of the democratic members of the committee are from the Douth, while the republicans are prac- lically eastern men. By all. the house gfde of the committee Is considered Dtrong one, and each member able to uphold his end in the struggle which s sure to come. and which may be con- Ginued for weeks, and congress held In session until next fall. A determined effort will be made, however, to get the bill out of the hands of the committee by the end of next week, in which case congress may adjourn by the middle pf August. All is uncertainty, howev- kr, and all statements as to when the pession may end has become merely Euess work. Of the make up of the committee, William L. Wilson Is from The Second district of West Virginia, md was born at Jefferson county, Va, May 8, 1883. He is a thoroughly edu- Dated man, having graduated from Co., umbia college and the University of Virginia, and has taken an active part In politics since the early sixties. He Is an IL. D., and was member of he last six congresses He also un- aerstands the tariff bill thoroughly, having framed the measure, and his yervices to the committee will be inval- uable.
 MT. Benton McMillan, the second democratic member of the committee, was born in Monroe county, Ky, Sep tember 13, .1845, and Is also lawyer Ind a college graduate. He repre- vents the Fourth district of Tennes- lee, and has been actively engaged in politics for several years. He was ac- tive in the seventies in state politics. and was in 1877 appointed a judge of lhe circuit court, and was in the Forty sixth congress, and has been a mem Der of each succeeding congress since that time.
 Alex B. Montgomery is also Ken kuckian, having been born in Hardin county December Il, 1887, and repre- Bents the Fourth district of the latter state. He, like Wilson and McMillan, Is also lawyer, and in '59 graduated from the Georgetown college, Ky. He was a member of the state senate from 77 to'S1, and even as boy took an &C., live interest in matters of state and country, and was elected to the Eff Meth congress by a large majority, and has been returned to each successive congress by a large majority. He is considered a strong man and will make } good member of the committee.
 s. S. Turner, the other democratic member of the committee, and who is llso a lawyer, was born in Warren county, Va., November 21, 1S42, and had military as well as legal train Dng. He served in the Virginia legis- Nature, and for many years he was prosecuting attorney for Warren coun- ly. While more or less active in poli- lies, he is serving in his first congress IS representative of the Seventh dis lrict of Virginia, but is looked upon as capable man and well up on tariff matters.
 To turn to the republican side of the committee we have Tom Reed of Maine, who is as we'll known throughout the country as the president, and who commands the attention and admira- lion of the democratic members of the house as we'll as the republicans. He Is also a lawyer, as are both Burrows and Payne. Everyone knows Tom Reed, as he is always called, and the republican side of the committee is sure to be taken care of.
 Julius C. Burrows, who representa- ths rhirdMichigan district and first saw t!ie light of day at Kalamazoo January 3, 1887, received an academic education, and in each successive congress since lhe Forty eighth has made himself felt IS a leader of the republican side of lhe house, and during the tariff fight has acted as Reeds right hand man his speech on the tariff last wt1ts.,'
 Ing masterly piece of work.
 The other member of the commlIn, Sereno B. Payne, represents M, Eth district of New York and has f',D khe Forty-seventh congress. He fl' graduate of the University of Rochh ter and a good lawyer and politicia, and, understand, extremely we'll verGj, In parliamentary practice. On thb whole the committee is an exceeding4 Strong one, and if so many lawyers caI agree, the bill, when it comes ouS mould certainly be legal document.
 While the conference committee is ytruggling with the bill, the senate and house will take things easy and work off the appropriation bills, which will lake at least thirty days.
 I stepped in to. pay my respects to United States Treasurer Morgan one hay last week and after his usual pleasant greeting he invited me to step Into his private office. saying at the name time that he had something of in