The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-01-04
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
Personal Points About Promi-
nent People at the Capital,

Washington Post: 1t is expected
that the call for a caucus of the
Democratic members of the house
will be issued in few days. The
caucus will not, as has been gener.
ally anticipated, at once take up
the tariff bill. 1t will decide, first
Of all, whether that measure
shall BIS considered in caucus
or whether any proposed changes
shall be left for the action
of the committee Of the whole in
the house. There is a great diver
sty of opinion on this matter, and
the question is sure to be very
tborou lilly discussed before any
decision is reached. Many of the
Democrats who are now opposed to
certain features of the bill are
anxious that the caucus shall take
up the measure in order that they
may fully explain to their colleagues
the reasons which underlie the re-
1uest for the changes. They want
at least an opportunity of securing,
if possible, the notifications de-
manded by their respective districts.
Failing in this they will not, or at
least great many of them will not,
carry their opposition any further,
but will vote for the bill ON the
question of its final passage. Others,
of course, will take the fight into
the house and then, if they do not
secure the alterations which they
regard as essential, will vote against
it. There is as yet no reason for
believing that they will muster
enough strength to defeat the meas.
ure.
The group were d.scussing
whether the presidential party wiled
away the time down the river in a
friendly game.
"Well," said Representative
Springer, "the attitude of the ad.
ministratiou on the poker question
has been officially settled"
Of course the group were anxious
to know all about it.
"During the first administration
of Mr.. Cleveland" said MIR.
Springer, 81 recommended for ap.
pointment as fourth. class post
master certain gentleman in my
district. Shortly afterward the
charge was preferred against him
of gambling. ! wrote at once to
him for a statement, under oath, as
to the facts. He replied very
promptly that meeting with three
friends in a room back Of a store he
had been drawn into a game of j
cents ante with 25 cents limit. II
was his first game, and he thought
it would he his last. During the
entire evening, he added, no one
had lost more than a couple OF
dollars.
81 went with this explanation,
continued Mr.. Springer, "to Mr.
Villas, who was the postmaster
general. laid it before him and tolc
him that / wanted to know def
nitely whether game at cents
ante and % cents limit would bsr ;
man from fourth-class postmaster
ship. Mr.. Villas said it did not
and the man was appointed. HI
maize splendid postmaster.
elf a fourth.class postmaster car
play IS cent game" asked SOM
one in the party, "can presiden
iial postmaster 60 as high as
dollar?"
Mr.. Springer did not know.
Representative Sayers. the chair
man of the house appropriation
committee, has been suffering witt
neuralgia to an extent which forbid
sleep without the use of narcotics
He hopes, however, to ba all RICH
again when the house reassembles
and is ready to provide material TO
work if there should be any delay il
the consideration of the tariff bill
The sundry civil bill is ready, AM
will, as already printed in the Post
be IS, 900, 600 less than the sundr