The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-04-06

Nobody in Washington appears to
take Coxey's army seriously, except
Senator Kyle and a fellow who calls
himself Coxey's agent. The latter
goes Coxey 100000 better and says he
expects the army to number 800, 900
when it gets here.
The trouble with the new treaty
with China, which is being considered
by the senate committee on foreign re-
lations, and which threatens to reopen
| the entire "Chinese question" in con-
gress is that Secretary Gresham failed
to prove himself entitled to stand in
| the same diplomatic class with the
present Chinese minister, who secured
everything his government wanted
without conceding anything substan-
aial to the United States. So PLAIN is
this that Gresham tries to excuse him
self by limiting about beneficial COM
mercial treaty which is to follow.
What makes the treaty all the more
disappointing is that men close to the
administration quietly gave out tip
many months ago that the treaty would
contain a clause binding China to pur-
chase annually large amount of sill
yer bullion from us; some Said the ell
tire product of the American mines.
1t really does grow monotonous this
having to condemn every act of the
administration, but what can one do
when there is absolutely nothing
worthy of commentator.
Judging from the record of the
party, particularly in the last house, it
would seem that if there WAS any one
thing that would induce quorum of
democrats to remain in their seats it
would be the prospect Of unseating a
republican member aud giving his seat
to democratic contestant, who has
just about as much right to it as the
man in the moon, but even that pros
pect did net keep the democratic
members of the house in their seats,
and after wasting two days III inefFect-
ual attempts to get a democratic quo
rum-the republicans very property re-
fused to vote-in order to carry out
the repor, Of the democrats OH the
election committee by ousting Repre-
sentative Joy, Of Missouri, and giving
his seat to the de,necrat he defeated,
they were compelled to temporarily
abandon the scheme. 1t will be again
attempted this week, and it will, of
course, in the end succeed. 1t is only
question OF getting democratic
quorum present.
According to a relative Of Secretary
HIKE Smith, now visiting Washing
ton, Sam Jones, the slang Singing
Georgia preacher, said lately of The
democrats in congress-: "Of all the
box-ankled, bandy-shanked, hea bit
ten, bob tailed, NANCY, couragelcss,
brainless jackasses that ever assem-.
bled since God made the world, l
think tor pure, downright cussedness
| the present gang in congress, headed
by Hill in the senate and tailed by mo
quorum in the house, beats them al. {"
And the Rev. Sam is democrat, too.
The defense of Representative
Breckinridge in the suit for breach of
marriage, now being tried IN the Wash
ington courts, has furnished lots Of
amusement here. The idea of a man
of his experience, prominence and
years having been led as,ray by any
woman, however beautiful and artful-
Miss Pollard is far from being beauti-
ful-is so ridiculous and absurd that a
general smile is the result whenever it
is mentioned, and it is men
toned quite often. However, he had
to make some sort of a defense
and he doubtless thought that this one
would at least Secure bim the sympathy
of the other men who are following in
his footsteps, because, If successful, it
will furnish precedent to help get
them out of similar predicaments
should they. too, get found out HIS
political career is regarded here as be-
inn enIa1