The Washington times., 1894-07-12
CLOAK ROOM AND GALLERY.

the way sugar trust lobbyist who tried when
the bill was before the House TO improve on
the guileless, ,unsophistieated Populist feelings
of Jerry Simpson and Lafe Pence, got badly
left at an attempted deal and at the same time
learned thing or two about Western keen
ness
The sugar trust lobbyist sent in his card to
Simpson and Pence, and explained that he was
| a westerner and had come to see the national
capital. He talked well, and Simpson and
Pence were so well amused and interested by
the gentleman that his proposition Tor a little
lunch was accepted. and the trio made for the
| House restaurant. The lunch contained
course after course. All the delcacies OF the
| season were set forth for the delectation OF
| Populist palates. and as the lobbyist was a
good talker he held the two Congressmen's
rapt attention. He discussed everything and
anything. and finally just dropped word or
two about sugar.
by the way" he said. In his most comical
way and with his most western accent. ''you
know the people out our way he had men
toned some place i'll Nebraska as his home
'are interested a good bit iD that sugar
bounty on beet sugar. 1t is a great industry
in our country" simpson kicked Pence's s
shins, and Pence tried not to look too know
| ing
Then the lobbyist continued at length on
| the saecharine substance and gave the two
prophets some good statistics-good to spec
ulate on, among other purposes. Then after
listening in patience for good quarter of an
| hour, Jerry stopped his new-made acquaint-
ance. ''Sss here, friend said he. you're
a-barkin' up the wrong tree. You can bet
we're against bounty. Why, the people
| around my district eat sugar-eat it, say,
and am for the people who eat sugar all the
| time. You don't get my vote for that" Then
as he got up from the table and started out
IN SfslIr mt ha nd dad. n aI
| your lunch, sir, very much. Thanks"
Senator Smith, of New Jersey, did neat
piece of work yesterday in settling the great
potters strike which has kept 1000 men out
of employment since the first of January.
The employers and workmen of the industry
throughout the country, who have been en-
gagged in war to the knife, finally came TO
the conclusion 10 submit their dispute to arbi
tration and abide by the decision of the New
Jersey Senator. His decision reduced wages
121l from the old schedule and was accepted
with satisfaction. Some of the largest pot
teries are in his state, and that was one rea-
son, but not the only one, because there
others at East Liverpool. Ohio in Maryland
West Virginia AID other places in the West
But the New Jersey end of the strike has been
the principal one. A second reason for sub
mitting the matter to Senator Smith was that
he had won his laurels as an arbitrator by
settling a few weeks ago one of the biggest
strikes that the silk industries of Paterson
have seen.
When the Senator learned of the arrival OF
the delegation of manufacturers and work
ingmen he promptly invited them TO bis COM
mittee room, heard their arguments, and gave
his decision. And more pleased set OF men
it would bs hard to find. They set about
sightseeing after informing their fellows at
of ia Of N 6ftprpOOn
and evening for their home, very much i'm
pressed with the good results of arbitration
as means of settling labor troubles.
An Illinois Congressman yesterday in COM
menting on the strike situation at Chicago
said that the news sent out by the press cor
respondents was grossly exaggerated. and
that there was but little more disturbance
there than can he found in New York city.
and that the streets were quiet, orderly, and
safe.
Yes" remarked Congressman Tarsney.
who was listening, with the exception Of
two or three women killed every day while
attending to their household duties by the
bullets of soldiers everything in Chicago is as
safe and quiet as graveyard"
Among the bills to be brought forward to-
day in the House by the Foreign Affairs Com
mittec, which has had the day allotted to it
by the Committee on Rules, are two ofspecial
interest. One provides for the acceptance Of
the gift by the famous English academician,
Watts, OF the painting entitled Love and
Life" Another distributes an accumulated
sum of about S24. 600 to the beneficiaries OF
the yirginius awards. third bill was to
amend some features of our present consular
system that have been found TO be defective.
Congressman Hammond, who represents
the Tenth Indiana district. is very much in-
censed at the shooting OF citizens at Ham
mond by the regular soldiers. Mr. Hammond
says that he is personally acquainted with
some Of the persons shot, and that he knows
they were innocent of intention to commit
violence or interfere with the running of
trains. One old soldier. whom he has known
for 10 years. and who had charge of the city
water supply was on a water tank attending |
to shutting down the water wnen the regu-
lars deliberately fired five or six shots at him.
The old soldier had been under fire before |
and dropped of the tank to the ground, where |
he lay until the firing was over. Mr.. Ham |
mond says that most citizens Of Hammond, |
among whom are several ministers denounce |
the killing of the Hammond citizens by the !
regular soldiers as deliberate murder.
Senator Ransom's place as the Chesterfield |
OF the Senate is in danger. The other day two |
members of the House. one of them a recent |
acquisition, strolled over to the Senate and |
were quietly sitting on one of the sofas when |
Senator Walsh, of Georgia came by, en- gen.
eral. who's that?" asked the newcomer. |
"Why. that's the new Senator from Georgia. |
Senator Walsh" was the reply.
We'll, answered the new member, Il don't |
know how it strikes you. but il seems to me |
that he can even give points to Matt. Ransom
in dignity, elegance. and style.
Talking about new states,'' said a western
member of Congress yesterday. If you wanted
to make the best possible agricultural state
in the Union the southwest corner of Iowa.
the northwest corner of Missouri. the south
east corner of Nebraska and the northeast
corner OF Kansas would make il. There is
not rs good land anywhere in the United
States as there is in that square. and it is
mighty luckyit is divided between four states,
for if one had il all it would be so rich that
all its neighbors would be mad with jealousy.
PRINCE OF WALES IN DANGER.
Supposed Attempt Upon His Life By
Drunken Man Happily Avcrtcd.
LONDON, July 11.-Considerable excitement