The Washington times., 1894-08-24

senate yesterday, Dut OF course IL must De as
sumed that the reverend gentleman was en-
! tirely innocent of any intention OF rejecting
on that body. After dwelling on the great
ness of the Senate and beseeehing protection
and guidance for its members during the re-
cess following the coming adjournment, came
the fervent and all too true declaration, 80.
Lord, we are all bought with price," Sew
eral Senators chuckled away to themselves at
| his apt remark aud the general lev1ty of the
| Senate for few minutes was very much like
| that of a batch of school boys at their morn
ing chapel.
Hon. Washington Taylor, of this city, was
visited the other day by a delegation OF timer
ant Populists whe offered him the Congress
| slonal nomination for the Sixth Congressional
district of Maryland, and at the same time
/ indicated to him that they would like to be
| offered something in return. They were in
formed by Mr.. Taylor that ne did not want to
| go to Congress, and, furthermore, that he was
not a resident of Maryland although he
| owned a farm up in Montgomery county.
Never mind that" spoke up the leader of
the merry beggars. "A man from Timbuctoo
can be elected up there and guaranteed u
| plurality of 5000 over Democrats and Re-
publicans." But Mr. Taylor did not listen to
their sweet. words, and the Populistic nomi-
nation for 'the old Sixth is still up at auc-
| ton, with the bidders very few.
When the motion OF Senator Harris that
| the sergeant-at-arms of the Senate be directed
| to compel" the attendance OF absent Senat-
ors, with several accents on the last syllable,
| Col. Bright came out into the marble room
with blank expression on his face. Il think
! shall have to ask unanimous consent for the
assistance Of sly Unka 0f ta pat fhern
here, j" he said, land even then doubt if
| could get quorum"
The Texas nominating conventions are still
! doing their work in very Texan way. Hon.
! 10 Abbott's peripatetic gathering have not
| chosen him yet, although they have sat in
| three towns before coming to decision
| whether TO send him back. As they are now
at his home Hiilsboro' it is thought he will
| capture the necessary votes.
Mr.. Kllgore has heard nothing but says cit
| costs right smart TO send kilograms from
| Texas, and our people are not wasting money" :"
| he adds that an unusual number OF Young
men want TO come to Congress from his dis
| trlct this year, and says il Is attributed down
in Texas to the attractive legend of Breckin-
ridge and Pollard.
Both Democratic and Republican Con-
| gressional campaign committees are now get
Senator Faulkner, who is in charge of the
work OF his party, is very enthusiastic. and
Will make vigorous effort to keep Ihe House
OF Representatives in the control OF the
Democrats
The principal work at this time consists in
! the preparation of the campaign book in
tended for stump speakers. At present it is
about half completed 1t will be much more
elaborate than usual, and will show the vote
by counties. and in some of th9 more closely
contested districts, by wards and precincts
| for the last four Congressional elections
Maps so shaded As to show the political COM
| pleNion Of all districts and the effective work
| OF the different parties in each have been pre-
| pared.
The committee does not expect to send out
| speakers, and each Congressional candidate
will be left to secure his own. Where there
| is need, however, special efforts are to be
| made to supply it. Large bundles of docu-
| ments will be sent for distribution through
most of the districts.
Chairman Manley is acting In an advisory
capacity to the Republican campaign commit
tee. of which Secretary Olds is In charge.
| The Republicans are also at work on cam
palgn text book. and have been much more
active in the circulation Of documents They
claim to have sent out somewhat over 900 900
copies of documents and to nave supplied Re-
publican plate matte" TO newspapers all over
the country. This coiamittee has also care
fully studied the field, and will be ready to
supply SPEAKERS where a weak spot is de-
tected.
Altogether the prospects are that this is to
De very lively campaign and one Of "educa-
tioR.'
There is considerable agitation in the House
over Senator Hills anti-anarchist bill passed
by the Senate few days ago. Some of the
Democrats claim il is very anti-Democratic in
its provisions and should never be allowed TO
become a law
Congressman Warner, OF New York. declared
Yesterday that the provisions whereby a sus-
pected person may be deported by the com
missioner OF immigration purely through the
agency OF the executive branches of the gov
ernment, without a judicial inquiry into the
the merits of the case, but simply into the
regularity of the proceedings, is exceedingly
dangerous. beside it," he declared yester-
day, the Russian deportation system to ST.
IBERIA is absolutely humane"
Many other expressions of a similar charac-
ter were heard during the day.
Senator Dubois, of Idaho, and Senator
Smith. of New jersey, who are invariably
paired with each other, and have been ever
since Mr.. Smiths election to the Senate. are
nearly OF the same age, having been born
within just two weeks of each other ANY,
body looking at the two would come to the
conclusion without any hesitation that Mr.
Smith was ten years the older Both. how
ever, are among the youngest men in the
Senate, being only forty-three years of age
The two Senators are alike in great many
respects besides being practically twins. Both
are business men with ability and an unusal
amount of hustle in them and probably
the idea of coming to the Senate was very far
from being in the mind of either of them un-
til they had practically achieved a business
success. Both men are very popular. for
despite the criticisms that have been poured
on Senator Smiths head for his tariff posi-
ton, he is considered the best man in Jersey
10 draw both votes.
when go into campaign" said a Re-
publican Congressman from one of the West
ern S.Stes, where the people are more
strictly interested In their own welfare than
the generally recognized Republican party
principles, always try to cater to the mem
Der OF my own party on some other issue
than the tarin, which does not especially con-
cern them, and 1 have to throw good sop
OF some kind TO the Populists 1T the same
time. The last time l went on the stump
found my Democratic rival laying great stress
on tariff revision, and making great promises
TO help bring it about if he were elected l
saw clearly enough that he had struck the
wrong key. To the people out in the farm
ing sections of the West the tariff discussion
is hardly live issue. They want legislation
which will help them. So l simply looked up
the homestead laws, and l found that all the
land legislation favorable to the farmer and
prospective settler had been proposed and