Morning journal and courier., 1894-01-19
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
The Talk Kverywhere in Washing
ton-Ths All Prevalent Talk-Con.
Eress' Great Absorbing Topic
Big Talkers-The BilIs ProsPects-
The Great Coming Discussion ON the
28th-Congressman Plgott Hard At
1t Daily-COnnectlcut Visitors In tho
Gallerles-Bills for the New Haven
Harbor Improvement-Dr. Carmait
ofNew Baven-Medicala and Surgical |
Congress-The Recent Yale Banquet |
Addresses by udge Townsend and |
Congressman Pigott.
lFrom Our Washington Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Jan 1.-The talk of the
hotel Hobbies, the cafes and at the capitol
Is the Wilson bill, which haz forced to the
wall the Hawaiian question for tho present.
The eloquent and able speeches of Wilson,
Reed, Borrows. Warner, Cochran and
Simpson during the week, together with
the petitions for and against the bill which
are coming in by the hundreds from all
parts of the country tend to keep the In
terest at Its highest notch, and impromptu
debates are the order.
The impression here ia rapidly getting
around that the bill practically As 1t now
is will pass both the house and senate, but
but there is many slip, as the old saying
goes, and only the future can decide.
The final debate in the house will be
January 20, when Mr.. Wilson and Mr..
Reed will each have An hour to argue for
and against the measure, which vii! by
that time have been pretty we'll chewed up
by every member of the house. It is rot
surprising to see the close attention the
members on both sides are paying to the
claims and arguments of the various dis
putants for and against the bill, owing to
the Importance to the county of such
measure. One of the most interested of
listeners on the floor has been Congress-
man Pigott from your district, who has
been either constantly in his seat during
debate, or nervously che Ring a cigar, as
he walked back and forth in the rear of
the room talking with Congressman De
of the speaker for the time being.
TIE galleries have been crowded daily,
and during the week have noticed among
the spectators Governor Waller of New
London, Colonel Norris G.. Osborn and DR..
Ring of New Haven, and Miss Whitney,
daughter of Professor Whitney of your
city, who is almost daily spectator in the
members gallery during the sessions.
FOR HARsoR IMPROVEMENTS
During tho week Congressman Pigott in
troduced two petitions in the house which,
if they pass, will do great deal to benefit
the traffic through Long Island sound.
One is the petition of citizens of Connecti-
cut and New York asking for extension by
congress for . scheme for constructing
break waters in Long Island sound off the
port of New Haven and also for dredging
the harbor. The matter was referred to
the committee on ways and means, of
which Mr.. Wilson Ia chairman.
The other petition introduced by Mr..
Pigott was that of the chamber of COM
merce of your city. asking for an appro-
pristion of $500, 900 for the continuation
of the work of improving the harhor,
which went to the committee on sppropri.
atoms.
CONGRESS OF AMERICAN PHYSICIANS AND
SURGEONS
On Tuesday, May 20, will be held the
congress of American physicians and sur
geons, of which DR.. William II. Carmalt of
New Haven il tho secretary of the execu-
| tive committee. At the meeting of the
latter committee held Saturday the pro-
gram for the coming congress which will
| world, was arranged. Three days will be
devoted to the congress and papers
will be read on various topics of
interest to the medical profession,
| and the advancement of the same, by such
we'll known physicians and surgeons as
DR.. Harrison Allen of Philadelphia. DR..
Frank Abbott of New York, DR.. J. N.
Hyde of Chicago, DR.. P. A. Morrow OF
New York, DR.. j. @. White of Boston, DR..
William A. Hardawsy of St. Louis, DR.. E.
L Keys of New York, DR.. W. NJ. Polk OF
New York, DR.. Francis S. Watson OF
Boston and other leading medical men oil
| the country.
The social event Of tho congress will be
the banquet to be held on Wednesday
| May 80, at the Arlington hotel, where
covers will be laid for SEQ, while on Thurs
day evening there will be a reception by
President Cleveland.
AYALE BANQUET.
At the Arlington last evening the snnua
banquet of the Yale Alumni association o.
this city was held, and as with all suct
banquets 1t was truly Yale affair. Ole
men became boys for the evening and pu
dignity aside to hob mob with younger
graduates and make the halls of the dining
room ring with the old Yale songs. 1t wa
alec somewhat of Connections affair, a.
prominent among those present were Judg
William z Townsend, who was the CUES
of the evening fol Yale, Senator Hswley
emit Commissioner Seymour, Assistant Lane
Commissioner Edward @. Bowers and At
torneys George W. Robinson and Samue
| II. Fisher
The tables were set in the private dinin,
| room # the hotel and Jnstice Brewer pre-
sided, while on his left sat Professo
Townsend and Justice Brown. and on hi
right Judge McCameron of Princeton ant
Senator Stewart. Others at the table wer
Senator Dubois, Secretary Bissell, Assist
ant Postmaster General Jones, Hon. Jane
P. Pigott and Senator Higgins.
Justice Brewer acted as POSTMASTER an.
preliminary to his introduction of Senate
Higgins said:
Brethren of Old Yale'-Ysle is keep
ing pace with the growth of the country
Its senior class in 1901 had thirty-six mem
bers, when the country had q population
of 5000; II had 102 in 1910, when tn
country had a populst on of 1900, 00
and in 1898, with population of 65, 900.
| OOO, the senior class had membership O
378. Some of the old time restrictions o
Yale read queerly now. In 1910 student
were not allowed to go sailing without tn
presidents permission, or to play football
on the college grounds, or to 60 buggy rid
ing, or to play cards. or to drink within
two miles of the college. Now the univer
sity treats its undergraduates on the basi
that they are Asn.
Senator Higgins followed with an elo
quent address, in which he said: Yale was
] in her earliest days, thorough and solid
She discarded fustian and insisted tina
every man come to the mark In scholar
chip. Harvard has lost her classes an,
her classics. One can go there and get
degree in almost any line, and on the prin
ciple that force seeks the lins of least re
sistance, fear that undergraduates ar
tempted to get their degrees by the easiee
course. But Yale still insists on thorough
scholarship and hard work. And becaus
of its sterling insistence on the best an,
most thorough and rigid work 1t will grow
as the nation grows. It will keep psc
with the glory of the English speaking
people which will fill this continent from
east to west and, believe, from north t.
south, with the greatest fo.cs for civiliza
ton that the world has ever seen.