Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-03
MR.. GORMAN'S WORK
That Which Has Been Laid Aside During
Tariff Negotiations
The ReafrangfnS Of Committees, the
District ApproDrfation Bill and
the Quincy Investigation.

Now that the democratic Senators are
50 near to an agreement upon the tariff
bill 1t IL expected that Senator German.
who has cut q very prominent figure in
the negotiations may have an opportunity
to dispose Of considerable business that has
accumulated on his hands during the past
three or four weeks. In the first place, he
IL chairman Of the caucus that has in
hand the matter Of rearranging the COM
mittees, in consequence of the Heath of
Senator Vance. 1t has been practically
settled. 1t is understood. that Senator Gray
will relinquish the Craftsmanship Of the
committee on patents to become chairman
of the committe on privileges and elections
and that Senator Kyle, although third
party man, will be given the committee on
patents. should he desire to exchange from
his present chairmanship Of the committee
on education and labor.
In this event Mr.. Hunton will have the
choice of remaining at the head Of the COM
mittee OF the University Of the United
States or Of taking the COMMITTEES on educa-
ton and labor. Mr.. Jarvis. Senator Vance,
successor. will then take. the chairmanship
Of one or the other Of these committees, in
all likelihood. There is little doubt now
that Mr.. Mills will be rendered and will ac-
cept the vacant membership on the commit
tee on finance caused by Mr.. Vance's death.
Whatever doubt there was on this score has
been dispelled by the success of Mr.. Mills
speech on the tariff and by the manner Of
Its reception by the other democratic Sen
ators.
The District Appropriation Bill.
Another of Mr.. Germans labors which has
been suspended during the tariff struggle Is
the work on the District appropriation bill.
He Is chairman of the subcommittee Of the
committee on appropriations having charge
of this bill. with Senators Cockrell and ALI
son as colleagues. They worked quite dill
gently on the bill for couple of weeks. but
when Mr. Germans services became needful
in the task Of arranging a tariff compromise
all further progress on the bill was blocked.
There are a number Of controverted Ques-
lions In relation to this bill and the COM
mittee may decide to wait for the decision
Of at least one Of them by the District
committee before proceeding. This is the
fight over the charity appropriations which
has recently been precipitated by a propo-
sition to concentrate the charity money
given to certain District institutions with
the board of children's guardians. This
matter was referred to the District COM
mittee, and It Is likely that II will not be
disposed Of there until the return from
Michigan of Senator Mcmillan, who IL now
absent attending Mr.. StOckbridge's funeral
1t was he who offered the amendment to
this effect, and he has declared his inten-
ton OF having the District committee 70
into the matter thoroughly and give hear
The Quincy Investigation.
The third OF Mr.. Germans pigeon-holed
cases IL not SO likely to be withdrawn from
the files for action. This is the famous in
vestigation that was started by the commit
tee on printing, Of which Mr.. German was
chairman, two or three months ago, into
the circumstances connected with the
award OF the contract for the patent ONCE
printing and nthographing for the current
year. This has been more Familiarity known
as the Josiah Quincy investigation so called
from the star character In the performance.
The committee went into the matter far
enough to demonstrate beyond much doubt
that Mr.. Quincy had a sort Of vague con-
nection with the transaction, but 1t was
found to be apparently impossible to con-
meet him with the enterprise which is now
doing the work. Indeed, 1t IL thought by
many that 1t would be almost q waste of
time for the committee to go further into
this matter, and there are few who expect
that another meeting Of the committee will
be called to probe any deeper into the af-
fairs Of the Boston reformer.