The Washington times., 1894-06-24
CLOAK ROOM AND GALLERY.

During the long period that the Senate has
devoted its attention to the tariff bill its
members have had little time to attend to any
other legislation. The COMMITTEES meetings
even oil some of the most important commits
tees. as for instance that OF the District Of
Columbia. have been wholly abandoned dur
ing the last 1--we or six weeks. and it is SAFE to
say that other committee has Jared In SINH
lar manner
when the tariff bill goes into conference
anu ,or some tiine thereafter the committees
VIII have AL they want to do in picking up
the threads and getting more legislation in
shape to enact.
Most OF the House committee rooms ara
comparatively simply furnished. ard In no
case can it be said that there Is any msnifesta-
tion of elegance or luxury in furniture or
decorations. At the Senate end of the Capi-
tol the committee rooms In number OF In.
stances are most luxuriously furnished.
One of the handsomest is that devoted to
| naval affnirs. Besides the usual hand paint
ings and frrsco Of the Pompeiian variety,
| which adorns many OF the corridors of the
Capitol. there are n number OF handsome
water colors and beautiful sectional models
| OF some of the latest additions to the nagy,
| while desks OF heavy mahogany aud tiled
floor with rugs adds 10 the general effect Of
| elegance.
Another committee room that is worth see
| ing is that on military affairs. situated near
that on naval affairs and similar In many rs-
| spects in the matter of decoration.
| The District of Columbia Committee room
is a perfect beauty, and has the rich luxury
| Of millionaires library. II is furnished
with dark wood desks and tables leather
covered chairs and rich rags, and has Il coy
| fireplace. Altogether it is perhaps tine best
/ - Z. .xfix
One OF the best pieces of work done by any
chairman of an appropriation committee is
seeming prompt and satisfactory work on
long bill, with many paragraphs. was that ac-
compshed by Chairman Sayers. of the House
Committee on Appropriations. yesterday in
| getting through the deficiency bill.
The measure appropriates nearly S5. 600 900
and was full of number of small items;
| which, in the hands of careless manager,
might have been clogged with an endless
| chain OF amendments or motions to strike
out.
As 1t was. however. not an amendment was
made except three, which were offered by
Judge Sayers himself and are to go over until
tomorrow.
Judge Savers popularity and well-known
desire to be economical Ia appropriations no,
doubt had large influeree in securing
prompt action.
Things might not have gone so smoothly
had Col. Breckinridge had charge of the bill.
The statement made in the TIoIEs yesterday
that Senator Hawley was the only editor in
the Senate was an error. Senator Walsh, Of
Georgia, has long wieldedthe pen and stands
in the foremost ranks among the newspaper
editors of the South. Senator's Chandler and
Gallinger. OF New Hampshire, while not ac-
lively engaged in editorial work. are frequent
contributors to the press, Mr.. Chandler own
ing the controlling interest in two journals
published in Concord n H. Senator Hans
brough. of North Dakota. was a printer in
early life and has owned and conducted
paper In his state.
1.-THE great devilish invention OF the age"
said Mr.. Sherman in his speech on the income
tax Thursday. ''devilish in all its ends and
aims as far as the people were concerned.was
the trust. few men were banding them
selves together here aad there to control pro-
duction in some particular line of industry.
They crushed opposition and absolutely con-
trolled prices, making themselves multi
miIlionaires. Take the sugar trust. The
controllers of that organization with an actual
investment of Sg.000.000. watered to
$4,000 600, had been able TO pay even on
OF from to u per cent per annum. Every
dollar had been taken from the pockets OF
the people. II the Senators in charge of this
bill desired to aim a blow at the aggregation
Of wealth, let them strike at these unholy
trusts and combinations"
In social life Senator Hawley is one Of the
most delightful men in the Senate. His Sec
ond wife, charming Englishwoman. is now
I,rf,o abfJ tba
Summer When Gen Hawley married her
there was good deal of gossip on the wis
dom of an American public man marrying
abroad. but all this quickly passed away and
has probably been long forgotten by most
people.
Another interesting feature about Senator
Hawley is that although red-hot Republican
and Il northern general during the war he is
by birth and early bringing up North Caro-
linian. His college education, however, was
obtained in the North. He has still a little of
the dreamy repose which characterizes the
southern Senator. and is not hard worker.
He is well liked by his southern colleagues in
spite OF his war record. and is personally one
OF the most genial men in the Senate.
Col Livingston, of Georgia, who has been
in the chair OF the House part Of the time the
past week, has caused no end of nerri-
ment to his friends by the informal method OF
procedure on those occasions. The other
day he said TO one member: ''f you don't
keep quiet I'll send the Sergeant-at-Arm5
after you. and don't wantto do that" Every
one burst into a hearty laugh at this semi
parental hint.
Friday Mr.. Cox. of Tennessee. wanted
to make point OF order. Col Livingston
repeatedly told him he was out OF order and
must sit down. Finally Mr.. Cox, despair
ing of his efforts even to present his point OF
order. began. Ny dear fel-" then he sud
denly paused, remembered himself. and
managed to blurt out, ''jIr. Chairman.
There was some rreIrimeni later on whdn
the question of Offering amendments cane
up. Several members wanted to know whsnit
would be- in order to do so. Now. il you'll
sit down." said Col. Liyington while the
House was In roar, IN tell you when itsin
ordarto strike meaning OF course tha he
would give members a chance 20 strikf out
Objectionable paragraphs.
Probably more bad temper has beef ex-
libited in the Senate during the past week
than during any period OF the long-tfawn-
out tariff discussion. . The ChundefAllen
''baboon' incident was altogether tn most
exciting. and this much cGn be said aYut it:
That unlike most tilts. the iil-feelinsyhich
it aroused has no. yet disappeared. 10 Hill
Harris interchange on ''pantatiou AMI
''siun" manners was another unusually
sharp clash and neither Senator has fgven
the other yet. The number of bitir per-
sonal remarks that were called outduins
the week are simply forgotten becarn uess
two mentioned were of SO much IDre I'M