The Washington times., 1894-05-01
CLOAK ROOM AND GALLERY.

There were some very tangible evidences o1
the presence OF Coxey at the Capitol yester-
day. Heavy wooden gate frames were placed
in the passage-ways leading out Of the ro-
tunda to Senate and House, respectively.
Policemen, too, were stationed at central
points in the gallery corridors and concealed
behind the row of columns running around
the outside of the Capitol in way to remind
| one OF the Inns Of Court ut London or the
| Palais de Justice at Paris.
For all this elaborate preparation there
were on hand half dozen Coxeyites in the
House gallery, as peaceful and harmless lot
Of men as we would expect to see.
To-day there may be MORE but the predic-
tion is that they will be equally inoffensive.
'Buck" Kilgore drove out to see the en-
| campment at Brightwood Sunday rs one Of
the Texan contingent consisting Of Senator
| Coke, Judge Bell and himself, and was much
interested in what he saw.
| He seemed to feel very badly that he had
not run across Col. Redstone or met Coxey
or Browne in person. He says, however.
that his party contributed literally to the
movement, Senator Coke quarter. Judge
Bell a nickel, and Kilgore himself his ''pres-
ence," which he thinks was very liberal in
view of Col. Redstone's high appreciation Of
his talents.
Mr. Kilgore has offered his services either
as orator or preacher, he doesn't care much
which. but he declines to be the Coxey can
didate for President as he says he could not
afford to waste the four years If he should
be elected.
Lemuel L. Quigg, who came to Congress
''to defeat the Wilson BILL" as he himself an-
nounced came into the Senate yesterday
morning to see if he could be of any service to
Senator Aldrich.
He took his usual position by Senator
Sherman and occasionally gave pointers" to
Mr.. Aldrich.
Mr., Quigg did not kill the bill Yesterday,
but it is understood tina, he may in day or
so If 1t survives the speeches of Dolph and
Quay and the defense it has received from
Senator Palmer.
~ will trade thirty sheep books for twenty
horse books" was remark heard in Capi-
tol corridor yesterday.
To the INITIATED this means nothing. To
the initiated 1t means that the book on the
breeding and care of horses issued by the
Agricultural Department is in great demand.
The quota of the Speaker being exhausted he
wanted to trade the book on sheep breeding
for the desired volumes.
cred an exceedingly valuable volume, as il is
a comprehensive and practical treatise for
which there has been great demand.
Representative Pigott. OF Connecticut, is
very much pleased at the report that Secre-
tary Carlisle is reported as indorsing the
proposal for setting fixed term for the con-
tinuance of the income tax, and well he may.
Mr.. Pigott was the first member who on the
floor of the House suggested that such a
modification be made to the income tax. al
though he believes. as he said at the time,
that the tax was an equitable one and had
been taught by Professor Sumner at Yale
College that il was a practical and sensible
one
Representative Geissenhainer, chairman Of
the House Committee on immigration, says
that under the present law requiring the
posting of the provision for the return OF
pauper. insane. and criminal immigrants in
the Office of the transportation companies.
and the better supervision which the law
renders possible of the great stream of for
eigners which come into the country, there
have been returned 1000 persons in four
months where there were only 400 all OF last
year This was accomplished in face of de-
crease in immigration OF 40 per cent.
The present bill was passed by the efforts Of
Mr.. Geissenhainer and the present Commits
sioner of Immigration. Mr. Stump. who at the
time was a member of Congress from Mary
land, at midnight. the Sd day OF March. 1898.
just before the incoming of President Cleve-
land.