The Washington times., 1894-03-20
CLOAK ROOM AND GALLERY.

/ ran across the two Senators from Con-
necticut just before the session the other day
and asked them what they thought of the
tariff bill. Senator Hawley was philosophical
and said the Republicans had never made
much in the Senate in the past of Democratic
dissensions and he saw no reason to expect any
now. when it comes to the voting" said he.
! "they manage to vote together pretty solidly."
Senator Platt was perhaps more severe in
his denunciations of the coming bill than his
| colleague. If you are going to cut of a mans
head it makes no difference TO him whether
| YOU begin by cutting off his nose first. That
| is the situation with the tariff bill. Manu-
| facturers will gain nothing at all from it, and
| it is only the beginning By retaining the ad
| valorem system. under the prevalent methods
| of differentiation. the manufacturer does not
get any protection that is worth anything.
Nevertheless. hear from one Of the Demo-
cratic leaders who is lying low that there is
every prospect that there will be sharp
| fight before the bill in anything like the shape
| it comes from the Finance Committee will be
allowed to pass. Hill will oppose it to the
! end. and he is sharp enough to see that he
can gain great hold in New England by so
| doing. The New York leader has never had
much of hold outside of Connecticut and
very little there. He is ready. therefore. to
| get all of the following he can in New Eng
| land, and make a few friends in the southern
industrial state as well. German, Briee. and
Smith. too, have their plans, although they
| are not talking very much.
Hon. Julius Caesar Burrows, the distin-
| guished Michigander, is once more among
! his colleagues at the Capitol, and has a new
collection of stories from the land of oranges
J and alligators. But Just at present Mr.. Bur-
rows is more interested in legislation. While
| in Florida he delivered an address on tariff
| and financial questions TO the Southern Chau-
! tauqua, an association similar TO the one
which meets in New York state every Sum-
| mer and he must have converted many TO his
way of thinking before he left, for he now de-
| clares that most of the people he met with in
the state were opposedstooth and nail to the
| tariff bill as it stands.
81 am celebrating my 34th birthday to-
| day." said W. ]. Bryan, the brilliant Nebraska
member, to me yesterday. Il thought home
was the best place to be, and so came back
| here to work" he added.
There were host of Nebraskans and others
| who exchanged handshake and few words
| with the silver-tongued orator of the House.
and he appeared to be enjoying his return to
| civilization from the land of the prairie dog
| the cyclone, and the full moon. as the New
J York Sun puts it.
| As / started to leave him dozen men were
| by his side. and the first fellow to catch his
/ ear had something to say in which Bryan
seemed to become Immediately absorbed. l
only caught the one word SILVER
| Congressman Franklin Bartlett, OF New
York, is one of the best-dressed men in the
House. He is a great believer in the all
round advantages Of college and university
training, and took good enough dose OF it
to carry him to Congress and make him shine
here. too. He studied at Harvard, Columbia
College Law School and then Oxford Univer-
| sity, where he may have learned thing or two
about dress, but certainly nothing about man
ners. Mr.. Bartlett is another of those who
| have a fondness for the press, and says in
| proud tone, THAT he is something of a news
| paper man himself
Moses 7. Stevens, of Massachusetts, is one
of the brainy Representatives from the Bay
State who exemplify the remark first made
| by Horace and later attributed to many others
| that man should be willing to serve his coun-
try even if somewhat advanced in years
Mr.. Stevens was a very valuable member of
Ways and Means Committee. and had num-
Der of suggestions for his colleagues when the
relation of the tariff bill TO his state were con-
cerned. Mr.. Stevens is the Chesterfield of
the House and immensely popular with the
newspaper men.
Thursday afternoon, while the Senate was
in executive session, a matronly-looking !
woman appeared at one of the elevators and
wanted to go up on the Senate floor.
''This is private, madame said the con-
ductcr. 1.-The Senate is in secret session. |
You can't go up this way"
But the man at the staircase said that was |
private also. Everything around here private |
now?'
The conductor again explained.
well, I've got pair of private legs" she |
petulantly retorted. 81 can use them in leav-
ing here" and away she went.
Her name was Belva A. Lockwood, and she |
was once candidate for President of the
United States.
There was a Cabinet meeting one day last
week. There were questions of importance
to come up. and the President wanted every
member present. Mr.. Morton was late. Mr..
Smith went down stairs and met the garden
seed man at the steps.
Here comes the tail end ofthe administra-
tion." said Mr.. Smith. We've been waiting
for you. Hurry up,'
Il am the tail end. eh? Well, I'll have YOU
know, Mr.. Hoke Smith, that IL takes a broad
tail, long tail. and very bushy tail 10 keep
the dies on this administration
Which was Joke original with Uncle
Jerry kask-