The Washington times., 1894-07-03
CLOAK ROOM AND GALLERY.

Representative Hepburn, OF Iowa, In dis
cussinR the great railway strike, which ex-
tends largely over his state, especially in the
case Of the Rock Island road, says that he IA
vors compulsory government arbitration -
the best means OF disposing OF such ques-
lions. The public have to be considered as
! well as the railroads and their employees, and
at present they suffer more as result OF
strikes than do the principals in labor trou-
bles. Mr.. Hepburn added that these disor-
| ders were all to be classed together as an in-
| fringement upon individual right, and ought
to be held In check in future by some other
method than has been exhibited In the past.
A member of Congress who was discussing
the lack of stolidity in the conduct Of Santo,
| the murderer Of President Carnot, said yes
| terday that what struck him as one OF the
most peculiar characteristics OF such dis
ordered bruins was that while they professed
to do their acts of violence at tle behest OF
the people. they always were SO much afraid
of the people after the acts were committed.
Senator Mills has practically taken posses
sion of the portico leading out Of the Marble
day for an hour or 50 cooling himself-and
he wants 1t to, his temper. Probably Mr..
Mills has spent an hour or more on this por-
tico every day for the past week.
Senator Lodge has come out in shiny
blue negligee shirt and blue and white
striped cravat, which altogether excsls In
beauty-though not in loudness-that worn
at intervals by Don Cameron.
Representative Caminetti, OF California, is
very much afraid that the strikes in the
West, especially those on the Sante Fe and
Southern Pacific. will interfere with the heavy
California fruit traffic at this time and cause
large losses to the consignors. "This year
our fruit crops are simply magnificent" said
the California Congressman yesterday. land
we are in an especially good position to reap
the advantage from the fact that In the East
the crops are so poor.
"In certain parts of California" added Mr..
Caminetti, ''the strikes have so completely
tied up railway traffic that we have actually
called out the old stages, which were laid
aside few years ago when railways were
opened, and gone back temporarily to stage
coach days. On the rivers. too, at Stockton
and other places, boats have been called into
requisition, and lines long ago discontinued
have been temporarily revived. am glad
strike. anyway"
Senator Hoar enlivened the morning hour
Of the Senate yesterday by plaint to his
colleagues, telling how very badly he felt be-
cause he did not get his Boston morning and
afternoon papers as early as he thought he
ought TO. He then introduced a resolution
calling the attention OF the Postmaster Gen.
arai tn fha net fhaf rial nil vvoa
duly delayed. The Massachusetts, Senator
really became very sad when he related in
particular the failure of his Boston paper TO
come in the early mail, an event about as dis
tressing to n Boston man as to miss his cup
OF coffee or his brown bread. II the Post
master General cannot succeed in getting
Senator Hoars' Boston paper to him at break
fast time hereafter he ought to be discharged.
81 have talked for three hours running on
the stump" said Judge Cobb, OF Alabama, the
other day when got up to talk few minutes.
Why that's demanded OF a man down South.
The people want to hear the issues of the
campaign discussed and thoroughly. "You
wouldn't believe Senator Ransom was long
talker. would you? Well he has often spoke
two or three times day for weeks and for
even more than three hours a day in North
Carolina We Southerners have TO do much
harder sort of campaigning than is done in
the North or West"
The life Of a Congressman seeking renom-
ination and reelection is not always happy
one. II got man appointed to small 900
post office" said new Southern member
yesterday, .and find now to my disgust that
have made nineteen enemies out OF men for
whom l did not get that postmastership;
and he added, ruefully. .'what is good
deal worse, each one Of the nineteen men that
are opposing my denomination are working a
blamed sight harder to beat me than that one |
postmaster is to get me renomlnated."
Senator Jarvis, the new North Carolina |
Senator, was in the chair of the Senate late |
in the afternoon yesterday for the first time, |
and, at the outset started off to ''preside" |
with n rush. 1t looked for a few minutes as
though he would get the bill through in half |
an hour, SO eager was he for the fray. but |
very soon senatorial courtesy asserted itself |
and quiet and orderly delay was restored.
When Senator Morgan. in his speech on
the Hawaiian treaty yesterday. spoke Of
Senator Sherman as a man who, above all |
things, hated bargain, especially if he were
going to get the worst OF it, there were a
good many quiet smiles in the Senate. and
the Ohio Senator joined in too. 1t hits him
of better than anything else that has been
said for some time regarding Mr. Sherman.
He is typically man who hates bad bar
gain.
POSTAL NOTES NO MORE.