Evening star., 1894-03-26
IN HOTEL CORRIDORS.

/ evident to any one who has ever witnessed
| the opening of the days session in either
house of Congress. Usually a petition is
very like a comet, having a small and COM
pact head and prodigious amount of tail;
the first being statement of what is pray
ed for, and the last being an almost endless
list of the signatures of those who want it.
| Mr. Leonidas l.. Hamilton brought one
down here from Boston the other day, which
/ was presented to the Senate by Senator
| Higgins in the absence of Senator Hill, who
| had intended to submit it, that overturned
| ali preconceived ideas Of petitions 1t was
| composed OF many pages of typewriter
| manuscript, containing complete review
! OF the tariff measure now awaiting action,
| an exhaustive presentation of its good and
! bad-especially its bad-features,an and enough
data and historical matter to furnish half
| the Senate with material for speeches. All
| this signed by the leading business
men of New England in the states of
| Massachusetts,, Rhode Island and Connect
| cut.
Mr.. Hamilton is stopping at the Ebbitt
| fouse and was discussive on the subject of
the petition last night.
1t is signed by business men, irrespective
Of party affiliations" ne remarked, 'em-
bracins manufacturers and wholesale and
retail dealers in every department OF trade,
| very few Of whom have any direct interests
| IN the subject matter of the petition. They
| nave all signed as citizens of our great
| federal commonwealth, laying aside all
personal interests. and have earnestly
| begged Congress to make such changes in
the tariff laws shall not endanger the
| business interests of the country. They
| recommend that the tariff shall be placed
upon basis that will be, as far as possi-
bic, permanent; that it shall be q patriotic
measure, carefully conserving the interests
| involved, whether of producers con-
sumers. and that it shall be especially re-
gardful Of the present critical condition of
| business and avoid the necessity of the re-
| ductlon or workingmen'S wages.
| me slgners of the paper" concluded Mr..
Hamilton, are prepared to support the party
| IN every manner that the word implies,
which will preserve the business interests
from injury, whether it be from either ex-
| cessiVe protection or excessive free trade
measures They simply want tariff based
upon the principles Of fair trade"
The petition Is to be printed in book form
and generally distributed.
Come and have a horse collar?'' said
Capt. Anson of the Chicago base ball club,
at the Arlington this morning, to a friend.
The latter looked startled.
Il have had horse on me many a time"
he replied, in vague wonder at the invita-
ton. but 1 never found any use for one of
| their collars"
| Well come along and see how one will
fit" insisted Anson. with smile. and to-
| gether the couple Sauntered toward the bar.
| Two or three curious people who had over
| heard the conversation followed to see the
operation. Anson, who never touches alco-
| holic liquors, pressed his big frame up
! against the bar; Make us two horse col
| lars" he directed.
Picking up lemon and a knife the bar
keeper proceeded to deftly peel the fruit un-
| til a long silver-lined, golden ribbon hung
| in a graceful spiral Taking a goblet, he
! placed one end of the shaving-like peel in
! its bottom and placed lump of ice upon
| 1t then he curled the peel around and around
| on the inside of the glass so the yellow shone
| through. bottle of ginger ale was there
| upon produced and slowly trickled into the
| goblet until IT was. full The operation was
repeated with another lemon, knife glass,
| piece of ice and bottle, and the two decoc-
| tions allowed to stand for a moment. Then
Arson and the man he was initiating rails
| ed them TO their lips. Over the face of the
novice spread look OF perfect rapture.
| He never put his glass down until the lump
| of ice hit him on the bridge of his nose and
a long ribbon Of lemon peel slid down his
cheek. Then he blinked his eyes ecstatical-
| Iy and called for two more horse collars,
| but Anson repressed his ardor. The man
was telling about it few minutes after
| ward.
TN drink no more rum" he calculated.
| how to wear a horse collar, and I'll stick
| to 'em as long as lemons and ginger ale
| hold out"
The curious individuals also took a shy
at the novel drink after the others went
! out. One who wants to know what q
'horse collar" is must put one on-or, rath-
| er, in.
| Marcus Daily, who controls the greatest
copper mines in the world, and carries the
| political complexion OF Montana in his grip
| sack, stopped over at Welcker's on his way
| south, but eluded the interviewers. Mr.
| DAILY has dictated which party should win
| in the elections of Montana ever since that
| commonwealth was admitted into the
| Union, and having been SO successful in the
past he has grown ambitious to have the
| state capital removed from Helena to his
| own home at Anaconda, where the i'm
mense smelters of the Anaconda Mining
Company are located. Henry Spurrier,
another Montanian, was in La Normandie
| last night, and was questioned about the
| proposition.
The idea of removing the capital from
| Helena to Anaconda is preposterous to the
| point of beings ludicrous, he remarked;
| but If Marcus Daily seriously desires to
| have it realized there is no doubt in my
mind that it will be done. No one can con-
ceive of the power Mr.. Daily wields in Mon
| tana. No czar ever had greater, and yet he
does not use it always cruelty. The miners
| and employees of the immense mines and
| smelters which are controlled by him be-
| lieve in him thoroughly, and as they COM
prise nearly one-third of all the voters in
| the state and can influence nearly another
| third to follow any lead they may take
you can imagine how easy it is for Marcus
| Daily to get anything he wants when it
comes to an election. Oh yes you may rest
| assured if he wants Anaconda selected for
| the state capital the voters will side with
| him, despite the fact that Helena has
| everything necessary to a capital city
| while Anaconda has nothing"
1.-THE professional guides in Washington
overlook one of the most interesting things
here in taking strangers around" said An
drew Provost of Boston, at the Shoreham
this morning. Il mean the underground
trolley electric road near the outskirts of
the city. 1 imagine that the majority of
the visitors to Washington who come when
| there is nothing momentous, like the inau-
guration, for instance to attract them, are
among the representative people of the
places they hail from, and are interested in
| the development of their own communities.
| There Is no subject being so generally con-
sidered all over the United States just now
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