The sun., 1895-02-15
LIVE WASHINGTON TOPICS.
THE nor oRI7OR or THE PLATTE
COSTULSES TINE HOUSE.
A Proposed Nnrtyrdom Where Absurhity
Provoked Laughter Rcceptiou at the
White House 20 the Army rnd Navy.


wAsniNGroN Feb 14-The debate in the
House to-day over the Financial bill had It's
amusing Incidents ono Of them was brought
about by the ovcrhcatcd enthusiasm OF the
silver.Populist, Mr.. Bryan Of Nebraska, "thc
| boy orator OF the Platte" ms he has been called
by his admiring friends. Mr. Bryan was aking
a highly eloquent speech In dcnuncation Of the
financial policy Of the Administration, and tho
| House was In sympathy with him aud lihCrally
applnudcd each burst Of cloqucncc. I}ecoming
more and moro excited and inspired. Mr.. Bryan
at last shouted with outliftcd arms nnd eyes
raised to heaven that no would bo willing to
| offer up his young life as sacrifice II by that
| means he could defeat the bill anil thus graf
| ify the wishes cf the mnssc' OF the people. The
absurdity of the proposed mhrtNrdom OF the en-
| thusiaStiC SrbraSkan suddenly strnck the
House, aud n burst Of dcrlsivc laughter took the
| place OF the previous applause Thc rest OF tho
would.be martyrs speech fcll fiat lie attcn,pl-
| and quoted from the " Merchant OF Venice and
SnylScks stipulation i%r pound OF n'sh; INV wh,G %
| terms of he Carlisle contract has h"conle
knHwn: Tno yeneraeis but rnrrgGtim mr. Mr
the quotation by shouting in great c9rncstntss
WHO wrote that ?" and again Mr.. Bryan was
covered with discomfture.
The President and Mrs. Cleveland gave rc-
ccption to the Army and Navy and Marine
Corps tonight. II was, perhaps, the most bril-
liant OF the white House functions given dur
sisted by the wives 0f the cabinet officers In re-
ccivlng the numerous guests Behind the re-
ladies, who chutted gally with the guests who
dropped in after passing the hostess Of tho
mass Of people, and the abundant flS,yors and
rich toilets worn by the ladies and the show
Vulnerable electric light shining through fern
and Ivy, termed 1 scene A;TnmSted min pGiurs'qge,
ana ana beantitul ~ to o.holui Ihe Marine bnmd, sta
tloheu IN lhe large NeetlDulc played !nNSuN ana
gay airs by turns.
This afternoon President Cleveland notified
both Houses of Congress that the Chicago Pub
lie Building bill hal been signed Estimates
roro,. h,;rr ,r.n,rod -, ,ho 1,r.osur,. t,nn,r,
ment for an appropration sufficient Ia furnish
~" tp seDi ,mIJi" hmIIFin aud alsn Sr b ~
cunning work on the new building. About ST.
100000 VIII he required to be appropriated at
TINS session. Representative boiuhler or Chl-
rhgo was unable to say In what approximation
Ia the Sundry Civil bill which is now in the Sen
nte: OF II ihay oe ipGiuoea III tne rEent Ds;
by the House.
u,,o So,o,o cor,r,i,t,o -, cor,,,.roo ,his
morning renewed the investigation of the
to be Collector of the Passalna1uoddy district.
Name The nominee was present and made a
statement 20 the committee i Is charged that
ii nnSS9 md afss0H 'f psSs% Ps'sy
four weeks after the nomination OF Mr. Powers,
the regular nominee against MIR. Boutcle. Han
son and his friends circulated the petition rs
authorized under the state laws. ana secured
the nolninatipn OF Mr.. Leavitt as an
independent Democratic candidate. and that
IN the campaign Hanson was actively
at Work IN behalf or the election OF
Leavitt. The hguresot that election were pro-
duced to show the extent OF the bolt which the
nominee led. Other charges were that heiure
The Chicago Convention which nominated Mr..
cleveland Hanson had Openly condrnnrc Mr..
Cieyelnnd, ND, and that % atter his own n9mnat!3n
To the once or collector he Lad said that lie
would ,,r knite all those who bad refused 10 el-
today denied by the candidate before the
committee. and Mr. Leavitt the Congressional
candidate. also made 4 statement i'll Lehalf of
Inc Navy Department has received the report
Of the Inspection Board ataiare Island, of which
Cav, 7 p.od IL r,,s;d,,, ,,o, a.. .,.,z,t.,
."p' D. o. heeu Is frcS'oeht upon its eSah'i'a-
ton OF the new cruiser Olympia. While in u
before he car he declared perfect the Hoard
Hnns ~ hn hih. ~ .o'.,i ,nd ~ , WI au % %ue
wisdom OF her recent preliminary acceptance by
secretary Iierbert. pom the recommendation
ot the i5oard the department mas practically de-
c.ueu 10 hhally accept 'ite vessel.