The evening times., 1895-08-14
S8nt from Washington

At the present time n good deal Is be-
ing said about the restoration OF the his
toric pictures which adorD the rotunda
OF the Capitol. and once more the discovery
has been made that one of the Indians
In the Pocahontas picture Is n dime mu-
scum freak In that he has six toes on
one foot This picture restoration scheme
Is started up every few years. and some
one gets n fat thing In oillng and varnlsh-
ing the alleged works OF art which depict
the principal scenes in American history.
A few years ago mold wonianwas Permitted
To occupy one OF the inches In the niIin cor
ridor OF the House with q stock of SOU
veDirs OF Washington. photographs of
public men. and other bric-a-brac. II was
understood ut this time that the old lady did
n good deal OF busting around the statues
In statuary Hall. and every once in a
while Muehl-Dberg, OF Robert Fulton, or
some other one OF the heroes, statesmen
and great men who are reproduced In mar
BILE would turn up in the morning minus
finger or a toe. Then local sculptor would
be employed TO reproduce the toe or finger
at a good, fat figure, and at last some con-
Dection was believed to have been establish
ed between the dusting process and the
anputations. The bric-a-brac stall was re-
moved and the old lady went with it. Since
that time there have been no casualties in
Statuary Halle. A. Hamilton, in Troy,
n. Y, Press.
The prediction is made by close observers
of the political situation that Mr.. Harris
conference viii not be any more helpful TO
the cause of Iree-silver coinage than was
the Memphis convention That convention
was manipulated by the PopUlists- II is
assured that many Democrats who, month
or two ago, We're hopeful of accomplishing
something for silver this year, have become
impressed with the popular idea that the
restoration of good times does not depend
in any way upon the status of the white
metal, and that the conferees will leave
Washington without accomplishing any
thing
Mr.. Harris admits that the attenda nee
at the conference is likely to be small
The country viii require no better evidence
than the published report of the conference
Dext Thursday morning that the silver
issue is already back pumber.-C. C. Rau-
dolph iu New York Times.
II Mr. Eckels had wisely refused to allow
so free a use OF the statistics gathered by
his office and shown a disposition to be
reasonably liberal with the banks in the
midst of the scare; If, in other words, the
Government had shown its confidence in
the stability of trade and the wealth-pro-
ducing capacity of the country, which
every thoughtful man knew was unchanged.
and the Treasury had pursued 4 broad
liberal policy in all its anSactions, half
the losses and breakdowns might have
been averted To add to this bad manage
ment, there came along the extra session
OF the Fiftythird Congress, with its inter
minabie discussions, and inaction, or ILL.,
timed action, or misdirected action, and
times have grown harder for the poor, and
even to the present day, though the well
to do b,gin TO cheer up little and business
to improve, under the hope of the return to
power of the party that knows how to do
something and does ito. P. Austin. in
Louisville Commercial.