The evening times., 1895-08-23
S6nf from Washington

system has never met with favor Is because
the oid-time roll-calling and answering by
Yea" and may" is to valua BILE for legis-
Iatiye purposes to be done away with. The
voting by electricity would mean a rapid
roll-call an da saving OF money, because
it has been estimated that 1t costs the Uni
ted States over 81 900 every time the
roll-call and saving Of money, because
But Congress does not care for expense,
and to abolish the viva voce vote " ould be
to destroy the legislators' principal weapon
of filibustering. The roll-cali In the Houee
is not used now to ascertain who is present
| and very rarely for the passage cf bill,
but it is used for the purpose Of delay and
| filibustering. 1t ID the sole weapon now
left to the minority to fight or defeat an
| obnoxious bill. whenever delay 10 de-
| sired, rOll-call is demanded, and from
| one-half hour to q whole day can be wasted
upon it. according to circumstances and
| conditions. People have wondered why
| there has always been SO much opposition
| to a rapid system OF roll-calling, and only
| to the initiated is the true reason, as hero
| given, Known. p. Shriver. in New York
Mail and Express.
|
sary evidence the Interstate Commerce Com
mission will endeavor 10 carry out the sug-
| gestion which he makes in the letter he ad-
| dressed 10 1t to prevent the trunk line
railway agreement OF which he complains.
In SO far as il might conflict with the inter-
| state commerce laws. But the commission
| cannot get the necessary evidence itself,
and therefore Is poweriess to prevent the
pooling proposed
One of the members OF the commission
said to-day substantially what is said above,
| adding: mo one but the sixteen railway
| presidents said to have been appointed by
| the trunk lines to formulate means for main
| tanning eastbound and westbOund rates is
/ able TO give evidence respecting the agree
ment they are said to be preparing, and,
under the decision OF the Counselman case,
We have no power TO compel any Of them TO
| furnish us with the evidence we require.
| Therefore we are powerless TO do what
| Senator Chandler suggests, gladly as We
! would do II If we cOuld."-H. B. + MacFar-
land In Boston Herald
1t is hoped here that the administration
| at last realizes that the discussion of the
case of John L. Waller by French and
where the United States Government is
compelled to make peremptory demand
for the release from the Marseilles dungeon
of the former consul to Madagascar. The
administrators repeated requests for IN
formation having been practically ignored,
the State Department cannot longer delay
| some action which will be less absurd
| than the imbecile requests which it has
Z fttpsr has "a
1t was said at the State Department to-
day that the delay in the Waller case had
been very annoying 10 the officials, and
especially 10 Ambass ador Eustis. The dila-
tory action OF France in this matter is at
last regarded as indicating that the FreEch
government has poor case and will be
unable TO resist the demands made by the
United States for the restoration of Waller
TO liberty and Indemnity for his losses.
A condition that makes the administra
ton fret at the delay of Franco is the fact
that the department is aware of the serious
illness of Waller in prison, and that further
confinement, with injury 10 his health, re-
sulting possibly in his death, must be
charged against the stupidity and supine
ness Of the State Department.-R. ]. Wynne,
in New York Press.
The Treasury Department Is an old
fashioned building and there are but two
elevators in it. One morning Secretary
Manning was a little later than usual and
alighted froEl his carriage at the south
east door OF the Treasury Department
about five minutes past O'Clock In his
customary brisk way he walked into the
building and started to enter the elevator
Dumber OF tariy clerks this morning, each
anxious TO reach his desk, for the rumor had
got abroad that the Secretary did not look
with particular favor upon delinquencies
of this sort. The elevator was crowded but
there Seemed to be room for just one more,
but before Mr.. Manning could step through
the door young fellow rushed up in a ter
rible hurry and, pushing him aside, stepped
into the elevator carriage, saying:
Hold on there. old man. Let me get in
there; they say cd Manning is raising HI
with the fellows who come in Iate and
haven't been on time for month";
"Ai right" said the Secretary coolly,
quietly moving aside to make room for
the young man who was in such hurry
Il am glad to see that you are So eager TO
get to your work. bat you should at thesame
time remember that the duties of the Secre-
tary of the Treasury are equally as impor-
tant as your own and that he may perhaps
be as anxious to get to his desk as yourself
l would also suggest that the next time
you are in such a hurry you w.'uld walk up
the steps and not wait for the elevator"
The young clerk. to use his own express
sion, "tumbled'' Immediately and was
most profuse in his apologies. 1t is unnec-
essary to state that the other clerks in the
elevator did not particularly enjoy their
trip to the second floor and Mr. Manning,
big and stout as be was, had plenty OF room
In the elevator, although perhaps half Of
his fellow passengers were standing on the
toes of the other half. The fresh young clerk
wrote out his resignation when he reached
his desk, ba5 concluded to withhold sending
it in for few days. He mas held up this
resignation for Lng time, as he is still
drawing a salary from Uncle Sam. The
only result OF the incident was the issuance
of an exceedingly strict order the next day
by Secretary Manning, prescribing that all
clerks must be at the desks promptly at
O'Clock. Those who afterwards did happen
to be tardy touk particular pains not to
ride up in the elevatoI-blt walked up the
back stairway Had this incident happened
to Secretary Carlisle instead of Secretary
Manning the young M an wouldhavereceived
something else than mere verbal repri-
mand.-J. S. Van Antwerp, in Mime
apoiis Journal.
BREATH CAUGHT FIRE.