The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1895-12-26

The Republican caucus committee has
finished selecting the chairmen OF the Senate
committees, and a caucus is now in session
to consider them, and, unless advance in.
dications were all wrong it's quite lively
caucus. One of the causes is that Senator
Stewart, populist, of Nevada, has been
named as Chairman Of the Pacific Railroads
Committee. which, in view of legislation for
the settlement Of the debts these roads owe
the government. will be very important
committee 1t is believed that the slate
will 60 through as arranged by the caucus
committee. but if the lighting caucus ia
bitter one it will probably result in deferring
the reorganization OF the Senate until after
Christmas
That there has been for several years
tendency OH the part OF the Senate to be-
come more exclusive is undeniable. 1t be-
gan when the public were shut out OF one
| of the elevators in the Senate wing of the
| Capitol and was added to when the public
was denied access to the Senate chamber
|
after the Senate adjourned. For the first
time the people who were not provided
with tickets were shut out of the galleries
| of both House aud Senate, on the opening
day of this session. These things all show
. growing desire for exclusiveness, but
plan now under consideration furnishes
proof positive, so far as the Senate 10 con-
csrpsd. It is proposed to remove the old
wood benches in the Senate galleries and
70 replace them with folding opera chairs.
So iss that 10 good idea. But it 10 iuther
proposed thst these chairs DO numbered SO
tAst they may b ssssrvsd' by the Senators
upon ill interesting occasions and tho tickets
therefor distributed among their friends
That Is . very bad idea, If adopted. as II
almost certainly will be. no person whe
could not get ticket from q Senator eoult
be- admitted to the Senate galleries wher
. there was any probability Of anything in
} teresting occurring. on the floor, whicl
would be very unjust and very un:American
The irowns of the administration hav
not deferred the silver democrats from rent
ing house just across from the Capito
building and going into business as Nat
ional organization, by formally openin
headquarters for the dissemination of litei
ature devoted to silver Senator Harris, G
Tenn is at the head of this anti admins
, | ha ar
9 nouuced object is to fight for silver inside tn
e democratic party, but the interesting thin
about it is, what will Senator Harris an
his followers do if the anti-silver or admir-
istration wing of the party controls the Den
ocratic National Convention, as most pc
:, itcians believe it will, Some of the pop'
: lists believe the silver democrats will the
60 to them, bat the silver democrats sd
they are so certain to control the democra
ic convention that they have not considere
what they will do if they fail. That sort
i talk is bluffng. Great generals do not pls
= campaign without providing for possib
}. defeat. and Senator Harris and those wi
e are in the movement with him have had Il
u much to do with politics not to have maj
u plans to govern their acts in case of defea
& they don't want them known, that's all.
= If he can do all this, aud more, it is like
" he has sufficient education to make his ov
way in the world If you have more tin
= and money to spend upon him, all we'll al
= good-gve him higher English, give hi
:, literature, give him mathematics give hi
:. science, and if he is very anxious about
give him Latin and Greek, or whatever t
- course he intends pursuing in life demand
School Supplement.
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