The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-04-25
CHAT OF THE CORRIDORS.

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week by the appointment by the President to
Office during adjournment of Congress those
whose nominations were before the Senate and
not favoraby acted Oh. There has always been
in such cases in the past more or less talk about
! ignoring the constitutional rights of the Sem
ate and individual Senators have vented their
| indignation, but the Senate as a body has not
committed the folly Of taking notice of it.
Mr. Hayes once reused Senatorial indigna-
ton. The late President Arthur was at the
/ ime Collector of the Port of New York. Mr..
Hayes, acting under the advice of Secretary
Sherman, sent in message TO the Senate re-
moving Mr.. Arthur, whose term had not eX-
pred, and appointing another in his place.
The Senate rejected the nomination by deci-
sive VOTE and shortly after adjourned sine die.
The Senate Chamber was scarcely closed before
President Hayes summarily turned Mr.. Arthur
out and put his man in his place.
II
A new elevator was put in the State Depart
ment but they haven't got it working right
yet The other day Secretary Gresham came
out of his Office to 90 to the Cabinet meeting.
A messenger sprang forward and pressed the
electric button. The elevator was somewhere
in the upper stories. 1t came down with rush,
and before the elevator man could stop it it was
at the basement foor. Anxious to redeem him.
self, the elevator man made another effort and
started the machine for the second floor. where
the Secretary stood waiting. But he could not
stop it, 1t shot up to the third floor, and the
constant ringing of the bell showed that the
Secretary was not only impatient, but getting
angry. The elevator again started down, but
it went by the Secretary again. BY this time
the elevator man was ratified. He threw the
lever far back aud let her go, but before he was
aware of what happened he was among the
skylights The Secretary did not stop to try
that elevator any more. He had wasted nearly
five minutes of valuable Cabinet time, and he
went over to the side of the building occupied
by the Navy Department and pstronized one of
the Navy elevators.
Representative Hepburn, Of Iowa, former
Solicitor Of the Treasury, was in this city, after
a Western trip, and talked to-day Of what he
and heard of the silver question. He is a
Republican and conservative on the subject of
finance He said: al thought i saw an in
creasing feeling in favor of the immediate IN
limited coinage of silver by the United States,
which was very surprising to me. This senti-
nent was especially noticeable among Demo-
Gratis. i spent number of days in Chicago,
and found the same conditions there. On the
railway trains silver was general topic of con-
sersation. Free silver literature was in wide
circulation everywhere. / believe that this
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west OF the Allegheny Mountains position in
avor of the immediate unlimited coinage of
silver will be taken, unless the international
Conference is called and people are induced to
believe that there is reasonable prospect of an
early international agreement as to ratio and
coinage.
There ia said to be o deep rooted motive for
the alacrity with which ex-Representative
Springer accepted q judicial appointment for
life in the Indian Territory. 1t cannot be
very long before the Indian Territory will
come into the Union as State, and Judge
Springer is likely to set his pins for election to
the United States Senate, position for which he
has cherished a longing these many years past,
but which he could never reach in his own
ssry. of course. for the Democracy to capture
the new State. and the Democratic leaders think
this can be secured by the votes of the men,
bers of the five civilized tribes who will become
citizens. The Oklahoma Republicans, how
ever, do not believe this can be accom- plished
for so soon as the Indian lands are thrown open
for settlement after the Indians have taken
their lands in severalty an immense influx OF
immigration will ensue. which will avalanche
the Indian population, SO that they will not be
able to control the politics OF the new State.
There ia . strong probability that an effort
will be made TO keep Congressman Dockery off
the Committee on Appropriations of the next
House. He has been g member Of the commit
tee for several years, and posed as a so-caIled
economist to such extent an to invite and
receive an antsgonism not only of the Republi-
cans but of his Democratic colleagues In ad-
dition 10 this, he has managed 10 subvert the
long established systems of checks aud balances
which have hitherto governed the Treasury
Department and changed its methods until
hardly feature Of the ancient transaction OF
business remains. 1t is alleged that these
changes are improvements but the old-tims
clerks shake their heads ominously and predict
that sooner or later the Dockery system will
prove a disastrous failure. Other Departmental
changes have been inaugnrated. but as the Re-
publicans will control the next Congress-, it is
likely that some of the Dockery expert work
will be nipped in the bud.
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One OF Congressman Dockery's achievements
81 the late Congress, in his effort to keep down
appropriations was to defeat the appropriation
of money TO pay the judgments Of the Court of
Claims. As consequence, litigants whose
claims have been adJudicated by the court after
years of vexatious delay, and In whose behalf
1 the Attorney General has certified the judp-
ments TO Congress for payment, will be kept
out of their just dues until The next Congress
shall make provisions for payment
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William NJ. Treloar, who defeated Champ
Clark, is popularity understood TO be a piano.
tuner and a travelling music teacher, who was
given the Republican nomination because no
one else wanted it, and because it would fall in
with his line of business TO make the canvass
without an outlay of money. Mr.. Clark once
denied this, and said it did an injustice to his
successor and added: "rhe man who succeeds
me is Professor VIM. NJ. Treloar, OF Mexico.
While he has had little to do with politics he