The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-04
WASHINGTON +

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There is almost II quorum OF con
gress IN " Washington, but their presence
has tlIro Sn no light upon what will be-
done ~ this session, aud he would he
considered a rash man who would un
dertake to say what viii be done, al.
though there are plenty, including
prominent senators aud representa-.
iivcs, who predict that the apprOpria.
ton bills viii Dc ABOUT All the lcgisla.
tion passed ut this session, aud that
iinancia, and tariff legislation will be
left for The extra session of the next
congress To wrcstlu wItii. IL seems to
be taken for granted by everybody
that President Mckinley will call an
extra session.
should Senator Quay's suggestion
for the retirement Of thcgreenbacks he
made a republican party measure,
some Oi the me who have "a record for
abusing iiat money may find themsel.
yes in u box. Mr. Quay's suggestion is
that grccnbacks be redeemed, not with
with gold but with L. ). notes payable
III gold, NJ the option OF the govern.
mcnt. In other words, payable ~ gold
when 1t Is convenient Ii that wouldn't
be HAT money, what wuLid it beg
II has for SOME time been apparent
that something ought To- he dome 80 pro.
ttUt inventors from the sharks who
have gotten into the patent soliciting
business and are Introducing therein
the gambling methods of III" legally
prohibited lotteries, not 20 encourage
the inventive spirit, but merely 10
make fees Tor themselves - appealing
To the inherent human 81 ub,lnE ~
Stincl. There ~ no good reason why
The patent lawyers Of the country
n nld not stand rs high rs do those
VINO practice before The supreme court
OF the u. y, and rs u matter OF fact,
most St them do. But the shys,crs
are bringing disgrace on the profession
aud something has got Ia h" done. II
has long been the idea of many ~f the
honorable patent lawyers to have u
patent bar, with strict rules of practice
to protect the inventors, and some
thing of the kind will have To- DO d,ie
az congress will have To he appealed TO
tor legislation on the subject. y
Surprised was expressed when 1t was
announced that Mr.. Cleveland nad
bought u residence III Princeton, n. j.,
rs no whisper that any such thing was
on foot, had preceded the announce
mcut. There Is now "A umur said To
have been started by "A member al the
family of prominent official that Plcsi.
dent Cleveland viii become connected
With the law faculty of Princeton
university 1t is said that the whole
thing vas fixed up during the recent
visit ot President and Mrs, Cleveland
To Princeton Ia attend the college
celebration.
The senate chamber has been
thoroughly uNurniuicd since congress
adjourned, and now looks much better
than 1t has iookrd since II was butt,
and unless The sanitary engineers are
oil ~ then calculation, II viii br more
comfortable, owing to apparatus Tor
maintaining an even temperature, and
more hcalthful because constantly sun.
piled win pure fresh air Among the
changes that alr noticeable 10 even the
most casual observer are the handsome
opera chairs which have taken the
place of The old wood bsnchrs in the
galleries, and lheuniformity inthc sen.
ators chairs, nov all square backed,
leather covered, with mahogany frame.
Heretofore II has been the custom of
each senator to cAcIc.sc his individual
tdslt VI WV Stit'NioH VI lnt tnllt he
used, without regard 10 whether it
pleased anybody else OF not and the re-
suit was rather "A mixture. For the
first time both the senstc aud house
are lighted ny electricity. That is
about all the improvement made in III.
house chamber which now ,ooks
shahhicr iAan ever whsn compared
with me senate chamber. Bot the sen
ate always was inclined To be- more
luXuriou, than the house aud many
ascribc II 10 the difference IN the
method ot ~-lecliug representative our
senators, the first having to give an ac
count Il their constituents every two
ears, aud thu last only once in siN
year, II AT all,
There are various reasons which
have caused OHIO pohucianS Ia occupy
n large share of the political GOSH IN
Washington. Chairman Ranns wants
- 90 into the sruatr, instead "i intn
me cabinet, according 10 gossip, and
he = coming ~ offer senator sherman
the serI"Jary>bip If the state ~ tie
Mckinley cabinet in exchange tor his
sea in the senate, the understanding
being that GOV. Bushnell vii appoint
Mr.. Hanna ~ ihc vacancy at onCe il
senator sherman will resign Thr
principal obstacle TO carving an hi
plan is that senator sherman also pre-
fprs The senate 10 lhc cabinet ami ihat
he hopes 10 be- elected to another term