Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1896-12-03

to be taken lot Sranteu Wy o'oA 'oo~J
that President Mckinley will call an
extra session.
Should Senator Quays suggestion for
the retirement Of the greenbacks DC
made a republican party measure, some
of the men who have record for abus-
Ing fiat money may find themselves in
box. Mr.. Quay's suggestion is that
the greenbacks be redeemed, not with
gold but with U. s. notes payable in
gold. at the option of the government.
In other words, payable in gold when is
convenient. If that wouldn't be fiat
money, what would 1t be?
It has for sometime been apparent
that something ought to be done to pro-
tect inventors from the sharks who have
gotten into the patent soliciting business
and are introducing therein the gamb
ling methods of the legally prohibited
lotteries, not to encourage the invent.
i've spirit, but merely to make fees for
themselves by appealing to the inherent
human gambling instinct. There is no
good reason why the patent lawyers Of
the country should not stand as high as
do those who practice before the Su.
preme court of the U. S., and as mat
ter of fact, most of them do. But the
shysters are bringing disgrace all the
profession and something has got to be
done. 1t has long been the idea of
many of the honorable patent lawyers
to have Patent Bar, with strict rules
of practice to protect the inventors, and
something of the kind will have TO be
done or Congress will have to be ap-
pealed to for legislation on the subject.
Surprise was expressed when it was
announced that Mr.. Cleveland had pur.
chased home in Princeton, N. D., as
no whisper that any such thing was on
foot, had preceded the announcement.
There is now rumor, said to have been
stared by a member Of the family of a
prominent official, that President Cleve'
land will become connected with the law
faculty of Princeton University. 1t is
said that the whole thing was fixed up
during the recent visit Of President and
Mrs. Cleveladd to Princeton to attend
the College celebration.
The Senate chamber has been thor
oughly overhauled since Congress ad-
iourned. and now looks much better
than it has looked since it was built,
and unless the sanitary engineers are
off in their calculations, it will be more
comtortab owing to apparatus for
maintaining an even temperature, and
more healthful because constantly sup.
piled with pure fresu air. Among the
changes that are noticeable to even the
most casual observer are the handsome
opera chairs which have laken the place
Of the old wooden benches in the gale.
rles, and the uniformity in the Senators
chairs, now all square backed, leather
covered, with mahogany frame. Here
tofore it has been the custom Of each
Senator to exercise his individual taste
in the selection of the chair he used,
without regard to whether it pleased
anybody else or not and the result was
rather a mixture. For the first time
both the Senate and House are lighted
by electricity. That is about all the
Improvement made in the House cham
Der which now lacks shabbier than ever
when compared with the Senate cham
Der. But the Senate always was inclin.
ell to be more luxurious than the House
and many ascribe it to the difference in
the method Of electlng Representatives
and Senators, the first having to give
an account to their constituents every
two years, and the last only once in six
years, if at all.
There are various reasons which have
caused Ohio politics to occupy large
share of The political COSBY in Washing
ton. Chairman Hanna wants to 90 to
the Senate, instead of inio the Cabinet,
according to gossip, and he is coming
to offer Senator Therman the Secreta-
ryship Of State in the Mckinley Cabi.
net in exchange for his seat in the Sen
ate, the understanding being that Gov,
Bushnell will appoint Mr.. Hanna to the
vacancy at once fSeuator Sherman will
resign. The principal obstacle to car.
rying out this plan is that Senator
Sherman also prefers the Senate to the
Cabinet and that he hopes to be elected
to another term III 1898. 1t is not
thought that Senator Sherman will
agree to Mr.. Hanna's proposition, un.
less he can be bulldozed into doing so
by being convinced that he cannot be
reelected to the Senate, and whether he