New-York tribune., 1897-07-17
WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES.

INHERITED POLITICAL MANNER1SMS.-An
old politician, In discussing the career ana cha'-
acter Of Senator Harris. said to-day: :" nehese'
an unusually strong man appears in state ne oe-
comes pattern which young men for a ions '''s
copy. Mr.. Harris always had General JACKSON u,
his mind He copied Jackson's earnestness anu
resolution. He was fully as brave man pnys'
cally and In every other way In Kentucky herry
Clay the model The young men all copied
him. 1t the fashion to be alternately gracious
and imperlous. Public speakers, too, all showed
the effect Of Clays manner. Thomas +. Marsnati'
John G. Breckenridge and others reproduced fary
well some OF Cay's effects as an orator ana leader
They lacked his genius, but they knew how 10 DC
chivarous and slightly bullying by turns In penm- n
snce cG e % cared te about oratory ort ras Htvs was
as leader shows the Cameron influence distinctly
have sometimes thought, employs them quite as
skilfully as the man who devised them Ia Se% Se
ard and Tllden. though on opposite sides both S.
copied some OF Van BurenS shrewdness M IL
same school. David d. iii is one Of them; The
Jacksonian energy and the Clay manner ana no vrm
the members Of the Campaign committee aa and he he
speak well enough, but he doesn't rest his case al
any time on oratory."
SECRETARY sHERMAN'S TRANQUIL LIFE
Secretary Sherman is early riser At O'Clock
any morning he may be seen seated at front
window Of his handsome house In k-st with
lighted cigar in his mouth and newspaper in his
hand He has evidently breakfasted and is glanc-
Ing at the latest dispatches He does not lounge
In his chair, but sits up straight, as Mr. Clay to
the end is said to have done. His profile Is good,
and seated thus, he presents a fine appearance.
to be obvios to all who '' may be passing in The
street While he does not smoke with the vgor
Of the man who smokes incessantly, he shows great
lights II
5 not permit the fire q go put If limits himself 70
man is taking life Without worry in his new office
AS veteran he knoWs the value q system s n
HIS AUDIENCE UNDER HIS HAT-Senator
Allen Of Nebraska. has apparently outgrown all
sensitiveness about having an audience when he
makes either record-breaking eghteenhour or even
ordinary fve-minute speeches In the Senate While
he talking this morning there was notice
able scarcity OF Scnat tors In the chamber. Mr.. War
presently suggested that there was not
quorum present. There was some sparring on the
point. 81 will not insist upon the cal for
Quorum. he said II did not design to Interrupt IN
probably like to have Senators here to listen to
II am obliged to the Senator" replied Mr.. Allen.
"Id rather talk TO empty seats than to seine Sena-
tors"
NO LANDSCAPE EFFECTS FOR TlLLMAN.-
This reminds me Of the time Senator Tlilman
turned the lawn about the Governors mansion at
Columbia into a cabbage garden" remarked
South Carolina visitor at the Capitol the other day
when he observed the bare spaces that had been
left by the removal Of the shrubbery in the east
front park. when Tlman became Governor Of
South Carolina he found beautiful lawn and we'll
kept grounds around the arstocratic Gubernatoria!
1aed the woo ha nad ese and wS
grandstand play to the farmers Mneh ne aed 0G
served the beautiful stretches OF lawns ne sala IL
poughed up and planted with corn ana caDnages;
Governors mansion In the midst Of a cornfed and
surrounded by rows Of thriving cabnagss; put me me
wool hat patrarchs came to see the ,iovern0Tr N
would take them for walk down n IL me cornheiu
JAPANESE ON AN INSPECTION TOCR-Three
Japanese who are visiting in the United States ior
a few weeks called at the Interior Department To-
day and were presented to Secretary Bliss lhey
were H. Nato 8. Takano and Tokuzo Mishima'
Mr. Nato Is member Of the japanese Parliament
while the others gre members of a large oil COM
pany In Toxic in which city they all hve Mr..
Takano, explaining the object OF their Visit mere
said: 1--WE are sent over here by the Japanese Gov
ernment to examine into the Industrial CONDITIONS
of Tie United States, and especially 10 STUDY the
methods OF petroleum production. In doing tins we
have visited the oil regions of West Virginia Penn
sylvania and Ohio and have learned great deai
that VIII be of service 10 us at nome. hVefy"h'rc
we were treated with the utmost Kindness ara
courtesy and do not how any people could
excel the Americans In hospitality to strangers.
Japan produces only a small fraction OF the petro-
lelim sne consumes and the methods oi extracting
II from the earth and refining 1t are crude RUSSIA
sends us small quantity or oil. but we import from
the United States nine-entbs OF all the petroleum
used in the country. After We stay In Wasnnston
two or three days shall sail for London ana
shall travel over Europe for some months, wlnulhs
nm with a visit 10 the oil fields OF Russia our stay
mere has been pleasant and full OF Instruction. w
have been accustomed to look up 10 tne u nlted
States as the country to copy after ana go nome
with that conviction stronger in our minds IMAM
ever"
THE BUSINESS SITUATION IN THE FAX
WEST-"What of the situation In the tar Wes'F
asked a reporter OF ex-Congressman Dooli'tie' OF
Washington, AT Wizards. yesterday. wen, re-
ulled Mr. Doolitte, I'VE are not complaining ana
have plenty to live There is good deal OF ac-
ivitv in the mining districts. and our Oriental trade
s also growing very satisfactorily. But aside from
tho mining camps. business generally Is qulet aiu
money is scarce. The people are not iookiIls ~. d
honm hut they expecting dec.dtu lihP.oNG.
ment when the new tariff goes into erect AZ ~
is think the West is IN better conditioh IMAM '''e
East
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