The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-04-27
DELAY IN THE SENATE.
The Tariff Bill Awaits It's Pleas
ure.
A QUESTION OF ssDIscUss1oN. .

The Sleeping Car NIagnatc at the White
House--Almost .'Too Sweet" Manners.
Tho Exclusive Senate Finance Commit
tec-Washington Gossip.
WASHINGTON, April Especial. las
was expected by experienced observers, the
outlook for an early passage of tho tariff
bill in the senate is daily becoming moro
and more gloomy. No one of good infor
mutton now believes this measure will
pass the upper branch before tho middle of
Jul y, and some believe all of that month
ana good part of August will have passed
before the Dinglcy bill is ready for the sig
nature of President Mckinley. The DELAY
Is due not so much to design or intrigue
on the part of tho opposition us it is to tho
hcavincss of tho senate, tho slow rate Mt
which it moves all its wonders to perform.
the proncncss to long debate upon any and
every QUESTION, and tho absence of any
rules which permit the majority to cut off
ucbate and proceed to business. While it
is truc that the Democratic senators want
full discussion" they do not disclose any
intention To kill time. But Il "full discus
sion" in tho senate, conducted in the best
OF faith, Is an almost intcrminablc affair.
Inc lest friends of carly action upon tho
tariff do not SEQ how they are to get their
bili through hy the LIST of July, the date
which President Mckinley long ago set
for its passage.
Welcome mt tho White House.
While Twas Mt tho White House the 9TH
CT day George l.. Pullman, the rich slccp-
ing cur man, camo in to pay his respects
to thc president. MIR. Pullman, despite
his immense wealth and great power in
the commercial world, is an unassuming,
pleasant gentleman, II delightful compan-
ION and good story teller. He has been a
generous contributor to several of tho re-
cent campaign funds of the Republican
party, but l understand he rarely or never
asks anything of tho administration.
AT the White House Mr.. Pullman nm
pearcd to know his way about very well.
There was not door, II hall or nook which
no was unfamiliar with. In explanation of
this MIR. Pullman said ho hnd had the hon.
or of living ut the executive mansion for q
week some 26 years ago, when General
Grant was tho master there. cit is u noble
old building" said Mr.. Pullman, land I
hopo congress will never pull il down. 1t
should be preserved as long us it will
stand.'
If ono takes up his station in tho prcsi-
dents room for half hour, us one is often
tho chief magistrate ho will bo sure to SEQ
good deal of human nature. There is tho
SHY, timid man, who sits away bnck in tho
corner, and who is compelled to stay there
hour after hour while holder men stcD I'M
TO tho front and gain their coveted few mo-
mcnts with Mr. Mckinley. There is hii
opposite, too, the forward man, who crowds
i'll ahead of every one else, who talks i'm y
loud voice, who fastcns himself upon the
president rs if he were going to stay all
day and who generally manages to disgust
not only the president but every ono with
in view of his operations. 1t is pretty safo
to hazard "a guess that the timid man will
i'll tho end make moro Roadway in adyanc-
ing his cause than the other fellow. 1t Is
worth going miles TO sec the case and grace
with which President Mckinley "slidcs
out from under" the clutches of the too in
sistcnt and voluble visitor Practice has
madc him perfect in that art. When Wis
ltor has spoken for n few moments, tho
president concludes he has had enough.
Then he grabs tho mans hand, shakes it,
says "goodby' and turns with winning
smile to the next in line.
Tho funniest man is the one who wills.
pcrs. saw such visitor the other day.
He was from the south, and his greatest
object In life was to beat some other fcl.
iuN VIII WAS an applCunt Tor ONCE. EOf
five minutes he had his mouth mt President
McKinley's left ear, and all that time no
whispered in II most intense, rapid and OK
citable wny. Long before ho had finished
or even reached II convenient breathing
place the president reached ont, shook the
mans hand and gave him his most polite
and yet very cifcctual congo.
Ways of Presidents.
a senator who goes often to the White
House tells NE President Mckinley has
tie sweetest manners ever seen in that
Office. ~ sometimes think he is too sweet, -
said the senator. The trouble is that he
almost always leaves the impression in tho
mind OF n new man in politics that he Is
going to get his coveted appointment.
President Mckinley never says he will not
appoint man, not to tho man himself.
He is too anxious to avoid hurting any
ones feelings IL he have any disagrccablo
news to impart, he will tell it to tho sen
ator or representative who may DO taking
an interest In the ease not to the appli-
cant. President Harrison was not so
careful. He WIS as blunt us blunt could
be-. have often heard General Harrison
say, No, can't appoint you. If the man,
taken back by this frankncss, asked for
an explanation. he generally got it. Tho
president had heard things about him. IIo
had not paid his debts, or he drank wills
Ky, or he did this, that or the other thing.
General Harrison hpI;nvcd in comiuy