The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-07
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Brought to the Front.
The long tariff debate in the house OF
representatives has brought 10 the front
new presiding officer. Representative Sher-
man Of New York presided nearly all the
time over the deliberations OF the commit
tee of the whole, as the house is called
when it goes through fictitious sort OF
motamorphosis for the sake Of facilitating
business Mr.. sherman is a young man
with round, boyish face pink checks and
mild eyes. No one had suspected him OF
being an ombryo speaker till Mr.. Reed dis
covered him and trottcd him out to keep
the boys in order during the tariff debate.
Mr.. sherman did his work TO the queens
taste
Enormous pressure Is being brought to
bear upon President Mckinley 20 induce
him To revoke some Of Mr.. Cleveland s civil
service orders. Every day senators and rep
resentatiyes pour into the presidents ears
tales OF the hardships which the blanket
civil Service order has worked upon the
faithful of the Republican hosts. lncon-
sistencics and absurdities of the law, like
the hopping" test applied TO candidates
for places in the government printing Of
fee, of which so much was made by Sena-
are constantly being brought 20 the presi-
dents attention. Those who are near to
the president predict that he will be com
PEELED 10 do something. The pressure is
greater than he can withstand. Mr.. Nc
kinlcy, understand, would be pleased to
have congress divide the responsibility with
him by taking the initiative and passing
law on the subject for him 90 sign.
Molasses as 10 Is Spelled.
A friend of mino who Is employed in the
civil service commission tells me they find
many funny things in their examination of
the papers OF would DC government clerks.
For instance, from one bundle Of papers
the other day my friend made notes of the
following unique ways of spelling the sim
pie word "molasses;'
"Molasslses, "molassoes, ""malacies," I"
"molassescss," "malass," " "molasalos," !"
"moasyse," F" Embassies" "mulasiz,"
"mooassis, mulaciz" and "mulassas 4"
Mr. Hanna, the powerful senator from
Ohio, 60 whom all doors open and every ear
Is turned has his funny experiences as he
goes along One evening young man
came up To him in the lobby Of the Arling
ton hotel. "Nou are Senator Hanna, aren't
your Eyes, sir; am he" well, am
MIR. Blank. am Secretary So and so $ pri-
vate secretary, and | want TO tell you that
we shall be glad TO see you down at our
place" Here the young man slapped the
senator familiarly on the back. "You
don't need to be afraid To come down and
ask for what you want, for the secretary
and have heard of you, and If you don't
get what you think Is right from tho sec
retary you just lct me know and l will fix
It," "Young man." said Mr.. Hanna, with
n merry twinkle in his eye I'm be down
10 sec You. And while am ut 10 l think
III go over and see the president and tell
him that he has made n mistake in your
department You ought 60 oe the secretary,
while the secretary should be made your
clerk"
MIR. Laceys Story.
One Of the best of the many stories told
during the tariff debate In the house was
that Of Mr.. Lacey of Iowa. Mr.. Lacey is
"a sober, dlgnihed sort of man, and no one
had supposed hc was going 20 tell a yarn
which would convulso the house with
laughter He was talking about tho Dem
ocrats who had decided to come over TO the
Republican side in support uf the tariff bill
because of needed protection 20 their home
industries, and this reminded him of the
young man out In Nebraska Inst fall. He