The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-22
Gossip ait
the Capital
Special Correspondence Of The Tribune.

OpGCldl correspondence Oh ne lTlDune.
Washington, May q.
There is some grumblng among Repub-
licans against Speaker Reed for his
treatment of the Bailey resolution pro-
viding for the recognition of the Cubans
as belligerent force. They are not ap-
peased by the argument that the resolu-
ton would not have been turned down
had it emanated from the Republicans.
They are asking why such a resolution
did not come from the Republicans. They
do not admit that such proposition, re-
flecting the views of nearly every Re-
publican member, should have been treat
ed with less consideration because 1t
was proposed by a Democrat. They want
to know why the committee on rules did
not report a resolution of recognition in
company with the resolution appropriat-
ing $4,000 for the relief of suffering
Americans in Cuba. l spoke certainly
with fifty Republicans in regard to the
matter yesterday, before and after the
vote was taken on the resolution re-
ported and they were unanimous in their
grumbling at the attitude of the speak
er, which placed them in the position of
refusing to consider a resolution of recog-
milton. 1t is the unanimous opinion, also,
that Bailey, the brilliant young leader of
the Democrats, put the majority at an
immense disadvantage in this whole af-
fair.
Though we may be at odds with Bailey
| on the tariff and the silver question, it
| is but fair to him to say that he met
every point of the Republicans in their
| attempt to apologize for refusing to con-
| slider his resolution, with mastery abil-
| ity His main contention was that If
| there We're a majority against his reso-
| luton the house ought to be willing to
meet the matter frankly. This was cer-
| tainly unanswerable, except with the ad-
| mission that the sentiment of the house
| was almost unanimous in favor of his
| resolution, but that for some reason
| which no one explained the speaker and
| the committee on rules were determined
| to choke off this expression of opinion.
| Mr.. Bailey's declaration that while it
| was commendable to send bread to the
starving, a message of the kind proposed
| in his resolution, accompanying the mes
| sage of physical relief, would be more
| welcome and do a thousand times more
| good than bread, met with tremendous
| applause on the flour and in the CALLER
| les, Never have l seen a majority listen
more intently and with greater respect
| to a criticism from the minority than was
plainly exhibited by the Republicans yes
| terday when Bailey was making his brill
liant plea for recognition. If their hands
and lips did not applaud him their count
| enances showed unmistakable approval.
| There Is some disposition to congratulate
| the house leaders for the wonderful dis
| cipline shown by the rank and file of the
| Republicans. Some of the Republicans
are disposed to say ii is magnificent, even
| though IL may not be war but most OF
those TO whom have spoken of the mat
ter appear to think that it is humliating
We have just been having a perform
ance for sweet charity, but no such risk
was run as at Paris of fire and panic
The meet was In the hall of a fashion.
able cafe. Only the creme de la creme
were there. Those who were possessed
of no curiosity but lots of cash were
invited to take part. A tombola was the
chief attraction. Ever so many dol
lars a chance were demanded, and thu
prizes to be won were all real works Of
art in jewelry and precious things of ev
cry description, such as a fashionable
person would like to possess. Bouton
neres were sold at five dollars and larg
or bouquets accordingly. Money poured
into the Golfers of the treasurer, ther,
was no crush, everybody enjoyed them
selves and everybody else, and nobody
dared say that they "do things better IL
France"
Nothing worse has yet happened t.
prove the degeneracy of Kentucky in th
senate than the discovery that Deboe
| the new senator, is n teetotaller. He or
dered lot of stationery the other da!
from the senate stationer. Running owe
the list of articles he remarked that h.
could not think of anything else. Th
stationer hesitatingly remarked that tn
senator had apparently forgotten some
thing that no former Kentuckian ha'
failed to order, and that was a cork
screw. Mr.. Deboe modestly declared tina
he had no use for corkscrew, as h
never drank anything that had to b
; drawn from a bottle. The statoner fel
in dead faint. From the days of Henr,
Clay, and back of that, no such thin
had ever been heard of a Kentucky sena
tor, land II never would have been hear
OF any but a Kentucky Republican sena
tor" exclaimed a Kentucky member o
the house when he heard of the catas
: trophe. 1t was the practice of all of tn
Kentucky senators of late periods, a
well as of former ones to step into tn
public bars with their friends and 81
their grog in that democratic fashion
p Beck, "Cerro Gordo" Williams, Black
| burn, Lindsay, all of them, scorned tn
| hypocritical door screen and the seclu
> sion of private apartments, and dram
their Bourbon, neat or in punches, sour
: or cocktails. in a way which showed the
: were not ashamed of 1t.
Mallory, the new senator from Florida
is well known here, he having serve
two terms I'm the house, He Is a goo
= man weighing a goodly number {
pounds, but he viii not fill the plaC
which could only be filled by Wilkinso
Call, who had a history and a vocabu
5 ary The latter was second only to the
OF Morgan of Alabama. No pent-up die
tionary contracted the verbal powers {
either when II came to the effort {
2 making a set speech. 1t is probable ths
2 since the time of the old word mongei
who aped the style of the Spectator 4
chair of the senate has been occupie
l by one who could equal Call or Morgan !
Z verbosty. But there Is vast diferenC
between the two. Morgan is really err
dite. Moreover, he has a very pretty wi
and when he is awakened TO a sligf
: temperature Of anger he can be as bitin