The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-06
TO LOWER SUGAR RATES.

Let me at this crisis tell you bit of
sugar news. Aldrich, that Senate king
of tariff chuck-a-chuck, has, with his
cappers and touts of tariff, the FINANCE
committee Republicans, been worked with
and moulded by Mckinley (Hanna) in
his business Of sugar. Mckinley Hanna)
has shown them that for the safety of the
administration the robberies proposed in
the Aldrich sugar schedules are too
gross. too open, too palpable. AS a come
out. Aldrich and his outfit have come
down a peg. They will change the sched-
ule as written in the present bill back
practically to the Dingley bill figures.
This may be relied upon. As information
t comes to me from the very headwaters
of the Senate tariff making.
McLaurin. the new young Senator. who
is to be Tillman's colleague from South
Carolina. vice Earle, who died, was
sworn to his duties today. McLaurin has
witnessed service n the House: he is OF
much worth, as well as wit; his State does
well to send him Senateward. The old
fellows like Hoar will try now to subdue
McLaurin by freezing. He will act wise
". if like Hill did and Tillman does, he
sets fire to these shambling old fogies ev-
cry time they try it. Those old Senators
will keep a novice holding horses for
years if he does not rebel. McLaurin has
a rope of curly hair. That makes three:
Cannon and Mason have coiffures OF
similar tousled luxuriance.
Speaking of Mason, the Senate grinned
today when Papa Hoar, on certain roll
call. stated that he would abstain from
voting because he was paired with that
volatile statesman from Chicago. 1t was
like unto an abbess pairing with a SOU
brette. No marvel the Senate widened its
wrinkled visage with a smile.
Today, whether as a fashion of ground
swell of Decoration Day, appeared to be
a sort of Senate dress parade. AS rule
your Senator is not beautiful in his
dress Our Spanish Senator Hale and.
mayhap, one or two others, are bit
Brummellish, but the body of the SEN
ate caparison themselves like a lot of
farm hands. That lis, as rule. Today our
old gentlemen made a garish, almost
gaudy. appearance. Hale, as of right, led
the van, tr;umphing over all in a pair of
,ox-blood shoes. Nothing came up to Hales
ox-blood moccasins, which daZzled all
they did not daunt.
Next for true color worth came Davis,
with socks of a pure arterial crimson,
Davis. very proud of these ardent hosiery
went and sat on a sofa, and made CO.
| uettish display of them. for gallery good.
| Ex-senator Call was there and became
quite heartburn over Davis's socks.
| Call had once made a record by pull
| ing off his shoes and hanging his pair of
| XIV blue socked feet across his desk. But
+, Calls sky blues were as tame nothings
when compared with Davis's scarlet foot
wear. Allison, Stewart, and Kyle, prob
! ably by some coy concert, came clothed
| in new Prince Albert coats. Thurston,
Quay and Perkins were also highly
| clothed.
! Your Uncle Hanna while not shabby.
well knew he could compete with those
named above in raiment, so he took
| Thunston and Davis with his blood-beet
socks over to far sofa and told them
merry tales whereat they laughed aloud,
such was there full throat glee. Your
| Uncle Hanna is usually tame and wan,
and with the face of one much fear
I plagued Today, however, he broke forth
as Senate Joe Miller. Your Uncle Han
ma has determined to return to Ohio in
person and look after his own defeat next
Autumn. That may have been the ebul-
litory cause of today's Hanna hilarity.