New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-15
WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES.

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Cutlery these days. somehow REMINDS me u ~,
last coon hunt when was youngster. me ooss
freed the COON an old gray-bearded tehow Us
cunning as a fox. aud we had to fell the .rce' .
then he would not yield without struggle ara ne
fought after he wns po u \" that sort OF
a box There Is Hoar who seems 10 take ~ heh ~.
IN Ss af ron IN ' an tsrs Is
right flank and McEnery gndw,ng ms associStion
%e is ne COMPOSED OF both Democrats and Re-
pubcans. making the remnant OF ms hm When
viii be likely to stick. They call him L'u'sianas
Mis1t Senator. "
SUFFERS LIVELY ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -
again in Washington. and his imagination Is as
lively and exuberant as ever. lie had P'aiiheu "
sgnalize his return by dramatic entry aI'er ''e
House OF Representatives Assembled to-chy us TIC
custodian OF q mammoth petition In favor OF CUBAN
beligerency which he proposed to use as the text
of a speech then and there but the plan miscar-
red because the rules Of the House would not per-
init that sort OF q performance. The petition was
mounted on frame fashioned IKE the steering
wheel of a vessel, the sheets on when the Ta'"e.
were written being pasted lengthwise on PAM
OF canvas or linen and wound round the axe ana
this was deposited In front OF the clerks desh vi
course everybody wanted to know what IL was
and how much there was of II. and Sulzer was the
man TO satisfy their curiosity. He REGARDS hnlseii
as a specialist in the matter OF Cuban freeoo"
and as before limited. he has an Imagination DIS
rich and rotous as the vegetation OF Santiago or
puerto Principe 1T is" he said, as his eyes
sparkled "a petition signed by six million citiAens
q the United States demanding belserenf Tifns
tory as far it went If 1t had not gone eitre e
too ho Sc na Is an nat
these prosaic individuals were the CLERKS VINO nu
figured that petition containing six million sig sig;
natures would weigh several thonsan1 pouHs ae
Of twenty or thirty miles. And so when two mem
not Shadows, ether-pioked up the frame 80 and ha
registered curiosity grew. and when was G der
posted there an was and measured and il
was found to measure 924 feet. OF winch lyo Lees
sSesis and Of shs feet of to and
A careful count made of The number OF sig
5 on dT Of the printed headings and
1t yielded 25l names This was und2upteGy ia1r
petitioners. Therefore was only 1905. suzer must
have counted himself as eguai 10 oSS9f III or"cr "
make the round six miilion
THE DUTY ON RAW COTTON.-Speaking OF
the tax voted by the Senate last week on raw cot
ton, p. NJ De Leon, leading cotton broker OF AT
lanta said to-day I'm 1896 raised in this coun-
try about 600 pounds OF Sea Island cotton and
imported 100000 pounds of Egyptian The presi-
dent OF the New-York Cotton Exchange. GustaVus
c. Hopkins writes me: Egyptian cotton certainly
does compete with our long staple Again lie
says: Although free trader do not see why. If
the North is TO have protection on her wool and
other articles. the South should not nave II OF
her cotton and rice, prominent me i' nam
Of Egyptian cotton, tells me that every pound OF
Egyptian cotton dispiaces so much Of our Sea Isl,
and cotton and the extra staple cotton OF the
Yazoo delta and Brazos bottoms: 1t does not
n6S SqT Tnns Of sonth Carolina and
Chiffon OF Texas tell US ii does not compete with
baydlv accent their testimony on the subject Of
cotton in preference to the authorities quote NY
own State, Georgia. raises twS,hrds Of the Sea ss
Island crop and our Senator's did wise and patr.
Otto thing when they ignored party lines and voted
tax s % ey do viii viii for
the criticisms OF Mr. Evans IIis remarks ,,.k were re
evidently aimed az senator ncHau'i"' ""o'' "e
desires 10 succeed
THE IMAGINATIVE CAPITAL GUIDE.-Gude
stories are proverbialy good where they are based
on humorous exaggcration rather than the simon
puro ignorance OF the guide. Here is one OF the
former kind the exaggeration being out Of the
whole cloth Colonel Bill eterrtt. the we'll known
correspondent Of a Texas newspaper was standing
rot long since in the hall Of the House during one
of its long rccesses Near by and In front Of a
portrait the right Of the Speakers desk was a
bridal party in charge OF facetious guide. La
dies and gentlemen said he. in the most impres,
the noblest paintings in the world. IL was by a
great master and once hung In the palace of the
Vatican. Thence II was transferred TO PARIS. ana
was for several years exhibited among the splendid
trophies OF art 10 be found in that renowned city,
noted for its devotion to high art II was seen
and appreciated at once by that distinguished VIZ
the dSne w MpSs of cG"ry and
| that patriotism and magnanimlty which always
Sa for the picture to
and presented IT to the house. OF Representatives;
guide this shows what the refined American
| spirit. when illuminated by patriotlsm"-- Here
| hear the conclusion Of the matter The guide had
been aiming from the start to get rid of his IN.
means 10 accomplish the result.
| NUvEp rTEApn or, TUE ,IyEp
follows is not guide story but is told to Tribune
| correspondent by one OF the Captors habtues. 4
party was enjoying glance at the portraits in the
members lobby OF the House. one Of the number
| Il gentleman evidently unfamiliar with the Oft
painted and oft-printed lneaments Of cur Pres-
| dents-sald to the lrdics who accompanied him
"fHese are the pictures Of he Presidents pas and
gone" 40" interrupted the habitue; these are
| not tho portraits YOU think they They the
portraits, however. Of the Speakers OF the House OF
visitor win you please tell us what a Speaker
| ls?" When this anec9ote was related 10 Speaker
| Reed the latter's ample sides shook with laughter
| SENATOR JONES'S SUNDAY DINNER-An In
| formal Sunday dinner party at the nome of Sena
| tor Jones. of Arkansas. yesterday. happened by
chance. the usual way" But it was none the less
| interesting. because William Jennings Bryan arc
| Arthur Sewall the Democratic candidates fol
| President and Vice President. the guests o.
| honor and there met for the first time since th'
political battle Of last year Mr. Bryan arrived from
| New-Yo In tho morning to spend Sunday In Wash
| ington and Mr.. Sewal had been In town seyera
days on a return trip from Central America. Sen
| ator Jones the chairman Of the Democratic Ma
| tional Committee has his home in a roomy, old
| fashioned house In MIST. What could he more
| natural at least more agreeable. than that th
three central characters OF the Democratic side o
the contest should meet In this happy manner. with
out previous thought or plan? All three declared
there political significance in the Dime
party and Mr.. Bryan, who said his health was ex
cellent. never looked better In his life. II am no
going to Europe this summer a. some OF the news
papers state" he said, laughingly. This countr.
pie from end OF II to the other am content 4
travel here and read about Europe" What will
| college and high-school common dement's, TO sa
| nothing OF ee-silver speeches. Mr. Bryan is like
TO meet s0ou man peopie, q" ms sac on IN
| minded a Nebraska man Of Nebraska woman
| denomination TO possess Bryan souvenir II wa