New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-04
WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES.

Washington. April D.
A PROTEST. FROM FRUIT DEAbEnS-.ne
.,h.commlttee OF the Senate Committees VI 20 49,
now engaged in reviewing the sen.' ,,a.v "a
D,ngley Tariff bill, made an excepuo' ur,.r,.
,hsIr general rule not 10 hear persons, 80 80. -.
g. orS orains, tho Dngley rates ana ns'ehee "
ro,os, aga,ns, the new fruit duues "iauo Wy
rhsva,,er An.onio yucca the vice-pres'oene " .no
Italian Chamb,r Of Commerce =, OF the Fruit Buyers
r. Faa9cKs yne B. Contsnen representing nr,hg
the fruit-box manufactureas ainst the specific duty
The delegation bn SR f" the groHnd that for
weghng purposes r ,ne that the new rate put
nr9 ph s sI 10 be practically prohoitVe one
,,1rv AND EVENING DREsS.-The question
80 coat is not often a serious one at the
y. w cantaL But II camepear being serious on
rssa, evening as factor in completing tho COM
anv Of the dinner given by the President In honor
20 ,he committee on Ways and Means 1t was not
ono ~ the unconventional elderly guests who was
overse 10 wearing dress coat on this OCCASION but
:, was Representative Bailey, that handsome
young fellow from Texas. as he was often called
,rhen he entered Congress as young man OF
tventv-seven six years ago. Unlike most young
men who look forward to the first clawhammer
With pride and pleasure. Mr.. Bailey is an exception
who never dress suit in his life He regards
If as a within OF fashion, against which he nrmly
draws the line at the cost OF some empar-
rassment and the sacrifice OF more or less sociai
en1ovment. According to the unwrtten law OF ell
ouet;e an Invitation 10 dinner at the White House
e a command from the President. Therefore 1t will
he seen at once that when the Texas statesman
received his dinner invitation for Friday evening
Ne found himself in dilemma. On the one
Was the command from the President on the othep
t t1e House and on the committee Mr.. Bailey would
be prominent guest, second only TO chairman
Dingley Under the circumstances nothing short
81 Being stricken by sudden Illness would warrant
regrets excuse his absence from me dinher.
ID TO this moment he had always been able to re-
sist the allurements Of the clawhammer coat,
Though sometimes by social stress greatly tempted
10 weld his prejudice curiousy enough, his pre1u,
dice is lust as strong in holding TO a ministerial
stvle Of dress that never varies in broad expanse
Of shirt front and white neektie giving his appear
We'll for every day life, but would it do at White
House dinner? Mr.. Bailey finally ended me strqg
eeonld not and would not wear the dress coat. but
he TO ne 6s pr Smd ade eppTeeate6 Mr.
S ioved # He assured him that law made the
Mr. Bailey would be just az welcome IN the clothes
,n add that the handsome young fellow from
Texas" went TO the White House dinner.
AFTER Mr.. MADoO's PLACE-The idea OBJ
tanned currency to-day that the nomination Of an
Assistant Secretary Of the Navy TO succeed Mr..
McAdoo would certainly so 10 the Senate on Mon
dav Probably this belief traceable TO the fact
that II will be necessary, in order 10 avoid hiatus
10 nominate on Monday a successor to Admlrai
Ramsay as Chief of the Bureau OF Navigation, ana
A. might fairly be supposed that the TWO naVai
vacancies would be filed at the same time AT any
rate the had the effect OF stimnlatlng C me
supporters of the candidates for the Assisant oec
retary's place and II now seems prooaoie ina. one
Nght he c narrowed down 10 two persons-Iheodore
Roosevelt of New-York, and Henry W. Raymond,
a well-known Germantown Penn NEWSPAPER man
For Admiral Ramsay's shoes the naval officers
have made great struggle hSs the betWee CAPTAIN
Crowninshield and Captain Robley d. Evans.