The times., 1899-12-17
HEARD AT THE CAPITOL.

uEAhU Al The GAPIIUL.
Il find Washington much improved since
I was here in 1889 said Mr. Nelson Her-
riam, a prominent business man from the
south of England. who was visitor AZ the
/ Capitol yesterday. The city has grown so
rapidly / would scarcely know IT, Do YOU
know, I believe the handsomest building
in your city is the new postoface? Tt seems
/ TO me Pennsylvania Avenue. your beauti-
fuI and historic thoroughfare. would be
vastly benefited by the erection Of a good
iy number OF such buildings. Do I think
England viii beat the Beers? oh. yes: we
viii win in the end, though we. OF course.
fully appreciate the worth and metue OF
our foes. America has come to the front
. rapidly In The eyes of the Old World. since
the Spanish-Americau war You are des-
tined TO become a formidable world power.
and that in the near future 10 is your
manifest duty and destiny and YOU can
not help il. Already the voice of your ma
tion arrests the respectful attention Of the
foreign countries
81 had Just breakfasted this morning at
a restaurant on Eleventh Street" said
Southern Representative yesterday, .'and
standing in front of a window belonging to
the place. Obeying an uncomfortable i'm
pulse, 1 stepped up and looked into the
window, and there a strange sight met
my eyes. The interior of the window had
been arranged to represent a sylvan scene.
in other words, the woods; leaves and
moss were scattered about, and a rabbit
was cOntentedly nibbling a turuip. There
was too, a section of a hollow tree, and
thereby hangs a tale. Two men. one white
the other black, were eudeavoring to per-
suade some animal to come out of the hole
in the tree. The white man gave the
directions, which the darky followed or not
as circumstances, and the animals plea
sure, permitted. The negro was tugging
away for dear life. evidently bent on a cap
ture-it was a kind of Santiago Bay affair
Spurred on by the laughter and shouts of
the crowd without the darky grinued
trembled, and pulled, and finally out came
his arm and at the end of it. hung a large
coon, Of the cOrnfeld species. II was a
case of coon meet COON indeed and the
smaller one did all in his power 10 bite
his captor, who, nothing daunted. proud
ly bore OF his quarry the latter scratch
ing and biting iercely. / went back and
asked the proprietor il he intended to
serve up Col. COon-him of the ring tail
that day for dinner. as I would surely be
present if so. Yes, 1 think coon good
eating and as for possum, why your Mary
land terrapin sinks into total nOthingness
in comparison. For the time, while view
ing the struggle in the window, / was car
ried back to ante bellum days, when with
sable companions, and two old dogs.
secured the woods at night for coon and
possum; yes, those were happy days
And the statesman fondly sighed, as he
strobe into the House.
In answer to a question as to how things
were getting along in Arizona Mr. Wilson.
the Delegate from that Territory to Con-
gress. yesterday said: Arizona is prosper
ing; there is greater output Of gold and
copper every year, and the copper mines,
as you know, are the wonder and admira-
tion Of all who see them. What do know
about the Yaqui Indian war ia Mexico2
Well, 1 am sure there has been given by
some papers too much Importance to what
is simply a revolt. and a small one az that
against the Mexican Government We in
Arizona have not heard much about it, and
as we adlOin the State Of Sonora. this is an
evidence OF how little Importance we al
tach TO the trouble. That reminds me of a
little fracas on the Apache Reservation in
October last. The troops stationed at San
Carlos were colored, and one night several
of them went down to the Indian Farms
and finding three or four Apaches lying
outside their tents asleep gave them
terrible beating. This caused the Indians
generally TO rise against the soldiers. and
chase ensued. which did not end until
the fleeing negroes reached the agency
proper with horde OF maddened Apaches
at their heels. The agent. hearing the
noise, came dashing out Of his house in his
night clothes, and was compelled to ge-
between the soldiers and Indians in order
to stay bloodshed.
The people Of Arizona are in favor Of
expansion" " continued Mr. Wilson. and 50
am I. I could not represent the West and
do otherwise. 1 believe the peop'e should
regard the commercial as well as the DO
litcal welfare OF this country The Phil
ippines are at once the key and the control
of the great Oriental commerce. I shall
eHGeavor 10 have passed a bill have in
trOduced for the admission of Arizona as a
State and, too an irrigation bill. We have
the greatest agricultural valley in tie
world, but are a little short on water, which
trust the Government viii see ft 10 sup
ply"
Notwithstanding most of the ma
tiOnal legislators are lawyers. a joke at
the expense of the profession never fails
to elicit general laughter in the House.
For instance, yesterday Mr.. Vandiver, in
the course of his speech in opposition 10
the unanclaI Dlll, illustrating certain
point. said That reminds me of a story
told on an Irishman in Missouri He went
into a graveyard one day ana was looking
around casually. Coming TO a certain grave
he read the inscription on the tombstone,
which was as follows. Here lies Jonathan
Jones, who was born July ,. 1881 and died
April ,. 1892 He was a lawyer, and an
honest man, etc, Holy Pathrick!' ex-
claimed the Irishman. the soil about here
must be very expensive, when they have
TO bury two men in the same grave
Two nrnrnInanI aznras in he sunr-r-a