The times., 1899-12-18
POLITICAL NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Mr.. wilson Contented-Tbs-e a..

Mr.. Wilson Contented.-There does
not seem to be the slightest foundation
for the report published in the New York
papers yesterday that Secretary Wilson de-
sires to retire from the Cabinet, and had
asked the President to relieve him as soon
as 1t would be convenient to do So Mr.
Wilson told Times representative yes
teTday that be had neither asked Mr. Nc
Kinley to accept his resignation when con
venient nor had he thought of resigning
My health is not impaired as reported, ~
said the Secretary, nor do l for any other
reason desire to quit the Cabinet eX-
pect to serve out my term. OF course
what the President will do when he comes
to form new Cabinet / do not know,
and as he has said nothing to me about
this l do not feel that I should discuss
1t in any way"
The New Czar.-Speaker Henderson on
Saturday gave the House an exhibition Of
his capacity to follow the example of
Gar Reed when he thinks the clrcum-
stances warrant his taking that course
The House had been in an Uproar for
twenty minutes. Mr.. DalzeH had tauuted
the Democrats with the assertion. shouted
at the top OF his voice, that they were
afraid to offer an amendment tC the Cur
Tency bill in favor of 16 TO l free coinage
In a jiffy there was a tremendous row
1he Speaker was occupying seat on the
floor. Mr., Hepburn was presiding over
the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union The disorder had
thrown Hepburn of his balance. Messrs
Bailey, Williams Of Mississippi, Sulzer
and others on the Democratic side, had
hurled some hard nuts a him TO crack.
Eall had parliamentary enquiry 10 make
lne tumult had partially subsided when
Speaker Henderson was seen to ascend the
dals and seize the gavel. Then the COM
mittee rose. Representative Williams was
still on his feet yelling desperately: M
Speaker, a parliamentary enquiry Every
body knew that Mr. Williams point was
fraught with embarrassment to the Repub-
licans, and the ribaId gallery was fever
ishly anxious to have it pumped at the
Speaker. The hands on the face of the big
clock pointed to 5.07-seven minutes after
the hour of adjournment set by the special
order under which the House was pro-
Ceeding. Completely ignoring MIR, VIII
liams request General Henderson con
tinued to pound the desk with the gaYel
and TO command imperiously: the House
will be in order; gentlemen will please get
out of the aisles." Above the crack of the
gavel, the mad rumble of voices and shuf-
ming OF 1eet, the keen voice OF the MlsSls-
sippian continued to plead: Mr. Speaker
a parliamentary enquiry, parliamentary
enquiry. Mr. Speaker" The storm finally
ceased, and everybody in the Chamber was
in his seat except the Speaker and the
gentleman from Mississippi. With the
gavel poised high above his head and his
eyes clapped upon Mr. Williams the reson-
ant voice of Speaker Henderson rang cut
in solemn dignity: The hour of o'clock
having arrived, the House stands adjourned
until l. o'clock Monday"
When the poised gavel was brought down
on the desk with a vicious thump an eX-
cited citizen in the gallery growled, loud
enough to be heard half the length of
the chamber: It's a BANKED outrage,
He's worse than Tom Reed,'
And Mr. Williams has not yet been
recognized to PROFOUND his parliamentary
enquiry.