The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-13
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

THE people of Delaware have become
resigned. said J. B. Hertzog. of Whining
ton. yesterday at the Raleigh. They
| have been for considerable period of
time with only one Senator in Congress
and I suppose they can get along for
while without any.
There is a little bit of sentiment con-
nected with this situation which has not
so far been brought out think. If the
history l learned was correct. the so
called lower counties OF Delaware were
the first to sign the Federal Constitution.
The main feature of the Federal Consti-
tuition which distinguished IL from all
other efforts to form a government for
the United States was the uniform repre-
sentation for Suites in the Senate Now
Delaware finds herself, in a certain sense.
outside that Constitution. Her position is
without parallel, for she has voluntarily
done away with her Senatorial repre-
sentation. There have been times when
States were without both Senators, but
there is no case on record like that OF
Delaware. The most famous instance of
State being without representation in
the Senate was while Garfield was Presi-
dent. Owing to a quarrel with the powers
that were in the political world, Conkling
Of course, to be reelected, but they were
not For about six weeks New York was
without United States Senators. Then
Warner Miller and Elbridge Lapham were
appointed
.'Of course that was not case in which
the State voluntarily went without repre-
sentation. any more than the cases of the
States which seeded during the war. /
think that Delaware has learned what ~
has to expect from the Republicans, ana
will be found in the Democratic column
the next time it has an opportunity.
THE State of Montana could not have
settled upon a more suitable man to rep
resent it than Paris Gibson, said Martin
Maginns in the lobby of the Arlington
yesterday. MIR. Gibson is man of fine
parts and a stanch Democrat. He has
been the best sort of Democrat all his
life. He is now nearly seventy years OF
age but is robust and hearty, ana In tne
full vigor of his mind He Will make, IN
my opinion. as good senator as the
Commonwealth of Montana mas ever
had"
The committee which was appointed to
look into the refurnishing of the Hall OF
the House of Representatives has decided
upon its recommendations, and has turn
ed over all the work to Mr.. Wood, the
Architect of the Capitol. In the office of
the Architect plans are now being pre-
pared for the additional seats, new gall
lery chairs, and new floor. Prof. Wood
bridge. the ventilation expert from Ros-
ton, is expected in Washington soon to
take charge of the work of relaying the
floors and arranging the piping for the
heating and ventilating apparatus. The
plans for the new desks have been prac-
ticalIy completed. They are merely sug-
N~af have IN
been accepted. In design, they present
quite departure from all other desks
which have been in the House, parttcu-
larly because of the amount of metal
which viii be used in them. Practically
all the wood used will be in the box OF
the desk, the rest will be of brass. or
bronze The dimensions win be but
slightly different from those now in use.
The saving of space will be accomplished
by making the desks slightly wedge
shaped. so they may be placed closer to-
gether. Mahogany will be the wood
used Across the front of the top will
run carved and fretted ornamental rail
of brass: the standards at each side Will
be hollow brass tubes. braced by fret
work similar to the rail on the top. These
standards will be used to conduct the
heated air to d small distributing box
under the desk, in a manner similar to
that employed so successfully in tn"
Senate. To accommodate the new MEM
hers provided for under the Reapporticn-
ment bill the big lounges in the lobbieS
before the cloakrooms will have to be
removed. On each side of the aisle a new
row of eight seats will be put, and II
necessary a second row after that
Il put no faith in the reports that
England has sent through the Govern
ment Of Jamaica peremptory orders to
Ecuador. regarding the Jamaica negroes |
who are being employed upon the Quito |
Guayaquil Railroad, said Perry NJ. De !
Leon, United States Consul General at |
Guayaquil. at the Riggs House yesterday. |
Il consider that the press dispatches are |
sensational in the extreme. and that is |
also the opinion held by the State De |
partment. | do not deny that there may |
have been trouble between the negroes |
and the contractor. 1t is more than like
ly, for a more worthless set of human |
creatures than those brought over from |
Jamaica l never saw. They are lazy and |
riotous, drunken and quarrelsome. and |
always grumbllng whatever is done for |
them
THE situation in Ecuador is this The |
Government of Ecuador contracted with
a syndicate of English, Scotch. and
American capitalists for the construction |
of the railroad from Guayaquil to Quito, |
a bond issue of 81, 500 900. This syndicate |
called the EcuadOrean Association. let |
OUT the contract Tor Dullulng the road to !
Mcdonald, an American contractor. In |
Jamaica Mcdonald had been building a
road for the British Government, and
when he took up the Ecuador contract ne
made an agreement with the authorities
of the island by which he was allowed
to take his negroes with him to Ecuador
paying their passage both ways. You
see. then. that the negroes are really
British subjects
The charge is that the jails and peni-
tentiaries Of Jamaica had been opened
and all the criminals slowed away on the
ships part of the fierce of men that
Mcdonald was to bring to Ecuador. The
action Of the negroes since their arrival
has done a great deal to substantiate this
charge. for they have burned plantations |
robbed. murdered. and done everything
that is against the law. They tried at
first to desert in body, but they Were
all brought back to work by troops, a
thing which incensed them and made
them even more vicious.
Before | left Ecuador the contractors
We're so thoroughly disgusted with the
whole lot that they were planning to
ship them all back to Jamaica, and to
employ American negroes in their stead
An American negro is worth a dozen of
those taken to Ecuador from Iamaica