The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-13
CAPITOL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

Delaware Fess.i,Eg5tEcS. - Pressure
afI he brought from Washington On Re
glaEicaas in Delaware to break tie dead
lock. and elect two Republican Senator's
Thas was the rumor current a. the Capt
tol yes, eraay nc1ega lens have been cr-n-
ins 20 Washington ,a see Republican lead
ers. ana to see The President. aa5 r Is an
Gers5ood that the orier has g7ae cut
TO tn= Delaware legislators that persona!
interests must now be made 10 ;-ae q
hack seat and the party interest allowed
so have a show The Republican Ia fers-
according TO the talk going the rounds
yes .ei@ay. have decided that j sae tlc-
items in Delaware are permitted longer 1 o
vase their little faterneeiEe var the
State viii be los. to tie party IT she E-cNt
election
From The present outlook. This is prob
AMY true. Il TIE deadlock Is not broken.
and two Senator's elected 10 Congress. the
citizens Of the Stale WIZ. 50 i Is eXEeet-
ed. switch their votes from a party which
does not give them any representation m
the Senate 10 one that VIII 1t IS coIIl-
IDENTIFY expected thai a few days VIII see
tH0 Republicans elected bv the Delaware
Legislature. in this calculation Dupont
and Addicks are ruled out Because Of
the great opposition which there has seen
against him. and because Dupont cannot
be persuaded to withdraw unless he does,
Ad6fcES Is not CCasi, cred 10 be any marc
2 Senatorial possibility The names that
now come 20 The front as the logical car
diEateS are Hills ana H0TeckeT- HIS IS
> lawyer and has a fine following He as
re- eirGI several coup'iICn arg votes our
ing the deadlock balloting and is Cons-d-
cred man eminently agreeable 10 ait
both AddEcIs and DUpant-if they decide
to retire HafacEer has perhaps the best
hacking OF all the.dark horses He IS now
EeureSentatiFs. and Tor that reason the
most proper man to represent the state
in The Senate. While he has been in his
seat he has managed to arouse no cppo-
sltIcn He has made M enemies ana has
distributed Offices with perfect Impair
TALLY. He IS. in fact. 4 man without enc
mics in his own state. and has filed his
seat in the House SO satisfactorily hat
there is every reason to believe he VIII
receive the support OF all the Republicans
when they are freed from their VOWS Of
allegiance TO Dupont and Addieks.
4 Blow at the Steel TrmSt.-Some-
thing which looks very much Ike anti
trust legislation was presented to the
House Yesterday by Representative Bah
cock 1t was in the form Of a bill PIE
vid5ng for the repeal CT the entire section
of the Dingiey Tariff bill, with the ex-
ception Of a clause or two, concerning
manufactured steel and iron. If Nj Bah
cocks bill is passed ii Will remove en-
tireIy all the protection from the tod
ding STEEL industry. and pat it at the
mercy Of foreign competition. As a re
suit the steel magnatcs viii have to be
coutenr with about % per cent less diYi-
dends than they have been having during
The past half-dOZcn years.
There need he no cCncealn3@nt Of the
purpose Of the bill said Representative
Babcock. lit Is aimed It the great 5 eel
Trust which has lately been organized
with so many millions OF stock When
the Dirglcy bill was passed the iron and
steel industry might lave been able TO
plead that IL needed building up. I am
frank 10 say that I don't think that if
needs aus building up or support now, it is
fully capable OF holding its own against
foreign competition. since by the adIiS-
sion Of the great leaders in Il. 1t has
been consolidated with the special pur-
pose of controlling competition II the
United States Some of the sections Of
The pingIev tariff have been left IN
touched. These are the ores affecting
samII tools and other manufactured ar
tfcles whore the personal I.bor involved
Is the most Important thing Tin plate
also VIC have left with a tariff fer i'm
liar reason and also the raw materials
The bin is aimed at the enormous earn
;-sez Of the gigantic Steel Trust which
IS marifcscly not an infant industry any
more. and deserves no coddliug-