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THE WASHINGTON POST TUESDAY MARCH 7 1899 1 6 1 F c- I c r t = CONGRESS PASSES OUT Dignified Finale to a Most Eventful Session liVSF nouns IS BOTH HOUSES lu the Senate There Were Some Perilous 2Iorucntt When on Extra Sestlon Seemed to Ho Threatened hut the Opposition of Objectionable Item Finally Coll p ed VIc Jretldent Ilobart Adtlr Some Sharp Debates in the Hours TIM dUh ef Fiftyfifth CBgroe6 natural awl uy There were no ex pftrtw Mrttgdw Crowd In the galleries WRtetMtd tho qtriat and peaceful derates- MM w li tepoif d mottratra with Itnpas- t m- TlMr WM nothing In tJw two whtclt preceded the fetal stroke to moments of tone ami exciting night Xe one btvtt intftgiited that there were periods when MI extra newton emed unpre veniftMc when innumerable ob tud s eeme4 M block the way of ilnal adjust IneRt ef it hundred difficulties Seen however WM the case In fact it was net until twentyflve to M oclock tNt the Senate of relief iMeenea the threatening of an netjeton absolutely At moMent Senor Hale haYing the naval appropriation safely between the Scyita and Charybdls of Tfllman and Hotter had the satisfaction of seeing the conference report upon the measure creed to in the Senate A little later and the bill might have tailed As it was harried over to the in that bedy rushed to the enrolling clerks and in ample time laid before the Ire ldem who had come to the Capitol with his In ordor to expedite iMMtHMM the last of the great appropriation bills to be acted upon and when it tad been disposed of the path wa clear KpiMMlu of Interesting Character Great events were contrasted with triv- ial Incidents during the eventful night The first were important the latter in- teresting For instance it wag at least worth mentioning that at C oclock in the morning May Irwin the actress saunter ed into the Senators private gallery un der the escort of a prominent Western Senator Spectacles more ludicrous than dignified were frequent Senator Mason when stretched out asleep on the sofa had his head bandaged with a handker- chief by some Jokeloving Senators and Senator Platt of New York spread his attenuated form on a lounge and slum peacefully On the whole was remarkable order There was not the least evidence of Insobriety while the of the promiscuous crowd was remarkably many serious were at stake on the floor an unusual absence of perslrlage and repartee Only one instance is recalled Senator Tlllman desired to question Senator Butler Does the Senator from North Carolina yield to the Senator from South Caro- lina asked llr Gallinger who was in the chair Does tho Senator know what the Gov- ernor of North Carolina said to the Gov- ernor of South Carolina interjected Mr Warren Its a long time between drinks said Mr Butler smiling Well the Senator from South Carolina ient as dry as the people out In Wyom- ing said Tillman whereat the Senate laughed at Warren who had made an all night tight In a vain effort to secure some irrigation for the arid regions of the West The riicitlc Cable Lout It was at 5 oclock in the morning af- ter grinding out a grist of naval nomina- tions at the rate of ten a minute that the Senate passed through its Hrst squall All during the night the Senate had been receding from its amendments to various bills until it had seemed hardly to have passed any at all When the sundry civil bill showed that the Senate had again laid down sacrificing in par ticular a butch of public buildings in which Senators Gallinger Clark Petti grew Pettus Hawley and others were interested to say nothing of the abandon ment of the Pacific cable the storm broke Around the devoted heed of Al the tempest raged It lasted for two hours during which the House was roundly abused for its arrogance and for every other crime In the calendar and there were covert intimations of weakness on the part of the Senate con- feree Senator Clark predicted that the Senate would degenerate into a second House of Lords the most useless legisla- tive body on earth and the senile creature of the House of Commons There was other warm and fiery talk ending with a speech by the Confuciuslike Pettus of Alabama He agreed to submit this time but never never never again Senator Allison listened smilingly to the declara- tion and then proceeded to sacrifice every Senate amendment in dispute Including the Padflc cable Senator Stewart who had threatened to filibuster into an extra session if this amendment was not adopted emerged from the cloakroom ten afterward to hind himself too one of the foolish virgins he had been asleep Of all the events of the night the defeat of the cable item is considered the most important It isolates Hawaii from the United for the next two years at 1 feast Having a wreck on the sundry civil bill ran perilously near 10 a lce core on the bill In this a in other measures was another victory for tho house Tee Senate aban- doned iu every important contention in eluding the reductkn of the number of UAiOhip and the provision for a gov- ernment armor plant It secured the of the S3UO a ton as the Itriee for but this was an empty gain o the armor already con- tracted to not affected and the new armor will not be needed until Congress Meets again There had been a good ef sharp debate over this bill during carter morning Senators and Butler leading the opposition Senator ought to be in diplo Nothing could have been adroit than the smooth and quiet way ia which he piloted the naval bill thooh the peril that still beset it UY end tactful rtwlnjc here arguing there uniU at he hati toe wtwfiiction ol seeing the opposition toHapa Bui must Interesting tiotl opmrnt was UM attltud of Mr Chandler At t oclock In the morning he UKd ibttt there should be no Increase in the navy at oclock he wax wiWJy deli sat oa tbe door announcing intention of for any alt propositions that would to an extra at he pleading with iuik r nd to set ln over to the House i the ten mlnuuai a otherwise it NI Aftur MorNlnp hind Imivnwl With a xlgh of relief the managers of the appropriation bills saw the lost of the U budgets out of the way and the SMttU took n recess The chamber was a of dteordrr the Hoar being Htlr4 with what seemed to be tons of paper but a wore f attendants promptly removed the debrta The Senators whose dreary eye haggard faces told the ttory ef the alinl ht vigil hastened to Kt a bite of breakfast or brief nap Wb n the Senile reconvened the appear ce of the room wa brightened by the IMftctof of handsome bouquet upon the de rtw of Senators Gorman and Davis while the hitherto empty galleries bfgan to be Ailed with curious spectators The serenity of thee visitors was by the adoption of a motion to go Into crxMutive offered by Senator Mor- gan to prevent action upon the bill ex- tending the contract labor laws to Ha- waii When the doors were reopened it was Ear w hors the minute peter e- xt was- h CabInet bert howEver for goo J hig- hS maters amendment confer nator lon minute State Bole naval HOW del boW the l Hal the mate H- ew f UI j- cl alt disturbed len tit v the steer- ed House passed worth- while con- cessIon hue sat the was deter his yoUng tend session 3t 0 was ices treat cud e > ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ < < ¬ ¬ ¬ dtecevor that the hand of the Senate cheek had been turned beck test minutes a performance which has become Menttftd with the closing of the session Jstt s the heads of the clock showed 12 and after Senators Cockrell and Vest had cared the unanimous adoption of rceolu tons thanking Vice President Itobort and President tern Frye for their uniform courtesy Senators hoer and Gorman ap sirwl in the Senate to Inform their cot that they bad waited upon the President and had learned that he had tut further eominunleatieiw to offer It wc Mr Gormans last otacial act and u he stood in the aisle MX mL face be- traying no emotion he formed the center Vice lr ent Hobtr A Ailtlrrk Holding In his hand a page of Mr Hobart then read his formal address dissolving Ute Senate There was the utmost alienee in the chamber as he said taaton Is a law n Be U tke PWtyftMi CMC will put IM hUttrr It feu bMB a Cesre t- ttesvUUrf WyoW MM ether OM ct e fill reautfc- M cklev meU Dwtej Its life saMe Mr vtinrI- B tke Mfferr C MK wwrtry tfcU OMSTC- Mlii ft vr witS a rtai poser tstcrnc er twMmny CM P aa iBfMrial d aala has been a Mtd to ear MIM BO sad rallhOM of to o r jMjatU- tfec B t rt Mly tu thta COKTM kn war Ces- tt MMMttettaMi fMettefi a a part ot the treitT a way to e B aed tk- a ral of the ewatrr These aee mt H to mMe tW CoBgrs- NBlaeet ia the teas of a r Xattenal Ltjiria tales tat for ot r asS rwaiu n t to HMNaemted at taM time Ue FUtyktth CoBgresi tea Hk rtM mUMe and sew its eMMtltatlraal- We eaetd It beeMM a part f use ati nI Ills t rr aa4 lena to lu fuccetaws for MtUemeat KM atk that will fee per leitae imperUmt anil ot very alcaeat eweeni to mr aM r 4 however Ute Atnerlcaa peo- ple say wed fi awre4 that Inure Ceagrenes vlll nest theSe grave q e ioni with wMorn and trMlon aad aelTe then Kwodljr sad riebteoMiy To ifexbt it ta t 3 bt the tr e American spirit and to lack roaM Bce ia tbe strength of oar palitleal In Mitltioac 1 line faith In beth The hour of adjeorameat Is now at hand For the Mfalliae eoarl y and the uBvarylg cordiality which have eb raet riied tile attitude of the Senate toward me its jsretidiag eS eer I an pratoanilly- ratefal aad I cannot M this opportunity pa witc oat this paWte eifreMtoa of lilY deep apprfrdsUin of kla4ae i reeelved at the kaad of each member of the body sad partlewlarly I eaiaot close the without recognition of the eOciwat serrtees of the eOcen and reporters of this body whose efforts have been so faithful and whose duties hare teen so- cearteooaiy and diligently perforated the Senators who rcmala and for the who retire fron this body I desire to convey ay thanks for tbe kindly continents expressed In the rrsolattea adopted and It only reaaia for me now In the exercise of the doty devolving span me to declare that the Senate stands adjourned without dayThe gavel fell The Fiftyfifth Con gress so far as the Senate was concern ed was at an end There was buzz of conversation in the chamber and the gal- leries Senators crowded around other to say coodby and farewell The leavetakings of those Senators who are not to return were in many cases The bustle of departure did not last The Senators were too weary to remain and in half an hour the empti- ness of the historic room was a presage of the long recess which is to come WAGES ADVANCING- The General Level of Prosperity Is Rising All Over tho World From the Philadelphia Press The rise of prices and the advance of prosperity has at length begun to be ac companied by a general advance of wages The advance In the stock market con- siderably preceded the rise in the quota tions of staples Until late last fall scarcely any advance occurred in the price of leading staples in raw materials of manufacture The average advance of 15 to 18 per cent which has taken place In the last year has nearly all of It been felt In the past three months and much of it since the opening of the year This Is particularly true of Iron and steel and of cotton goods The advance In copper tin zinc and spelter began earlier in 1888 but the advance has gone on more rapid ly in the past two months Wool and woolens have not advanced The general advance In hides and leather has not been accompanied by a rise in boots and shoes Where price has advanced wages have risen The American TinPlate Company the Federal Steel Company and a large number of iron and steel establishments have advanced the wages of their men The Fall River and Providence cotton mills have made an advance This Im provement in wages in large and con spicuous establishments has been accom panied by many lesser advances and these have been marked in our news dis patches for many days Whether this advance will check exports of manufactures or not no one can yet tell A year ago it undoubtedly would have done so and by retaining exports In this country would have broken prices This may now happen but it is less like ly than it was because prices are rising all over the world Copper tin and zinc are as dear or dearer abroad than here Iron and steel prices have advanced abroad though the rise is less fast than here Cotton goods are rising the world over and our exports are increasing The world seems to have again reached one of those cycles when all prices ad- vance wages with them and the general level of prosperity rises in all countries together A larger gold production is hav- ing its effect peace Is more secure the world over and there is apparent a new expansion in trade like that from 1850 to I860 A AVoiulerlul Growth From the Baltimore American Bishop Hurst has spoken to the Balti- more Conference in behalf of the Ameri- can University which will be located at Washington Ho said the property there for the university was now worth one and a quarter million dollars The Methodists all over the world propose to raise 20- OW060 before the end of next year to be called a thankofferins fund for the suc- cess of the church This monpy will be applied to educational and other needs of the church Touching this subject Bishop Hurst said it has been decided to ask for FJOWOOCO but it looks now as if It would be nearer 3 009OJO A church that can raise this amount of money to be applied to the uses stated has reason to congratulate Itself on its great prg ness and power There is a brass tablet on the Mer- chants Club on German street in this city which tells of the beginning of the church here In the old Lovely Lane Meet- inghouse It wus a very small organiza- tion then The contrast now with a body powerful enough to collect JMWOOOj in a comparatively short time Is certainly most marked AU forms of scrofula sores boils pim and eruptions are quickly and manently by Sarsaparilla ts H leagues ot a pteture long to te remem red manu- script c a c Ute WilliaM iIHoH ec tlM aM wheM YaW poe a k wm lie Ilk as a saS la It Ibte u cxoccMMl fade ve UN acts tit been man tile eW- e a all Senate Far jut pa- thetic cured his wtad the isseptiss gnsecat1s aM s4nakss Is- Is asS Sir army asvy by ps siasys CereM- at posse aecvrta ko4y aai pcakln power is test sad Senators ¬ > > << < = ¬ > ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ > Tho faro ia an index of character an the truthful time shown on the faco of a J Ruby Jeweled Elgin Watch proves the character of iU most watch factory in the world in machinery and equipment tLo most of thoroughly skillbdand drilled mechanics extreme care In minnttttt details over thirteen hundred and fifty distinct operations are necessary to a single watch a a experience movement tested and proven before it leaves factory the things that coin to produce tho Elgin The Worlds Standard An Elgin Waitk Elfia- cacraTed on lb work fully eaaraaie L mechanismThe mut La thinned Ito REVIEW BY GUMMINGS History in Brief of the Con- gress Just Ended PATRIOTIC ATlDACIOUSl EXPENSIVE The New Yorker Santa Up the Work of the Body Presided Over by Mr SeedParty Lines Tightly Drawn Durlue the Closing Session Ratification of the Treaty and Great Struggle Army Keorsauizatlon BIlL The Fiftyfifth Congress has shuffled Itself Into the fennel of the past In many respects it was one of the most remark able that ever assembled at the Capitol It began by developing an absolute power in legislation heretofore unknown a power that was felt to the core in both wings of the Capitol It left behind It a trail r blood that has made a new in history and opened up a new epoch In the career of the nation This absolute power has held the Senate in check for months and made the House the well- spring of legislation It was a power made absolute by the action of the House itself This action was taken thirty min- utes after the election of the Speaker The House was then acting under gener al parliamentary law It adopted until further notice the rules of the last House In vain did Mr Hepburn of Iowa seek to offer an amendment limiting their operation to thirty days Mr Henderson demanded the previdus question and the Speaker recognized the demand despite the protest of Hepburn The Iowan made the point of order that there could be no previous question without a rule and as the House had no rules the right to amend was clear The Speaker overruled the point of order and Hepburn took no appeal The reason was manifest Mr Henderson made these statements before- a vote was taken 1 The probability is that the rules will be reported before the time suggested by my colleague 2 I will say to my colleague that the rules will probably be reported long be- fore the thirty days expire 3 I have no doubt that the committee which will have charge of the matter will report before thirty days 4 I think there Is no doubt that that will be done That has always been our pur pose and the House will have the fullest opportunity to offer amendments to the rules that will be presented Under these promises the House adopt- ed the rules of the last House From that day through three sessions until the ex piration of the Fiftyfifth Congress no rules whatever reported from the Committee on Rules Nor has that com- mittee ever vouchsafed an excuse for its ncnaction It was this that Induced many members of the House to vote fur sustaining the appeal from the decision of the Speaker when he ruled that a motion to recommit the sundry civil appropriation bill with instructions to add to It the NIcaraguan canal bill was out of order They evi- dently believed that rules imposed upon the House in this manner were not bind ing and acted accordingly This step was followed by a second step Illustrating the absolute power gained by the action of the House On the day that he was elected Speaker Mr Reed appoint- ed the Committee on Rules the Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee- on Mileage From that day March 15 un til July 19 1897 the Speaker made no fur ther committee appointments On July 19 after announcing his signature to an enrolled deficiency bill he announced the appointment of the Committee on En rolled Bills No appointments of the other fiftyfour committees were made un- til the last day of the special or first ses sionMeantime the Senate was fully organ- ized all its committees were appointed and its digestive organs were in full play Hundreds of bills were of them of the most important sent over to the House There they fell Into the hands of the clerk and could not be distributed to the House committees because there was none in existence Among them was a resolution recognizing- the belligerency of the Cuban insurgents If the House had had an opportunity to consider It such consideration might have prevented the war with Spain It was held up at the Speakers desk because there was no legislative hopper into which- it could be dropped There were murmurs of discontent In the ranks of the majority but the mal- contents made no effort to break their bonds although there was more than one opportunity for them to do so The Sen- ate was held at bay It was allowed to give life to legislation originating in the House but the House was not allowed to give life to legislation originating in the Senate The refusal of the Speaker to appoint the committees paralyzed inde pendent action on the part of the Senate In vain did Joseph Bailey David A De Armond J Hamilton Lewis Jerry Simpson Benton McMillin and others protest against the anomalous legislative condition The Speaker stared at them in openmouthed nonchalance and would not make any further appointments Their protests instead of awakening popular indignation aroused sarcastic comment throughout the country Bailey was lam pooned and Lewis Simpson Ds Armond and McMillin were accused of trying to usurp the leadership of the minority Jerry got a great deal of amusement out of the squabble and Lewis appeared with great eclat in the forum of discussion Strict fealty required the recognition of Mr Bailey he having been Its candidate for Speaker The session finally closed with the passage of the Dingley bill the Speaker holding up all other legislation The Senate was forced to recognize the new power in legislation Inaugurated by the House when It adopted the rules of Its predecessor rT But it was a transcendent Congress ex- ceptional in work and exceptional in op- portunity The long session began on 6 1697 From first to last the dis- turbing element was the Cuban question athough the annexation of Hawaii brought Johnson of Indiana to the front and afforded temporary relief All resolu- tions sent over from the Senate were buried in the Committee on Foreign Af- fairs Every effcrt to drag them from failed At one time there were threats of mutiny In the committee but the mutineers weak- ened and never showed their hands Meantime heartrending accounts of Wey hers atrocities In Cuba agitated the coun try A struggling nation was being de- liberately exterminated starvation The whole nation was aroused Commercial bodies religious convocations womens associations and philanthropic conven- tions protested against the inaction of Congress All civilized nations stood at the horrors reported from Cuba They exceeded in atrocity those reported from Armenia Yet the Committee en Foreign Attains remained quiescent and under the rules of the last House the present House was paralyzed Suddenly the whole country was thrown into a frenzy The destruction of the Maine cleared the atmosphere anti the findings of the court of Inquiry broke the bonds of Congress Absolute power swept aside by the action of the President A magnificent demonstration of followed Congress unanl- moualy passed a resolution placing J30000 erA In the hands of the President to be used for the national defense It was quickly followed by a resolution declaring that Cuba wsa and ought to ba free and independent and virtually instructing the President to make her so Then came the declaration of war against Spain Patriotism remained rampant until the Ways and Means reported tho war rev flue bilL For time party feeling vai- fcuupreiHed then it burst the bounds and Peace chap- ter passedsome natureand V j I I De- cember this a I b r battle- ship a lore Over- lie ware was ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ overflowed the House The men who plumed thouselves In bringing on the war refused to aid In providing the means to carry It on unless they were allowed to dictate as to how they should be raised They opposed any proposition looking to the of bonds The Chicago platfoim bad frowned upon the issue of bonds 1n time of peace carrying the clear infer- ence that bonds might be Issued in time of war Six members of the minority maintaining the patriotic stand which they bad taken on the fiftymillion propo- sition utter supporting the minority amendments voted for the final passage of the war revenue bill Tnis action was taken two days before Deweys magnifi- cent victory at Manila The people sus- tained the action of these six members They came back strongly reenforced tripled In number If the same proportion of increase had ruled throughout the country the Incoming House would have hen strongly Democratic The destruc- tion of the Spanish fleet and the surrend- er of Santiago forced Spain to sue for terms but too late to save Porto Rico and the Philippines Congress adjourned five days after the Spanish fleet bad been driven ashore and nine days before the surrender of Santiago Tile patriotic fever In the House had checked four days before Cervems desperate attempt- to escape and the sky was filled with buzJiards soaring to and fro in Besrch of nourishment 111 Yes it is a monumental umental in patriotism audacity and ex- penditure It will be known in history as the war Congress Its third and last ses- sion began on December 5 1S3S amid the ominous shadows cast upon the country by the war Investigation The political campaign had ended In a victory for the administration Party lines became more definite and distinct The leaders were evidently looking for an issue in the next Presidential campaign There was a quiet fermentation in both houses in De- cember but it did not attract public at tention until the army reorganization bill was brought up in the House and the Paris treaty was sent to the Senate Car- negie moved over the land like Peter Cie Hermit preaching a crusade against the Infidils of annexation He had an able co- adjutor in that counterpart of 7 orace Grevley known as George F Hoar Be- tween them Senator Mason of Illinois swung his battleax Carl Schurz flung out his gonfalon and the spirit animating the oM Hartford convention percolated New Englane A voice from New Jersey indicated that the days of Innocuous des- uetude had passed All urged the defeat of the Paris treaty The Carnegie influ ence was felt in every section of the coun try where an agricultural newspaper was printed It failed to charm the young leader of the Western Democracy who while opposing annexation openly advo- cated the ratification of the treaty by the Senate Magnificent was the fight and it extended to both houses The assault of Aguinaldo at Manila had a decisive influ- ence In vain did the man who defeated the force bill marshal his little host The stars in their courses were against him and Masons battleax fell on the heads of his friends Instead of the casques of his enemies In the House the defeat was far more signal rhe appropriation of twenty millions to carry out the treaty was made with hardly a protest Joseph- G Cannon engineered Its passage and even Dockery and Bailey voted for it and all beneath the beady eyes of the Im- perator The bitter fight in both houses was over the bill increasing the army to a hundred thousand men It was long drawn out and at times paroxysmal but it developed all the intellectual and par- liamentary icsources of Congressional veterans The Fiftysixth Congress will have problems to solve fully as intricate as those that confronted the Thirtyeighth Congress after the surrender at Appo mattox A greater man than Schuyler Colfax will fill the Speakers chair Im- perator will be no misnomer if the rules of the last House are adopted William Peter Hepburn and David Bremner Hen derson are both members of the new Congress It will require far stronger hypnotic power on the part of the gen- tleman from to control the ac- tion of the gentleman from Clarinda The rule of the Imperator may end in a revolt of the Pretorians AMOS J CUMMINGS SCIENTIFIC EDUCATION Phenomenal Growth in Popular Favor of Technical Schools From the Ch jo Post The gift of 750000 to Armour Institute by the Eeeerous and publicspirited founder of that Institu- tion naturally calls public attention to the growth In popular favor of technical schools The fact that Mr Armour has increased his bene- factions ta the institute since the original until they now represent a total investment ot 1000000 Is evidence not only of his Increasing in terest In what be regards as the best enterprise of life but 19 also proof of the fact that the In- stitute admirably meets the educational needs of the times The drift Is unmistakably away from the so called learned professions which are greatly overcrowded toward those occupations that call f r skilled handlers combined with a knowledge of the physical sciences Een in our public hIps schools the popular demand for technical knowledge and training has compelled school boards to supply a larger equipment of scientific apparatus and in some Instances ta supplement it with workshops that contain machinery for working in wood and iron This tendency has derived its greatest Impetus from the marvelous electrical development of the past decade which baa supplied devices that have not only revolutionized many industries and called fur millions of dollars of capital but has supplix many new lad profitable vocations for men of idea title or mechanical turn of mind Young men of selezrtigc taste who possess what In knows as the mechanical instinct are beginning to realize that electrical engineering IB more it muneritUe and certainly Just as honorable as tie practice of law or medicine Ten ago timers sane were impressed with the notion that only the prefetaiens ot law and medicine presented attractive fields fur professional endeavor Today farmers boys are tempted by the engineering vocations which net only offer good salaries but tl moat limitless fields for experimentation and tor In- ventive ingeaalty The application of electrical eaercr to traction purposes has alone created op- portunities for engineers and inventors that call for tte best brains in toe reentry Ta supply this demand for liberal scientific edeaUoe has Armour institute and Lewis laUltBte both products of publicspirited philan- thropy which ennoble and dignify handeraft and help to draw roans men away from the already over- crowded professions The Domestic Woman From the Atchison Globe The women who live on farms and who work from 5 in the morning till 8 at night at milking cooking cleaning sewing and buttermaking are never described as be ing thoroughly domestic and dearly loving their homes It Is the woman who sees very little of her home and who lets a servant run things who is so de- scribed The poor farmer wife probably doesnt love her home any more than a prisoner loves his celL A utural Supposition Prom the Plttsburc Chronicle Now I suppose remarked Mrs Snaggs that the surgeons of the army are attached to the Medical Corps Your supposition does you great replied Mr Snaggg sarcasticall- yIts a wonder you didnt Imagine that doctors Joined the army for the purpose of building bridges or going up in Whore should army surgeons be except in the Medical Corps I thought that they might pos- sibly to the Lancers THE DIAGNOSTICIAN or HEAL THYSELF KNOW THYSELF A MANUAL- ninetyfour pac jiairmhlet by A Humani- tarian ana eminent This U an unique Vade 3lecum of Medical Science for Men whether married un- married or about o marry wlddleaxtd or old Price 50 cents mail scat tree rixty days Addre The Peabody Medical institute Ttalncb St Beaten Con nalutlon in person or letter confidential The Institute 1ms wany Iruit- tor but no eyuili iV o UtrtM Issue been po- litical Congressmon IV Dubuque phe- nomenal endow- ment his the present lei cred- It bal- loons fo years e ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ < ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ > ¬ ¬ ¬ < > OUR HOMELESS ENVOYS- At the Mercy of Hungry Old World louse Agents UARPIES1YIIO EAT AMERICAN CASH Ambassadors anil Minister JfotOnly Have to Foot Bills for Entertainment but Must Pay High Prices for Houses Tills Government Provide It Sony ants with Suitable Homes The Woes of Ambassadorial UuuteIiuuliu Mr Choates remark just before he sail- ed for England the other day to the erred that he had not the slightest idea where he would live in London and that he did not anticipate much difficulty In finding suitable quarters serves to recall to mini the fact that although the United States has ambassadors it ha neglected as yet to provide the latter with embassies It has raided the rank of its envoys in the principal countries of Europe with a view to increasing their prestige and conse quently the Influence which they exercise for fhe benefit of their country but it has failed to furnish them with the sur- roundings and the trappings that are in- dispensable to achieve this end Not only e the salaries which it pays to am- bassadors smaller then those received by the latters foreign colleagues of the same official grade but it neglects to provide them either with a suitable abode or with the necessary appointments of the latter The result Is that the American Ambas sadors abroad are forced to content themselves with hired residences hired furniture in fact hired everything the smartness and grandeur of which depend entirely upon the amount of money which the Ambassador is willing to devote to the purpose not Irene lila official pay which is inadequate but from his pri vate fortune In a word the American Ambassador abroad Is at the mercy of tne house agent whose terms are the heavier in view of the risk to which he claims he is exposed since he has no legal means of redress against the envoy for unpaid rent And any of the readers of The Post who have lived abroad will be erady to tear witness- to the fact that all of the harpies abroad wise hunger for the American dollar there is none more grasping or greedy than the old world house agent Ambassador Choales first task on ar- riving In England a week ago has been to hunt for a suitable house in London and he will have found himself confronted by conditions in this particular that differ greatly from those in the United States In this country short leases In the of furnished residences are the exception rather than the rule In England the contrary Is the case In fact the ordinary terms of lease for a furnished house in London is not for the year but for the season and taking It for granted that Ambassador Choate has the intention of maintaining the dignity of his office on the same footing as his two predecessors- he will be called upon to pay in the neigh borhood of 8000 for the rent of a fur- nished mansion for the season that is to say considerable more than a third of his salary and the season it must be borne in mind only lasts three or at the most four months Of course as a for- eign diplomat Mr Chcate is obliged to pay more than would be asked from any wealthy Englishman But nevertheless- the average rent of a furnished house for the season In London in a fashionable quarter ranges from 3000 to 7000 the former figure being of course for a style or house that would be Inadequate in every respect for use as the abode of an American Ambassador System of short Lease Owing to the existence of this system of short leases merely for the London Stetson far greater readiness Is displayed by people of wealth and position to rent their mansions to strangers than in this country Thus Lord Wimborne brother inlaw of the late Duke of Marlborough- is one of the wealthiest members of the British peerage and Wimborne House In Arlington street is one of the stateliest town residences of the English aristo- cracy Yet Lord and Lady Wimborne foreseeing that the season will be dull and having the intention of spending but little time in town this summer have rented the house as It stands with furni- ture sliver and everything complete to Mrs Goelet of New York for 10000 for the season The same was paid for a sea sons rent for Spencer House to the Earl of Spencer by Mrs Marshall Roberts of New York before she married Col Ralph Vivian and among other great English nobles of wealth who have leased their town mansians for the season to perfect strangers have been the Marquis of Lana downe now Secretary of State for War the Earl of Onslow Lord Lonsdale who has an income today probably of some half a million dollars a year the Duke of Abercorn the Duke of Montrose and Lord Jersey The question will naturally suggest It- self as to what possible inducement a sum of 10000 for Instance can offer to no- blemen such as Lords Wimborne Lonsdale and Lansdowne who pos- sess large incomes from their land ed property In reply It must be pointed out that while the majority of English noblemen derive their revenues from ancestral estates the ownership of land in the old world carries with it heavy financial responsibilities of a moral rather than of a legal character and that whereas an American citizen whose In come amounts to half a million dollars will nave that entire sum at his disposal- to spend in the way that he sees fit the English territorial magnate drawing the same revenues from his estates will not be able to have the free and untrameled use of more than 50000 of the entire amount the balance being swallowed up by charges on the property of one kind and another the obligation to keep ances- tral charities and hereditary institutions- c The result of this la that when an English peer Is able to rent his town house for the season for a few thousand dollars he is glad to avail himself of the opportunity since it enables him to add thereby to his pin money if I may be permitted to use the expression that Is to say to that portion of his resources upon which there Is no call and which he Is free to spend us he lists It Is almost in- credible to what inconveniences nomi nally very rich people In England will go In order to procure pocket money in this j Great lords end ladies think nothing- of letting their own town mansions for the season and then leasing a very much smaller furnished house for the same period close by delighted to pocket the difference even when the latter is re- stricted to a few hundred guineas and people have got so much In the habit of j this that one finds prominent personages In the English great world changing their abode In town not once but several times between New Year and Cowes This being the case it is difficult to un derstand why so much criticism should be leveled by the English against the American fondness for hotel life nbicn destroys so it Is said domesticity- and the family system It appears to me that the shortternfurnishedhousefor theseason Institution Is very much of the same thing and every bit as bad Ambaxadur CUoaleU Kuiur Ambassador Choate will therefore be compelled to take a furnished house In town for the coming season probably from some noblsrrtn or other and to dis- pense hospitality In the name ot the United States on and plate bear- ing the heraldic devices of his titled land- lord and with the portraits ef the Baiters ancestors superciliously gazing down him when he Is at his own table in a rranner calculated to Impair any Amerii can digestion There will In fact be nothing American about this American Embassy but the Ambassador his family and his staff and It will require all this Does Nut ts I man- ner i I I up- on case week al- leged New ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ Heres a New Book That You Want The Washington Post Almanac 1899 500 Pages V POSTAGE V PREPAID Contains a complete history of the SpanishAmerican War and a graphic review of all the thrilling events from the blowing up of the Maine to the final suing for peace Gives all the details of the battle of San Juan and the seafight at Santiago Interesting facts and figures concerning Cuba and the Philippines their a history of their inhabitants Complete Weather Forecasts For Every Day of 1 899 Compiled by Prof Chas H Lillingston the worlds greatest forecaster The Washington Post Almanac and Encyclopedia answers 10000 interesting questions on all sorts of sub- jects It is a handbook of thoroughly reliable informa tion for the home and farm contains recipes tells what to do until the doctor fact its a book you wouldnt be without at TEN TIMES the price The edition is 25c TODAY pos tal order or stamps The Washington D C to 0 f i- I i- i i t land Encyclopedia i- I for I 15 C JnstOut h 6- o t i i productsand t t comesin i limitedsend t- t Z i PostWashington t 4 4 4- p 4 PS 4 4 i r p i I 5 4 0 40 4 e 4 0s- o 4 0 ¬ ¬ ¬ = + < + + cordial geniality the wit the tact and the kindliness for which Ambassador Choate is so renowned to convey the Im pression to his visitors Ittth American anti foreign that they are en what Is figura- tively a bit of United States territory Far different is the treatment which the great powers of Europe extend to their Ambassadors With the object of aJding to the dignity of the latter and to the prestige of the nation which they repre- sent they provide them not only with a mansion or palace but also with the fur- niture of the latter with paintings to adorn the walls and even with superb services of silverplatc engraved with the national heraldic devices In Rome for Instance France Great Britain Germany Austria and Spain have palaces of their own for the use of their Ambassadors which are magnificently appointed and kept in repair by their respective govern- ments without any expense to the Am bassador whereas the American Envoy although of the same rank Is obliged to content himself with a furnished hat f he does not happen to have the private means over and above his salary to en shies him to go to the expense of leasing a furnished palace At Vienna again the English German and the Russian gov- ernments own the palaces occupied by their Ambassadors In Berlin the Eng- lish the Austrian and the Russian em- bassies are not merely figuratively but actually bits of foreign territory since both the sites and the buildings belong to the governments of the Ambassadors by which they are occupied England France Germany and Austria have pal- aces of their own at St Petersburg while Austria Great Britain and Russia as well as Germany own the stately mansions In Paris that are tenanted by their respec- tive embassies That of Great Britain Is particularly fine and In grandeur as veil as In magnificence of Its appointments Is but little Inferior to the Elysee Palace occupied by the President of the republic and which is almost next door The English Embassy at Washington which was constructed long before the mission was raised to Its present rank is a familiar lanJmark in the National Cap hal It stands on land purchased by the English government Is furnished and one might add silverplated by the crown and is in every of the word in keeping with the dignity of Great Britain anti with the Importance of the to which English Ambassador Is ac- credited Britain Palaces Nor Is It only for the Ambassadors that Great Britain provides and furnishes abodes befitting the greatness of the At Toklo at Peking at Bangkok- at Teheran at Cairo and at Tangiers the British Ministers and In some cases even the Consuls General are housed In imposing mansions handsomely fur niahed and calculated to impress the na tives who from the highest to the low et are taught to understand that within the precincts of the walls or iron railings by which the grounds of the legation or con- sulate are surrounded the soil Is British territory In every sense of tho word an enpire therefore within an empire and- a sanctuary to every fugitive to whom the British representative Is willing to extend his protection To such an extent is this theory carried that when a four years ago disturbances were In progress at Constantinople Michael Herbert then charge daffaires of Great Britain ac- credited to the Porte landed sailors and marines from the British gunboat lytefc in port replying to the protests of th Sultan and of the Ottoman authorities that England had a perfect right oc- cupy her own territory that in to her embassy grounds with her own armed forcer It te dlfllcolt to conceive how the United States envoy could have adopted tactic of the same kind tactics which created a profound impressIon upon the Turks for the American Minis- ter to the Porte at the time made his home and had established his mission In threw rooms at one of the hotels at Ierau Especially In these Oriental coun tries does the residence of the English mUllion constitute a permanent reminder- to the natives official and otherwise the importance and power of Great Brit- ain How I it possible to impress upon the OrIental that a nation reprcienu sense Great na- tion o say who f v ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ tire is housed In a few rooms of shabby hotel or in furnished apartments in un- equal In grandeur to Great Britain Foreign nations seem to take a pride in tho appointments of their embassies uk ing the ground that the splendor of th establishment redounds to the credit r the nation which it nor can I remember any of the Radicals at Wes- tminster nor yet tho Socialist nwmberi of the French Chamber of Deputies or of the German Reichstag over question- ing government expenditure in con- nection A patriotic desire to have th country handsomely and fittingly rrprr rented abroad always predomlnatl In these legislatures and the French poblic In particular has been without stint in connection with the expense r furnishing of its foreign embassies thus at St Petersburg and at bdw with their Sevres vases and their pri less Gobelin tapestries of absolute im- perial magnificence In their Internal But leaving aside the question of furni- ture and appointments the cost of pur chasing a site and of constructing a suit able abode for the Ambassadors and en voys of the United States abroad couM not strictly be regarded as an expen It is rather an Investment since the own ership of the land and of the bulWifi would remain vested In the name of th- Unlted States government and could i sold by the latter whenever nwxKir Thus at Vienna if my memory serv- me right the English government nu so profitable a sale of the former buil i ing and site of its embassy that It wa able to double the size and to I crease the splendor of the appointment of the present home of the with out costing the treasury anything SuIUburjr4 Ulploiriutlc irrulnr In conclusion I would draw attention to a rather remarkable dipolar whlh h just been Issued by Lord Salisbury to tr British diplomatic representatives abroi arid which In not without a certain der of bearing upon the Knvoy anti An- basHadora of the United States on yortJr side of the Atlantic In view of the f that the British government provfcie r agents with residences with furnltuie and even with an impr- ston baa always prevailed that courtr- riien of the Ambassador otm a rr adminfMmthre or nocial portance at b 4a claim upo- hO f iUHty of his ttX oHencr on the r that th mtwiion and IU ippoininfr were maintained at xp of f public that to of t xpyer Salisbury In his capacitjr o H rru of for ForeiKn Affairs has formed of British mt in foreign countries that JUcUl p6 eel or Hocfol MaiMlfnff glv British vr H travel for pl tjf for private business r for h wlth n claim to W emerUfKM at th TLpfi her majetttyii reyr j ntiilre t 44tf any of irr or r Foreign OiDc u t U con l J from h nc orUi j nbj rt to r vktlwtt heavy J a bn until bur fttt of upon hUt rtrpreH nt4UrviM abroad it bei toots IM TOU MMM tIn 41nner- AtBba M4 r i f UM to tact almam o social or oUikal in p n f f tnmx secure spcUl letters of rcou n r from the Defwrtmeni In M to the ordhMnr pt i t w which hatter Mit t ho i foot the coatliHtM of Kwro5 Tti letter Of reconuMMliiUoo from tM s- l partmti t bare until now been re on eMIUlm their nr to upon WH oiUlhy tfl iv- tby were MMre and UK fc1 It would Well Utwrlvtr b reHvrvl ot this obiti- ty thee lw froze the StJ f t rtmr of Much eircofar M that which Jiiitan PauBcWote hiss Just f w vr j frv Salry Ol A 1 1 To cleanse the in a gentle rj- truly taiteflcial m imer whvn ih- tJmi use the tmo prf oily Syrup fW W mitart by t- 8yrup Co oarj and for fti by 1 Uro ul A ueaw per bottle a represents this r Ron has ar- rangements vastly mission sliver 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Page 1: i 15 JnstOut€¦ · der the escort of a prominent Western Senator Spectacles more ludicrous than dignified were frequent Senator Mason when stretched out asleep on the sofa ... Hk

THE WASHINGTON POST TUESDAY MARCH 7 1899

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CONGRESS PASSES OUT

Dignified Finale to a Most

Eventful Session

liVSF nouns IS BOTH HOUSES

lu the Senate There Were Some Perilous2Iorucntt When on Extra Sestlon Seemedto Ho Threatened hut the Opposition ofObjectionable Item Finally Coll p ed

VIc Jretldent Ilobart Adtlr Some

Sharp Debates in the Hours

TIM dUh ef Fiftyfifth CBgroe6natural awl uy There were no ex

pftrtw Mrttgdw Crowd In the galleriesWRtetMtd tho qtriat and peaceful derates-MM w li tepoif d mottratra with Itnpas-

t m-TlMr WM nothing In tJw two

whtclt preceded the fetal stroketo moments oftone ami exciting night Xe onebtvtt intftgiited that there were periodswhen MI extra newton emed unpreveniftMc when innumerable ob tud seeme4 M block the way of ilnal adjustIneRt ef it hundred difficulties Seenhowever WM the case In fact it wasnet until twentyflve to M oclocktNt the Senate of reliefiMeenea the threatening of an

netjeton absolutely AtmoMent Senor Hale haYing

the naval appropriation safely betweenthe Scyita and Charybdls of Tfllman andHotter had the satisfaction of seeing theconference report upon the measurecreed to in the Senate A little laterand the bill might have tailed As it

was harried over to thein that bedy rushed to the enrollingclerks and in ample time laid before theIre ldem who had come to the Capitolwith his In ordor to expediteiMMtHMM the last of the greatappropriation bills to be acted upon andwhen it tad been disposed of the pathwa clear

KpiMMlu of Interesting CharacterGreat events were contrasted with triv-

ial Incidents during the eventful nightThe first were important the latter in-

teresting For instance it wag at leastworth mentioning that at C oclock in themorning May Irwin the actress sauntered into the Senators private gallery under the escort of a prominent WesternSenator Spectacles more ludicrous thandignified were frequent Senator Masonwhen stretched out asleep on the sofahad his head bandaged with a handker-chief by some Jokeloving Senators andSenator Platt of New York spread hisattenuated form on a lounge and slum

peacefully On the wholewas remarkable

order There was not the least evidenceof Insobriety while the of thepromiscuous crowd was remarkably

many serious were at stakeon the floor an unusual

absence of perslrlage and repartee Onlyone instance is recalled Senator Tlllmandesired to question Senator Butler

Does the Senator from North Carolinayield to the Senator from South Caro-

lina asked llr Gallinger who was inthe chair

Does tho Senator know what the Gov-

ernor of North Carolina said to the Gov-

ernor of South Carolina interjected MrWarren

Its a long time between drinks saidMr Butler smiling

Well the Senator from South Carolinaient as dry as the people out In Wyom-ing said Tillman whereat the Senatelaughed at Warren who had made an allnight tight In a vain effort to secure someirrigation for the arid regions of the West

The riicitlc Cable Lout

It was at 5 oclock in the morning af-

ter grinding out a grist of naval nomina-tions at the rate of ten a minute thatthe Senate passed through its Hrst squallAll during the night the Senate had beenreceding from its amendments to variousbills until it had seemed hardly

to have passed any atall When thesundry civil bill showed that the Senatehad again laid down sacrificing in particular a butch of public buildings inwhich Senators Gallinger Clark Pettigrew Pettus Hawley and others wereinterested to say nothing of the abandonment of the Pacific cable the stormbroke

Around the devoted heed of Althe tempest raged It lasted fortwo hours during which the House

was roundly abused for its arrogance andfor every other crime In the calendarand there were covert intimations ofweakness on the part of the Senate con-

feree Senator Clark predicted that theSenate would degenerate into a secondHouse of Lords the most useless legisla-tive body on earth and the senile creatureof the House of Commons There wasother warm and fiery talk ending with aspeech by the Confuciuslike Pettus ofAlabama He agreed to submit this timebut never never never again SenatorAllison listened smilingly to the declara-tion and then proceeded to sacrifice everySenate amendment in dispute Includingthe Padflc cable Senator Stewart whohad threatened to filibuster into an extrasession if this amendment was notadopted emerged from the cloakroom ten

afterward to hind himself tooone of the foolish virgins he

had been asleepOf all the events of the night the defeat

of the cable item is considered the mostimportant It isolates Hawaii from theUnited for the next two years at1 feast

Having a wreck on the sundrycivil bill ran perilously near10 a lce core on the bill In thisa in other measures was anothervictory for tho house Tee Senate aban-doned iu every important contention ineluding the reductkn of the number ofUAiOhip and the provision for a gov-ernment armor plant It secured the

of the S3UO a ton as theItriee for but this was anempty gain o the armor already con-tracted to not affected and the newarmor will not be needed until CongressMeets again There had been a goodef sharp debate over this bill duringcarter morning Senators

and Butler leading theopposition

Senator ought to be in diploNothing could have been

adroit than the smooth and quietway ia which he piloted the naval billthooh the peril that still beset it

UY end tactful rtwlnjc herearguing there uniU at he hati

toe wtwfiiction ol seeing the oppositiontoHapa Bui must Interesting tiotlopmrnt was UM attltud of Mr ChandlerAt t oclock In the morning he

UKd ibttt there should be no Increase inthe navy at oclock he wax wiWJy delisat oa tbe door announcing intentionof for any alt propositions thatwould to an extra at

he pleading with iuik r ndto set ln over to the House

i the ten mlnuuai a otherwise itNI

Aftur MorNlnp hind ImivnwlWith a xlgh of relief the managers of

the appropriation bills saw the lost ofthe U budgets out of the way and theSMttU took n recess The chamber wasa of dteordrr the Hoar beingHtlr4 with what seemed to be tons ofpaper but a wore f attendants promptlyremoved the debrta The Senators whosedreary eye haggard faces told thettory ef the alinl ht vigil hastened toKt a bite of breakfast or brief napWb n the Senile reconvened the appear

ce of the room wa brightened by theIMftctof of handsome bouquet upon thede rtw of Senators Gorman and Daviswhile the hitherto empty galleries bfganto be Ailed with curious spectators Theserenity of thee visitors wasby the adoption of a motion to go IntocrxMutive offered by Senator Mor-gan to prevent action upon the bill ex-tending the contract labor laws to Ha-waii

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dtecevor that the hand of the Senatecheek had been turned beck test minutes aperformance which has become Menttftdwith the closing of the session Jstt sthe heads of the clock showed 12 andafter Senators Cockrell and Vest hadcared the unanimous adoption of rceolutons thanking Vice President Itobort andPresident tern Frye for their uniformcourtesy Senators hoer and Gorman ap

sirwl in the Senate to Inform their cotthat they bad waited upon the

President and had learned that he hadtut further eominunleatieiw to offer Itwc Mr Gormans last otacial act and uhe stood in the aisle MX mL face be-

traying no emotion he formed the center

Vice lr ent Hobtr A AiltlrrkHolding In his hand a page of

Mr Hobart then read his formaladdress dissolving Ute Senate There wasthe utmost alienee in the chamber as hesaid

taaton Is a law n Be U tke PWtyftMi CMCwill put IM hUttrr It feu bMB a Cesre t-

ttesvUUrf WyoW MM ether OM ct e fill reautfc-M cklev meU Dwtej Its life saMe Mr vtinrI-

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a ral of the ewatrrThese aee mt H to mMe tW CoBgrs-

NBlaeet ia the teas of a r Xattenal Ltjiriatales tat for ot r asS rwaiu n t toHMNaemted at taM time Ue FUtyktth CoBgresi teaHk rtM mUMe and sew its eMMtltatlraal-We eaetd It beeMM a part f use ati nI Illst rr aa4 lena to lu fuccetaws for MtUemeatKM atk that will fee per leitae imperUmt anil ot

very alcaeat eweeni to mraM r 4 however Ute Atnerlcaa peo-

ple say wed fi awre4 that Inure Ceagrenes vlllnest theSe grave q e ioni with wMorn andtrMlon aad aelTe then Kwodljr sad riebteoMiy Toifexbt it ta t 3 bt the tr e American spirit and tolack roaM Bce ia tbe strength of oar palitleal InMitltioac 1 line faith In beth

The hour of adjeorameat Is now at hand For theMfalliae eoarl y and the uBvarylg cordialitywhich have eb raet riied tile attitude of the Senatetoward me its jsretidiag eS eer I an pratoanilly-

ratefal aad I cannot M this opportunity pa witcoat this paWte eifreMtoa of lilY deep apprfrdsUin ofkla4ae i reeelved at the kaad of each member ofthe body sad partlewlarly I eaiaot close thewithout recognition of the eOciwat serrtees of theeOcen and reporters of this body whose effortshave been so faithful and whose duties hare teen so-

cearteooaiy and diligently perforatedthe Senators who rcmala and for the

who retire fron this body I desire to convey aythanks for tbe kindly continents expressed In therrsolattea adopted and It only reaaia for menow In the exercise of the doty devolving span meto declare that the Senate stands adjourned without

dayThe gavel fell The Fiftyfifth Congress so far as the Senate was concerned was at an end There was buzz ofconversation in the chamber and the gal-leries Senators crowded aroundother to say coodby and farewell Theleavetakings of those Senators who arenot to return were in many cases

The bustle of departure did notlast The Senators were too wearyto remain and in half an hour the empti-ness of the historic room was a presageof the long recess which is to come

WAGES ADVANCING-

The General Level of Prosperity Is RisingAll Over tho World

From the Philadelphia PressThe rise of prices and the advance of

prosperity has at length begun to be accompanied by a general advance ofwages

The advance In the stock market con-siderably preceded the rise in the quotations of staples Until late last fallscarcely any advance occurred in the priceof leading staples in raw materials ofmanufacture The average advance of 15

to 18 per cent which has taken place Inthe last year has nearly all of It beenfelt In the past three months and muchof it since the opening of the year ThisIs particularly true of Iron and steel andof cotton goods The advance In coppertin zinc and spelter began earlier in 1888

but the advance has gone on more rapidly in the past two months Wool andwoolens have not advanced The generaladvance In hides and leather has not beenaccompanied by a rise in boots and shoes

Where price has advanced wages haverisen The American TinPlate Companythe Federal Steel Company and a largenumber of iron and steel establishmentshave advanced the wages of their menThe Fall River and Providence cottonmills have made an advance This Improvement in wages in large and conspicuous establishments has been accompanied by many lesser advances andthese have been marked in our news dispatches for many days

Whether this advance will check exportsof manufactures or not no one can yettell A year ago it undoubtedly wouldhave done so and by retaining exports Inthis country would have broken pricesThis may now happen but it is less likely than it was because prices are risingall over the world Copper tin and zincare as dear or dearer abroad than hereIron and steel prices have advancedabroad though the rise is less fast thanhere Cotton goods are rising the worldover and our exports are increasing

The world seems to have again reachedone of those cycles when all prices ad-vance wages with them and the generallevel of prosperity rises in all countriestogether A larger gold production is hav-ing its effect peace Is more secure theworld over and there is apparent a newexpansion in trade like that from 1850 toI860

A AVoiulerlul GrowthFrom the Baltimore American

Bishop Hurst has spoken to the Balti-more Conference in behalf of the Ameri-can University which will be located atWashington Ho said the property therefor the university was now worth one anda quarter million dollars The Methodistsall over the world propose to raise 20-

OW060 before the end of next year to becalled a thankofferins fund for the suc-cess of the church This monpy will beapplied to educational and other needsof the church Touching this subjectBishop Hurst said it has been decidedto ask for FJOWOOCO but it looks now asif It would be nearer 3 009OJO A churchthat can raise this amount of money tobe applied to the uses stated has reasonto congratulate Itself on its great prgness and power

There is a brass tablet on the Mer-chants Club on German street in thiscity which tells of the beginning of thechurch here In the old Lovely Lane Meet-inghouse It wus a very small organiza-tion then The contrast now with a bodypowerful enough to collect JMWOOOj in acomparatively short time Is certainlymost marked

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REVIEW BY GUMMINGS

History in Brief of the Con-

gress Just Ended

PATRIOTIC ATlDACIOUSl EXPENSIVE

The New Yorker Santa Up the Work of theBody Presided Over by Mr SeedPartyLines Tightly Drawn Durlue theClosing Session Ratification of the

Treaty and Great StruggleArmy Keorsauizatlon BIlL

The Fiftyfifth Congress has shuffledItself Into the fennel of the past In manyrespects it was one of the most remarkable that ever assembled at the CapitolIt began by developing an absolute powerin legislation heretofore unknown apower that was felt to the core in bothwings of the Capitol It left behind It atrail r blood that has made a new

in history and opened up a new epochIn the career of the nation This absolutepower has held the Senate in check formonths and made the House the well-spring of legislation It was a powermade absolute by the action of the Houseitself This action was taken thirty min-utes after the election of the SpeakerThe House was then acting under general parliamentary law It adopted untilfurther notice the rules of the lastHouse In vain did Mr Hepburn of Iowaseek to offer an amendment limiting theiroperation to thirty days Mr Hendersondemanded the previdus question and theSpeaker recognized the demand despitethe protest of Hepburn The Iowan madethe point of order that there could beno previous question without a rule andas the House had no rules the right toamend was clear The Speaker overruledthe point of order and Hepburn took noappeal The reason was manifest MrHenderson made these statements before-a vote was taken

1 The probability is that the rules willbe reported before the time suggested bymy colleague

2 I will say to my colleague that therules will probably be reported long be-

fore the thirty days expire3 I have no doubt that the committee

which will have charge of the matter willreport before thirty days

4 I think there Is no doubt that that willbe done That has always been our purpose and the House will have the fullestopportunity to offer amendments to therules that will be presented

Under these promises the House adopt-ed the rules of the last House From thatday through three sessions until the expiration of the Fiftyfifth Congress norules whatever reported from theCommittee on Rules Nor has that com-

mittee ever vouchsafed an excuse for itsncnaction It was this that Inducedmany members of the House to votefur sustaining the appeal from thedecision of the Speaker when heruled that a motion to recommitthe sundry civil appropriation bill withinstructions to add to It the NIcaraguancanal bill was out of order They evi-dently believed that rules imposed uponthe House in this manner were not binding and acted accordingly

This step was followed by a second stepIllustrating the absolute power gained bythe action of the House On the day thathe was elected Speaker Mr Reed appoint-ed the Committee on Rules the Committeeon Ways and Means and the Committee-on Mileage From that day March 15 until July 19 1897 the Speaker made no further committee appointments On July19 after announcing his signature to anenrolled deficiency bill he announced theappointment of the Committee on Enrolled Bills No appointments of theother fiftyfour committees were made un-

til the last day of the special or first ses

sionMeantime the Senate was fully organ-ized all its committees were appointedand its digestive organs were in full playHundreds of bills were ofthem of the most importantsent over to the House There they fellInto the hands of the clerk and could notbe distributed to the House committeesbecause there was none in existenceAmong them was a resolution recognizing-the belligerency of the Cuban insurgentsIf the House had had an opportunity toconsider It such consideration might haveprevented the war with Spain It washeld up at the Speakers desk becausethere was no legislative hopper into which-

it could be droppedThere were murmurs of discontent In

the ranks of the majority but the mal-

contents made no effort to break theirbonds although there was more than oneopportunity for them to do so The Sen-

ate was held at bay It was allowed togive life to legislation originating in theHouse but the House was not allowed togive life to legislation originating in theSenate The refusal of the Speaker toappoint the committees paralyzed independent action on the part of the SenateIn vain did Joseph Bailey David ADe Armond J Hamilton Lewis JerrySimpson Benton McMillin and othersprotest against the anomalous legislativecondition The Speaker stared at themin openmouthed nonchalance and wouldnot make any further appointments Theirprotests instead of awakening popularindignation aroused sarcastic commentthroughout the country Bailey was lampooned and Lewis Simpson Ds Armondand McMillin were accused of trying tousurp the leadership of the minorityJerry got a great deal of amusement outof the squabble and Lewis appeared withgreat eclat in the forum of discussionStrict fealty required the recognition ofMr Bailey he having been Its candidatefor Speaker The session finally closedwith the passage of the Dingley bill theSpeaker holding up all other legislationThe Senate was forced to recognize thenew power in legislation Inaugurated bythe House when It adopted the rules ofIts predecessor

rTBut it was a transcendent Congress ex-

ceptional in work and exceptional in op-

portunity The long session began on6 1697 From first to last the dis-

turbing element was the Cuban questionathough the annexation of Hawaiibrought Johnson of Indiana to the frontand afforded temporary relief All resolu-

tions sent over from the Senate wereburied in the Committee on Foreign Af-

fairs Every effcrt to drag them fromfailed At one time there

were threats of mutiny In thecommittee but the mutineers weak-

ened and never showed their handsMeantime heartrending accounts of Weyhers atrocities In Cuba agitated the country A struggling nation was being de-

liberately exterminated starvation Thewhole nation was aroused Commercialbodies religious convocations womensassociations and philanthropic conven-

tions protested against the inaction ofCongress All civilized nations stood

at the horrors reported from CubaThey exceeded in atrocity those reportedfrom Armenia Yet the Committee enForeign Attains remained quiescent andunder the rules of the last House thepresent House was paralyzed Suddenlythe whole country was thrown into afrenzy The destruction of the

Maine cleared the atmosphere antithe findings of the court of Inquiry brokethe bonds of Congress Absolute power

swept aside by the action of thePresident A magnificent demonstrationof followed Congress unanl-moualy passed a resolution placing J30000erA In the hands of the President to beused for the national defense It wasquickly followed by a resolution declaringthat Cuba wsa and ought to ba free andindependent and virtually instructing thePresident to make her so Then came thedeclaration of war against Spain

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overflowed the House The men whoplumed thouselves In bringing on the warrefused to aid In providing the means tocarry It on unless they were allowed todictate as to how they should be raisedThey opposed any proposition looking tothe of bonds The Chicago platfoimbad frowned upon the issue of bonds 1ntime of peace carrying the clear infer-ence that bonds might be Issued in timeof war Six members of the minoritymaintaining the patriotic stand whichthey bad taken on the fiftymillion propo-sition utter supporting the minorityamendments voted for the final passageof the war revenue bill Tnis action wastaken two days before Deweys magnifi-cent victory at Manila The people sus-

tained the action of these six membersThey came back strongly reenforcedtripled In number If the same proportionof increase had ruled throughout thecountry the Incoming House would havehen strongly Democratic The destruc-tion of the Spanish fleet and the surrend-er of Santiago forced Spain to sue forterms but too late to save Porto Ricoand the Philippines Congress adjournedfive days after the Spanish fleet bad beendriven ashore and nine days before thesurrender of Santiago Tile patrioticfever In the House had checked fourdays before Cervems desperate attempt-to escape and the sky was filled with

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Yes it is a monumentalumental in patriotism audacity and ex-

penditure It will be known in history asthe war Congress Its third and last ses-

sion began on December 5 1S3S amid theominous shadows cast upon the countryby the war Investigation The politicalcampaign had ended In a victory forthe administration Party lines becamemore definite and distinct The leaderswere evidently looking for an issue in thenext Presidential campaign There was aquiet fermentation in both houses in De-

cember but it did not attract public attention until the army reorganization billwas brought up in the House and theParis treaty was sent to the Senate Car-negie moved over the land like Peter CieHermit preaching a crusade against theInfidils of annexation He had an able co-

adjutor in that counterpart of 7 oraceGrevley known as George F Hoar Be-

tween them Senator Mason of Illinoisswung his battleax Carl Schurz flungout his gonfalon and the spirit animatingthe oM Hartford convention percolatedNew Englane A voice from New Jerseyindicated that the days of Innocuous des-uetude had passed All urged the defeatof the Paris treaty The Carnegie influence was felt in every section of the country where an agricultural newspaper wasprinted It failed to charm the youngleader of the Western Democracy whowhile opposing annexation openly advo-cated the ratification of the treaty by theSenate Magnificent was the fight and itextended to both houses The assault ofAguinaldo at Manila had a decisive influ-ence

In vain did the man who defeated theforce bill marshal his little host Thestars in their courses were against himand Masons battleax fell on the headsof his friends Instead of the casques ofhis enemies In the House the defeatwas far more signal rhe appropriationof twenty millions to carry out the treatywas made with hardly a protest Joseph-G Cannon engineered Its passage andeven Dockery and Bailey voted for it andall beneath the beady eyes of the Im-perator The bitter fight in both houseswas over the bill increasing the army toa hundred thousand men It was longdrawn out and at times paroxysmal butit developed all the intellectual and par-liamentary icsources of Congressionalveterans

The Fiftysixth Congress will haveproblems to solve fully as intricate asthose that confronted the ThirtyeighthCongress after the surrender at Appomattox A greater man than SchuylerColfax will fill the Speakers chair Im-perator will be no misnomer if the rulesof the last House are adopted WilliamPeter Hepburn and David Bremner Henderson are both members of the newCongress It will require far strongerhypnotic power on the part of the gen-tleman from to control the ac-tion of the gentleman from ClarindaThe rule of the Imperator may end in arevolt of the Pretorians

AMOS J CUMMINGS

SCIENTIFIC EDUCATION

Phenomenal Growth in Popular Favor ofTechnical Schools

From the Ch jo PostThe gift of 750000 to Armour Institute by the

Eeeerous and publicspirited founder of that Institu-tion naturally calls public attention to the

growth In popular favor of technical schoolsThe fact that Mr Armour has increased his bene-

factions ta the institute since the originaluntil they now represent a total investment ot

1000000 Is evidence not only of his Increasing interest In what be regards as the best enterprise of

life but 19 also proof of the fact that the In-

stitute admirably meets the educational needs of thetimes The drift Is unmistakably away from the socalled learned professions which are greatlyovercrowded toward those occupations that call f rskilled handlers combined with a knowledge ofthe physical sciences Een in our public hIpsschools the popular demand for technical knowledgeand training has compelled school boards to supplya larger equipment of scientific apparatus and insome Instances ta supplement it with workshops thatcontain machinery for working in wood and iron

This tendency has derived its greatest Impetusfrom the marvelous electrical development of thepast decade which baa supplied devices that havenot only revolutionized many industries and calledfur millions of dollars of capital but has supplixmany new lad profitable vocations for men of ideatitle or mechanical turn of mind

Young men of selezrtigc taste who possess what Inknows as the mechanical instinct are beginningto realize that electrical engineering IB more itmuneritUe and certainly Just as honorable as tiepractice of law or medicine Ten ago timerssane were impressed with the notion that only theprefetaiens ot law and medicine presented attractivefields fur professional endeavor Today farmersboys are tempted by the engineering vocationswhich net only offer good salaries but tlmoat limitless fields for experimentation and tor In-

ventive ingeaalty The application of electricaleaercr to traction purposes has alone created op-portunities for engineers and inventors that call fortte best brains in toe reentry

Ta supply this demand for liberal scientificedeaUoe has Armour institute and LewislaUltBte both products of publicspirited philan-thropy which ennoble and dignify handeraft andhelp to draw roans men away from the already over-crowded professions

The Domestic WomanFrom the Atchison Globe

The women who live on farms and whowork from 5 in the morning till 8 at nightat milking cooking cleaning sewing andbuttermaking are never described as being thoroughly domestic and dearlyloving their homes It Is the womanwho sees very little of her home and wholets a servant run things who is so de-

scribed The poor farmer wife probablydoesnt love her home any more than aprisoner loves his celL

A utural SuppositionProm the Plttsburc Chronicle

Now I suppose remarked MrsSnaggs that the surgeons of the armyare attached to the Medical Corps

Your supposition does you greatreplied Mr Snaggg sarcasticall-

yIts a wonder you didnt Imagine thatdoctors Joined the army for the purposeof building bridges or going up in

Whore should army surgeons beexcept in the Medical Corps

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Ambassadors anil Minister JfotOnly Haveto Foot Bills for Entertainment butMust Pay High Prices for Houses TillsGovernment Provide It Sony

ants with Suitable Homes The Woes ofAmbassadorial UuuteIiuuliu

Mr Choates remark just before he sail-ed for England the other day to the erredthat he had not the slightest idea wherehe would live in London and that he didnot anticipate much difficulty In findingsuitable quarters serves to recall to minithe fact that although the United Stateshas ambassadors it ha neglected as yetto provide the latter with embassies Ithas raided the rank of its envoys in theprincipal countries of Europe with a viewto increasing their prestige and consequently the Influence which they exercisefor fhe benefit of their country but ithas failed to furnish them with the sur-roundings and the trappings that are in-

dispensable to achieve this end Not onlye the salaries which it pays to am-

bassadors smaller then those received bythe latters foreign colleagues of the sameofficial grade but it neglects to providethem either with a suitable abode or withthe necessary appointments of the latterThe result Is that the American Ambassadors abroad are forced to contentthemselves with hired residences hiredfurniture in fact hired everything thesmartness and grandeur of which dependentirely upon the amount of money whichthe Ambassador is willing to devote tothe purpose not Irene lila official paywhich is inadequate but from his private fortune

In a word the American Ambassadorabroad Is at the mercy of tne house agentwhose terms are the heavier in view ofthe risk to which he claims he is exposedsince he has no legal means of redressagainst the envoy for unpaid rent Andany of the readers of The Post who havelived abroad will be erady to tear witness-to the fact that all of the harpies abroadwise hunger for the American dollarthere is none more grasping or greedythan the old world house agent

Ambassador Choales first task on ar-riving In England a week ago has beento hunt for a suitable house in Londonand he will have found himself confrontedby conditions in this particular that differgreatly from those in the United StatesIn this country short leases In theof furnished residences are the exceptionrather than the rule In England thecontrary Is the case In fact the ordinaryterms of lease for a furnished house inLondon is not for the year but for theseason and taking It for granted thatAmbassador Choate has the intention ofmaintaining the dignity of his office onthe same footing as his two predecessors-he will be called upon to pay in the neighborhood of 8000 for the rent of a fur-nished mansion for the season that is tosay considerable more than a third ofhis salary and the season it must beborne in mind only lasts three or at themost four months Of course as a for-eign diplomat Mr Chcate is obliged topay more than would be asked from anywealthy Englishman But nevertheless-the average rent of a furnished house forthe season In London in a fashionablequarter ranges from 3000 to 7000 theformer figure being of course for a styleor house that would be Inadequate inevery respect for use as the abode of anAmerican Ambassador

System of short LeaseOwing to the existence of this system

of short leases merely for the LondonStetson far greater readiness Is displayedby people of wealth and position to renttheir mansions to strangers than in thiscountry Thus Lord Wimborne brotherinlaw of the late Duke of Marlborough-is one of the wealthiest members of theBritish peerage and Wimborne HouseIn Arlington street is one of the stateliesttown residences of the English aristo-cracy Yet Lord and Lady Wimborneforeseeing that the season will be dulland having the intention of spending butlittle time in town this summer haverented the house as It stands with furni-ture sliver and everything complete toMrs Goelet of New York for 10000 forthe season The same was paid for a seasons rent for Spencer House to the Earlof Spencer by Mrs Marshall Roberts ofNew York before she married Col RalphVivian and among other great Englishnobles of wealth who have leased theirtown mansians for the season to perfectstrangers have been the Marquis of Lanadowne now Secretary of State for Warthe Earl of Onslow Lord Lonsdale whohas an income today probably of somehalf a million dollars a year the Duke ofAbercorn the Duke of Montrose andLord Jersey

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self as to what possible inducement asum of 10000 for Instance can offer to no-

blemen such as Lords WimborneLonsdale and Lansdowne who pos-sess large incomes from their landed property In reply It must bepointed out that while the majority ofEnglish noblemen derive their revenuesfrom ancestral estates the ownership ofland in the old world carries with itheavy financial responsibilities of a moralrather than of a legal character and thatwhereas an American citizen whose Income amounts to half a million dollarswill nave that entire sum at his disposal-to spend in the way that he sees fit theEnglish territorial magnate drawing thesame revenues from his estates will notbe able to have the free and untrameleduse of more than 50000 of the entireamount the balance being swallowed upby charges on the property of one kindand another the obligation to keep ances-tral charities and hereditary institutions-

c The result of this la that when anEnglish peer Is able to rent his townhouse for the season for a few thousanddollars he is glad to avail himself of theopportunity since it enables him to addthereby to his pin money if I may bepermitted to use the expression that Is tosay to that portion of his resources uponwhich there Is no call and which he Isfree to spend us he lists It Is almost in-

credible to what inconveniences nominally very rich people In England will go Inorder to procure pocket money in this j

Great lords end ladies think nothing-of letting their own town mansions forthe season and then leasing a very muchsmaller furnished house for the sameperiod close by delighted to pocket thedifference even when the latter is re-

stricted to a few hundred guineas andpeople have got so much In the habit of j

this that one finds prominent personagesIn the English great world changing theirabode In town not once but several timesbetween New Year and CowesThis being the case it is difficult to understand why so much criticism shouldbe leveled by the English against the

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Far different is the treatment which thegreat powers of Europe extend to theirAmbassadors With the object of aJdingto the dignity of the latter and to theprestige of the nation which they repre-sent they provide them not only with amansion or palace but also with the fur-

niture of the latter with paintings toadorn the walls and even with superbservices of silverplatc engraved with thenational heraldic devices In Rome forInstance France Great Britain GermanyAustria and Spain have palaces of theirown for the use of their Ambassadorswhich are magnificently appointed andkept in repair by their respective govern-ments without any expense to the Ambassador whereas the American Envoyalthough of the same rank Is obliged tocontent himself with a furnished hat fhe does not happen to have the privatemeans over and above his salary to enshies him to go to the expense of leasing afurnished palace At Vienna again theEnglish German and the Russian gov-ernments own the palaces occupied bytheir Ambassadors In Berlin the Eng-lish the Austrian and the Russian em-bassies are not merely figuratively butactually bits of foreign territory sinceboth the sites and the buildings belong tothe governments of the Ambassadors bywhich they are occupied EnglandFrance Germany and Austria have pal-aces of their own at St Petersburg whileAustria Great Britain and Russia as wellas Germany own the stately mansions InParis that are tenanted by their respec-tive embassies That of Great Britain Isparticularly fine and In grandeur as veilas In magnificence of Its appointments Isbut little Inferior to the Elysee Palaceoccupied by the President of the republicand which is almost next door

The English Embassy at Washingtonwhich was constructed long before themission was raised to Its present rank isa familiar lanJmark in the National Caphal It stands on land purchased by theEnglish government Is furnished and onemight add silverplated by the crown andis in every of the word in keepingwith the dignity of Great Britain antiwith the Importance of the towhich English Ambassador Is ac-credited

Britain PalacesNor Is It only for the Ambassadors that

Great Britain provides and furnishesabodes befitting the greatness of the

At Toklo at Peking at Bangkok-at Teheran at Cairo and at Tangiersthe British Ministers and In some caseseven the Consuls General are housed Inimposing mansions handsomely furniahed and calculated to impress the natives who from the highest to the low etare taught to understand that within theprecincts of the walls or iron railings bywhich the grounds of the legation or con-sulate are surrounded the soil Is Britishterritory In every sense of tho word anenpire therefore within an empire and-a sanctuary to every fugitive to whomthe British representative Is willing toextend his protection To such an extentis this theory carried that when a fouryears ago disturbances were In progressat Constantinople Michael Herbert thencharge daffaires of Great Britain ac-credited to the Porte landed sailors andmarines from the British gunboat lytefcin port replying to the protests of thSultan and of the Ottoman authoritiesthat England had a perfect right oc-cupy her own territory that in toher embassy grounds with her ownarmed forcer It te dlfllcolt to conceivehow the United States envoy could haveadopted tactic of the same kind tacticswhich created a profound impressIonupon the Turks for the American Minis-ter to the Porte at the time made hishome and had established his missionIn threw rooms at one of the hotels atIerau Especially In these Oriental countries does the residence of the EnglishmUllion constitute a permanent reminder-to the natives official and otherwisethe importance and power of Great Brit-ain How I it possible to impress upon theOrIental that a nation reprcienu

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