The Corvallis gazette., March 16, 1894, Image 3

THE COR VALLIS GAZETTE,' FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1894
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IN A CHAOTIC STATE.
PARTY LEADERS AT SEA ON QUES
TIONS OF PRINCIPLE AND POLICY.
The Present Session of Congress Continues
to Be a Farcical Spectacle 'Twixt the
Bock and the 'Whirlpool A Fight In
Which No Quarter Im Asked.
Washington, March 7. Special.
The leaders in congress are between the
devil and the deep sea. This is a state
ment made with a good deal of pleasure
by members of the Republican minority.
" But it is no partisan statement for all that.
Unfortunately it is only too true. That's
the way it appears to my friend the man
op a tree, and for once he is right.
The further the present session of con
gress continues the more of a spectacle it
becomes. The late lamented Steele Mac
kaye never for a moment conceived of any
thing so stupendously absurd. It has at
times been farcical, always a comedy of
errors, and in its farreaching results must
necessarily become a tragedy.
"A Plague to Both Yonr Houses."
But the "Roman mob" on the floor of
the house have no heed for results, be they
what they may. Their own actions justi
fy their criticism, severe as it may appear.
Day after day and week after week they
have deported themselves to the amuse
ment of the crowded galleries as no set of
schoolboys ever dared think of doing.
They have laughed and joked while the
country was in distress, and heeded not.
But the day of reckoning cannot be far
distant, certainly not beyond the next elec
tion. This utter abandonment of consequences
to the party now in power is the natural
result of success to a body made up large
ly of the discontented elements in politics.
The overwhelming majority given the
Democrats in the lower house was not the
result of any one or two national ques
tions upon which party lines were distinct
ly drawn. On the contrary, it was due
more than anything else to the widespread
discontent with the powers that existed at
that time.
The Republicans had held full sway so
long that of necessity many abuses had
sprung up in national aSairs. For these
they were held alone responsible. So it is
now with the Democrats. They have had
full swing for a few brief months, and the
ptfblic is now blaming them for every evil
that has befallen the country.
The Late Mr. Tweed Quoted.
This is but too true. In a large sense it
Is not justified by the facts in the case.
The Democrats were not responsible for
the Sherman silver law, nor were they re
sponsible for the depleted condition of the
treasury, brought about through excess
ive and almost ruinous appropriations,
but they will have the blame to bear all
the same. .
But what are you going to do about it?
That is the question which confronts the
leaders of the Democratic party at both
ends of the capitol at this time. I have
asked many, but as yet have no answer that
is in any way satisfactory. - They all give
assurance of their good intentions, bus
you all know the place where good inten
tions unfulfilled lead some. Just at this
time that appears to be the destination of
some of the leaders of the party in power,
and they are using the limited express in
their anxiety to get there.
What about the tariff? Who can tell?
President Cleveland, worn out by his ef
forts to unite his party, went off in disgust '
on a government revenue cutter to kill i
ducks. It was a case of duck or no din- !
ner in his estimation, and the chances of
the party for starvation were only equaled
by Lieutenant Greely and his colleagues
when lost in the arctic regions. ,
Ask any of the recognized leaders at ei
ther end of the capitol to tell you what is
going to be done with the tariff, and they
will only look at you in an agonized way
and pass on. They don't know. That is
the whole thing in a nutshell. Once in a
great while you will find one of the small
er fry willing to give you his opinions at
length. They are not worth the time they
take to tell. Those who understand the
situation wisely keep their mouths shut.
The Silver Question.
Now as to silver. Again you are met
with the same unwillingness to go on rec
ord. The silver men, in an indefinite way
that is truly beautiful, will tell you that,
phenixlike, silver will rise from the ashes
of the past and that this congress will
adopt the double standard. Quite interest
ing if true. But is it true? Certainly not.
It may come to pass, but if it does there is
nothing in the present situation to justify
any such confident assertion.
The gold men are just as "chipper."
They poohpooh the claims of the silver
men, but cannot give any definite assur
ance as to what the outcome will be.
About the only thing that seems certain
at this time is that the financial question
Is by no means settled and that the pres
ent congress has got to fight it out to a
finish that is, if there can be a finish of
a question which has troubled the country
since its foundation and will doubtless
continue to trouble it till its fall.
So far as the tariff is concerned, a little
light appears to be breaking at last. The
action of the senate, while not in line with
the Wilson bill as it passed the house, bids
fair to be met in a proper spirit by the
joint conferees. The result will be in all
probability a patchwork bill which will
be no revenue bill, nor for that matter will
It be in line with the pledges made the
people in the Chicago platform. The claim
so long made by opponents of a protective
tariff that it was in the direct line of class
legislation will stand out clear and bold by
Very reason of the few industries protect
ed. Where the protection was general the
discrimination did not stand out with
such terrific force.
A Pretty Kettle of Fish.
Altogether it is a pretty kettle of fish,
nd all of them, big and little, are in pret
ty hot water. The eastern men, for in
stance, are floundering about in a mad de
sire to avoid the income tax bait. Pre
cious few of them will swallow it, but it
looks just now as though they were large
ly in the minority, and that the income
tax cork to the tariff tackle could ride the
congressional waves successfully.
But whatever is the outcome of the pres
ent situation its effect will be felt by the
most active in it for some years to come.
Men who have served in congress since
"befo' de war" say that never in their .ex
perience has such bitterness been shown
in debate. But it goes even beyond that.
It is carried into the cloakrooms, into the
restaurants of both the house and senate,
and even follows congressmen to their own
firesides.
' It Is a fight in which there is no quar
ter, into which no feeling of conservatism
. has a part, and ' Into which at times even
k uflrtfestion of fair play seems like an ab
surdity not to be considered seriously for
a moment. ..
Chief Otan, the orang-outang from
the Javanese Tillage In the Midway,
has arrived at the Philadelphia zoo.
Otan is used to first class Java coffee.
A cup presented him from the eating
station at Altoona was declined, Otan
knows railroad coffee.
The men in the Caucasian settlements
in South Africa outnumber the women
fcv 10 to I, and 'spinsters are rare.
THE LAWYER OF TODAY.
He Is Gradually Becoming More and Mora
of a Specialist.
"There is as much learning here In
the legal profession as ever, but it is
not on exhibition," said a Philadelphia
lawyer. "In the first place, the courts
will not countenance its undue display.
In old times an advocate was allowed
great latitude. Formerly, in a case of
damages caused by a neelected side
walk, the attorney would be allowed to
expound not only the laws relating to
damages for neglect, but he might
stray off into the realms of medical ju
risprudence at great length, and even
perorate with an allusion to the Magna
Charta, the constitution and the Amer
ican eagle. At present a lawyer must
confine himself to the real merits of his
case. The machinery of our courts has
grown too costly to permit such waste
of time. It follows that there is less
oratorical skill displayed than in former
days, especially at the period when some
of our leading lawyers made a specialty
of criminal defense. Now few lawyers
of eminence, either in Philadelphia or
the east generally, undertake the de
fense in a criminal case.
"Today the practice of law, like other
professions, is becoming more and more
specialized. A law office is simply a
business office, as you may discover
by visiting some of the handsome new
office buildings down town. I know of
one office where there are several part
ners, that would remind you of a bank
ing office, and where a bookkeeper and
cashier is employed to pay off clerks,
typewriters and other employees. You
will, however, still find veteran members
of the bar pursuing old time methods in
a cozy, quiet office, sitting at a baize cov
ered table amid a wilderness of well
thumbed books. They carry a dark
green bag filled with briefs when they
go to court, precisely as all lawyers did
50 years ago, and as London barristers
still do.
I "As to young lawyers, however tal
' ented they may be, if without social or
political prestige, their struggle to ad
vance in the profession is sure to be a
hard one. Practice now is often inher
ited or transmitted in some other way.
I could point out to you in Philadelphia
law firms that have been confined to the
members of one family or its collateral
branches since the Revolution.
"I may say that therfe is an evident
impetus to change many useless old le
gal methods. The remark of Lord Cole
ridge, when in this country, that there
were many volumes of English legal de
cisions which it would do no harm to
destroy, would answer as the main
spring of this impetus. Legislation is
certainly advancing in this that mere
ly experimental general laws are passed
With greater difficulty than formerly.
Another lawyer, older than the other,
said: "Progress in the legal profession?
Progress is hardly a term to apply to
law, for it is founded on precedents,
sometimes the older the better. For this
reason jurisprudence is the least pro
gressive of the sciences. Still there have
been, no doubt, improvements in meth
ods of practice, though I am not much
of a code lawyer. I have had to study
hard all my life. The younger lawyers
appear to do little of that. They seem
to believe, with Aaron Burr, that 'law
is whatever is boldly advanced and
plausibly maintained. ' " Philadelphia
Record.
Trained Nurses.
The fashionable impetus which it was
expected the patronage of the Princess
of Wales would give to the occupation
of trained nursing in England has hard
ly been realized. It will undoubtedly
receive a stimulant in the plan, of
which word now comes from there, to
have nursing lectures at fashionable
houses to instruct the aristocratic pupils
in the rudiments at least of caring for
the sick. These "afternoons" are to
be illustrated with genuine hospital
implements, including a patient, and,
with tea and biscuits handed round,
will take on as well an agreeable social
tone.
A story heard recently accentuates
the need of all this. It was related of
an Enelish peeress, who, wishing to
master the duties of a trained nurse,
procured admission to a hospital for
such instruction. She proved an utterly
hoieless impil. and at length it was
deemed advisable to ask her to resign
Her martial tread through the wards
and general "heaviness" in all that
she did 'actually made her presence a
detriment, which would seem to indicate
that even aristocratic nurses are born,
not made. New York Times.
When a Chinese Bank Fails.
Bank notes were issued in China as
early as the ninth century, when the art
of printing was unknown in Europe
These notes have generally been redeem
ed, because in China, when a bank fails,
all the clerks and managers have their
heads chopped off and thrown in a heap
alone with the books of the firm. And
so it has happened in those good old bar
barous times that for the past 500 years
not a single Chinese bank has suspend
ed payment.
Now that China is coming tinder the
sway of western civilization, we have
no doubt it will have the same financial
troubles as its more civilized banking
brethren. Chambers' Journal.
A Chinese Invitation.
The Chinese send three invitations to
the guests that they desire to see at their
great repasts. The first is dispatched
two days before the feast. The second
on the day itself, in order to remind
those they expect of their engagement,
and the third just before the hour has
struck, so as to show how impatient
they are to see their friends arrive.
Hong-Kong Letter.
To Sfaka It Permanent.
The faint and elusive mark of a lead
pencil can be preserved by holding the
written -page over the spout of a fast
boiling teakettle. When it has been
well steamed, it is "set," as the wash
erwoman says. JSew York Evening
World. " .
A Judge of Human Nature.
"Doctor, tell me honestly whether
my health is improving or not."
"My dear sir, you're getting on fa
mously, famously."
"You are not speaking the truth,
doctor, but I can tell without your as
sistance whether I am getting better or
apt."-; : : ' -
"How can you judge??'
"By the. behavior of my heirs,"
Paris Ganlois. . .
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