| Show THE SECRET SESSIONS A committee appointed to find the leakage THE PAN AMERICAN CONGRESS what does millionaire carregin Car regie want of bliem the latest scheme of hobbyists lobbyists f correspondence of the ENQUIRER washington D C fob 28 secretary windom is having a hard time just now owing to the e that the friends of a number of the bidders for the privilege of taking seals for twenty years are bringing to bear upon him to decide in their favor and the air is foil of stories connecting various members of tte administration and other prominent republicans with one or the other of the bidders the matter is under the law left entirely to the discretion of the secretary of the treasury so that mr Win dorn may if he see fit give the privilege to the bidder that boners the smallest sum As the privilege has been worth more than a million a year in net profits for the past twenty years it is not that there should be a to obtain it and trouble may be looked for from the disappointment bidders when the award is made senator call found it necessary to show up senator chandler and his peculiar methods when dealing with southern matters in the senate this week and unfortunately was compelled by truth to use language that was slightly sir calla language was blamable but the provocation was certainly great enough to make it excusable rules cannot be made by gentlemen that will be suitably in dealing with such characters as senator chandler so uncertain are the republicans about their tariff bill that it is impossible to get them to talk about it it is not even considered certain now that the tobacco tax is to go and the committee is said to be hopelessly divided in sentiment as to what if any reduction shall be made in the tar sugar the bill which is now promised by the middle of march will consist of compromises all through one of the latest schemes of the lobbyist is that providing for the purchase by the government of the real estate on the south side of pennsylvania avenue botteen the capitol and the treasury the job is an old one but this is the first time it hs been pushed by a regularly organized lobby of course the owners of this property can afford to pay big money for help to unload their undesirable and unprofitable property on the government but congress aiu do well to move slowly in this matter chicago people here are very jubilant and they have richt to ba they have gained victory that reri ecta a great credit upon them but after all the action of the house is not final and it is considered extremely doubtful whether the senate will pass the bill as it is many senators have expressed themselves aa thinking the time entirely too short to get up a creditable exposition public sentiment here is in favor of the senates passing the bill as it is and trusting to chicago enterprise to get ready in time the senate committee on finance has reported a bill authorizing the secretary of the treasury to buy worth of silver bullion a month and all of the gold bullion offered paying for both with treasury certificates this bill will not pass without considerable opposition senators beck mcgeer son and sherman of the committee are opposed to it this week we had the second inseal ment of the civil service investigation the star witness waa ex commissioner bishop aberly but contrary to general expectation his evidence was entirely favorable to the commission it does not now look probable that the investigation vesti gation will amount to anything either way everybody is asking what mr bibins friend carregin Car regie the pennsylvania millionaire lio wants of the pan americans the reason for asking the question is that mr carregin Car regie gave the members pan american congress the most expensive dinner ever given here last tuesday night it is expected that the election committee will decide tomorrow to morrow what report it will make in the montana senatorial contest the democrats ought to have their seats but it ia not thought probable they will get them republicans seem to think that all four will be thrown out and a new election ordered no body out any idea that the republicans will be given the seats instead of abolishing the secret sessions af the senate certain members of that body are now enraged in trying to make them more secret than ever another democrat mr pendleton of west virginia has been ousted from his seat to make room for a republican contestant several others are awaiting their turn secretary windom has been arguing with the house committee in charge of his silver bill trying to convince that it was just measure the country wanted the pan american congress want a railroad built to connect their countries with the united states the district bill has been favorably reported to the house select of the senate investigating vesti gating the leakage of the secrets of executive sessions 3 conducting 4 farce almost as ludi cloua aa the executive session itself though on a smaller scale the committee holds its sessions with locked doors and each witness is examined with no one else present except the members of the committee and the official stenographer the very fact that the secrecy of executive lessious of the senate is no lonser inviolable is one of the strongest reasons why they should be done away with altogether the bysted has not only outlived its useful ness 11 ever any apsara aye outlived its practicability aa the proceedings of an after 1 noon or all warth knowing are over the wires to every corner of the country on the same evening this news undoubtedly is obtained the ernstes erns ves whenever any important matters are under discussion concerning which the public de sires information correspondents feel under a certain cense of obligation to let their papers have it if they cannot get it officially they will get it some i other way if they are una blete ascertain exactly what is done they will come as near as possible supplying deficiencies from their own best judgment based upon a close scrutiny of current events and general knowledge of affairs pon occasion nhsn injustice to other or with proper regard to the gravity of the interests involved discussion should be bield with closed doors and senators can be depended on not to overturn alio state or precipitate a foreign war by their indiscretion As a rule they can be depended on to reveal nothing more than may safely be confided to the public ear or that might properly enough be done or said in open session |
