Daily Republican., 1880-02-24


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WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 2lst, 1880.
| Lsnt brought the maddening crowd
q halt and social festivities are for tim
being blocked. The quiet affords th
golden opportunity for sojourners a
the capital to study up politicians
who under the taking name Of states
men, make the largest constituent par
Of the various pictures shown in tn
kaleidoscope Of winter life in Washing
ton. During the penitential seasol
the galleries Of congress are we'll Rllcd
and there Ia no other place where tn
great men are so we'll seen at thei
best, and at their worst, and stran
gers making their first visit to tn
magnificent structure known as tn
capitol, must be foroibly struck will
the want Of harmony and great inap
propriateness between the splendi'
frescoss, superb tilling, and marble
walls Of the building, and the cake
pie and apple stands with their usua
unclsanly surroundings that dishgur'
the Railways. The passage ways fron
one house to the other are literally
lined with itinerant venders of cary
cd ivory, needle books, novels
photographs, candy, peanuts and
the thousand and one "eatch penny
offered by the psddlers to the strangers
who are continually passing the booths
1t is q shame and some one is culpably
negligent in allowing this state Of
things to exist. One might pardon and
submit to the display Of statuary, bat
when long line of pie-men and cake
women are added human endurance
revolss. Some member should be bold
enough to have these "money chang
ers" transfer their field of action to the
basement. There is greater pressure
for the occupancy of these temporary
shops, than for clerkships, because
they pay twice as we'll, and 1t is said
that several Independent fortunes
have been made by the vendors OF the
indigestibls pastries and useless trink-
cts. Madam Maurice, the presiding
genius over the stand in the corridor
between the Hall Of Representatives
and Rotunda has for sixteen years laid
snares, in the shape Of pin-cushiens,
needle books, and impossible to write
with pens, to trap the unwary. 1t
would be out Of the question to remove
her. She has an idea that the Capitol
belongs to her, and rash indeed would
be the person who would dare dispute
her claims. Her best customers are
brides, who conceive it to be their duty
to take from the Capitol some souviner
to those at home who are deprived Of
the privileg of sseing Madame hau-
rice and her wares. She Is French,
and they say has romantic history;
her face bears the traces Of beauty for
which tradition says she was once fam /
ID. Members, Senators, and their fam
lies, indeed all habitues of the build
ing, give her kindly salutation when
they pass by her way, and she receives
The greeting with the ooRdsscending air
If "high born lady" Her dress is
plain, but her idiosyncracies or eccen-
,ricities are displayed in her bonnet,
which is usually shapeless thing,
made of odds and ends of ribbons and
Icraps OF lace, bunches of worn and
AIDED flowers perched among her curls.
The collections of photographs at these
tands are varied. Actresses in sparse
gillette and ftll dress, rich in blonde
ocks, and development of limbs, are
RELY displayed and eagerly purchas-
ID. Pictures Of leading politicians,
md ministers of the Gospel, and many
'thers too numerous to mention. Sem
tor Jones of Florida is one of the tall
men Of the Senate. His face is rud-
Iy in color, innocent of beard or
austache, its smooth appearance giving
lin a youthful look. His hair is Of
hat coler, friends of the family call
uburn, enthusiasts "the color Litian
oved," aud those Indifferent to the
erson vote "red." He is self educated,
nd rose to his present position by sheer
over of his own intellectual vjgor.
ones, of Nevada, "Silver JONES'" is
obriquet-is thick set man below the
verags height, with a complexion tell
ng plainly OF the intimate friendship
etween him, terrapin, champagne and
Anvass backs. His grey hair which
,oks always tempest tossed, heightens
he coloring Of his horid face. He has
financial views" and is not slow in
xpressing them. 1t is said he is guilty
f two solicisms-wearing diamonds and
sing musk. The door keeper tells the
urious that the man in the Senate
'hom the strangers appear most anx-
Jus to see, is Blaine, Of Maine, who is
nperb specimen of manhood, and
lough he has just celebrated his fiftieth
irthday, ia much younger in appear
nee. His figure is we'll preserved, he
resses with care and is of handsome
ersonnel. He has made use Of no means
, conceal the ravages time and anxieties
ave made on his hair, which Is white {
nd worn close cut, the color making
i the more noticeable his dark eyes,
hich glitter and flash with temper, or ,
row lustrous and beam forth amiably !
J the mood is on him. He is full of .
'tivity and quick thought, has more :,
agnetism than nine-tenths Of his COL
agues, has an irascible disposition, =
I'd in debate is irritable beyond all q
ldurancs, but is nevertheless personal :,
popular with his political opponents.
0 announcement that he will speak
owds the galleries, fills the corridors,
ID the floor of the Senate chamber Il
Ith a fascinated audience, who will sit F
r hours and listen with delight to s,
IN, the Senator from Maine. Senator y
Iton OF Connecticut, frequently takes CT
, the gauntlet that Blaine throws h
wn. He is advanced in age but has