Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-03-23
A WOMAN In WASHINGTON
Conkiing and Other Senators
PhOtOgrnphed.

Photographed.
Washington Letter TO the Springfield RepubIl.
can.
To 20 into the House Of Representa-.
tiyes Is 10 the unintaled very much like
being lot into a mcuagorie Tor the at
mosphere - very hot and close, the ven
ulation is very defectiye-an odor OF ci.
gar smoke adds its burden To sensi-
tive organizatinn-and there il M i'm.
mense amount at bowling on the floor.
This - my impression OF ltall, although
I've listened 10 II very intently and tried
to become informed iu tbs ways oi the
government Ot ANY country. The speak
eT spent most of his time in pounding
violently With his gayel, and nobody
seems tO care whether lac pounds ar
uot-he apparently does il for his own
amusement. Then with very few cx.
ceptluns everybody that speaks acts ex-
actly a. II lac intended to annihilate
everybody else. ] never can under
S.and what they say, except by snatch
q and wkat do hear seems To- be- oi
very little Importance. 1t does seem so
ridiculous Tor a man To get up and work
himself Into tremendous paSsio u,
swing hIs arms, pound on his desk,
walk up aud down the aisle, grow red
IN the lace aud swell up the veins on
his forehead, aud end with grand per
Grafton about blowing the bugie till 1t
rcspunds agains' all Of which | heard
aud saw the other day-while all the
time other members are reading news
papers, smoking outside the rail, wri-
ting at their desks, chatting with each
other and continually passing in and
out, while nobody seems to pay any at
tcntion to all this exhibition Of feeling
They seem tu take an especial delight IN
cuntradicting each other llatly, insisting
that somebody Is out OF tune aud order,
and on the whole I've come to the con-
Ciusion that things couldn't be much
worse anyway and who knows hut
they mightn't be- bcttCr-eycu II women
had place in this august CD body.
The Senate is bettCr-that il, they
don't rant 50 violently but seems slow
aud stupid, and I've found myself
wondering several times what il all
amounted To- after alt have been able
alter giving the closest possible attcu-
ton Tor some time, To make out
that they've been agitatiug tho question
Oi "A mud road somewhere in Indiana
aud I've heard something about the lu-
dams, aud that's all. As our senator
Dawes doesn't seem tO have boom
even IA tho lar horizon, lets hope that
the Edmunds boom may amount To
something, and just for the reason that
Mr. Edmuds appears To know every
thing that ~ going On, and tn listen at
tcutIyciy tn whateycycT Is being SAID, as
II hc really had conscience concerning
State affairs. | think Mr.. lloar ia the
handsOmCst man in the Scuatc-Gcner
al Burnside may bc perhaps excepted -
hc certainly has more OF a society air,
aud ~ au elegant and distinguished
looking man. Ferry il considered
handsome, hut the fact that lac Is the
rich bachelor Of the Senate aud has,
moreover, the aroma Of u dead aud gone
aud hall mysterious love affair hanging
about him, may have something To do
with that notion, iur To- the casual eve
hy IL certainly not Il beauty, although
we'll looking enough; but his beard ~
very western and needs pruning
Plumb, at Kansas, has u thoroughly
good and honest face lull at purpose,
although his appearance Is unpublished.
I hal entirely forgotten about senator
Bruce until saw the other day color.
cd muu ul iiguihcd appearance walk
calmly across the THOR ut the senate IL
ii he belonged there At first | wuu-
dcrrd idly II there were CUlorcd door
Keepers. when hc sat down at his desk,
and then | remembered. Tie had un-
duuhtcdIy good or bad white blood IN
hi. veins the shape ui hls hands alone
would indicate that Tie ~ not ct the
particularly light color, aud his halr
although evidently brushed with pains
taking care. Is very kluky. ! am sorry
iur him aud more sorry Tor hls wife,
who, | understand, ~ ~ white that no
one would suspect her Culurcd blood
She h called upon 10y the wives oi the
other Senators, hut still Il n under pro
test after all-thc old race prejudice
cliugs and will cling.
Cuukling looks exactly like Mast =
picture 1T him as "Jackdaw 'nnkiinE.
Ills face ~ handsome IA u certain way,
but mean. bad aud cynical tie looks
like u man who, all sweetness IN society,
would hc selfish suarllug aud snapplSh
Al hon. IA short. what lac has proved
himself. A coward 4 man capable ui
COMPROMISING woman, aud then run
ming away. From the curl on his fore
hrad 10 the tip oi his aristucralic boot
ne looks all this but il NO longer tho
blonde Mrphlstuphc,rs at the senate,
inr he's growing gray last, aud looks ~
If ne hated a. Here ~ a story typical
Of the vain aud small nature 1T the man.
A hotel keeper IN Washington VIA"
went to school with him hadn't met
him Tor years. Onc day C1uklug went
tp his hotel 10 engage rooms, ant stood
i'm the olIicc talking To the clerk. The
propri,tur came down stairs aud step
ned M and held out his hand, saving,
"Ko-coc. how are you'' Couklng took
mo- notice II the prutlcrcd hand, nut
drew himself up aud said, 81 am Scna,
Tor Conktng. sir. You're u damned
fool. that's what YOU are, was the re-
spnnsr. Couklug turned malrslIcaliy
t5 the clerk. aud saii, Can l haze
rn,ms here" "Nn, sir. shouted the
,r,t,, proprietor. not in my house, nor
un,n any terms" tBy the way, de-
are la know what essential difference
tLerr i, between IA n" and "damn2
George Elliot does not think there rs
any difference