The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-04-29
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To 60 into the House of Represents
tives is to the INITIATED very much like
being let into . mensgeris, for the At.
mosphsre . very hot aud clsp, s.d she
ventilation is very defective-an odor
OF cigar smoke adds its burden 10 q
sensitive ergAnizstion-snd there 10 IN
immense lot Of bowling on the floor.
This is my Impression of it oil. although
I've listened very intently and tried 70
be informed in the ways Of the govern.
0ent Of my country. The speaker
spends ness Of his timsa 10 pending
violently with his gsyel. And nobody
peems 10 care whether be pounds or
not he apparently does -lt'fos his vwm
amusensnt. Then with , very few sx-
osptious every body speaks just
. if ne intended to anoihilste every
bsdy else. l never can understand
what they say, except by snatches, and
what ] do hear seems 70 be Of very lit-
tie impcrtance. Il daee ssen 20 rljic-
ulouY f . an - yet fPAnd vor1
hind ~ into B trSo3ndbus pas3ionr
IswinGini hi srmas pAuneUk - hi
desk. walk up ana down the aisle. grow
red in the face. swell up the veins Of
bis forehead, aud end with Q grand
perorAtion about "blowiog the bugle
till it resounds agsin"-all of which
heard and saw the other day-while oil
she other members are reading news
papers. smoking ontside lhe fHiB writ
ing at their deskss chasing - each
other. and continually passing in aud
ont. while nobody secms to pay any
attention to all this exhibition OF f.el-
ing. They seem to take especial de-
light III contradicting each other fatty ;
insisting that somebody is out Of .ims
or order, sud on the Wide Ey6 coma
70 the conciusion that lhinfs 6ua not
be much worse any way. a1d xhoknows
ii they might not be better even it
woman hsd place in this auRust(s)
body.
The Senate is btttcr-that is, they
don't rant so violently-but seems
slow and stupid. and I've found my.
self wondering several times what it sll
announced 80 sitter all. II have heed
able. after giving she close4 pod ible
attention for sosne time. 20 make bsS
that they We been sgitsting the qussiiou
of mud road. somew hefe ie 1ndians; /;
asd Il have hesrd something about rue
Indians. and that's sll. As eur Sena
tor Dawes doesn't seem to havs boom
even in the far horizon. let's hope that
the Eimands boom may amount to
something. aud inst for this reason,
that Mr. Edmunds appears to- know
everything that - going DO, sanii to
listen attentively to whatever is being
said, rs il be had a conscience CONCERN.
ing State ~fflirs. l think Mr. H. ar is
the handsomest man 10 the Senate
General Burnside may be perhaps ex-
cepted-he certainly has more of . so-
ciety air, and 10 an elegant and distiA.
guished looking man. Ferry 10 con-
adhered handsome but tue fSct t6at he
is the rich bachelor of the Seuat6. and
has. moreover, the aroma Of dead and
gone end hall. mystGiidu6s love amir
hsnging sbout him. ms3 hsye somethiDe
to do with that notion. Tor to the cas-.
nal eye hs is certainly not beauty,
although we'll looking enough; but his
Oooio - voSy W WOstcs buO uecU9 ApIUu'
ing. Pluc,b. Of Kansas. has thor
oughly good and honest f.ce full of
purpose. although his appearance is
unpublished. / had entirely fssgottep
about Senator Bruce until / cav the
other day . colersd man Of dIenided
appearance walk calmly across the door
of the Senate - il he belonged there.
At first Wondered 4 .thsys v14 Dol<
ored' doorkeepers. when he sal, down Of
his desk, and then / remembered. he
has undosbtedly good-sf bad+vfits
blood in his veins: the shape Of his
hands alone would indicate that. He
i not oof. particularly light color. and
biz hair. though evidently brushed
with painstAking care. 4. ysry. kjntT,
an sorry lcr. hin shd muft ssoefI u
his wife. Who, I uudersta6d, b q Vhiks
that no ons could suspect her colorsd
blood. She 10 called upon by the wives
Of the other Senators, but still it 10
under protest after all-the old race
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