The Red Cloud chief., 1881-02-24
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rs - r ALTA hF Efts4ns 81 n2
Aooksn- aut n.Eily dressed tv1f- raT
ing h,thrr AMI ihl,a shsut iAs sssr.
spe1king fam sauy vth thts sai ihzt
great nan. az AuIssHT themselves Us
the steps at the NWe FrCsdsass a. 81.
the Speakers plz;ssgra. Aazi Ao ~uR p~r
haps Tv-art these b15s Wlh ssaefIiug
Ike envy-Al thc more shra Told tsat
they rceessr shoal TIVE ,t,sitsrs IA ! ssY-
cnty-hgo c~ais day. surns The srs
lons oi C"ogrsss. 80 psy ta"Ha is hAy-
ING snch n good Tine.
Possibly car iad nusld not tesarttAe
PICTURE ~ - pleasant H. DC kuos bon
b~uricasotne afstAe dsuc> e Cess tg =
AMI loN exceedingly sci ihvy csra the
m"acy paid them Tssso arc afts
thirty %. them attached To the iiau~n
and bali a. maay g. TIE Senate Their
sges r!n !rom n.ne years upward ss;ss
numbering taltr as many summers,
and u 5 not by an GscsHS tas o.dcs,
who are the brightest anti the most
favored. They arr of rvsSrAhle tam
HES; some ot them are nrphos. ut
Members of toaSu,ss a Member Oare.
Indeed. bail Such questionable tate a.
10 pTocuru th~ appointment 90 his owu
son; and some If them have beer kuo an
IN after YEAR.. Ia become Member thrtn'
selves. Tho rcVsutlg chosen senator
from Mari land D. doubtless pT1atti re-
member that b, himself was uheo a
page Although la two or thrga ia
tanccs thea b8ys have been ~cic-trl 60
their pisces instead 80 appointed. thry
are usually appointed hy The Sergeant
at Arms-O, courss ob the rec3miaFn
datioa aad thr,siyh the n~ilcnor q th'
tunyurssGlea and the an uli2r has
control. The old custom ~ app' u,ing
only rIpi~n bpat al, ~ InIgV. slasTei
ID The boy Who frroyFr fhs talae
irStc, ant vas nrs,lq sls p by srr aI
resolution -! the senate. y a we're eN-
ccp'iOnal ease probably his urite
soaS thereafter was. "ruch = ccttiuv
up Stair. ! ne or dill sea"
The pagcsw wear "a uniform. "r rrguia
ton cloin.,S. an bai.cs uf ANY sort.
They are rcgn!rcita present themselves
for work n nipr "a clock "a the fg,TnIH..
although Conyrs'ss dps not meet tn
twelve. AMI they are not dismissed
until AL joarnmrnt ior thu ia, takes
place, They put the desks ii the
st'itsE'AN AA ttAfas AZ III - ~ W.
bills end papers VIII ch are strcsn about
IN confusion. thea ~ t. the Dlclmcnt-
oorus and wors thru. helping 20 pat
affairs in shape; AMI then present thcm,
selves nj twelve In the great chambers
Of legislation 10 answer the rlapplnZ 81
the Members and senators hands. agd
attend to their Countless wants. Now
thcy are sent hunting for SONS book
tha, j. needed. for some iasn. uOw for
a glass Of water. now tbs take a mes
age from ono Member - aEother n q
distance, from one Hous to the other.
and sonnet ines to ladies IN tho g~alirrF,
they fetch a cup of tea intp the Cloak
room; fetch the hat md stick cut al IT,
they Distribute mail b. the afmful;
they struggle into sight behind piles 81
palm leaf fans biz a. they arc them
selves. which are soon cooling the ho,
air. If il be a late session; aai duriax
the nights preceding tho close 81 the
session they ID not know VIVA, sleep j..
bnt arc o ogt with running ani
va ting Thus IL VIII be seen that they
are on their feet with bat VERY Little
in,crmission. running and tumbling over
each other in their eagerness Ia picIse.
but they seem happy and gossi n s:sredl
through IL all. aud when they do sit
down il Is ON tbs stcps OF the presiding
officers deck. whore they are usually
tickling Or punching or teasing each
other n II they had nothing else To DO.
aud were passing away the time.
Sometimes during y recess o. Con-
gress you may ON upon them in n
lower room assembled n n BODY, \
mimic Senate. ~ them in the chair.
and another making 4 speech. ani SIR.
Blaine, and Mr. Coakiiax. and Mr..
Bayard and the rest are being initiated
10 the life. u j. ia some contrast 70
these gas rozus that a sees serIppssd
aud dwartec little hanchbaek oatsii.
the itaii OF Representative. opening
and Shutting dor for the rss.er IL
hops Of the ooppersar the ni-ksi t.as,
may be to-Sd h.m. although he doe.
not beg. 81 nigh; 4 iiftlc Cos. car
riage comes for him. and he drives Oh.
The pages whom We hare described
do no; leave the Capitol during the
hours cf their service, and carTg no
messages beyond the doors For out
side work there are three ridfHy uszcN
who are furnished with horsss, and
who go 10 the various DsparsnensH. the
Executive Mansion. az on other Of the
out-ide errands OF the loxi.laiora. And
theirs u not exactly tire pleasant hor e.
back riding that looks 10 attractive.
buf- on The oonfsary. " ~ hs~t AMI
weary sosk. cold 10 the winter. aal
h~ursing amber . Eerec san IN the ~un-
uer. leaving them meuRyhile a. badiy
Of "a John Giipin.
Many II these youth are aoposn.e.f
because there - sozse great a-.sl IA
hsir families. or hzYs sorne psff.s,le
circumstances IN taesr hissory. Thi.
c~urfy-h~z1ed little -f-iiyx 3. the only
support of = ncfser en- yc,iae- ~ brogb.
ers and sister; there - one who taxes
care Of \ parsiszed father. the only rel.
siive be has ~ the World, gong h,xe.
sfter has bard WORK, 10 naks life a
pleasant n he can for him who eaa
never DO any more worx; here i an
other whose little house j. ksp. for him
by sehiid-sis;er, who f,oks foe ~ So,
If night with so5citais. Most 81 them
have somebody beside IhsussesyeKtotak.
n share Of Their earnings.
Beyond their regular pay. there are
various Pe-guisItes aai fees which
syyslitheir income Considerably. Thu.
they may often be seen slipping an OXEN
book wah . BIT OF biottinx-paper.
under the nose Of some member sio "a
sitting # hts de-ks Il 10 an album FOR
somebody who wants the s~i~r.;u.e~
OF al these s;zsssraen -phsch The
Salesman kiadiT gre. bH which
Deveriheless are nos aisavs easy 10
Obtain owing 10 the dificaitg Of
Gndrng indisifuals in their seats. a
all Of the C~onzresssnen are By no means
IN eonstzn; attendance. mzny of them
being busy in eommfftee-rooms. or
lcuDzng in eioak-roosns. or lunciinv.
or following the bent Of Their inciins,
tons IN other wzys. and seldom coninv
IN after roti-czii. save soheax . h<yzlded
speech or TO vofs on measures with
which they are already familiar, e;ther
from The reading Of the daily journal Of
proceealnzs, or m The commiftee-room.
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