Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-12-29

A Story About Governor Butler Denied
How Henry Ward Beecher was
Turned Away from n senate Door
schemes Adopted by Lobby lists TO Get
On the Floor.

An exchange Of recent date contained al
item, credited TO Washington paper. to tn,
effect that Gov. Butler, few days ago. tried Il
get into the Senate chamber by door. The
keeper of which didn't or wouldn't recognize
him. You can't go in there. SIR" said the door
keeper, 1.-The Senate is in session." Butler
merely grOwled out. I'm Butler" and persisted
In his effort to enter .'0h. no. my antiauated
masher said the other with wink at by
stander, you can't play me for sucker. Sen.
ator Butler has just gone in through this door,
Mash EN- from the gallery, my dandy" General
Butler was paralyZed for a moment and then
wheeling upon the astonished doorkeeper, he
fairly yelled: Butler of South Carolina be id,
. L am Butler of Massachusetts. Governor Butler
Your impudent fool and amid the profuse apol-
ogies OF the doOrkeeper he entered the cham
ber."
A STAR reporter clipped the paragraph and
exhibited it in the Office of the Sergeant-at-
Arms of the Senate, where several of the door
Keepers had assembled They unanimously pro-
nounced the story as utterly without founda-
ton. The doorkeepers Of the Senate are all old
employees, who have been engaged in the dis
charge OF these duties for some years. and are
therefore familiar with the faces of all public
men.
WOULD NOT HAVE THE RULES VIOLATED.
Gen. Butler never came to my door," said one
OF them, except once, when he was not
entitled to admission within the chamber. 1t
was after he went out of Congress and before
he was elected Governor. He approached me
very politely and asked if eX-members of the
House were accorded access to the floor under
the rules. told him they were not, and he
said all right and thanked me. At that time
1t was customary for Senators to receive persons
In the cloak ROOM SO | said. General. If you will
walk round with me can take you into the
cloak room and call in there the Senator you
want to see. Il shall be very much obliged,
he answered, if you can do SO without violat-
ing the rules. l wouldn't have you do that
I'm too old soldier myself to lead a young
soldier into any breach Of discipline"
HENRY WARD BEECHER TURNED AWAY.
The same doOrkeeper, continuing, said
Henry Ward Beecher came to my door (the
main door on the south side of the chamber)
and asked: is Senator Warner Miller of New
York imp He is, sir replied. Take him this
card he said, In q commanding way. 1 in
formed him that no cards were allowed to be
sent In from that door. and that he would have
to go around to the side door. But, sir he
said, Strengthening himself up. do you know
who am? am the Rev. Henry Ward Reecher,
sir | Strengthened myself up and SAD, with
all the commanding dignity l could and am
so and so, mentioning my name In full He
gave me whitening look and walked round TO
the side door"
SCHEMES OF LOBBYISTS TO GET on THE FLOOR.
"Do lobbyists ever undertake to pass them
selves in as members Of the Housel" the re-
porter inquired
They don't try that game on an old hand, -
was the reply, ''but if anything happens that
takes one of the regular doorkeepers away, or
if he is sick. and some new man is put in his
place, then the lobbyists 60 for the green one
They will work all sorts of games on him to get
in. Now, when new House comes in. as this
winter, with SO many new members in it. of
course it is hard for any man to know all their
faces right away. But we make a study Of it;
we have to. When man whom don't know,
and maybe never saw, tells me he is member
of the House, LET him in, after making him tell
me what state he is from; then | slip right in
behind him and ask one of the Senators from
the state the man names if he is really men,
ber."
Suppose you find he is not?"
THAT wouldn't be anything new. 1 Just go
to him and tell him he is not entitled to the
floor, and, as general thing. that's all l have
to say. The fellow sees that his scheme is
bursted, and goes right out"