The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-03-20
THE SENATE RESTAURANT.
Only Two TeetOtaIers In the Upper

Only Two Teet0talefS In the Upper
House
The senate restaurant has became the
ciub-room of the capital. With color
sd man in charge, the senators now get
the best cooking and attendance in town.
representatives GO over there to lunch.
and senators beast eff it outside. ! was
talking with John Francis the other
day. He is colored man To whom Mr..
EdmaHds gave the restaurant, with So,
600 OR $1,000 year. do the senators
generally spend much money with
you % asked him. "No," he went on,
'.as rule, they came down here and cal
crackers aud milk. Ny milk Is most
an cream, and they like it. Most of
them are here each day, although q few
have their lunches sent TO q committee
loom. Senator Morrill, always eats
crackers and milk; so do Senators Hoar
and ingalls,. Mr.. Plat always drinks tea.
Senator Vest likes 10 stand up TO the
oyster counter and take q dozen on the
shell, with some ale. Perry Belmont is
often here eating raw oysters. Gen.
Logan is very abstemious. Mr. Aldrich
generally eats stake. But the best of
our custom is from the outside. They
eat more and higher-priced dinners than
the senator's Generous? Well, not
many of them. They do not come down
to the walters very handsomely. The
poor men are the most liberal. Mr..
Frye is kind and alway has g pleasant
word for the walters; so does Mr., Gar
land Gov. Vance has his pocket full of
dimes, and throws them out literally.
Gen. Logan, when he feels good. is lib
eral, but the tips generally come more
from outsiders than senator's" A
large closet full of brandy and wines
stands invitingly in PLAIN view notwIth-
standing the new rule that no iutoXicat-
ing liquors shall be allowed. They are
sold to any one who calls, but Mr..
Blair's wild remark that the restaurant
is ''the national groggery" was good
way from the truth. Very few senators
drink to excess Some of them have a
bottle or two in their committee rooms.
Mr.. Hale entertains his friends occa-
sionly with wine-spreads. PendletoD
, always has some champagne and makes
point to hand it around freely when
the democratic caucus meets, he being
chairman. Up IN the back room of The
| senate committee on printing MIR An
Ihony has something in store Hou
will often see him and Mr.. Endmonds
coming from there with a pleased ex-
preston. Judge Thurman was
Mr.. Edmunds companion OF
old. When they went out
together the senate blinked sympath-
etically. Don Cameron invariably
took wine with his nice little lunch
served daIntily in his priv ate room
| Frye and Blair are the only teetolars in
the upper house. But drunkenness is
never seen IN these days. 1t is in "had
form" Ten years ago wine bibbing was
very common. Old Willard Salisbury
| of Delaware, brother to the present SEN
ator, was a heavy drinker and finally
was obliged to give way to his brother
He and Jim" Nye, of Nevada, were
boon companions Nye died in an IN
sane asylum. Although opposed pOlIti
caliy, they were great chums Their
there was McDuugall, of California
VINO drank himself to death. l Suppose
he was one of the brightest men who
ever came TO Washington. Why, ht
helped survey the A bany and Schen
ectady railroad before he was Is year
old and was attorney general OF Illinois
| at "a Many of his bright remarks ar
still treasured. Notably, one night h
was unable to reach home. Som
friends bspuening along found him in
they said MOO" was the prompt an
swer, II am Seward" McDougall wa
in the sena'e with Ya;es, who ruinet
himself with rum Yates reformed
time and again, only to fall still lower
The tendency is growing better. News
papers and the sharp public OppinioI
| against much drinking are doing tbei
perfect work 10 the senate today Their
Is not a man who can be termf d q hare
drinker tn the detriment of his public
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