The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-07-08
CONGRESSMEN.
aow They Keep Their Desks in Order
anG Disorder.

| load of dust and old paper" said one OF
the attendants Of the House, the other
evening, as he threw himself back in one
Of the chairs and contemplated the rows
Of empty seats.
"Some OF the members are awfully dis
Gder.y. Underneath their desks are
lied upin disordcr'y leaps huge masses
If bills, books, records, old papers and
What not. GoIc Jt the desks are fearful
0 conteHlD' aGe. But inside it's worse.
lift up the lids and it is as if pile Of pro-
niscuoUs paper mad Leen dumped in for
he rats to make nests Of. And then the
loor! 1t IS covered with scraps Of pa
Der, old bills and cigar stumps.
'Scme of the members, however" he
ldded, his eyes resting on two front
eats on the republican side, "are very
neat and fastidious. For instance, Mr..
zean, Of New Jersey, and William Wal
-er Phelps. They are two Of the neatest
men IN the house. They occupy those
5wo seats, and you never see a scrap of
Xasson is very neat, too, and SO is Nor
.'ison. Randall never leaves any papers
his desk at all. He leaves it clear Of
>verything, doing all his writing and the
ike in his committee room. About the
only other men who are remarkably or
lerly about their desks are Harmer, His
cock, Chace, Spooner, Rockwell and
Jones, and Mills, of Texas Carlisle,
when he occupied desk, always kept it
in order. Lyman, who is a very neat
man in his appearance, leaves his papers
all mixed up. Reed is probably worse,
and Townsend and LeFevre are about
even with him. These, together with
Belford, Miller of Pennsylvania Funs-
ton and Van Eaton, are the most distin-
guished advocates of disorder, their
desks all being in such a condition that
they can't find anything in them.
Rankin, Belmont and MuIdrow never
sit in their own seats, while, on the con-
trary, E. B. Taylor, Barr and Mutchler
are to be found at theirs almost all the
time. Kellogg and Belmont are not gen
orally to be found anywhere about the
capitol. Kelly is generally at his desk or
in the Ways and Means Committee room,
and is very orderly, always fussing with
the pages for not being prompt and neat
enough. Morrison divides his time
equally between his desk and the Ways
and Means Committee ROOM, Randall is
at his desk only when there is something
before the house that requires his atten-
ton, which happens very frequently, but
at other times is hard at work in his
committee room examining bills or at
tending to his extensive correspondence.
Holman and Mcmillan are at their desks
nearly all the time.
''Yss, it's kind of curious to watch the
Decuharities of all the members, but all
1ere, together with their. papers and
cigars, they make q terrible litter before
night"
Hon. Chas. Doughcrty for Congress.
Lake City Reporter.
This estlnable and progressive gen
ieman was cOmplimented by the Palat-
ka Convention as its choice to represent
he Democracy of the Second Congress
-ional District OF florida in the United
states Congress. That their selection is
wise enc [udici0Us one, is generally con-
eded. Mr Dongherty is a gentleman of
terling merit, possessing that conbina-
ion of ability with activity, sound Judge
nent allied with pro.nptness in decid-
ng all questions coming before him
han renders him pre-eminently the man
or the occasion, in the canvass as well
Is after election in Congress. A thorough
organizer, an aggressive camDaigner, a
ound and logical debater, unassuming in
manner, OF pleasant address, Mr.. Dough-
orty will win, as he proceeds upon the
rounds in the canvass, the confidence
md esteem Of all that he meets in the
Democratic ranks and the respect of all
ound thinking opponents.
Knowing Mr.. Dougherty as intimately as
We do, having worked by his side in the
legislative Hall OF our State, we unhesi-
-atingly pronounce the selection of the
2alatka Convention wise one.
Mr.. Dougherty was Georgian by
birth, but Florida has been his home for
nearly score of years and he is thorough
ly identified with the interests of Florida,
and no one in our district, we assert, is
more familiar withsthe varied interests
of East and South Florida than our rom
inee, and no one can be found that will
more actively, unfinchingly and per
sistently represent those interests than
Mr.. Dougherty.
Let democrats remember, that, how
ever wise a choice may be made to re-
present them, unless every voter in the
country performs the solemn duty of
casting his vote for the supremacy of
honest representation, that choice be-
comes farce. Apathy defeated Gen.
Finly two wears ago: the sam apa+by-