Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-05-29
PAGES AS SENATOR'S.
what the observant B0ys Learn From
Watching the Statesmen.


Watching the Statesmen.
During the ceremony of unwilling
the Marshall statue on last Saturday
afternoon, says a Washington cores
pondent To the Syracuse STANDARD,
while the senators were absent from
the senate chamber, the pages had
grand lark. The boys are sharp OBJ
servers Of the great men with whom
they are thrown ia daily contact and
soon detect the peculiar hobby each
senator has As soon as the senator's
were fairly out of the room the lows
prepared for sport. One long, lank.
redhalred STRIPPING, by unanimous
consent, "cause he has got the most
gall, as one urchin said, took the
seat of the presiding officer aud in
Mr.. EdmundS' most austere manner
sharply called the meeting to order
The boys heartily entered into the
humor of the occasion. They dropped
INTO the seats near the presiding of.
tcer. Mr.. President, yelled half
dozen voices Nov you fellows lust
shut yer clacks, returned the presi
dent. DO yer think this is demo.
cratic caucus. Now, what do YOU
wantf' he continued, addressing one
II want to talk, he promptly res
ponded.
"Well, 60 ahead.
"Now, Mr.. President" continued
the youthful statesman, throwing
himself into Senator Dawes's favorite
attitude and initiating his peculiar in
donation, what this country ought
to do IS to go for them Injuus. Why,
Mr.. President, just look at EN-. Gaze
upon the wild sons of the west who
come here on their trips to the great
tather-an ignorant lot whose chief
pleasure consists in tomahawking the
teachers we send out to instruct them.
What should be done2 Why. make
'em learn. Turn the army into a
regiment of teachers. Force arithme-
tic into their thick skulls at the point
Of the bayonet.n
Well, what does the member pro
pose" asked one of the senators-of an
hour, impatiently, fearing that his
chances to hold forth were being les
sened by the prolixity of others.
Appropriate $50, 000,000 for the
purpose of educating compulsorily
tho redskins, replied the supposed
Mr.. Dawes "That'll solve the fniun
question
The proposition was received with
bolsterous applause.
Say, Mr. President, " shouted one
who could be easily recognized as
Senator Logan's counterfeit present
ment by his proposition, 81 motion to
appropriate $500, 600 600 to pay the ex-
penses of a commission to investigate
the true condition of the American
niger, and ascertained the progress
he has made since the war;
Il hope the gentleman will not in
sist on that motion, remarked a polite
page, blandly because | was going
to move to appoint committee con
slsting of true and faithful republi.
cans to investigate the Danville out
RACES. Hello, Sherman y cried one
who from his lack of respect was an.
doubtedly democrat
- also hope the gentleman will not
insist on his motion, for it is clearly
| unconstitutional, piped a voice from
! the rear Of the chamber.
The lads broke into a loud laugh,
recognizing senator Jones's caricature,
and Immediately got into an excited
constitutional discussion. Logan
holding that his scheme was clearly
constitutional, remarking that he had
"looked up them points, and he seen
they wasn't no good. But others,
seeing that there was little chance of
getting their work IN" unless order
was restored, insisted on the senator's
drying up Then followed mum
Der of ridiculous motions-to put
cigarettes on the free list, to tax pig
iron 800 a ton, to declare women eligi-
bic to the presidency. The boys kept
up their sport until it was announced
that the senator's were returning,
when they scattered The whole pro
ceedng was a very clever take off on
the senate.