The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-01-13
FROM WASHINGTON.
THE MEMBER AS HE APPEARS
IN THE CLOAK-R0OM.
Senator Buffers Little Joke on
GaPland-The Coupt-MaPtial
Presidential Receptions.

IRON %, our hesu,ar cotresponden,
s"Ne,oS' 'a"ua,y o.. ,as '"O"o
o"y Vi io"''"e plooeeu'nss y. '"c oAP'.
wi "a' "ea,y "'whys IN unue'-ouii.n.
OF iun' III u In tue cioak-rooms mat
this current runs at Its height. When
your Representative or Senator seeks
."o eooias'on vi '"'s sacreo P,eo'no''
just outside the doors OF the legislative
chamber, he usually lights n cigar, un-
buttons his coat. throws bimseIf on n
&c. no. a. IT. 1T 80. -.
oo'" VI III o"e on"'f WI" MS 'ee' Y" an-
other, relaxes himself generally, and Is
not half n bad fellow. He then talks
with fr..do,, and ,,,a,,,,- ard s.c,ra
-. " "o!, "".,
from tue observation OF the puohc' ne
shows his best and, alas sometimes his
worst side. Then he expresses his views
40 49,, an, ,Li.. ,.',u, .,.. .na
OF men anu 'hings with onndor ana
caustic caimness, ana INDUCES MS incii-
nation for practical jokes.
Senator Garland Ia an jncorrjgible
r,,s.h,as .tar "a NJ. r.. 4. no, ,on
,n's."'eaNe A.u nis ,"" nv oo"-
nned 10 the seclusion OF the cioak-rooms.
Butler, of South Carolina, Is another mad
wag m the Sonata md ba and Garland
49,. aans,.n,,,, ,,,.,,nu - 80 49,
aic ooh''a"'iy P'ayi"s JoAes, "oie VI
less outrageous, on each other Not
long ago Garland hit Butler pretty hard
that Ia IN any Ia not n vary good one
on him. and Rntler ..Iaid for,' the Sena-
TOR from Arkansas Knowinu Gsriand,s
fondness for candy he nrornred some
cozameIs and also same cnbes of
brown soon which when xronned in
thin tissna nener precisalv rssambled
70 The ave liz csramslsi Rnsler knsw
Tint n Ia tried 70 inf The cnbes n soan
of on Garland be wou,d fail as The Iat-
ter was of course on the alert 40 far as
he was concerned. 40 Voorhees, Of In.
diana who ais next to Garland was
chosen for the confederate. Said Butler
m Voorhees- 1Uere are two oennine oar
evs,s. nmt yorr tr,,st IN Pr oss,danca esd
sav notbjnG~ Voorhees aid as be was
toll; Garland observed the cubes on
The desk. and saw that Voorhees, was
eating something with an evident relish.
eatinopu 1--WE got 3 cold and I'm eat-
inc some candy renlIed yoorbees
very much absorbed in sone noners in
bis hands' Garland looked nj the conn
terfeits wistfully for moment. aHum.p
he said finally. ms he picked one up.
1--we got something of n cold myseif.n
md la n0nneQ tlf niece of R0an info his
mouth. There was n crunchinp of his
laws. and--he saw that he was caught.
Voorhees watched him out of the taii of
his eve. ms did n dozen others of the old
bows sitting around, Garland knew he
was under fire. but he was determined
not TO finch. After chewing his soap
for A moment he looked IN az Voorhees,
with The jnimitable air of Innocent
earnestness that ia characterIstio OF
him. and softIy asked; ..Do YOU
eat MANY of these things when YOU have
a cold Y1 As Garland kent on Chewing.
md nm almost imperceptible strip OF
latber formed on his lips, Voorhees, be-
came alarmed and went 10 Butler. ,sThe
fellows actually eating that stuff Wby
IL will xiii him. won't II Yv "No--o-o.b
drnwIed Butler."I don't reckon ANYTHING
will Kill that mani, Garland was game.
He finished his soap: and no man could
say tbat he looked as IL he didn't en-
ioy II.
The Red parlor of the Ebbitt house
again shines refulpent with gold lace,
This ia the court room of the tribunal
before which General Swain Is being
concentrated. The court-martial has
reassembled after the Adjournment for
the Christmas HOLIDAYS. ard the faces of
the members OF the court all beam with
good humor showiny that the merry in