Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-29
Scarcity Of Congressmen--House Or
ganizatlon- Carlisle What
Ne Is, How Ne Looks,
The Merry Man, the Small Man Of The
House How STANLEY Matthews
Rcaehedlhe supreme Court.



NoScnALANcG.
WABiuNutON, Noy - Never before
hiss Washington known u quictor Noyem.
bef. The month previous 10 the nsacm.
bling NJ congress has always buon noted
for lts political actigty. Tho cilyis usual,
ly full VI senators and representatives
and the yhHt contingent OF politicians and
lobbyist, who como here ~ LOOK after
their oWn political mud business interests
~ those OF their friends, Two weeks
from to-day the FOrty.ninth cDngfoas
opens, aud yet there are nuW lusl atty
senators aud forty Representations IN the
eity--Or less thnn one fourth of The senate
aud house This state Of nnnlia IL
partially due 10 tho fact that there
IL not likely 10 be any cUntcAt over the
organization 0f congress-. Everything
suoma cnt and dried IN this respect this
yonr, and u ia not likely that n quorum Of
HE house viii be- here mtil tlc day be-.
torr tho session begins.
There rs some Talk chat "God bless
nesusn ns tnr appointment clerk of
lhe trcuaury A called by Sunset COS, VIII
bu u prominent candidate for HcrpcauL
ntarus Oi lhc houar Should hc outor
lhp CONTEXT ho VIII dOubtlesa develop pp.
cular pGronRh llc Us OF tho quality
pleasing ~ lbG Average Democratic con.
pfrssmnn Tho clprK doOrkcrpcr and
poftmhtorWill nh probably be reelected.
mn uluE uttABa STAR
Mr., Carlisle, the coming speaker, III q
man In the prime Of life, hity ycnrs Of
aye, nnd lOults ten years Younger MS
face rs closely rhbycu, aud bears u strong
personality Indicative OF power. llis
AT IA a. ain
htrnlgll nose, obstinate chin aud firmly
chisclod lips, lie has keen, blue eyes,
aud hair lust turning giHy, His step h
nun, aud thore n nothinR In bis dress or
dumonnOr to distinguish him from other
men, lie h neither handsome nor home.
ly Ilo IN a born pnflnmcnulrhn, aud
makes the bust speaker lho house has had
for many yrnrs. lie vs., perhaps, the most
inyrlcrHto tubncG0.GhoWer IN either house,
nnd rs seldom without his cud OF con
continent,
1uE MElup MAN luE eNth MAN.
The smalIcHt man In the nokt congress
is Freeman A. Mrrrimnn Of New York
llo ls Democrat, mud VIII lent q Amnll llR
Wr In the house, llo ~ barely ave feet
tail, aud Weighs 100 pounds, lie was
formerly newspaper reporter, Mude
good use Of la opportunities, aud Nua
elected by nn overwhelming maiorily, lie
io htt0ngpOlltiwal worker but possesses
no nrUtuficnl hbllliy, lie VIII be n good
committeeman but will probably BE-
nhoycd off iu remote corner Of the cap
itol on IN lnhignlcnnt committee where
he VIII be neither seen nor heard.
MADE mNAEiE.
Judge MRfhHWA OF the supreme bench
a. Ia. IL. J.. i. b
brilliant, Tor In no particular does his
nhluty show ltaoll ho Ia, however, II
good lawyer and n hard Htudont, | re-
gently learned how hc oumo W be mp.
ppiniod 10 the supreme court, Ito was
nrat n0mod by Hayes, The Honutc re-.
fused 10 confirm him, This was just pre-.
voua 20 the nomination OF Garfield, " no
desired that ha friend Swain be- mHuo
Judge advocate general OF the army Tho
Two pN-prosdonts agreed that II the
former would nominate Swain, the lat,
tor after assuming hla duties, would
again nominate Matthew'S, aud thus the
latter reached thn supreme court
CAltilaLm'H ROOM,
The gpenlor'H room az the capitol has
neon thoroughly cleaned and re- Ialntcd,
ita furniture roNarnlshod, aud u new car
pet tlhp nrAt IN ton years. coporH liz floor,
II IN tne shade Of red velvet tnpurlry
Among the Wluablos In the room Ia u
Y, lid allyor pcnuay, combined with u
stand Tor ink.gmsSos, which was usud by
Horny Clay when speaker, The bronlu
pcn-uck and stand Tor Ink glnssrs In this
room Is that Whls WAS used 10y Speaker
Kerr,
~ y, NooWlu3rs.
u /, Voorhees,, Senator NuOrhpoN aou,
has hrun turning his attention to Aculp,
turo, aud hnN madon medallion In white
marble OF tho heat of our Savior. II IA
nuw on exhibition &C Rynoura, ou seventh
street, Secretary Lamar has bought u
copy OF II, " which he thinks very highly
II has burn lay0Rbly noticed by the New
York press whom brought TO thor attcn-
ton hy tiffany, Father Cmpullo, of 81,
Matthew'S church, IN this city, has com
mended II Ia u porsonnl letter, Tho con,
ccptlon portrays humility, patience, aud
cumposuro mdcr agony, showing the I'll.
vine character ni oontont aud ropusp un.
der the aNncrngs ol lie.
PREPARING FoR a tEA RAINY,
Preparations arc going blltholy ON for a
grand ten party 60 hn given the 10th mud
10Th OF December, for tho benefit of tho
Garfield Memorial hospital, under the
Ouspioes of the woll-kuown ludrs aud
gentlemen who have heretofore worked SO
successfully Tor entertainments Tor the
samo object, 1t Is to occur nj the Ma.
llonal Rltlra' mmory Mrs Iohu A, Los
gan, the prrAidVnt of tho t.htiles' Aid cotn.
nitiun. WIN hnvo chnrgont M, f,,n, ,,,,rp
department, NS,iatrd hy large number
ul ladies tnyomhly known In sugiety. win
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