Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-08-17


Senator Thurman how Is be ~
HE Is 4 good man He whirls
big bandanar and blows his nose on
schedule. he IS the snuff Senator.
There Il only one thing be likes better
than Ramsey's jokes, and that is
casino. He viii pay casino al night. "
sSenator Bayard 9p
'.He Is s very fine gentleman aad
Is good to the pages His weakness
Is good goers Oh the road He Is like
Grant and Bonner
THE Camerons ~
''Simon was not much of favorite.
He subsidized one or two pages and
gave the rest the cold shoulder Don
is the son of bis father.
"Jim Blaine ~
"Ohi he is popular. Everybody
likes him. lie is just what you would
suppose him to be from the reports of
the newspapers.
'Hamlin ~
He Is a good-natured fellow, but
doesn't know anything"
dawes and Hoar, Of Massachu-
setts ?"
.'Dawes always looks at the galler-
les to see If any one is watching him
while he is speaking Hoar is good
natnred. but somehow the boys don't
hang to him."
THE bonanza Senators ~
"Sbaron is never there; but Jones
is q brick. / made $50 on ono bis
speeches. Always got money and
will trust the boys with his errands
/ have known pages to have $4,000
Of bis money at one time. He isn't
suspicious"
1.-THE Southern brigadiers ~
''Mat Ransom, Of North Carolina,
is rs good as the best. Gordon and
Lamar, are pleasant and Ben Hill is
not bad Flannegan, of
Texas. He was always lighting for
the pages. Wade Hampton is fne
fellow.
"Conger, Of the House, the great
American obiector. is q cor founded
fool It's object until you can't rest.
He Is q civil service man, but took
care Of his nephew all the same. Fer
nando Wood Is 3 sumptnous cuss,
and the boys have no use for him.
Burnside is the fashion-plnte of Con-
gress. He got resolution through
the Senate permitting skulIcaps in
the chamber Towsend, Of New York,
was one oftbe best fellows going. He
used to take me home ID his carriage,
and wanted to send me to sen for a
good time on man of-war. Garfield
is q student and is not especially pop
tlar. He is always thinking about
something. Tho colored Senator,
Bruce, is frst-rate man.
DO the pages make anything7n
We used to get $50 mouth, but
now it is only $75. The boy that
gets the Presidents room IS reward
ed with 81, 400 a year. The per-
quisites for the pages are considerable.
a good one has no trouble in making
500 o month"; complete book OF
the autographs of Congressman and
heads of departments brings $50. A
page made $500 out of what was
known as the deadlock picture'--a
humorous sketch. While the Elec-
toral Commission was ia session the
boys had good opportunity to make
something They speculated on the
extra tickets the Congressman shelled
out. / knew q boy who made $50 off
the bier of Charles Summer He
sold the flowers for $40; Wormly paid
him $40 for one boquet. When the
casket was removed be watched his
opportunity, and cut the fringe from
the bier He sold It TO the coIored
people for $50, dealing it out ID pieces
on the same principle that some peo-
pie sell bits of the rope a man was
hung with. A Congressman used to
give me So for every note / carried
for him; | suppose be thought was
on bis racket. There Is also quite
margin in the Official documents that
member leaves behind him when
he quits Congress for good. We
pick up . good many relics / have
the ink-stand that President Grant
used ID performing bis last official
act