The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-02-05
The Little Work Congress
Succeeds in Doing.
FUNNY MAN OF THE HOUSE.
Appropriations for Pubic T.,ne
~ The Way sioux City is Trying
to WorkIt-Etc.

Day after day Congress 0''eAA
does nothing, and then adjourns. TOT c
80 months has this been kept up, ana !
the House is apparently no nearer real +
business than it was when 1t sat Oh 'ne
first Monday in December. hut Whh0 !
tbis censure has been placed on Coh- I
press as body, yet there are numer'
ors individuals, Democrats ana he
rub,icsns. who are looking after the
interests of their constituents III {
most satisfactory manner. busy inen'
+bev are. always on the alert, and ever
reodv IN turn to account the many
ro,i+icol eccentricities that make Con-
gressman's life so interesting. some Oh
the least brilliant men in the House are
its most valuable members, and the
example they set is worthy OF emula-
tion. Once in awhile, an apparent light
weight surprises the natives by his sue
cess in the departments, and the most
notable OF these is Allen, of Mississippi.
Hajs. mastemphatically the funny man
of the House, and without him, life
would be to many members blank.
When the House is undergoing the
a,onv of a roll-call, Mr.. Allen gathers
around him select coterle OF uoZen
M more felloW-sufferers, and he tells
them some of tho most excruciatlngly
Indicrous stories any one ever heard.
He always has a supply on hand, and
bis stories are like Lincoln's used TO De
they always fit the occasion. Yet
Mr. Allen is one of the few who can go
for an office for some constituent and
get there in less time than many OF the
Old stagers who think they know the
ropes. - a;s
turbance on the question OF prohibition.
The fight will be a hot one when 1t
comes, for the ORGANIZATIONS on both
sides are powerful and well-equlpped.
Petitions by the score are being daily
raceived in the Senate. They come
f. m every portion of the land and are
varv numerously signed by what tenn
narence people term the best elements
of society. The ntl-prohlDitlenists
have only Just begun to realize mat
their opponents are IN earnest,
and counter petitions are beginning 10
roll in from. those who want
Tho nresentssystem to continue. Tenn
nerance and anti-temperance literature
IS being literally distributed and the
commiftae rooms of the House and
Senate are flooded with documents
that go to prove either absolute
denrsyity under the license system, or
mIIlenniaI happiness under the protect
ing wings of prohibition. A great
many statesmen who are not aostalners
themselves, think this IS the proper
q Mace to try such an experiment.. Iney
are like the metropolitan theatrical
having opnpnI1d nav
Dlav. the merits OF which he oouots,
deres not produce it at home, but
brings It out first in some provincial
town In the profession this is termed
tstrving IL on the dog" and now Con-
greSs proposes to try its prohibition
Scheme on the Inckless disfranchised
dog of the District, to whose fractured
and hairless tail avery experimental Tie
can that outsiders could pick up has
been tied for 10, these many years.
SThe engineer corps Will, Wltnou
doubt, in little while c0mmence 7.
Iook after the devices which eaten nsT
Int obstruct navigation in the western
rivers especially in Oregon and Wash
inpton Territory. The chief of tn
bureau has for months past been over
.. whelmed with correspondence on IN
snbiect and after vainly endeavorin
To setrle the trouble himself has aske'
Congress to grant a little addlnona
power to supervise and change sue
fish traps as cause shoalng, contrac
the water ways or defect the current
The Senate committee on pupil
buildings and grounds have seJtle
down to work and as q result the
have reported favorably the bill whlc
will give Portland, Or, public build
ing which shall cost $50OOO0. Z
conrse. the Oregon delegation loo
nIeased. but their smiles do not begi
n compare with those of the boys
from Nebraska, for Omaha's buildin
has also beenTsported on and the com
mites recommends the appropriate
of 81 ,2OO, 900. Of course it is highly IN
probable that the House Will agree !
such an expenditure, andltIs very pos
sibIa that the city on the "Big Muddy
will finally content herself with aboI
one half of the sum mentioned.
while am on the subject
public buildings a good story is r
called. Last Congress the people
Sioux City, Iowa, made determine
move on the national legislature Il
- the sum of 500 600, with which to ere
q suitable government building. II
Senate and House eoncurred and u
hill was sent to the President for q
approval. 1t didn't get it. though, #
ner that almost took the breath out
tbe crowd from Sioux City. Very so
rowfully did the amateur lobbyis
wend their way homeward, bearil
WITH tinst then sse president In the course
s aen Mr.. Cleveland sand his beautif
S .Ii9e ,.;swnng around the circle" al
alter Sih much Solicitation they decided
srSS, 3 brief time in Sioux Git
sspttSb nT Colonel Dan Lamont insist
that any break in the preaTra,g1ged pE
snca when they got off the train tn
were escorted to a carriage oy !
mayor of tle burgh. and the Pre-. process
started, bringing up at Inc otneL emu 40
4ha ain street, q miI1e ano qusf