Telegram-herald., 1888-02-05
WASHINGTON TOPICS
rHE LAsslruOe or CONGRESS.
The Ola Members Unusually oaist-Ges-
era weaver Csaatnx 10 the froas-csa-
kfsssasa Bothered D. C.lIeus-fhs
New Potomac G0a-

ID session nearly two months without de-
yeloping anything Characteristic. The quail
itles Of umidity o. lzssitaie appear most
marked. There are pleaty Of young men.
snd there are some the heads aud bright
eyes, bui no one las said anything or done
anything. All ths members seem 70 have
settled down % the dullest sort OF common
place. There is none OF that noisy demon
strzEion aud bustging generally characteris-
TIC Of the House Not even a rampant
dsmAgogu ue has made any striking showing.
fhs old members are generally quiet
Mr.. Cox has been particularly suodued. On
one occasion when The House expected a
funny speech from him. and had moist
ened taeir lips for a laugh, 10, be was seri-
Gus. He IS quite serious this session, and
it seems ss II he were going 10 start out on
an entirely new plan. he IS very digninec,
and not the merry little Cox OF old. Mr.
Reed seems 10 lind nothing against which
10 .heI ais irony. lie has made only one
or two little s4llles. bul he appears tO) seri-
Gus for sarcasm. Most OF the time he
sits silently in bis seat watching aud
pioddlng OF the House with scornful ex-
preston on his face Occasions giiy he walks
nAsf way down the second aisle and stands
there with his hands against his hips look
.ng a challenge at the Democratic party, as
Is bis won't But ne turns back to his seat
as II II we're rot worth tue trouble. and col
lectS about him three or four members VINO
are good listeners or apt stOry-teilers He
spends some time in getting his Republican
associates well into the traces, which some
are disposed TO kick over.
The heretofore silent Mr. Lyman, of
lows, is oae of the few remarkable develop
ments OF the session. In bis active prose-
cuuOn of the ThoeOe case he developed
from a silent, retiring man 10 an active
partisan. Mr.. Springer has been remark
ably quiet. He has had hardly anything TO
say on the hOor. aud mas spent much time
in his committee room working over
Oklahoma and al the other territories he
hopes 70 ordain as states. The other day there
was long discussion on 4 point of order
and he did not take the floor. Mr. Randall
is in his seat more than formerly. he does
not give any demonstration of active in
terest in the drifting of the House, and is
seldom seen standing in conversation with
his fellow members before the Speakers
ta0le. When ne is not quiet in his seat
writing or eating an apple he IS busy in the
Appropriations Committee rooms. The
whole House seems 10 drag and be out of
joint.
General Weaver, of Iowa, who used to
sit Just on the edge OF the Democratic side.
ana of whose democracy there was some
dOuoI, has got right into the heart of the
party, and has jumped into a prominence
that Is astonishing TO some of his Old assO-
ciates. DE comes to the front with more
boldness than any msn on that side, and
has developed qualities as leader. He Is
conferred with Dy Mr.. Mills. who, as leader
Of the House, rslies on him for assistance
and support He is listened to with much
more respect than he ever was before. The
| House seems TO have just discovered that
| there Is a great deal in him.
The complaints of Congressman on ac-
count Of Interruptions by callers during the
sessions of the House multiply in number
/ and daily become more emphatic. Some
/ men who represent nearby districts in
| Maryland and Virginia declare that they
| spend at least one-half of eacn sitting of the
| House in the outside corridors lis ening to
| the complaints, appeals and demands of
/ imp rfunste constituents, while other Rep
| representatives men from New York
| Pennsylvania and New Jersey-do not
\ fare much better. Some of them have
0een compelled TO deny themselves 10
callers, while others have prohibited
the delivery of any cards to them when the
l House is IN session. The assistant door
| keepers st the various entrances to the hail
| oil tue House Kept tally on Tuesday of the
| cards sent IN TO members during the day.
II was estimated that there were fewer
| people al the Capitol than usual, yet 700
| cards we're sent in, 500 OF them going in by
the main door. This does not iaclude all
the cards sent in from the ladies' rece ception
| room, which must have numbered 1t least
700.
good deal of amusement is furnished
this Winter by the wife OF a certain Senator
who slsays calls her husband Darling. "
de isn't s1ch one ss The term would be
ordinarily applied 10, being big and burly
and not very nice about his person. but she
seems 10 think II is very pretty pet name
| and uses the term OF endearment on all oc-
cssi0ns. Whether she is addressing him IN
privAte or public or whether she speaks
of him to others. she always sags
Darling" and does il so frequently
that when Darling is referred to now
everybody knows " nat Is meant. Darling
hss such bad cold she said TO another
Senator'S wife the other day, that / an
going to put him to bed when he comes
home. Darling went 10 the Capitol early
this morning" she remarked to another
'to attend one Of those horrid COMMITTEES
! meetings What dreadful things they are
positively hate them. Why, Darling say.
sbst il it Sasn FOR bis Committee work ne
could spend lets of time with me-. The
other Senator'S have caught on" 81 q
speek. and now seldom slGde 70 tbelr
colleague oy anT other teTm-in his abseBcs
I oalY. % course. One Senator came very
nesr mss1ug = biunder the o.her day oy
using it a. the wrong time. lie entered ths
I COMMITTEES room littis late. aud a. az TOOK
OF bis ca a. aud gloves looked around tbs
/ iaS =. Al which halr = dozen or more Seus
, tors were sesieI aszed. Where's Darlinrs'
/ Thsse 0ere some irantic.zesturss toward
booscsss az the ctber end OF tie room and
the iate conner b.asbsd deeply and looked
/ alarmed Daring Ezs behind map
rack. ~bsre he could not be sen. aad II ia
overheard Toe remark hs showed 10 sign.
In the recess Of one of The windows Ia
tbs ooFrldor Of the Horse II Rsrresenss
! tives IS a teiegrsg5 Instrument feuces of
from me thoTo8s afsrs By a. iron railing
/ A rsthsr sort w011sn So tksTe c0axfaut.v =
frnm a1out a. cieck 81 ths morning anal
3 q ciock il tne si.sruo d. With her h&ns
f On the xsv- 0ccssi D4ilv sae gets mes
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. Nifh gay. comes Qua from tue centre 6o1'
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sesi1 snd tsxes - ssat II ths f-on5 rev O
8esss n ness asT aneer TIE Speaker
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