News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-02-09
FROM WASHINGTON.
from our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, D. c.,
Ian. 80, 1888.

uOWu upon Iue ~SSShOlaSo AiOul VAN
gallery. There are plenty of young
men, and there are some fine heads
and bright eyes, but no one has said
anything or done anything. The
habitues, pointing out the statesmen
to their visiting friends, are at q loss
for something to say about them. All
the members seem to have settled
down to the dullest sort of common
place. There is none of that noisy
demonstration and bustling generally
characteristic of the House. Not even
a rampant demagogue has made any
striking showing.
Mr.. Cox has been particularly sub
dued. On one occasion when the
House expected a funny speech from
him and had moistened their lips for
laugh, 10 he was serious. He is
quite serious this session, and it seems
as if he were going to start out on an
entirely new plan. He is very digni-
fed and not the merry little Cox of
old.
Mr.. Reed seems to find nothing
against which to whet his irony. He
has made only one or two little sal
lies, but he appears too serious for
sarcasm. Most of the time he sits
silently in his seat watching the plod-
ding of the House with scornful ex-
preston on his face. Occasionally he
walks half way down the second aisle
and stands there with his hands upon
his hips, looking a challenge at the
Democratic party, as is his wont. But
he turns back to his seat as il it were
not worth the trouble. and collects
about MIN three or four members who
are good listeners or apt story tellers.
He spends some time in getting his
Republican associates we'll into the
traces, when some are disposed to
kick over.
There are some very promising
shaped heads in the House. Proba-
bly, the biggest head is owned by
Bourk Cochran, but several have an
advantage over his as to shape. One
of the finest shaped heads in the
House is that of Mr.. Bacon, of New
York. Another is that Of Mr.. Ray
ner, of Maryland, who parts his hair
in the middle. Much is expected of
these two men. Mr.. Bacon's head is
one that attracts attention and is
pointed out and talked of in the gal
laries. Mr.. Rayner has shown that
he has a good tongue also. He prom
ises to be one of the strong st speak
ers on the floor of the House. Two
or three times that he has taken the
Roor he has made a good impression.
He has some of the characteristics as
a talker displayed by Mr., Grain when
he first came 10 the House. He is
frey, bold talker. Mr.. Grain has de-
yeloped much more composure of
manner, and is rapidly growing to be
one of the strongest men on the Dem
ocratic side.
Tracy of New York, who is g great
personal friend of the President, is
another Of the new members from
which much is expected in time. He
has a little head and a thin face.
Pheian, of Tennessee, is a plain,
unpretentious young man, with very
bright eye and manner that makes
his associates watch his movements
with interest. Last week, Mr.. White.
of New York, introduced a bill for
the protection and administration OF
the forests ON the public lands. Ii
withdraws from survey, sale, entry
and disposal the unsurVeyed public
lands, embracing natural forests and
all public lands returned by the pub.
lie surveys as timber lands, and pro-
vides for the appointment of COM
missioner of forests at salary Of
S., 600 year and four assistant COM
missioners, who shall have The con-
troll of all the forest lands owned oy
the United States. 1t shall be the
duty of the Commissioner of Forests
to classify the forests and timber
lands and to determine what portion
of these lands shall be permanently
retained 10 reservation for climatic
and other economic or public reasons
and what portion may be disposed Of.
Lands which are more valuable fOr
agricultural than timber purposes shall
be restored to homestead entry and
sale. The cutting, removal or de-
struction of any timber on the forest
lands owned by the United States is
made misdemeanor, punishable by
fine and Imprisonment; but the right
is reserved to agriculturists and min
ers to take wood for domestic pur-
poses
The assistant dOor-keepers at the
various entrances to the hall of the
House kept tally Saturday Of the
cards sent in to the members during
the dav. 1t was estimated that there
were fewer people at the Capitol thar
usual, yet 100 cards were sent in
600 of these going in by the mair
door. This excludes all the cards
sent in from the ladies' reception
room, which were not counted, bu
they must have numbered at least 500
LENox.
Every dairy farmer shoul1 be on the