Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-03
CAPITOL TOPICS.
SENATOR sHcx's ILLNESS.


The stories Of Senator Beck's continued IL
ness which have been in circulation recently
are only partly true. Senator Beck IL still
suffering from nervous dyspepsia, but his ILL.,
ness is not at all serious. He was In the Senate
chamber yesterday and today.
CAPITOL APPoINTNENra
All the new House officials, with the excep-
ton of Mr.. Holmes, the new sergeant-at-arms,
were at their posts today. Mr.. Mcpherson has
made two changes in his department.
Charles 8. Martin Of Kansas has
been appointed reading clerk
In place OF Neil Brown, IT,, and John 8 Gray
John +. Ancona. Mr.. Adams, the new door
keeper; has made but one change as yet,
that being the appointment Of Ralph
Nutting, son Of ex-Congressman Nut
ting Of New York, a page, and whose place
he will take has not been settled. Mr.. Wheat
has assumed the reins at the post Office, but
does not intend to make any changes for some
days.
THE SENATORS FROM SOUTH DAKOTA
were the only ones in the dignifed branch of
the national legislature who were Aorally re-
membered today. Mr.. Pettigrew's friend. who
ever he was, sent him something in
the shape OF an alleged fish, on which,
In immortelles, was the crimson inscrip-
ton ''Pickerel statesman" That, by
up in Dakota. After admiring the alleged
fish for some time-it was on his desk-Sena-
tor Pettigrew thoughtlessly lifted up the ma
hogany lid and the imitation slid gracefully to
the hoor. page was summoned and the al
legged pickerel-bruised and disordered but as
much like pckerel as he ever was-was re-
placed on the desk top.
Senator Moody's admirer is evidently q COM
petitor who wants the Jolly South Dakotan to be
an angel He sent him large and deliberately
constructed harp; some of the jealous ones
called it Tyre, and it did look like one, but
the Senator insisted it was harp.
SENATOR FAULKNER OF WEST VIRGINIA
made his first appearance for this session this
morning. The Senator moved around
by the aid Of crutch. He injured
his left leg very seriously about
knitted themselves into position. Mr.. Faux
ner is one OF the most popular Senators on the
democratic side, and he held quite q reception
today.
THE REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL CAUCUS
met Immediately after the adjournment Of the
Senate and proceeded to discuss committee
matters. Places will have to be found for the ad-
dtional Senators which the new states have sent
here. The question to be decided was, 'Shall
the number of Senators on committees be in
creased or shall those Senators who are now on
three or four committees be taken off some of
them SO as to give the new men chance?" A
committee was appointed to investigate and
report and then the caucus, after q brief ses-
sion, adjourned.
NOT LIKE IT USED TO BE-
Opinions on the Presidents message, that is,
opinions which are really worth anything, are
not to be had just now. Years ago, when the
art of craftsmanship was conducted differ
emily and when the interviewer was
on the crest of the journalistic wave,
Senators and Representatives gave ''snap" opin-
ions on any subject that happened to pop up.
They discussed freely presidential messages
and bills and hundred other things within five
minutes after those things had been made pub
lie, and in many instances they got themselves
into all kinds of metaphorical holes, and some
of them never got out again. The situation
has changed very materially in these latter
days, and when Congressman is asked to give
his opinion of a message which he has neither
read nor heard read he quietly insists on being
excused until he has had time to look at it.