Telegram-herald., 1890-10-18

WAzEIs0aos. oe1 s-rhs stress hfs
u ths CzpisAl City i Always in1erestias.
lust now distinctive feature = tbs
activity ia eur sharoash Is las aP
pes.srllce ~ The ssEabe El4ll aagols VIA
~ los.ls 4 senatorial h9useAold soods
fhe statesnlen have leit ths aEy faE
thsir states and their districts. ana oelag
FOR the mess pars economical persons
they have backed thsir household enec1s
IL storase wsrrhsuse4 e. lAe basement
of the Capitol IA order ~ save EenL II
tins the members q the senate have a.
iInmsnse advantage over thsir frlends q
the house II represenEsflges. II has Be
com7 enc 4 the traditions II the senate
that " hen a member q thai GxistocratiC
body wants his boasehol1 eascs moved
from enc house ~ another he has ths
right % use senate wagons and senate
employees for that purposs.
IL a member Il the house were 20 De
such . thing he wonid quickly md him
self involved ia = scandal There il
nothing Ike ra1ixion m Washington.
where one may 10 things he ought not
a. and cscape criticism. pFoviding some
enc las doas she same things before him.
During the past Two weeks three or tour
0f tho big wagons which are kept m tie
senatorial stables ~ the expense of the
government have done nothing but cart
from house % house or from house &c
railway station she Effects of departing
senator's. The basement Of the Capitol
the senate end of it-is again Uttered
~ with boxes and bsds and pianos and
bundles or carpets aud rugs. the prop
erty of senator's who Do not believe in
payiig storage as long as space IN the
Capitol 0f their country il free.
The population " Washington is not
a. large by three or four thousand as It
WAS week OF two ago. The adjourn
Inent OF congress has taken away the
four hundred and odd mem bsrs OF the
two houses and their families, and two
or three thousand other persons who
have no business in Washington when
congress Is not here. II all the mem bers
OF congress had families as large As those
of three or four statesmen whom could
name. the temporary population Of the
capital would be snail enough indeed
The largest family IN the congressional
circle Is that OF Mr. Bullock, OF Florida
Mr. Bullock has thirteen children, and
evidently has no superstition about the
III luck which some people suppose at
tends that number, for he has been heard
o. say that while thirteen is a large fam
ily. he wouldn't sell one Of his children
for million dollars. Mr.. Bullocks lit
tie family makes sn interesting picture
when IL assemblies in street car or
herdic. or appears in the members gal
lery Of the house TO see what pa is doing
on the floor below.
Mr. Bullock has very nice and a
very interesting family" said Mr.. Hit,
OF Illinois. one day while family matters
were under discussion in the house
cloak room, "but it would be considered
a small family over in Canada. Last
summer visited the Canadian parlia-
ment. and | was told that there were
seven members OF that body who had
more than fifteen children apiece, while
one member, whose name l &in sorry TO
say l have forgotten. was himself the
tweuty-hfth child Of his parents
Among the French Canadians, am
told. families Of fifteen, eighteen,
twenty or twenty-five are by no means
uncommon. They are hardy, thrifty
race. and they breed like rabbits"
The second largest family IL the con-
gressional circle is that Of Mr.. Rockwell,
OF Massachusetts. There are eight little
Rockwells. ranging IN years from fifteen
down TO two. One OF these little Rock
wells Is boy Of about seven, and mem
bers OF congress are prone 20 ask him II be
has any brothers and sisters up sc his
house. They Ike to hear the response
which is always forthcoming: "Yes, in
deed: / have brother for every day in
the week and a SISTER for Sunday"
Congressman "Billy" Mason, OK Chi
oago. hAs very interesting family of
seven handsome and healthy children,
ranging IA age from fifteen years 20 fif-
teen months. These seven spend nearly
half their time driving about the city.
Formsrly Mr. Mason kept a sort Of car
ryau. but be finally discarded this for a
closed carriage, saying that he wanted
something be cOuld shut mp. 30 that
when the children were loaded in he
could 20 along without fear Of ar
irving st his destination one OF two
short The Congressman declares. with
AL seriousness. that it IS his habit on
going for a drive 60 check his progeny
in the carriage and thon check them out
again, as . shipping clerk checks of
parcels and boxes, to make sure tina,
none Is missing.
Representative Frank Lawlsr. Of Chi
csgo. who IS TO leave the congressional
halls and become sheriff Of the World.
Fair city. hes SIX children. Mr. LawleI
Is st times q little jealous Of Mr. Msson's
eIoquence and kis reputation as a story
teller. bat that which most arouses his
envy is Mr.. Mason family Not shat Mr.
Iawier does not INK his family every
bit rs nice a. Mr.. Msson's. but il Is not
as large. "Ah. SAYS Frank. when this
subject comes mp. Mason IS still ahead
of me. What fellow be IS. g. b sure.
But would be ahead of h.m il hadn
ha1 sucb Bad lnck. I've lost four al
ready Think Of how I would have ham
beaten II Ionly had taose fourr'
Aliller. The new Congressman from
south Carolina. who was seated bv the
majority ssous a week before the sd-
ieurnment cf con gress. has seven chill
drsn Half n them. 7 am sold. are black
bnred brown eyed creatures. perfect
Ittle maiattoes En- color ard appearance.
The others are white or PINK Skinned.
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