The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-04-13

CiO0ueS anu VIC Uuelr HechUleS Will dH eS I
to the impression that they may create in
the chamber. It may be that Springer
wears his buttonhole boquet for this pur-
pose. There is no doubt but that these
ladies of the upper circle have a decided
influence upon legislation. 1t is no wander
1t should be so, for some Of the prettlest
women of the land daily sit in these
places. The wives and daughters Of Con
gressmen sit in them and Mrs. Cleveland
often paid a visit to Congressman when
her husband was President. She did not
always take her seat III the Presidents
gallery for she knew that she would be
stared at and she liked TO go about in
cognito. She was not able to do this, how
ever after the first few months of her, life
in Washington. Her face became so well
| known through her photographs that she
was recognized everywhere and looking at
| Congress through veil is no pleasant bust
ness. When senator or member makes
a great speech his wife is generally pres
ent to hear him and Senator ingalls, never
| distinguishes without Mrs. ingalls, being
on the ground to see. 1t is the same with
| General Hawley and not a few Of the
other senator's. Mrs. Carlisle is fire.
queutly in the House gallery and Mrs
Reed and Mrs. Springer often attend the
| sessions of Congress
SENATORS AND LADY FRIENDS.
These galleries have been the scene OF
many romance and not lnfrequently you
Will see some senator chatting earnestly
with some fair young constituent in them.
Love matches are frequently made in the
Capitol and Henry A. Wise's noted father
porposed to his second wife on the Capitol
dome. Every Congress one or more
members is married and not infrequently
the introduction or some phrases of the
cortship occur here. A statesman is never
so happy or so great when escorting d lady
visitor through these Capitol corridors
and | note tnat the escort of a constituent
generally depends upon the woman. If
the girl is young, brighteyed and sweet
not one of the senator's, from old Justin S.
Morrill, and John Allen, will permit his
cecretary to take her about and show her
the sights, but if she be old and withered
and cranky there is not one of them but
will consign her to his private secretary OF
clerk and make an excuse that he has g
committee to attend or speech to write
woMAN's RIGHTS AT THE CAPITOL.
During the past month the question of
the admission of the territory of Wyom
ing has brought the leading women suf-
| fragists OF the country to the galleries
| watched bakers dozen of them under
the leadership of Susan b. Anthony when
the passage of the bill was before the
House. They sat in one of the front rooms
and their faces clouded and shone like the
sky of an April day under the speeches fol-
and against the bill. If it passed Susan b
Anthony thought there would be no doub,
of woman having a seat in the House OF
Representatives or in the Senate of the
United States, and it may be that she con
templated taking out land claim in the
territory and standing for the Senate her.
self. She would make an ADLER Senator
than many man now in "Our Million
aires Club" and her sex would have nc
reason TO be ashamed of her legislation
In the meantime the discussion went on
and the congressman who had caught
sight of the woman's rights far above
Toasted their eyes upon them and not a few
put theselves in their favorite pose think
ing how great they might look and not
knowing how small they really were in
the eyes of Mother Susan, whose sized w
their Fathers and grandfathers before they
were born.
WOMEN CORRESPONDENTS IN THE CAPITOL
AT this discussion there were several
of the lady correspondent in the galleries
They were present more as sightseers than
as reporters, and Women'S work in congress
Slonal Correspondence has materially
changed within few years The ladies
who correspond here now devote them
selves almost entirely to society and the
bulk of their work is made up of the de
scription of dresses and of prospective
engagements and weddings. Mary Glenn
mer Ames used to write great many
criticisms of public men and measures and
she had high rank as a literateur. Al
present there IS scarcely a woman who
does this class of work and it seems to me
the Capitol offers field for some bright
female pen. Mary Clemmer got 50 600 a
year from the Independent for writing them
letter week and she also wrote editorials
for the Brooklyn Eagle. She must have made
in the neighborhood of $4,000 year and
she kept up her work until the time of her
death some years ago.
Miss GRUMPY, JR.