Telegram-herald., 1890-12-30


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I'd fA.alsned qeaIls. IL wAs II Capt. j
Rs.s<xgs flEas lh&f s2eA house q cszA- 1
.s~ss szaplaysi "a oE1pcizl IxznnAkeas /
wh<se d9sy 1t was 10 asnd TIE so<se
quslls used BY sen2sors xnd repfes~nts
tives Many CT tae Legislators were eA
eseshnsly particular as 10 the .'dsgrss of
fsxabslity .ad bxezash Ct poans" q ths4r
qaislS While soLns woald use notaihs
bas broad nahs,~ others reqaued tle
finest q tine posats. and the l<EfnAk
ers had 40 easy task la trying 20 SUIT TIE
different wris~rx There were also. IS
Cayt. Bssest pointed out 70 rae sne
other day. Official ssAler. who were IN
trusted with the scaling o. letters ana
packages with red wax. The station
erys used ia both houses included pen
HALVES, scissors, raSors. pockstoooAs'
lid gloves, bottled Ierfumery and bears
grease. besides numerous other httte
ARTICLES which tho officials would pur-
chase ..by request" whenever they went
10 New York 20 get their supplies
To the present day all Of tneae articles,
the bears grease alone excepted. are
ased by members Of congress. and
charged TO the government IN their sta
tionery accounts, the only man now IN
congress using bears grease on his hair
beng the venerable Mr.. Vaux. Of Penn
sylvania. Mr.. vsux Is also noted as be-
/ ing the only man In congress who ad-
heres to the old quill pen, which he cuts
/ for himself with neatness end skal. For
/ a number Of sessions In the old days an
innocent beverage called swichell, cozn-
! posed OF molssses, ginger and water,
I was largely consume Dy the representa-
tives, and il was popularity supposed that
among its innocent Ingredients were
! good French brandy and Jamaica rum. II
was always charged in the appropriation
for stationery under the head OF strip.
NOWADAYS the statesmen manage TO
get their lemonade at the public expense,
the beverage being provided by the OIL
GERS of the two houses, bat they do not
dare indulge in Intoxicating liquors pur-
/ chased out of government funds. 1t Is
not so many years, however, since the
famous ..hole in the wall" q small room
near the senate chamber. and much fire.
auented by the bibulous statesmen OF
that day, was running full blast, we'll
supplied with all sorts OF liquors, paid
for in the appropriation bills as
.lunches.' Capt. Bassett remembers
those old days, and likes to talk about
them in private conversation, but he
would not like to have some of the stories
which he tells of putting intoxicated SEN
ators to bed printed in the newspapers,
even at this late day.
Thomas B. Reed will be lonesome in
the next congress in more senses than
one. Not only will most of his lieuten-
ants of the present house be conspicuous
nv their absence. but he will be the only
ex-speakcr on the floor. In the present
house there were three ex-speakers-
Randall, Carlisle and Banks. Randall
is dead, Carlisle has gone to the senate
and Banks will retire ffom public life at
the end of his present term. Mr.. Reed
will also be the only man in the next
house who has been talked of for the
presidency. Carlisle has in o quiet way
long been a presidential quantity, bu'
he is gone. Randall was also candi
date for the nomination Of his party
Mckinley might have been nominated
for president two years ago bat for hi:
manly loyalty TO John Sherman.
Nathaniel p. Banks. some people may
remember, was nominated for he presi
dency thirty four years ago. He was al
that time speaker of the house. a Native
, American by election, Wing by ante
cedents and Republican by utilization
+ The regular American convention me
, at Philadelphia in February, 1856, ans
, nominated Willard Fillmore for presi
, dent. Some of the northern delegate
, bolted tho convention, and cs.led anothe
$ convention to meet at New York Il
a June. After bitter contention betweel
those who wanted TO indorse Fremont
r the candidate OF the new Republican
I party. and those who wanted a straigh
). ont ticket. the latter carried the da
r and put rp Banks rs their candidate. A
!. he had been delegate to the conven
Z ton which nominated Fremont h
|, promptly telegraphed his declination c
1 the honor.
Z At the senate end of the Capitol w
n find many presidential possibilities {
i the past, and no one is wise enough {
f say how many of the future. The mo;
Il distinguished of these. Of course, is jon
i Sherman, who has been n conspicuoc
/. candidate in four national convention
"a Senator Allison has also been prom
: nent presidential aspirant for eigl
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n by the civil service reformers and lat
q mugwurnps in the Republican nations
a convention of 1894. and Senator Payn
!. of Ohio. who also Is about 10 retlre TO pr
II waite life at IN advanced age. was COZ
IL spicuous candidate for president in lSS
\ The new seEaie is bringing us mar
r new and younger men. New blot
II means new methods. and il is not IL
n possible that in thS near future one
Z. the most ancient traditions Of the bod
10 that which continues debate as long
70 any senator wishes to take he fcor. II
- dering it impossible fer tho eonate itss
N to limit discussion, will he discarde
"a There are men who predict that IN a
% other half century the senate viii
" much more of q representative body ths
Il is today. for then. say there prophet
"a there viii be sixty OF seventy states
o. the Union, each represented by IL
40 senator's chosen hy direct vote Of 9
le yeop.e. WALTER WEi1NAN
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20 They All 10 IL.
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