Telegram-herald., 1891-03-07

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gT-sS sszs away aef - reglss for nfrs
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% ho" t-.s i-E,isiarsge D. As.tlas runs ~. 8
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act eaieas yoG have sas - tee g1lleFg
And watched aEa l,sta-4-.f ard sgeu a
tn4t ease there were most Essly salas o.
eErfeilcSn = iltca sou IA uot unserstarsI
- a. a qutr5er ~ ID clock xe taEs o,,-
sItion in the press gallery. directly ossr
tns speakers chair Ike azl 81. a al
bop eager ~ survey 8 frid ~ battle.
Al array " empty seats {, before US.
only lalf dozen beIlAs occuplsd by
iaeanhers. T-ere are, DsgAsgs, score
OF PERSONS % ths gallery. ui4st II them
cur o0lJfea DEetAroa. 80 display an in-
oralnate inseT~es Ia parliamentary pro-
e~~dlngs Visitors ars waL4ing about
gzinz az the Lar circles OF desks the
pictures "a either ats " the speaker's ;
ohzir 4ad the American dag hanging
back " lt. IheFe are many other perssus
"a The dJor who vii have u 20 IA = few
moments, bar II is easy to tell resiI iIer s
from visitors. The former keep tb.,r
hats On tteir heads, sInoAs cieers IN de-
hai1co OF the rules, All sAuuter about
~I1h waat the rev member fIom tbs
FOs-y district calls song fraud
The strangers, on the other hand re-
spoctfuily remove their hats. walk with
respectful sfld tiInid air. and are contia-
ually Ia fear Of getting ia some oas's
way. Nlmoie pages ara running about.
filing copies OF the morning Record on
the decks OF members. The member
ners are tneys OF three hundred and
nnrty anal more representatives OF tHs
people. fewer than . dozen are IN thesr
seatS. We couldnt begin to tell ysu
where they all are. Some are III tia
cloak rooms smoking their after break
fast cigars. Others are IN the barber
shops. Still others are "hgstling the
departments" on errands for their con
sltnentA Perhaps twenty five or thirty
ara not IN the city at all. and OF those
who are here not more than three
fourths viii make their appearance dur
ing the day.
Ten minutes before II the doorkeeper's
assistant sings out IA loud voice that
persons not entitled 20 the privileges of
the floor arc requested 10 retire" The
visitors st once comply, bat the habitue
OF the Capitol fingers till the hand OF
the big clock points 20 one or two min
utes Of IL. Three or four minutes before
the hour pink faced page leads to the
clerks desk tall, grave, bearded man.
the blind chaplain. Millburn.
At II O'Clock precisely Speaker Reed
waddles IN from his room, seizes his
gavel. brings it down with n sharp ran,
and exclaims, The house viii come 10
order" Without seconds delay the
chaplain begins his prayer. By this time
perhaps two dozen members are in their
places Nearly all Of them rise for
prayers and give reverential attention.
Mr. Mckinley bows his handsome head;
Mr.. Springer shades mis- eyes; Mr.. Mills
stands with both hands in his trousers
pockets The prayer is short-a minute
and half A chaplain with weakness
for lengthy supplicstions could not long
hold his place. A long speech is some
times tolerated in the house. long
prayer never. Chaplain MIllburn takes
good care that his prayers shall never ex-
oeed two minutes in length, and little
geIns OF prayers they are, too.
The 'smen" is no sooner uttered than
the big hall Is filed with a roar Every
body, neariv. has gone 10 talking 20 his
neighbo and those who are not talking
rustic newspapers. rattle books or clap
their hands for pages. Other members
are coming IN from the cloak rooms,
and the rumble Of blended sounds slowly
grows in volume. Above all the din a
very loud bu. very nionotoaous voice IL
heard The stranger IN the gallery
thinks this must be something Of i'm
r,ortance sud cranes his neck 70 listen.
No one else does, for it is simply the
clerk reading the journal of the preced-
ing DAYS session Meanwhile the pages
are running from member To member
with autograph books ia their hands.
Members good naturedly comply with
their signatures, and the speaker. who Is
often called On, does not suspend the
conversation which he is carrying On
ith MS heuteDants grouped about his
desk, but mechanically sezes his pen
and with = great flourish on the initial
'sT- sYres,.is his Autograph n somewhat
~-rawling characters upon the book.
The autograph business Is once more Ia
f-ll rrotion. ss il always Is ia the clos
inx DAYS Of a session.
While tn, clerk rattles away On the
journal &c yesterday. and. for AL any one
would care. might skip the half of it or
substitute chapter of his fsvCrite
novel. Joe Cannon walks II, a. be usually
does. bis mai Ia his lasd, and proceeds
70 stand ia t8s epeR n front OF tht
speakers chair and there open bis mail
Hr. ONeu. of Psnnsy ivania, the
father OF the houss, does not fail %
adhere to his custom Of coming 10 st
this time. his letters in his SAX hat
Plas-sn. me hat "a bis dssx, ne taSes tbs
letters ous one by one and calls page
70 take his hss 70 the CLOAK room, Just "a
be has done every day for some fifteen
years
Now . score OF members have LEFT
their seats aad come down - tse front.
Each ulan has bundle IF papers IN
his hana-s little bill which he Il anx-
ious 10 oan NJ and have passed. As once
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