The Portland daily press., 1891-12-17

GUS ~peakership Candidates welcomed him
| with open arms and an open box of cigars.
| They had perhaps never seen him before
and they scarcely knew him by name, but
| the impressive manner in which they
| grasped his hand and confidentially whis-
peTed to him that he was just the man to
serve on this or that Committee, always
the most important Commits in the House
bad the desired effect. Gentlemen with
da>hes of hayseed still clinging to their
hand me downs" and who knew as much
about quorum as they did of Choctaw
went to bed dreaming of the great legisla-
tion with which their names were tn be
Connected. IL was great times for the be-
ginrer.
Alas for the vanity of all earthly things!
lne contest is over and the Speaker is
elected. Look upon this picture and on
tnat. The man who a week ago Imagined
himself one If the Lords annointed now
hnds that he has no claim to being consid-
cred one of the elect. When he modestly
suggests that place on the ways and
M ans or the appropriations is just about
MS SizA, his remarks are received In cold
silence de finds that the old member has
tn+ nrst choice aud new man must take
what everyone else refuses He has BIZ n
wu'ing for the Speaker to seud for h,n
and tell him on what committee he will q
aeked TO serve. But the Speaker duts
thing of the sort. At last he plucks up
courage to call on the SNEAKER and mai 9
kn wn what he wants. OF course he d0tS
not get 1t, and another man learns that
there is vast difference between poll
tician's promise before and after election.
Some OF the new men talk OF leading a re-
volt to secure recognition. But they won't
do anything Of the kind. The Speaker
has too great a power vested in his hands
Tor any man to try and light the presiding
officer OF the House. Il would he disas-
trous thing and in the end he would only
suffer by it.
Position of the Maine Men,
The Maine de e. tion doesn't have to do
any worrying these days. Fortunately
they have nos'claims" on the Speaker, and
they Will not be disappointed wherever he
may assign them. All the u embers of tie
deleka'ion have been In Cong. ess for sew
eral years, and as everything in Congress
goes nv seniority their places are petty
we'll fixed in advance. Mr. Reed, as the
leader OF his party on the floor aud for
mar member OF the ways and means COM
m'ttee, VIII again be member of that
committee. Not to put him there would
b such a violation Of all precrdents that
it is not believed Speaker Crisp will want
10 suhj CT himself to adverse criticism by
trying IT, ignore Mr.. Reed. For the same
reason Cast. B0utelle liz almost certain to
again b. a member of the committee on
naval affairs. He made an excellent chair
man Of that committee and his early pro-
professional training makes him the most
suitable man for the place Elk. Gov. Ding
ley VIII be dropped from ways and means,
because there will be- two men from New
England on the committee, MIR. Stevens of
Massachusetts aud Mr.. Reed, and it would
not do to put another Maine man there.
Mr.. Dingley will probably serve on his
old committee, merchant marine and fish
cry. Mr.. Miliken, liz the last Congress,
was chairman of the committee on public
buildings and grounds and he has been
connected with that committee for several
years. He is entitled to again serve on 1t,
but 1T is a committee which has great fas-
cinations for the average member, aud he
may have to give way for ome one else.
Senator Hale's Palace.
The members uf the delegation have all
settled down for the winter. Senator Hale
is living in his magnificent new house on
K street which is not yet quite completed.
1t Is the finest aud most expensive private
residence in Washington. Senator and
Mrs. Frye are again at the Hamilton,
where they have resided for so many years.
At the same hotel are Gov. Dingley and
Capt But-lle. Two doors above them on
Fourteenth street, Mr.. Milliken has his
rooms in the same house where ex-senator
Thurman lived while in Washington The
house is still the propertv of Mr.. Thurman.
Mr.. Reed it at tire Shoreham NIXON.