Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-08-25

Issues Not that they would change
places with the senate pagcs Oh, no
For then they express the profoundest
contempt and prefer TO Identify them
selves with some political party. shar-
ing the spois IN the shape of govern
ment positions, when there arc any, and
retiring into oblivion when their party
is defeated, only TO reappcar when they
shall once more be on top
In their way, too, theae. boys are en-
bryo sports. Tho many unused vaults
IN the terrace, the new part Of the
building, furnish excellent athletic club
rooms IN which are held all manner Of
games, olympic and otherwise Every
session these vaults are the scenes OF
existing contests between the several
aspirants for athletic honors, Their
principal diversion Is boxing The boys
have all the appurteuahces which 70 to
make up the professional prize ring
From among themselves they select
time-keoper, referee and seconds. A
rope stretched around the room gives
the vault the appearance of q genuine
ring. Purses subscribed from tho
spectators are hung by a string sus-
pended from the ceiling in the honor OF
an old custom which prevailed before
these boys were born. Then they have
Graeco-Roman wrestling, putting the
shot and several other ways ofscnjoying
themselves in the same line.
During the recent conventions aN
Minneapolis and Chicago the boys had
a large blackboard, ordinarily usod to
record the returns, placed in the lobby.
Upon this were written the names OF
the various candidates for presidential
honors. An imaginary jockey was
written over these politicians and
price placed to the right Of his name.
Then these congressional bookmakcrs
were ready for any and all bets from
employees and outsiders who wished TO
speculate on the chances Of their
favorites That the boys knew some
thing of what they were doing was evil
denced by the fact that during tho
Minneapolis convention they quoted
Harrison as favorite on their board
and took in all the money they could on
Blaine.
these young statesmen, outside Of their
regular salary of S75 month, are the
filing Of autograph albums for the
MEMBERS aud the selling of speeches TO
the same indnlgent representatives.
The ordinary autograph album with
only the name and state of the senator
or member has long since ceased TO be
thought of by these progressive pages.
Now the proper thing, and the only
thing, TO have is handsome book about
rs inches long and 10 inches wide, with
spaces on each page for the insertion Of
the photograph of the senator or mem
ber, with line below for the sigma
ture. These books are bound in real
leather, heavily embossed, and make
pretty but expensive ornament For
this book the page generally gives $40.
Then he must buy the cabinet photo
graphs OF the senators if tits to be a
senatorial album. or Of the members II
II is TO contain the likcnesses of the gem
tlemcn who belong to the cave Of tho
winds After that the only thing to DO
done is TO get the subjects to sign their
names beneath their reproductions,
which they are usually very willing 20
do. Eor these books complete, the boys
get from $50 to SO, according to the
libcrality of the purchasers.
Upon the occasion OF the last Olrth-
dav of John Greenleaf Whittier, Sena-
tor Hoar, of Massachusetts, got one OF
these books and started to make col
lection of signatures to present to tue
Quaker poet. After having hunted all
morning in the committee rooms Tor
his colleagues, he succeeded in getting
ten signatures. Then he decided that
he had better let this work out to some
one more used to H. Accordingly the
services Of page were secured and by
evening the name of every senator had
been written in the book, which was
sent. with the compliments of the sign
ers. to the poet.
puring the progress of the session
soo,. sSonoich are haoiere made upon the tariff
cures as hey are printe1,' e11,'ie"r spp!"As
the close Of theFies as he can page Sc
complete sets Of all the Sae will have
on the leading questions OF the-nade
These are much sought for by the poll
iticians, especially during presidential
year, and the pages reap golden har-
vests as the result Of their forethought.
Take IL all in all, the lines of a page
are east in pleasant places and his lot
should be happy one
SMITH ID. FRY.