Evening journal., 1892-08-04

gress, he Is great faYorlte. His activ-
ity is like that of flea or a monkey
When he is in a hurry he runs through
the hall of the house like a page
Though thrSescore he runs up and down
stairs as if he were a mere boy. | have
seen him travelling bareheaded at two
forty gait between the house and the
building in which he does his work, POD
yards distant.
When he makes a speech he is bun
die of nerves palpitating in clothes.
Every word is accompanied by GEES
ture, and if it were possible for the hui
man frame to make more rapid motions
Wheeler would be fast speaker. But
his delivery is regulated by the number
of gestures which it is possible to make
in given time, and so he doesn't talk
very fast, though words come out Of his
mouth like bullets out OF six shooter
A speech by Wheeler would read some
thing like this;
"Mr. Speaker fright arm uplifted),
denounce doth arms uplifted) this infa-
nous fright hand pounds desk bill Qeft
arm shoots out right angle) and declare
Stands on tiptoe and filings both arms
about it to be tyrannical (crouches be-
hind his desk like panther just ready
to spring upon victim) and d (hits
/ desk) a. describes a circle with his left
arm wildly m pounds his breast) n
(claps his hands together) "a Sweeps
both arms together from extreme right
to left blel'
There was congressional row one
night last month in John Chamberlins
famous restaurant. A far western mem
Der of the house, New Highlander and
a southerner were the combatants. Some
ugly words were passed, when the far
western member picked up champagne
bottle, which was about half full, and
broke it over the head of one of his an
tagonists, scattering the sparkling liquid
all over the room. Some blood was
mixed with it too. At this critical juno
ture the southern man drew knife and
was about to plunge it into the body Of
the champagne club swinger when a by
stander caught the weapon and wrested
it from his grasp, cutting his own hand
severely in the operation. Next day
twomembers Of congress obtained leaves
of absence 'on account of sickness"
There have been a few rows in the
senate during the session. A public and
long continued quarrel is that between
Senators Morgan and Sherman. The
former is the great champion Of free
silver, the eloquent defender Of the white
metal on all occasions. He seems toim-
agine that Mr.. Sherman is about the
greatest enemy his precious metal has in
the world, and that the Ohio senator is
in league with Lombard street and Wall
street and the money kings to make the
rich richer and the poor poorer. He
never misses a chance to fling at Mr..
Sherman some words that will be pecul.
iarly unpleasant to that gentleman. OF
course it is all done in the most polite
manner. as a rule, as BELTS senatorial
courtesy, which requires that when sou
tell man he is, in your opinion, a scoun
drel you shall do in language to which
he cannot take exception.
Mr.. Sherman endures this persistent
goading for three or four days, and ther
he stretches out his long body, raises hii
long arm and retorts. Tho retort is mo-
always mild and sugar coated, and on,
day these great senators, probably the
ablest men on their respective sides Of
the chamber, were actually questioning
each others veracity in public speech.
Two or three weeks ago the gossips Of
the senate thought they could scent Z
duel or q shooting match in the air. Sen
ators Harris and Sanders had had som,
sharp words, in which Mr.. Sanders useC
language which seemed TO question Mr.
Harris veracity, and Mr.. Harris had re
torted by expressing his opinion tina
Mr.. Sanders was double dyed scoun
drel, or words to that effect. Now, ar
gued the gossips, both are fighting men
Harris has the reputation of having
whipped his weight in wildcats in hi
younger days. while Sanders was tn
. leader Of the vigilantes in Montan
: years ago, when to be yigilante mean
being shot at while engaged in tn
wholesome task Of running down an
: stringing up enemies Of society. Blu
+, there was no duel, and 50 far rs / ca
= learn there have been no mutual apollo
: gies or anything Of that sort. So al
other has been added to the long list c
. feuds already existing in the senate.
= A bit Of senatorial friction which enc
ed more happily was a collision bi
. tween Senators Mcpherson, Of New Jel
= sey. and Coke, of Texas. Mcpherson
y suave, polite and good natured, Will
: Coke is gruff, big, blunt, but with
. heart that is just about right in hin
u This, too, was financial difficulty
y Coke wanted free silver and McPherso
= didn't. They were both Democrats, an
u so the latter thought he had right
y say, ono warm afternoon in the senat
u cloakroom, that senators from the sout
y who wanted to have a force bill pr
II upon them were taking just the rigl
course to get it by voting for the fire
3 coinage of silver.
I" What Mr.. Mcpherson meant was thu
= if free silver carried the Democra
:. might lose the next elections, and th'
u would possibly bring on force bill
~ But Mr. Coke didn't happen to unde
" stand it that way. He thought son
n L.