Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-11-02
ONE WOMAN,S VIEW
OF the Recent SenlIe Proceedings
in the Senate.

What She Thinks of the Manner In Which
tho Honorable Senators Juggled With
the Interests of the Peopie--A Caustic
Comment.
Written for Gazette and journal.
say seen advisedly, for as my ears
are constructed on the same general
principles as the unquenchable Sam
Welers eyes, i. O., useful only in short
circuits, consequently lost much that
would no doubt have proven highly
edifying to me, had my auricles reflected
all the articles of belief as Interpreted by
the patriarchal apostles of silver. For,
certainly, never was the saying, "Silence
is golden, but speech is silver" better
exemplified anywhere than II was in
the Senate during the few days of my
sojourn in the capital. Indeed, 80 inn
pregnated was the atmosphere with that
precious metal that when Senator Stew
art of Nevada sat down after q nine
hours rant on his favorite topic, several
molars in my back jaw suddenly stopped
aching, and have never troubled me
since-filled by suction, suppose.
No one could regard that august as
sembly, the American Senate, with
greater loyalty and respect than myself,
and these very feelings led me TO mar
vel, and that greatly, at the wonderful
Difference paid to precedence, parlla-
mentary rules, and senatorial courtesy,
while time and patience were being un-
ayailingly taxed by vaporous escapings
from the mouths OF cranks. "Woman's
tongue is held in much disrepute"
records an old chronicler, but not the
most verbose mother-in-law In the coun-
try could exhort fifteen hours and say
as little as Senator Allen did in that
time. Truly, case of "Vox ct praetesea
nihil, voice, and nothing more. But
then it was the week of record-breakers
the Vigilant and the Voiciferator.
The papers frequently tell some
good things of women's clubs, where
the members "third the notion" but
the writer will wager even, that should
any female Senator Daniels arise in
their legislative assemblage, and en-
deavor to demonstrate her views ad
inhnitum, ct ad nauseum to her rapidly
worrying sisters, there would be q sud.
den swapping of reticules, hosting OF
umbrellas and an indignant sallying
forth of the audience, leaving vast
and expressive vacuum of silence that
only scythe could sever. Probably
| women arc not SO courteous as
men, Senators at least. This IS not
sarcasm, for really in the main, the
upper house is composed of men, upon
whose shoulders the Roman mantle sets
not lily, only to a superficial observer,
it does seem as though little more
yigor in dealing with the time-eaters in
their body would not come amiss.
Our own Democratic Senator was pre-.
siding in the chair with dignity and un.
falling good nature during part of the
Senator from Nevada's TRADE, and how
longed for that presiding officer ia
arise in might and with forcible Ian
guage, Obvious of the female contin.
gency present, if necessary stop the sill
yer stream deluging the building and
devastating the country. OF course, he
could not, but how | wished he could
1t was amusing to note. that when one
of the orators colleagues "asked If he
understood rightly the Senator from
Nevada to say he would accept no com,
promise" it took just twenty.seven
conJunctions, sixteen qualifying adjec'
tlves with accompanying nouns, and
nine adverbs to mystify his position, and
enlighten " his questioner.
L tiattered myself on entering the
Senate chamber that my ideas on repea
were pretty clear, but after a few hours
instruction, realized that if the
Nation, Capital NJ did not quickly un
load Nevada's silver deposits we were q
doomed People Capital p. Truly one
solution of the financial question
Imagine sixty-fve millions OF people
clanoring for apples, and Delaware:
insisting on their eating peaches Yet
this seems fair parallel.
And Pefrer! Oh, yes, PETER How
the country store at the crossroads mus
miss that picturesque old fanatic Wei
Il struck me decidedly, that if there is
Mrs. PETER, domestic discipline must b.
exceedingly lax in that household Il
allow such crop of hair to grow un
molested upon his noddle, when i
could be so nicely utilized in MARTA
discussions.
| have also been much interested il
reading accounts of the proposed
CLOSURE" Now l haven't the very
haziest idea in the world what CLOSURE
might be, but if it refers to any decorou
method of assassinating such cranks a
Stewart, PETER 81 Co., why, Mr.. Editor
do give the thing your fullest approba
ton through the columns of the press
Let our Senators closure them TO tn
death right away, is the sentiment o.
others besides
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