Omaha daily bee., 1893-10-15
stock IN sight.
Receipts OF live stock at the four principal
WESTERN mnrkcts SATURDAY,, October IA:
L EN- AT LUNCH.
Senator Palmer a Sound Diner and Senator
berry Smokes Iwufers,

pSiiN . "''S'ss
The senate restaurant is a very differ
ert looking place from that at the house
end of the capitol. There is IL free-for-
all atmosphere about the represent
ativcs' dining room, while a ~formality
pervades II senate restaurant. The
monotony OF the lunch hours is now and
then broken by Il swarthy waiter yelling
ut the top of his lungs: zone 2j-cent
cigar for Senator Brice and two Scent
cigars for Senator Berry, of Arkansas"
Back of the man who stands behind the
bar and a little to the right as he faces
you is the retiring room. The senator's
dine in there in exclusive and hearty
fashion, according to the Washington
correspondent of the Washington Post.
Mr.. Palmer of Illinois "a bluff, hearty,
gray haired man Of 70 years" is an
advocate .of the b~eefSteak. There is a
huskiness in his throat which speaks of
rich and dripping gravies. a French
fry potato man, we will say, "a hearty
d"inkcr, Mr.. Palmer is a maj of the peo-
pie and his food is as plain as that of
the farmer whom he represents. a diff
fercnt mar in the matter OF feeding, an
educated mau, as the restaurant keeper
estccms him, Il man with the French
terms of the menu upon the tip of his
tongue is Senator Henderson of Ne
braska. He is as choice in the selection
of the morsels which he swallows as the
bird of paradise, which is supposed to
live upon the dew which rests III the cup
of the South American flower. No
whisky for Senator Henderson, nor any
thing so crude as brandy, but the heav-
lest and melloweSt of French wines are
his delight. Chablis, the products of
the rich slopes of Burgundy, Chateau
Yquem, are all in his rcpertory. A very
delicate eater is Senator Mander-
son. Il man who insists upon prompt
attendance, a man upon the best of terms
with all the walters in the restaurant.
He and senator Palmer are representa-
tives of the opposite types of eaters,:to be
found in the senate hostelry.
There are others who are constant
patrons of the establishment whose man
ner and method of dining excite little or
no remark. Hill of New York, for in
stance, Il strong presidential possibility
last year Il strong presidential pos
sibility three years hence: White of
Louisiana, who received his ~gastronomic
education in the dim and delightful
White of California a believer
in the virtue of tho yompano
to be caught in the SUNNY
southern bays of his state and a con
siderable advocate of the Olympian oys-
ter, a shelltish which is rakcd from the
sandy shadows that stretch to tho west
ward Of the little city of Olympia, nest
ling under the shores of Puget sound;
Pasco, of Florida, a sheepshead and
broiled bacon man: Davis, of Minnesota.
who believes that pork is the meat Of
the gods, and insists upon sweet potatoes
as an eternal condiment; Frye, Of Maine.
a fish eater and water drinker: Stewart,
of Nevada, who eschews both fish and
water, and last of all, George, Of Mis-
sissippi, who, so far as the records Of tho
senate restaurant show, never eats at all.
1t is worth n mans time on a drowsy
summer day to stand in the senate res
taurant and look at the molders of the
nations destiny when they feed. They
offer as diverse a spectacle IS is to
be found in any ordinary crowd infesting
a lO-cent restaurant upon Pennsylvania
avenue. With knife and fork in hands,
the national celebrity becomes a human
being for the tim,. He exhibits as good
manners and as bad manner as an aver
age American citizen would under the
circumstances.