Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-12-22
VETERANS IN CONGRESS.
Lorg Services Of Senator Morrill, and
Representative Grow.
Consressmen All Calling for Fresh Air.-Sen-
ator Sherman's ForgetfuIness.

so considered by his friends in the house.
Three years ago, when Mr.. Warner first
came to congress, lie soon became known
as man with queer ideas on the currency
question. In fact, he talked SO much
about the currency that he was. at one
time in danger Of being set down as a
crank. His great hobby was the necessity
which existed for deyising a new form OF
currency to be issued by the banks instead
Of by the government He said this was
necessary in order to save the government
its gold reserve. In fact, Mr.. Warner
drew up bill embracing his ideas on the
subject, and it Is SO like the Baltimore
plan, which was the basis of Mr.. Carlisle's
scheme now before congress, that 1t would
not be easy for the average man to detect
the difference. At that time Mr.. Warner
and his currency hobby did not attract
much attention, but now he Is given cred
it for extraordinary foresight, amounting
almost to the spirit Of prophecy. 1t is not
often that prophet Is SO soon honored in
his own country.
His Long Service.
There is talk on the Republican side OF
tho house that Representative Galusha A.
Grow Of Pennsylvania has some idea OF
Reed in the coming congress. Mr.. Grow,
1t is said, would like to round out his dis
tinguished career by another term in the
spcakership He presided over the house
at the beginning of the war, and it is now
43 years since ho first became member
of that body. When he entered congress
In 1851, he was the youngest member OF
the house, and he is still, after all these
years, one of tho most active men in that
body. 1t is not likely however, he viii
decide to enter the contest
Senator Morrill, of Vermont, the veteran
of tho senate in length of continuous serv-
leo. and Senator Sherman, who is gener-
ally termed the Nestor of the Republican
marty. came into congress at the same time
Grow did. They form remarkable trio OF
old men still active in the legislative halls.
Senator Sherman has just married his
adopted daughter, Mary Sherman, to
Young man of Washington, and this
daughter, it Is understood, will inherit "a
large part of the Sherman estate, which
amounts to nearly $4,000, 600. Mr.. Nor
rill has one peculiarity in that he always
makes one speech and no moro at each ses-
sion of congress He made his speech for
this session one day last week, and now he
and his clerk are sending out thousands OF
copies of it to constituents.
A Call For Fresh Air.
The wonder is that any one lives to an
old npe in the service of his country as
member of the senate or house. The air in
the national capitol is in winter almost
unfit to breathe. Notwithstanding the ex-
tensive and costly apparatus kept in the
basement of the two houses to purify the
,rpypr breathe
nm atmosphere which would not be toler-
ated in a private house. 1t is not SO much
the impurity of the air as 1t is the temper
ature to which it is heated that causes
trouble. This is true not only of the cap
itol, but of all the public offices in Wash
inaton. The engineers who burn Uncle
SANS coal seem to think it to be their
chief duty to consume as much rs possible
and the result is that the halls of legisla-
tion in the capitol and the offices in the
great tlepartments are kept at u heat that
is almost sitting.
Senator Vest, who is now attracting so
much attention by his efforts to induce
the senate to adopt change of the rules
limiting debate is one of the odd charac-
ters about the north end Of the capitol He
is known as a man Of moods One day he
any one could possibly be, and the very
next day no may go from morning till
night without saying " ord to any one,
with his head ducked down between his
shoulders and his eyes bent on some book
or paper. Senator Vests round little body,
absence of neck and birdlike head caused
some one in the press gallery tho other day
to liken him to robin, and the descrip-
hniI
In debate the senator from Missouri is one
of the most powerful speakers on the floor,
with a sharp and lncislve style that makes
him a foe to DO feared.
.speaking of Senator Sherman reminds
me of little story about his forgettulness
which is too good to keep, though the joke
is on a former senator who was known
here as one of the best fellows in the world
and n man who still counts his friends and
admirers in Washington by thoscore. Mr..
Sherman was speaking of the ILLINOIS SEN
atorial contest, and he said III chicago
is to elect the senator, he should DO
young and vigorous man, one VINO can get
out aud hustle for whatever that city
wants. Chicago had good senator here
few years ago, a rich man, q storekeepeF
out there--what was his manner Oh, yes,
EarWcll-CDarleS ID. CurNcii. iio was "
good senator, and Chicago should send
another man like him." If Mr.. Farweil
reads this story, he will probably exclaim,
.tAnd such is famo!"
A veteran Thirty Years Ago.
Now that Judge Holman has announced
his intention Of writing u book ON his ca
reer in tho house, employing probably tho
titlc "Thirty Years In Congress-, it Is a
rather remarkable coincidence that MIR.
Blaine, in his great book, Twenty Years
of Congress, in speaking of the congress
over which Galusha A. Grow presided as
speaker, said of Mir. Holman, he has
come to be regarded by his associates as
one of the veteran members of the house. "
That was more than 30 years ago, and
here is the same Holman able and willing
to no on as one of the veterans OF the
house for an indefinite number of years,
except that his constituents had other or
ders for him IN the last election.
A society woman of Washington, whose
husband few years ago fell heir to a
large fortune, is noted as teacher or
whist and has again taken to the practice
of what might be termed hcrtprofession.
Before the good luck came to her family
she earned handsome income teaching
tho great game, but gave 1t up when there
no longer existed necessity for 1t Tor the