The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-28

through the hall of statues and the great
rotundo without further opportunities
Once IN the Senate chamber he is again
IN trouble. A senator has a constituent
IN the employ of the House who is in dan
ger OF dismissal and wants him retained
Another senator has bill which has
passed the Senate, and which ne desires
the congressman to look after when it
comes TO the House. A third has a re-
quest for a public document from one
OF the representatives constituents and
places the matter in his hands.
A trip back to the House is attended
with more interruptions The congress
man IS urged to offer an amendment TO
some bill under discussion To enable him
to thoroughly understand it the gentle
man interested pulls him into a window
emorasure and talks rapidly and unceas-
lngly for fifteen minutes Meantime three
or Tour other gentlemen interested in va
rlous projects learn the whereabouts of
the representative and stand in a circle
awaiting his release.
Suddenly there comes relief. A page of
the House darts through the corridor
shouting Yeas and NAYS" and the con
gresham graciOusly excuses himself. But
he has only hurried idea of what is GO
ing on, and, if in doubt, listens to the roll
cali TO hear how the Nestors of the House
vote, and casts his vote with theirs
The House no sooner adjourns than his
troubles begin anew. Half dozen gentle
men from various parts of the country
have been waiting the opportunity to re-
new their acquaintance with him. Each
has an AK to grind. The congressman is
the grindstone which they propose to use.
None has special claim on him. Yet IA
tigued and weary he presumes the SEM
blanee of good humor and extficates him
self as politely as possible. Finally he
makes his escape from the House through
the hinged windows of the barber shop,
reaching his committee room without
further trouble.
The House has adjourned. The crowd
has disappeared. Once more free, he has
full time to collect his thoughts and go to
work Systematically. He remains in his
room until or O'clock seated before a
log fire in flood of mellow gaslight read
ing the newspapers, porting over bills and
reports, scanning the Congressional
Record, and attending to his private cor
respondence. Anon he goes down town.
gets his dinner and fills appointments
made during the day Rarely does he see
his bed before midnight. His days work
done he woos sleep, but frequently in
vain. A dozen or more matters come up
which had demanded his attention dur
ing the day and which he had entirely
forgotten. After settling in his mind
what to do in each case sleep comes at
last, sometimes weary and troubled, but
usually peaceful and satisfactory.
AN AMUSING INCIDENT.
Such is fair average of days work
done by a conscientious congressman.
There are some amusing scenes, how
ever, in congressional life Mr.. Talbot,
of Maryland, related one not long ago to
group of his fellow members. He says
that during the Forty-sixth congress he
was called out of the House one day by
beautiful lady who had forwarded a
soiled card to him. When he reached the
reception room she came rushing toward
him, telling her name and exclaiming;
MIR. Talbot, l am from Maryland. am
Al years old and my daughter is 81.
Neither one of us has ever had a govern
ment position
Madam" replied Mr.. Talbot, Gin
what part of Maryland do you reside2"
She then gave her address in Balti-
more. Mr.. Talbot frightened up, saying,
You are very fortunate, madam. The
constitution of the United States provides
that each congressman shall give either
mother or daughter an ONCE when the
mother is Al and the daughter 81 years
old, and that each district is entitled to
such a position. All the members of the
Maryland delegation have filled the
places allotted to them under this provi-
sion with the exception of Col. McLane,
in whose district You reside. He has not
awaited himself of this constitutional
privilege. Col. McLane would be de-
lighted to meet you and give you or your
daughter place"
Mr. Taltott then returned to the cham
Der and the same card went to Repre-
sentative McLane. The old gentleman
was absent about ten minutes When he
returned he walked up TO Mr.. Talbot and
said, Fred Talbot, you sent that woman
to me and you know there is no constitu-
tional provision giving places to mother
and daughter whose ages aggregate sixty
one. The worst of it is that she insisted
that was deceiving her when assured
her that she was mistaken. She replied
that MIR. Talbot was too nice man to
lie"
Then Col. McLane sat down and
laughed heartily. While minister to
France, he frequently told the story with
great gusto.