The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-12-29

! apostles of Inorals-in all other lines take i;
| for granted that they can be hitched to
any car of moral progress. Mr.. Picker,
| by the way, has recently distinguished him.
self by asking that The Record be corrected
so far as it reported some of his statements
and adding that the reporters copied what
he said word for wcro. and when he read
it in print he found that he was mistak
en-. Mr.. Picker is doubtless truthful.
LATE Pence is most sought by the Popu
lists and their congerers, probably because
ne is young In years and very much
younger in manner and spirit, full of en-
thusiasm and as free in q social way as
happy schoolboy. Jerry Simpson was much
sought by that class at first, but they soon
fell into way of letting him alone. He
has dry, sometimes sarcastic, way of
promptly pointing out the weakness in
any proposition made to him. He makes
the defect singularly clear in one short
sentence, and even the buz fend prefers
TO be let down gradually. 1t is pity that
Mr.. Simpsons health is now very bad, for
ne is good man aud a very useful mem
Der. Tom Watson in the Fifty second con-
gress filed much the same role that Late
Pence does in this, but did not give his
hearers so much satisfaction.
There was queer genius here during
that congress whom profane members
spoke of as that ID apple lobbyist.
He had private claim which didn't
amount to much, and being a successful
fruitgrower he had good apples sent here
by the barrel, always went about with bis
pockets full and fed the member there
with as he buzzed. He secured payment
for about one-third what be claimed, pro-
nounced 1t big success and went away
rejoicing There are still three women
hammeriDg away TO get pay for cotton
which was destroyed. during the war.
How they live nobody knows, and so little
attention is now paid TO them that few Of
the members even know their names, but
undismayed by repeated failures they toll
on, externally logging us, as one mem
Der puts it. The great pressure is at the
north or principal door Of the house, and
the man most asked for, or asked for by
the greatest variety OF people, is Judge
Holman. He seldom goes out in answer
TO q call, but his progress from the hall to
his committee room and back is often like
that of q steamer in heavy sea, throwing
the spray to right and left as it labors on.
Where the Weight Falls Heaviest.
A nero list Of his callers and the vari-
Gus things they want would be incredible.
When he writes that promised book on
his Thirty Years In the House." hope
he will put in chapter on 1.-The Cranks
Who Have BUzzed Me-" That alone will
be worth the price Of the book. IL need
not be told to any one familiar with the
subject that the mere fact of his being SO
long chairman of the committee on Indian
affairs brings down on him cloud of wit
nesses and voluntary advisers. Other ap-
plicants-and they apply for every con-
ceiyable thing-are accounted for by his
long service, high character, influence
with Democratic officials and general abl
ity in getting things done.
The projectors and promoters bother all
members who will listen, but their weight
falls heaviest on the committee on educa-
ton and labor in the senate and the two
committees on those subjects in tho house.
That on education was really organized
as sort OF strainer to keep cranks from
bothering the statesmen, and its present
members may have been selected because
of their sense of humor or have developed
it by experience The latest thing in tho
semipractical line Is aproiect pressed by a
far western genius who wants the govern
W UOuhOy Ca poLtS, OE do !
any rate to pay the ocean freights thereon,
the chief result of which, fancy, would |
be to cheaper breadstuffs and raw mate |
rails In England, and thus give boom to
her industries. The man who imagines
that this congress would listen to such a
proposition certainly has wheels in his
head, yet he is as intelligent crank as ever |
came here Mr.. Livingston of Georgia is |
another member much sought after and |!
largely by those who want places in the /,
/ often see him surrounded 1
by a crowd composed mostly of young men
and women, his tall form overlapping
most of them and his rudy face glowing
with general good nature, but it is sell
dom indeed that be can help a client in
these times of enforced economy. He and
Mr.. Hayes Of Iowa are among the few
whom the lady applicants still venture to
call out.
There are two ladies of advanced age |
who have long frequented the capitol. !
One was formerly matron at the District
Jail, and the other was a newspaper writer
in a small way In the west. They are bet- .
ter liked than any other frequenters of the
capitol, for they are experienced and clever
as well rs very pleasant in manner, make
many suggestions about the best way 20
govern the country and ask very few ia
vors. J. b. PARKE