The Washington times., 1894-06-18
CLOAK ROOM AND GALLERY.

Two weeks more Of the kind Of work that
has characterized the sittings of the House
since the adoption Of the quorum-counting
Of that body. But what will become Of the
House bills after they ere sent to the Senator
Miss Simpson, of the Post and st. Joseph,
No., Herald, is the only lady correspondent
who frequents the press gallery and the lobby
in the rear Of the Speakers chair.
Representative Kyle, Of Mississippi, Is .
faithful. conscientious. hard-working MEM
Der Of Congress- He can generally bs found
in his seat, and is almost always on the right
side Of public questions. His colleagues say
that when Mr. Kyle first came to Washington
he was astounded at the reckless way In
which Congress dealt with financial questions,
and he looked on in open-mouthed astonish-
ment when millions of dollars were appropri-
ated for public benefits, One day member
was speaking on an appropriation bill and
depicting in glowing language the necessity
Of expending few more millions on some
public improvement.
"Golly," said Mr.. Kyle, 'that fellar talks
about millions Of dollars just as we do about
goober nuts down In my country"
The ladies' reception room in Statuary Hall
should be abolished, so say most members OF
Congress. 1t is generally filed with appli-
cants for office and is the bane Of Congress-
mems lives.
The House Is a sort Of close corporation,
and but few Of the really good stories and
anecdotes repeated in the cloak rooms are
ever heard outside. But occasionally one Of
them reaches the ears Of layman and the
following is an illustration:
Representative Patterson, OF Tennessee. is
great campaigner, and his services are in
demand in nearly every state in the union
during national campaigns. He says that
during the last canvass he was called to lit
tie town in Indiana TO address political
meeting, and that after his speech a number
Of gentlemen returned with him to the hotel
where he Was stopping, and In the office sat
down for little conversation. Their talk
finally drifted into story telling, some OF
which was considerably of color, and would
have been ruled out OF decent company.
While this story telling was going on, man
sitting apart from the rest attracted the
attention CT the rancontuers by his solemn and
apparently disguised manner. No matter how
funny the story, or how boisterous the laugh
ter, not a smile would illume his face, and he
maintained his funerel air in spite OF the ef-
forts of the story tellers to amuse him.
risque than the rest, the lugubrious man
walked quietly over to dog that was sleep
ing peacefully by the stove, and, seizing it by
the nape of the neck. carried it to the door,
and after kicking the poor animal out doors,
exclaimed in an indignant voice:
"Get out of here. This is no place for
you"
Mr.. Patterson says this incident broke up
the story telling.
Many Democratic members are outspoken
in their denunciarion OF the Democratic Sem
ators who brought about a compromise with
trusts and betrayal of Democratic princi-
pies, and they talk fight to the bitter end
when the tariff bill is returned to the House
for its consideration. But is more than
likely that these rightly indignant Congress
men will content themselves with going on
record as opposed to such scandalous COM
promise when the Conference Committee is
appointed and that but few OF them will
vote against the bill at its final considera-
ton.
One hundred thousand readers Ttcsnty thousdnd
circulation. That is the short Of phat The Times
,riH do, beginning yesterday II is the peoples
penny morning paper, reaching its readers before
they start the days shopping. Remember this, you
uho hare goods to sell