Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-21
SEEN AT THE CAPITOL

IL by the molly ana mlStlelOe lndt OrlIt
into the House and Senate in one way and
another. Senator PETER was pacing alb
stractedly back and forth in the Senate
chamber the other day, and stopped to
pick up bit of holly that lay in his path.
A wee tot in the gallery was flourishing a
big holly branch, and twig broke and fell
moment, then without seeming to recog-
nize it he laid it down on Senator Baker 8
desk, whence it disappeared to decor
ate the lapel of pages coat. Sometimes
a member comes in with bit of holly on
his coat, but not one of them has had the
temerity to wear a bit of mistletoe. 1t
would be a rank invitation for some fair
maids kiss. Mr.. Pickler of South Dakota
bought big branch of mistletoe of an i'm
Fortunate urchn the other morning, but
he got rid of it before he reached the
House.
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How one does miss the pages from the
floor! They were always such bright, man
ly little fellows, and the members used to
get very fond of them. Now they are SIM
ply errand boys, who come when the bell
calls them and disappear. Some of the
older members ignore the bells entirely.
Mr.. Cannon cIaps his hands impatiently,
again and again, for a page, and then re-
Numbering the bell jabs at it till you would
think he would punch a hole in the inof-
fensive thing Mr.. Dtngley doesn't seem to
catch on to the new-fangled CONTINUANCE
either, and claps wildly now and then. 1t
is very funny to see the shamefaced way
in which some of the second-termers look
about TO see if anybody has noticed their
hand-elapping performance and then
sneakingly touch the bell. It's mighty
hard to teach an old dog new tricks.
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Gosh! We thought Dave was a mighty
big man to. home didn't we?" said one man
to another in the gallery Wednesday. Just
lcok at him down there. He's only one of
$50, and not such a buster at that. Reckon
he'd get skeered of his own voice if he
started to make that speech of his down
there" And what he said is true. Lots
of men find 1t out when they get here, too.
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Mr.. Springer and his pink are gone. No
body has tried to initiate his fad. and the
guides Can no longer say to strangers See
that man with the red rose in his BUTTON
hole? Well, that's Springer of Illinois"
And it wasn't a rose. and never was 1t
was a caruation, a rich warm red one,
without which Mr. Springer in his long
years of service in Congress was never
seen. He was i'll for months in the Fifty
second Congress, but whatever else he
gave up the carnation was retained, for he
had one Of these blooms right by him all
the time. The sitting member who
James Austen Connolly, and he wears the
badge of the Loyal Legion where Mr.
Springer used to put his carnation. Mr.
Connolly was a gallant soldier. and is
man of ability, though one Of the smallest
men in stature in the House.
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Representative Burrell of Illinois enjoys
what is proud distinction to good re-
publican. He has lived in White county,
ILL.,. sinnce 1884, and White county is so
solidly democratic that excepting Mr.. Bur-
rell, there has never been republican
elected in it In all it's history. He was
elected county judge in 1913 and reelected
in 1877. He was elected sheriff in 1856 and
now has come to Congress from district
largely made up of democratic counties,
but better republican than Capt. Burrell
never sat in Congress.
One of the Interesting figures in Con-
gress is George B. Mcclellan. Old soldiers
who sit in the galleries are always interest
ed in finding out where he sits. and thus
far he simply reflects his fathers great
ness. Yes. he looks like Little Mac.
said one of McClellan's old veterans the
other day.
The Presidents message Is not of gen.
eral interest to women, but the Venezuelan
question seems to have reused them to
some extent. In the democratic gallery on
Tuesday there sat an ardent little demo-
cratic woman whose husband votes with
the majority, SO she doesn't often talk.
When the reading of the truly American
document was ended and the storm OF ap-
plause had died away, she turned to her
escort and said in such pleased way:
"Oh, l am so glad that the President has
done something that his own party as
well as the republicans can approve. Won't
he be delighted when they tell him how
much they admire his policy? He must
have been SO cast down at the way they
have all found fault with him.
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Mr. Brice of the hyacinthine locks now
wears his carnation in solitary glory, 1.-The
last rose of summer left blooming alone" as
it were. Very few of the members of Con-
gress seem to care for flowers, but some
little woman who has husband in Con-
gress does, and she was determined that the
offering to her husband on his first occu-
pancy of his seat in the honorable body
should be one that he could keep on the
parlor center table, so an elaborate tower
like structure was planned, a ladder with
running vines. stopping at the next to the
top round, in a suggestive manner, all of
bright manufactured moss and bright arti-
fetal flowers. 1t stood on his desk all one
day, and is probably retired under glass
case now.
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People who imagine that Mr.. Cannon, the
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private life, is ever going to grow old ought
to see him scorchng down 18th street on
a bike. If he keeps on, and ever loses his
job in Congress, he might start out as BIZ
cy Gle expert.
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Judge Calderhead of Kansas was walking
down the steps of the west front of the Capt.
toi Wednesday evening with a friend, who
asked him if he had ever been in Washing
ton before this session of Congress.
Once" he replied, quietly. The Judge is
almost Quaker in speech.
when was that?" asked his friend.
ION the evening Of June 20, 1863" he re-
piled
"Ah, just before the battle of Gettysburg.
Did you take part in that tight?'
NO. We had just come in from Harper's
Ferry. l was only just out of the hospital
from severe attack Of typhoid fever. We
marched from the canal landing up Pennsyl-
wanna avenue, which was then paved with
eobbie stones. My, feet We're tender as
baby.s and the skin as thin, and that
march crippled me in no time My feet were
so sore aid blistered by the time that we
reached the pavement here"-they were
standing by the stone posts just north of the