The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-03-07
CAPITAL CHAT.
1t Was Extemporaneous But
II AWoke the Senate.

1t AW0ke the Senate.
Too Good For the Political Worid~-A Va
ried Experionce-He Smokes Expensive
Havanas and No Doubt Has Plenty Of
Friends-A Streak OF Red.
WASHINGTON, March 9. Especial. lin
the senate last week we had q fino exam
pie Of what one direct burst Of eloquence
will accomplish even in that staid and
rather unimprcssionable body. All day
long tho senate had beon droning over the
sundry civil appropriation bill Not more
than half OF the seats werc occupied, and
tho sceno was a sleepy one. Suddenly Mr..
Frye of Maine stepped into tho center OF
the aisle and began one OF the most elo-
quent and effective speeches heard in the
senate during the winter. 1t was In favor
OF placing upon the retired list twoscore
superannuated officers of the revenue ma
rine, gallant old fellows who had passed
their lives amid the dangers and exposures
of that service. With burning words SEN
ator Frye pictured the hardships which
men IN tho revenue marine must undergo
day and night summer and winter in
peace and i'm war. He showed that while
the army and navy have what may be term
ed holiday in times Of peace the work Of
the revenue marine goes on forever. They
patrol the coast from arctic to tropic and
in case OF war Immediately become part
Of the naval forco OF the government This
little speech of 10 or 10 minutes aroused
the sleepy old senate to high pitch of en-
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Fryo's amendment had been passed by
large majority.
DIR. Everetts Peculiaritics.
One of the peculiarities OF DR. Everett
the eccentric congressman from Massaohu-
setts, is that no will have nothing what
ever to do with what no terms the dcgrad-
Ing processes of Office hunting. Though
elected as a party man in sympathy with
the administration and expected by his
constituents to hustle about and get their
fair share of tho good things which the
president had TO give out, Dr. Everett reso-
lutely refuses To stir n step In that direo-
tion. Not ono Office has he procured for
follower of his, and he declares he would
rather cut off his right arm than go up TO
the White House and ask Mr.. Cleveland
for n favor Of that kind. The general idea
about Washington Is that DIR. Everett is
too good for this political world. At any
rate, he Is to be succeeded I'm the ncxt con-
gress by young journalist who promises
to hustle" for the benefit Of his constit-
uents
His Varied Experience.
Among the men in the house of repre-
scntatives who have had varied experiences
in life perhaps mono has had career mark
ed by moro rapid changes OF scene and oc-
cupation than Mr.. McKaig Of Maryland.
During the war period Mr.. McKaig. while
yet boy, was canal boatman on
the Chesapeake and Ohio canal, floating
coal from the mountains down to the
Washington navy yard. He then read law
with his uncle and soon afterward went
to Colorado and lived an outdoor life hunt
ing and fishing in the Pixies peak coun-
try. The next year he was engaged in the
hotel business In Denver. The same year
he was located at Salt Lake City, San
Francisco Los Angeles and finally In the
Panamint mines, California. where he fol-
lowed gold mining. The next year found
him at Acapulco and other points In Cen
trail and South America He was next
heard of when he failed to secure nomi-
nation for states attorney in New York.
He afterward returned TO Maryland and
became member of the legislature, mayor
of Cumberland. Md, and finally congress-
man. Mr. McKaig himself says the Lord
olny knows what he will do next.
1t is believed that the member OF con-
gress who smokes the most expensive ci-
gars is a member of the Massachusetts, dol
egation, Mr. Apsley. His cigars, which
are large, gracefully rounded, the color of
rich mahogany and of delicate flavor, cost
him 10 cents apiece when purchased in
large quantities. He buys several hundred
of them at time and keeps them in
beautiful brass mounted-oak chest. He
loads his pockets up in tho mornir when
ho leaves home, and by the timo h eturns
in the evening his pockets arc oi ty, as
Mr.. Apsley gives away almost as many as
he smokes.
General Gossip.
The San Francisco people, acting upon
the early bird principle, are already hard
at work for tho Republican national con-
vention of next year. They have their
agentsout buttonholing members of tho
national committee, and tho promises
which they make of special trains, low
fares, hotel accommodations, silver SOU
venirs, glorious scenery, big trees, Califor-
mia wines on tap and California fruits ga
lore constitute an exceedingly attractive
programme. why, sir" said ono of
these san Francisco boomers today, "if
you will give us this convention, Won
paint n streak Of rcd from Now York to
Frisco and back again. i should say, ho
added, suddenly remembering tho number
of transcontinental lines now in operation,
five streaks Of red or any other color"
During the past winter tho national cap
ital Las had more cold weather than for
many years The low temperature pro-
vailing for several weeks has disclosed the
fact that moro than one.half of the new
houses in Washington are very poorly con-
structed. During tho cold weather many
families occupying houses Of elegant ap-
pearanco and great cost actually suffered
from the cold, despite all efforts to keep
them warm by means Of furnaces and
CRATES. Tho trouble Is that Washington
builders do not know how to provide
against extreme cold weather. Double
winlow sashcs arc almost unknown
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