Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-01-04
BOSTON CLOTHING HOUSE,
 116-1l8 East Main Street. ST PATrickS BLOCK.

to bc let down gradually. It is pity tnal Mir. Simpsons health is now very bad. for he Is n good man and very useful mem, bCr. Tom Watson in the Fifty second con gress filled much the same role that Lafe Pence does in this, but did not give his hearers 50 much satisfaction.
 There Was queer genius here during that congress whom profane members spoke of Gs that d--d apple lobbyist" " He had a private claim which didn't amount to much, and being Q successful fruitgrower he had good apples sent here by the barrel, always went about with his pockets full and fed the member there with as he buzzed. He secured payment for about one-third what he claimed, pro- nounced it big success and went away rejoicing. There are still three women hammering 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, "cternally logging us," as one mem Der puts it. The great pressure Is at tho 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 call, but his progress from the hall to his committee room and back is often like that of a steamer in heavy sea, throwing the spray to right and left as 1t labors on.
 Where tho Weight Falls Heaviest. A mere list of his callers and the vari. ous things they want would be incredible. When he writes that promised book on his Thirty Years Tn tho House. hope ! he will put in 0 chapter on The Cranks Who Have Buzzed Me" That alone will be worth tho price of the book. It need not be told to any one familiar with the I 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. | ceivable thing-are accounted for by his long service, high character, influence with Democratic officials and general abil- ity in getting things done.
 The projectors and promoters bother all members who will listen, but their weight falls heaviest on the committee on eduoa- tion and labor in the senate and the two | committees on those subjects in the house. That on education was really organized | as sort of straincr to keep cranks from 1 bothering the statesmen, and it's present | members may have been selected because | of their sense of humor or have developed l ID bN oApcElGHCes h0 1atccb bhAu& HI uuo semipractical line is project pressed by a 1 far western genius who wants the govern ment to bounty agricultural exports, or at any rate to pay tho ocean freights thereon, l the chief result of which, fancy, would
 be to cheapeD breadstuffs and raw mate- l rials in England, and thus give boom to
 her industries. The man who imagines that this congress would listen to such . proposition certainly has wheels In his head, yet he is as intelligent crank as ever | came here Mir. Livingston of Georgia is another member much sought after and S largely by thusO who want places in the | departments. I often sec him surrounded
 by a crowd composed mostly of young men and women, his tall form overlapping most of them and his ruddy face glowing with general good nature, but it Is sell dom indeed that he can help Q client In
 these times of enforced economy He and
 MT. Hayes of Iowa are among the few
 whom the lady applicants still venture to call out
 1 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 small way In the west. They are bet
 ter liked than any other frequenters of ths
 capitol, for they arc experienced and clevel
 as well as very pleasant in manner, make
 many suggestions about the best way tS govern the country and ask very few ia I vors. T B. PARKE.