The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-01-24
AMUSING INCIDENTS.
Reason Why He Listened 10 Senator
Stewards Address.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 25.--[Special. lin
the senate we have some funny little Incl.
dents now and then. The othor day Sen
ator Stewart Of Nevada was making a
speech on his fayorite subject Of silver and
the demonctization act OF 1873. When he
began, thcro wero quito number OF sena.
tors In their chairs, but as all OF them
bad heard this story Of Mr.. Stewards be-
fore In a few minutes they bad ono by ono
disappeared in tho directionxf the restau-
rant. Mr.. Stewart always speaks with
great earncstness. and one Of his peculiari.
tics Is that hs must have sono one TO talk
TO, some one To look ut and pound IL
into" First Mr.. Stewart made his friend,
Senator Teller, his direct audience. Aftef
Mr.. Teller had slipped away it was Sena'
tor Mitchell who had TO take 1t. Mr..
Mitchell watched for an opportunity while
the tall, patriarchal orator from Nevada
was turning aside to make one Of his long
armed gestures and followed Mr.. Teller
down stairs. Not at oil discomposed, Mr..
Stewart paid his attention to senator after
senator and lually, on account Of the dis.
appearance of lis fellow statesmen, was
compelled TO turn and face young man
who sat on sofa In the rear of the cham.
btr. Ihi5 yOuuk mum upucaitu W iihc ~.
He drank Ia Mr.. Stewards impassioned
words as If they were from the pure stream
of eloquence aud wisdom. He nodded ap.
prevail and when Mr.. Stewart attempted
a faint joke smiled cncouragingly. Ma
ono seemed to know who this enraptured
young man was until finally q senate EN-
ployee happened to stray into the press
gallery lie quickly solved the mystery.
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ton0 of disgust in his voice" that fellow
lisenting to Stewarts Why, he's Stewards
private secretary. II he didn't listen, he'd
get fired In two minutes.
Knows what to Call For.
One of the famous old statesmen Of the
senate has Just one little weakness. lie
likes about 50 many bracers day. lie
takes thon, too. at stated intervals. Al.
most with the regularity Of clock he
makes bis appearance In the senate restau
rant once an hour In quest OF something
10 sustain the fires of youth, now begin
ming To burn little dim. What lie is
after Is obvious TO all the employees of the
senate and Of the restaurant. There is nc
more misunderstanding Of his desires thar
there Is OF the purpose which fish has In
view when IL rises for an instant TO the
surface OF the water. When this statesman
appears in tho restaurant, be always goes
to certain table, sits himself down and
waits But lac does not have TO wait long.
Without a word from him the colored
man on duty ia that part OF the dining
room Sims ont tD the server behind the
bur, "One whisky toddy for Gin'ral
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II Made Him Sorry.
This reminds mo Of another rather
amusing story concerning n certain emf.
nent statesman. Tho gentleman In ques-
tion was year or So ago taken quite ILL.,.
1t was feared he was going TO die. Three
or four doctors were called in, and after q
consultation they announced that in theii
opinion there was fighting chance IL the
patient kept yeEy calm aud had good
nursing. TolOsfaips were scnt out foi
some Of the great mans relatives, and
among those who responded In person was
"a son-in-law, one of those young men
who can never forget the fact that theiI
wives father is great parsonage Upon
this young mans arrival In Washington
he at once sought out the physician In
charge OF the case, and the physician
frankly told him the old gentleman was
all right and would soon come round and
perhaps have many years of usefulness be
fore him IL Re would only stop drinking
to excess. This condition was imperative
Overjoyed ut this good news and perhaps
suffering an exaggerated consciousness oi
his own Importance, the son law founo
q typewriter girl and dictated a bulletin
of his d distinguished relatives condition
aud sont it out to the newspaper CORE
spondents, with his nnmo attached. The
n III.
who was recently taken violently Ill, Is
or the road TO recovery. His physician
says he will be oil light II he avoids ex
cesses In the future" Most Of the news
paper men who received this remarkable
bulletin suppressed 1t, but one did not
for reasons OF his own. And the fresh
yourg son in. law is now almost sorry hil
papa-in-law did recover his health.
While most lines Of business at the cap
ital are suffering from dullness, tho no
tells say they have no reason TO complain
The number of strangers In town Is a.
great as ever. Washington never loses it,
attractiveness to tbe people of the coun
try, and it is becoming favorite objective
point for winter excursions. This calls t.
mind n remarkable popularity of the resi-
dents of this city. With few exception
tnCy never 80 10 Jile chpitOii Hor to ahouh
Vernon, nor TO the dead letter office, or th,
patent Office or any of the show places oi
tho city except when they have friends
from out of town here who must be shown
about.
View OF q Visitor.
Martin Russell, collector Of the port
Chicago, was in Washington few day,
last wook ard exercising the instinct ol
an old newspaper man kept his eyes pret
ty well opened as to what was going on
about him. On making visit To the hall
Of tho house and having good look nj
the statesmen thcre assembled, hs remark
ed TO a friend: "Ihis Is tho first time in
great mDny years that l have been in tn,
capitol ] often SO tho common council
of the city OF Chicago in operation. ]
must aGait that since came here and
saw this boly MY respect for the common
council Of Chicago has vastly Increased
A fact not gonorally known, and which
came cut thc other day in o discussion bC
tween Io senators, rs that on one vcca
sion "A maA elected 90 the United State
senate was denied lis scat, or an ATTEMPT
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