The herald., 1895-02-20

the next Secretary of the Treasury. There
is no doubt but that the President will
| choose some Eastern man who ss in az
cord with his financial views. Mr.. Will
son is also mentioned for appointment as
! Judge of the Court of Claims.
Navigation in the Potomac is still sus.
pended. The ice at some points is piled
as high as twenty feet and the river Is
! lower than for many years, owing to the
heavy northwest winds. Tugs have been
employed to break the ice so that it will
not gorge at the Long Bridge. There is
considerable anxiety among ship and
dock ownors on the river front.
senator Blackburn has introduced
/ bill providing for the investigation of the
mental moral and professional condition
! of officers OF the navy and marine
! corps BY q board to be designated by the
! Secretary of the Navy, whenever it shah
| appear that such officers are disqualified
to perfrom their duties. The board is to
| be guided by the rules which control the
/ boards which examine officers for promo
! ton, and its finding is to be reported to
1 the President.
! In three weeks the Fifty-third Congress
! will be a thing of the past. The halls of
| Congress will become silent once more,
and nothing save the steady tread of the
| patromen will be heard in the big build
/ ing, except it be the voices of those who
come to visit the nations capitol. Many
! a member will go home to his people and
! through all the long days of summer will
| endeavor to explain why he did not fulfill
1 the promises he made when first he placed
! his foot upon the stump. Certain it 10
/ that the majority of those who came to
/ Congress will go home with the knowledge
that one man in the House of Representa-
! tives does not amount to much, unless he
be Reed or a Cochran. A Congressman
| at home and a Congressman at Washing
| ton are two different persons. At home
| he can demand attention, at Washington
| he can but ask for it. Some Congress
mems wives rush here and there around
| the city in search of rooms, and at last
| settle upon a location and ''move in. -
| When they are settled and ready for the
season, remarks something like this are
! heard: well, guess these rooms will do
for Mrs. Cleveland to call to see me in.
But, alas, Mrs. Cleveland does not call,
and gradually Mrs. Congressman comes to
a realization that there are others, and
that when at home she is better satisfied
and more highly honored. And some
there are who do not court fashion, who
do not attend receptions, theaters, etc,
but who live more than Il mile within
, their means, and finally emerge with
good sized purse.
/ An instance of this kind was reported to
me the other day. A certain Congress
man came to this city and procured
minor position in one of the departments
for his son. The family lived out in the
suburbs, and each day the father and son
would carry their luncheon with them;
Mr.. Bland often asserted that he would
save the whole of his salary as Congress
man, and said that he desired to buy a
farm upon which he had often looked
with covetous eye, and that he could do
/, so with the $40, 900 which he intended to
save. The wife and daughters we never
seen in society, never attended the opera.
but remained at home. AT the end OF his
term the gentleman had saved his entire
salary, and his family had managed in
the meantime to subsist upon the salary
of the son. This is an isolated case, how
ever as even among those who are saving,
few can be found who at the end of the
term can show much more than a saving
of one-fourth of their salary. If one
wishes to see the other side
OF the picture, as it were, he
has simply to visit Chamberlain's some
evening and there he will see, money
spent most lavishly The little game
called poker is carried on here and it is
said that one must put up twenty-five
hundred dollars before he can enter the
game, this money being placed to his
credit by the cashier who pays him at the
end of each month his winnings or dis
burses his losses.
This is really an innocent, quiet looking
city, but to one who knows the ropes it
presents much varied amusement
! am told that sometime ago certain
Senator gave little luncheon to several
of his friends, male and female, in his
committee room. BY chance one of the
invited guests was unavoidably absent,
consequently there was one empty chair
at the table. When everything was ready
for the fun to begin the private secretary
of this Jolly Senator knocked at the door
and informed the gentleman that his
wife was coming. The Senator hesitated
moment and then said: Leave her to
me; I'll fix it, girls" " He thereupoASent
to the door, met his wife and faci - his
guests, said: ALLOW me to introduce my
wife" Then, pointing to the empty
chair, 'You see my dear, we expected
you; there is your chair. Tell John to
bring on the oysters The poor wife was
nonplulsed at the unexpected turn of
events, but was forced to accept things as
she found them. 1t was also noticed that
the girls took but one glass of wine.
! being unused to more than one glass,
my dear Senator, don't you know. "
This shows us that it is bad even for a
Senator to be kept under the restraining
influence of Senatorial dignity" for hui
man nature will break out sometimes and
scatter dignity to the four winds.